Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Veinlets , on the other hand , are primitive and constitute the finer twigs of a principal vein ; they are preceded by tracheae and carry macrotrichia ( Fig. 37 ) . |
| 2 | The CGA graphics are large and clear and use the basic colour capabilities of the CGA monitor very well . |
| 3 | Two hundred drinkers were forced to run for cover but she was unable to get clear and caught the full force of the blast . |
| 4 | But it firmly rejected any idea of reforming the system , saying : ‘ We are against suggestions and demonstrations which aim to lead people astray and change the constitutional basis of our state . ’ |
| 5 | Take one from Women 5 Weekly and rewrite the first three paragraphs for Playboy . |
| 6 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |
| 7 | For each piece of field research aims at achieving a ‘ scoop ’ which will redound to the anthropologist 's credit , and the more interesting and exciting the raw data the better . |
| 8 | The British , with experience gained in the Boer War , had designed a standard rifle , light and holding the maximum number of rounds for fast , aimed fire at a specific target . |
| 9 | I think they 've got to become less competitive , less arrogant and less dominant , seeing that as the macho role , and I think they 've got to become erm much more erm feminine and approve the feminine characteristics , so that there is n't so much difference between the two genders , and particularly in marriage and in the home . |
| 10 | The abilities not just to comprehend , to take things into one 's own understanding , and to make something of them , but also to be able to evaluate critically the available theories and traditions , and to be willing and have the mental toughness to take up a stance of one 's own : all these abilities point to an intellectual independence , requiring real academic freedom for their realization . |
| 11 | Never the most fluent of jumpers , she put in some unnecessarily extravagant leaps before settling down on the second circuit , but then met the final open ditch all wrong and deposited the hapless Mullins on the floor . |
| 12 | Or was the Leader of the Opposition wrong and does the hon. Gentleman agree with that ? |
| 13 | Sonia Heywood , assistant director ( child care ) for Wiltshire SSD , expressed some of her staff 's worries about getting it wrong and mishandling the whole issue . |
| 14 | The tomb is around 2,000 years old and bears the inscribed name ‘ Yusuf Bar Kaifas ’ . |
| 15 | Lady was old and followed the Great Dane 's example because she was too stupid to know any better . |
| 16 | It is essential that management reward rather than punish the risk taking required in abandoning the old and trying the new . |
| 17 | The boy was about fourteen years old and had the long , fuzzy hair of the Dervish . |
| 18 | Had he taught the young , visited the old and comforted the afflicted ? |
| 19 | A township seemingly unaffected by Parliamentary influence , with Roman Catholics worshipping openly with , perhaps a despairing vicar trying , perhaps half-heartedly , to depress the old and infiltrate the Anglican requirements possibly to a largely unwilling ( or might they have been uncaring ? ) flock . |
| 20 | These aims will be achieved by video-recording children at play with their mothers , starting when the children are six months old and following the same children through until twenty-one months of age . |
| 21 | Ben Sira praised the fathers of old and described the High Priest Simon son of Jochanan in his majestic appearance when he went up to the altar ( 50.11 ) . |
| 22 | Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this . |
| 23 | Runaways were commonplace , and I remember when a bull , on its way back to Milford Station , thought enough was enough , broke free and terrorised the neighbouring streets for about half-an-hour before recapture . |
| 24 | The Norman exchequer ( probably instituted in the early years of the century , at the same time as its English counterpart ) used the tally , the chequered cloth , and the abacus to provide records for the illiterate and to overcome the considerable problems posed by the use of Roman numerals in addition and subtraction . |
| 25 | For one month you and your companions will live together on an uninhabited island to show just how resourceful , brave and fit the young people of this country are . |
| 26 | In the event of the contractor failing to provide the necessary proof of payment where he is able to do so , the employer has the right to pay the subcontractor direct and deduct the equivalent sums from other payments to the contractor . |
| 27 | The exploited areas ( in this case the south of Italy ) remain underdeveloped and poor because the more advanced sectors , which control the state , direct and dominate the underdeveloped areas in a way which blocks any attempt at organisation and cooperation with them . |
| 28 | ‘ I was too much in awe of you to utter in those days , ’ she confessed , lightly dismissive and matching the subtle mockery of his tone . |
| 29 | Because we joined Club Social and come the bitter frosty nights we can gather round for another glass for old time 's sake and really get it on at the Club 18–30 reunions at South Coast World in November , Blackpool in March . |
| 30 | Presentation findings is made more exciting and has the added bonus of a " perfect " final copy which becomes a resource for others to use . |