Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burun saw that his bow was uncased and ready to hand . |
| 2 | Already the keyhole cockpit and the development of high molecular density polyethylene has made plastic boats much more escapable and resistant to folding . |
| 3 | A three year battle against a vile aluminium flue on the building near to our kitchen window — some 16″ diameter , nearly fifty feet high and noisy to boot ( apart from being illegal and erected without planning permission ) . |
| 4 | The CLPD was founded in 1973 and became influential during the period of the Callaghan Government , urging constitutional changes in the Labour Party in order to make party leaders and MPs more responsive and responsible to opinion within the party . |
| 5 | Above ground , car lots are unsightly and inconvenient to pedestrian movement . |
| 6 | I entirely agree that salaries should be performance-related and subject to shareholder control . |
| 7 | His shock resignation was shrouded in mystery , although at the time his reasons were given as being ‘ personal and due to family matters . ’ |
| 8 | They were invariably amateurs , usually ill-organised and indifferent to public opinion . |
| 9 | Manually adding best-fit curves to data plots can be laborious and prone to error . |
| 10 | Manually adding best-fit curves to data plots can be laborious and prone to error . |
| 11 | Amphibians are particularly vulnerable to hot and dry conditions because their skins are so delicate and permeable to water . |
| 12 | So many dog training clubs only take dogs when they are six months old … well past the steep part of the learning curve and often at an age when male dogs , especially , are starting to grow up ( and become as rebellious and resistant to authority as any human adolescent ! ) . |
| 13 | In the event , St Bride 's Burial Ground was closed , along with a nearby well contaminated by the sewer in Bride Lane : as the said well , used by soda water manufacturers , was not very deep , there was every fear that ‘ the solution of dead men 's bones would be more concentrated and injurious to health ’ . |
| 14 | Being aware of this , you will be alert and attentive to meaning . |
| 15 | Classic functionalist theory points to the function of crime for society , and suggests that crime is universal , normal and functional to society ; criminal behaviour helps to sustain conformity and stability and is thereby functional . |
| 16 | ‘ The culture of many manufacturing firms remains hesitant and averse to innovation and risk-taking because too few of our brightest and best are involved , ’ he said . |
| 17 | They can be touchy and hypersensitive to rejection , and their social skills are , as yet , underdeveloped . |
| 18 | This type of hair tends to be naturally dry and prone to breakage , so it requires special care . |
| 19 | It 's also possible to play at Old Trafford ( applications are negotiable and subject to committee approval ) . |
| 20 | At this point you will be renewed , relaxed and ready to reprogramme yourself . |
| 21 | Colic and sore to pressure , worse ( < ) after eating and better ( > ) heat . |
| 22 | Now it is for us to determine whether a corporation can bring such an action , and I must say that , to my mind , to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle . |
| 23 | The court held that the council could not maintain the action : ‘ to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 806 , per Day J. There were two grounds of decision in effect , first , that a corporation might sue for a libel affecting property but not for one affecting personal reputation and , secondly , that the charge was one of bribery and corruption of which ( see the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case , 4 H. & N. 87 ) ‘ a corporation can not possibly be guilty : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 807 . |
| 24 | I am sick and scared to death |
| 25 | Fees are non-refundable and subject to change at the school 's discretion . |
| 26 | The more basic and important to life a particular metabolic process is , the less likely is it to have changed significantly throughout evolution . |
| 27 | This was done to provide sufficient scope for the scheme to assess a wide variety of projects , ranging from exploratory and practical to textbook work , encouraged in part by the large element of self study or group work which was a prominent feature of the course . |
| 28 | Anneliese 's was palest apricot chiffon , round-necked and full-skirted to ballerina length . |
| 29 | But techniques are not goals in themselves , as they are in a training perspective ; they are the means for making ideas operational and subject to modification in the light of evaluation . |
| 30 | Material characteristic of medieval Latin writing that is widely exploited in the fabliaux in ways that are often both entertaining and probing is the dogma of antifeminist traditions : traditions which present woman , the daughters of Eve , as generally morally reprehensible and dangerous to man ; insatiable and extravagant sexual sirens with their bodies , and perjurers , temptresses or endless naggers with their tongues . |