Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fifth patient with a pouch vaginal fistula also had repeated episodes of pouchitis unresponsive to metronidazole and steroids , and developed multiple superficial pouch perineal and pouch vaginal fistulas , which were managed by laying them open and a proximal diverting ileostomy ; her ileostomy has now been closed and she has a good functional result . |
| 2 | Anthropology adopts a broad comparative perspective , drawing on both historical and cross cultural evidence : parts of medical anthropology narrow the focus to beliefs about the nature , cause , and treatment of illness within specific cultures . |
| 3 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 4 | Therefore the plant should be grown in a mixture of coarse sand and some peat or bulb fibre to keep it dwarf , low-growing and encourage many plant clumps , which form an excellent carpet of bright green flora . |
| 5 | They rate themselves as very understanding and believe that women also value shyness . |
| 6 | Glasgow District Council , the Scottish Office , Greater Glasgow Health Board and the Central Government Health Brigade launched their ‘ let's all go out jogging , stop smoking and eat brown bread ’ health promotion campaigns . |
| 7 | So I thought I should try to stop smoking and lose some weight . ’ |
| 8 | They make their heads less head-like and wear false eyes on their tails . |
| 9 | Time spent in careful planning at the beginning of a test can make the test more efficient and economical and save much time in its execution . |
| 10 | Once the investigation of processes embraces such high-magnitude events it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish what is timeless and timebound physical geography . |
| 11 | Of these two , sentence ( i ) was favoured : The justifications offered by the groups who chose ( i ) as the crucial opening sentence were interesting and merit some consideration . |
| 12 | By Mr Reich 's account , he remains a cheerful and charming fellow — a nice antidote to surly and mean rich men like Howard Hughes and J. Paul Getty . |
| 13 | bounce back when things go wrong and find new pathways , blaze new trails . |
| 14 | Archbishop Lyfing of Canterbury , returning from Rome with his pallium , also brought letters and messages from Pope Benedict VIII , who evidently urged Cnut to " everywhere exalt God 's praise and suppress wrong and establish full security " . |
| 15 | Fortunately , it is smooth and well-matched to five-speed automatic gearbox ( below ) , which has close ratios that allow revs to stay high and keep straight-six engine ‘ on cam ’ |
| 16 | The powerboat world has been left high and dry this summer by a big red boat named Flippin Shytalk … its call sign is P69 … the only number that reads the same upside down … but the Oxfordshire crew that run and race her are on the very top of their sport at the moment … |
| 17 | A good Americansandwich will be a Dagwood Bumstead special — at least six inches long , four multi-layered inches high and need two hands to control it . |
| 18 | I am six years old and eat pickled herring with my father 's mother Miriam Leah , who has changed her name to Mary . |
| 19 | People so we 're we 'll almost as if it 's like a lady and look after it so that it wo n't get old and have nasty sneezes , that sort of idea . |
| 20 | They may be very irritable with the child , have difficulty distracting the child , or be very responsive and encourage repeated interruptions . |
| 21 | Since it is probably an exaggeration to suppose that as much as 50 per cent of the population dies selectively in each generation , let us be generous and allow ten generations per base . |
| 22 | In some cases , I 'm told , pieces of the womb break free and invade other parts of the body , including the lungs , so it 's best not to ignore any symptoms . |
| 23 | Gorbachev , in his own contribution to the discussion , spoke of a ‘ civil society of free men and women ’ which would replace the ‘ Stalinist model ’ of the past ; continuing the work of the 20th Congress of 1956 , its purpose was to ‘ profoundly democratise and humanise society , to make it free and create living conditions worthy of a human being ’ . |
| 24 | They exhibit similar odour free and taint free characteristics to anionics and are of relatively low toxicity . |
| 25 | Competition is also related to the likelihood that new suppliers will enter the market if they perceive profit opportunities because the existing suppliers charge high prices or are x-inefficient and have high costs . |
| 26 | erm I think it 's really encouraged by the fact that the erm gipsy sites which one sees around the County at the present moment because there is very little control over them , are most unsightly and do considerable damage to the countryside , and people do not wish this to happen in their own area . |
| 27 | I said to Bonny you know be careful and wear rubber gloves all the time , but she said well you ca n't always . |
| 28 | This means that photographers can shoot inside with available light , reach further into the dark with flash and use longer telephoto lenses with faster shutter speeds . |
| 29 | All nine bedrooms are comfortable , well-equipped and have remote-controlled TV . |
| 30 | Large-scale maps can be topologically very detailed and have complex legends while smaller-scale maps are more generalized . |