Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Of the 1,500 senior Brussels-based politicians and civil servants , the British , French and Irish continue to show the most splendid ignorance of the eight official EC languages other than their own . |
2 | The reason is simple : the unemployed and unemployable have flown in to try their luck in Japan . |
3 | TONY Rickardsson is ready , willing and able to help put speedway back on its feet . |
4 | If Yes , was he willing and able to offer to pay some of what Rich said he owed ? |
5 | Old and new have integrated quite well , though few of the true Thorngumbald villagers are left to recall the transformation . |
6 | Without the convergence conditions , it would be improper and absurd to contemplate moving forward . |
7 | As early as 1909 , British and Colonial had brought over American directors and stars for its films . |
8 | In principle the teachers were interested and willing to become involved . |
9 | Those socialist feminists whose contributions I find most exciting and challenging have drawn back the curtains to expose the contradictions and complexity of desire . |
10 | Miss Harker was certainly very charming and many had hoped that her arrival might bring them some relief , but not one of them wanted to stand up in front of the boss 's relative and complain about the mill . |
11 | He must have been charming and amenable to have earned the approval of the secretaries of state . |
12 | It is foolish and unnatural to employ teaching methods that enforce and seem to advocate their quiet passivity . |
13 | A rather unpleasant and damp flog came in its place . |
14 | The blurred boundaries of public and private have created many new ethical dilemmas for managers and also increased the possibilities for corruption and misuse of public funds which can only be addressed by clear working principles and codes of procedure . |
15 | Many medieval nicknames were of a crude , coarse , scatological kind and have now disappeared , but others of a more acceptable and apposite fashioning passed into the language as , eventually , hereditary surnames . |
16 | ‘ Because someone very clever and ruthless has planned this frame-up . |
17 | Alternatively , if the target is a company which is not listed , or is not part of a listed group , then it is likely that the shareholders will be limited in number , accessible and able to agree to proceed . |
18 | During the treatment his back was x-rayed and this involved injecting an oil based substance into his spine to help show up the nerves . |
19 | But not that morning , not on the morning that the envelope marked Personal and Confidential had lain unopened in his briefcase . |
20 | The key to being naturally beautiful is looking after yourself on the inside as well as the outside and that means eating healthily . |
21 | I often find myself wondering how something that looks so simple and straightforward manages to cause its owner so many headaches . |
22 | There is , therefore , a real and urgent need to improve the housing conditions of the elderly . |
23 | That 's the overall and rather special context of this year in , in the year of the youth but every year is an important from the point of view of commodores and clubs and the amount of work that ac goes on on the ground through supporting causes and the effort to recruit membership and it 's in that rather mundane day to day part of R Y A membership that I would like to congratulate you first I think all of you have worked extremely hard and the reports reflect the success achieved and I would particularly highlight the increase in membership , now that obviously has n't been easy and this does require a huge effort of , a consistent effort and it 's not something you can just apply every now and again . |
24 | ‘ I just get my ears straight and this has to happen . |
25 | The taunt was a measure of her pure and desperate need to get out of this very small room with this very attractive man . |
26 | She was trying to find something witty and amusing to say to dispel the gloom when , his glass now empty , Michele rose to his feet in one lithe movement . |
27 | It was obviously dishonest and disingenuous to try to cash in on a film dealing realistically with labour problems and then to hang the whole action on the villainy of professional racketeers specializing in encouraging strikes before helping to break them . |
28 | The King afterwards explained his sudden decision in a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury ‘ When I realized how serious the situation both political and financial had become , I felt that it was necessary for me to be in close touch with my Prime Minister and of course he could n't come here . ’ |
29 | However , the base , or economic structure , seems to be one level and the political and ideological seem to constitute two other , superstructural , levels ( CCCS 1977 ) . |
30 | There is no question that inequalities in health between rich and poor do exist and that poverty causes ill-health . |