Example sentences of "[adj] and [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the handle are three bodies of animals he overcame , the Nemean Lion , the Keryneian hind and the Erymanthian boar , and at the base , the tree with the Golden Apples , two of the Stymphalian birds and the Lernaean Hydra . |
| 2 | The British attitude was that American troops should remain pending the completion of the UN task in supervising elections ; the change of policy away from the Moscow agreement , which Britain had so far supported , would be justified in the UN debate on the grounds that the assumptions on future developments at Moscow had proved erroneous and the only course of action now was to appoint a UN temporary commission . |
| 3 | These objects were often used to exemplify the competing images of the Romantic and nobel primitive and the cannibalistic barbarian as suited the arguments or interests of the time . |
| 4 | ‘ This is not some countries , ’ retorted my mother , perhaps wondering again whether the money she had spent so that I might learn French and a little grace had been utterly wasted , for I had learned only superstition and discontent . |
| 5 | But the new factor is that both the Serbian and the Croatian leadership have said that they are willing in principle to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force . |
| 6 | The sky was clear and a full moon shone , lighting the landscape . |
| 7 | So it 's absolutely essential that we do go forward formally and take up all the issues in relation to the minimum achieved performance levels and the scheme arising from the consolidation of the effects of last year 's pay settlement , but as er most of the delegates from British Gas will know , I 've been er ensuring that we first of all get all of the reports in from the regional joint indu regional joint trade union secretaries to ensure that we have as much information for once as British Gas has , about what 's going on within the company , and secondly we 've had er full debates on the trade union side to ensure we were well aware of just exactly what our recollections were of what happened last year and to ensure we 're going forward in a clear and a positive way . |
| 8 | It was as if some great mass of thunder-cloud was driving up and up , and darkening the sky before it broke into wind and storm and rain ; except that the night was clear and the only movement was the slight rustle of the branches above , silvered against the stars by the moon 's bright light . |
| 9 | His blue eyes were bright and clear and the frequent pump of adrenaline through his veins as he tracked and shot for fourteen successive days had left his senses sharpened , on a high edge of alertness . |
| 10 | These substances , that may in some people be of relatively minor cross-addictive potential , can always be tackled later when the head is more clear and the primary disease is in more secure recovery . |
| 11 | He protests that the French-backed Intergovernmental Conference ( IGC ) to promote Delors II and III is premature when the consequences of Stage I — including next July 's abolition of French and Italian exchange controls — are far from clear and the preparatory work not done . |
| 12 | He protests that the French-backed Intergovernmental Conference ( IGC ) to promote Delors II and III is premature when the consequences of Stage I — including next July 's abolition of French and Italian exchange controls — are far from clear and the preparatory work not done . |
| 13 | It was still dignified , the eyes clear and the bone-structure good . |
| 14 | But policy assumptions about the economic costs of the elderly in future are premissed on bleak models of ageing and the ageing process , which Gail Wilson summarises as " downhill all the way " ( Wilson 1991 ) . |
| 15 | She sighed ecstatically as they reached the cliff-top and a warm breeze caught her hair and whirled it high above her head . |
| 16 | The centre is also a hive of activity during the day with activities which include a luncheon club , over-60 's club , yoga , language classes , table-tennis and the ever-popular tea dance every Friday afternoon . |
| 17 | Urban amenities available to workers — transport , education , health and leisure facilities — were derisory and the overcrowded housing conditions of the major cities were sordid and degrading . |
| 18 | And he claims specifically that this is because writing itself has a dual , a poetic and a critical function . |
| 19 | We might , while comparing de Man 's absolutism to Jakobson 's relational categories , add that there is no sign of a distinction at all in de Man 's work between the poetic and the metalingual function . |
| 20 | At one level , there is a clearly visible opposition between a historical and an existential perspective . |
| 21 | The yield on these accounts fluctuates daily and the current rate of interest is about 6.1 per cent gross . |
| 22 | The parasitic phase is non-migratory and the prepatent period in ruminants is 2-3 weeks . |
| 23 | The parasitic phase is non-migratory and the prepatent period is 15 days . |
| 24 | The liturgical seasons and the cycle of commemorative festivals defined both a weekly and an annual rhythm of Christian living . |
| 25 | In fact , such images do to a large extent reflect both the climatic and the historical reality of Siberia . |
| 26 | This was a very different crossing from our nightmare voyage in the Minto : the sea was calm and the great ship was steady as the land . |
| 27 | Mao 's widow had been eager to assume the leadership of the CCP , a prospect not welcomed among the party faithful and the general population . |
| 28 | If this is indeed the case , the country will be faced with a permanent pool of three to four million unemployed and an increasing number of pensioners : and add to this the fact that there are a greater number of industrialised nations than ever before , including many , in the Far East in particular , not only affecting , but embarrassing , large sections of our established business . |
| 29 | Given the existence of the uncounted unemployed and the under-utilised labour force , we might reasonably conclude that the official statistics seriously underestimate actual unemployment . |
| 30 | The Award Committee also commented that , while much remained to be done to generate full benefit from expanding use of the service , the new facilities have been well planned and prepared and the new potential is clear . |