Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Body shape , when viewed from above , is oval and elliptical for the female , and slim and pencil-like for the male , the male being further enhanced by the white , pimple-like nuptial tubercles which are sprinkled over the gill covers and top of the head . |
| 2 | He was going to have to keep calm and steady for the task ahead . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd like to see any sperrit hidin' there , with Mrs Blunt comin' in to clean faithful and reg'lar for the last seven years . |
| 4 | I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man . |
| 5 | So you try to leave the songs a little bit open , or you change the set list and give yourself something fresh and new for the evening — anything that 's possible to try to avoid getting bored ! |
| 6 | Cabins are also available ( supplement below ) so you will be sure to arrive fresh and ready for the delights of Amsterdam . |
| 7 | Some of the locks were ready long before the canal which serves them , and were literally high and dry for a time . |
| 8 | Cambridge were left high and dry for a time this afternoon as Oxford followed in the footsteps of many a champion boxer and left the opposition waiting at the official weigh-in . |
| 9 | After that I searched high and low for a new teacher , and when I found one I had to start from scratch . |
| 10 | He does not hunt high and low for an animal to use instead . |
| 11 | You do n't want a firm whose work of good , but who may leave you high and not-so-dry for a few weeks . |
| 12 | The classicists claimed that such a system was not only inhumane and unfair , but profoundly irrational and inefficient for the task of controlling crime . |
| 13 | Is there any hope that the Veterans News could do a feature on the old and new for a future issue of the Veterans News and wangle an invite for several of the veterans to the opening of the new branch at Lyons farm , perhaps on the day the dignitaries attend . |
| 14 | His own popularity had declined amongst the Chinese people and he was seen as too old and unwell for the job . |
| 15 | That is if erm material , material for these topics should be lively and interesting for the broad range of pupil ability i.e. differentiation . |
| 16 | The Council will collect refuse from your side way , or from your ‘ back door ’ ( if that 's at ground level ) but the distance must be no more than 25 paces from the kerb and access must be adequate and safe for a refuse collector carrying a bin or sack . |
| 17 | ‘ It would be foolish and dangerous for no action to be taken to combat air pollution , ’ said their Lordships , advocating that Britain should reduce sulphur dioxide emissions by 30 per cent . |
| 18 | Although perhaps a little detailed and daunting for the potential trainee , reading ( and understanding ) it will certainly speed the conversion process and consequently save time , money and unnecessary sweat . |
| 19 | The surgeon was forced to admit that this operation would leave Dawn paralysed and wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life . |
| 20 | It would be impracticable and undesirable for the High Court of Justice to embark upon an inquiry concerning the effect or the effectiveness of the internal procedures in the High Court of Parliament or an inquiry whether in any particular case those procedures were effectively followed . |
| 21 | I 've been feeling headachy and dizzy for a few days now . ’ |
| 22 | It was no doubt proper and necessary for the Rome Convention to stipulate a proper law applicable to the consequences of nullity of the contract in order to embody a comprehensive conflicts of law code ; but it by no means follows that the consequences of nullity are matters relating to a contract , since ex hypothesi no contract existed ; nor is article 10(1) ( e ) comparable with article 10(1) ( c ) ( which is the sub-paragraph cited in the Arcado case [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 1539 ) or indeed with sub-paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( d ) of article 10(1) , since in all these instances there is a contract in existence . |
| 23 | Naturally , Pop worries over the state of his people in songs like America and Miss Cocaine , but his caring stoicism is a voice from the rocking chair that seems almost too dignified and decent for the '90s neighbourhood . |
| 24 | He was altogether too dignified and courteous for the rough and tumble of politics , was not a good debater , and left after less than eighteen months . |
| 25 | Example 2:9 Right of way : limited times The right in common with the landlord and all others having the like right at all times between 8.30 am and 6.30 pm on weekdays and between 8.30 am and 1.30 pm on Saturdays ( but not on public holidays ) to pass and repass on foot only through the main entrance to the building of which the demised property forms part and over the stairs and corridors leading therefrom to the demised property ( c ) Lifts A right to use a lift may be implied in the case of a letting on , say , the tenth floor of a block ( Liverpool City Council v Irwin [ 1977 ] AC 239 ) or where it would be inconvenient and uneconomic for the tenant to use the stairs ( Dikstein v Kanevsky [ 1947 ] VLR 216 ) . |
| 26 | Furthermore , your Lordships may feel that it is inconvenient and undesirable for the criminal law as enunciated in Lawrence and Dobson to be in conflict with the law affecting the title to money and other kinds of property . |
| 27 | This method proved reliable and reproducible for the culture of gall bladder epithelial cells and should allow direct studies of the biological properties of these cells in human tissue . |
| 28 | But she was too warm and lazy for a proper argument . |
| 29 | Water the plant well and keep warm and shaded for a day or two while it settles down . |
| 30 | The songs chosen were simple and appropriate for the occasion . |