Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carter was thrown clear and escaped serious injury . |
| 2 | At the extraordinary congress in December the 2,000 delegates had adopted a programme which committed the Socialist Party to act as a " barrier to the right and extreme-right and to pursue economic modernization , social justice , and the construction of Europe " . |
| 3 | But at another level , if we could show love , respect and acceptance for each other in the magnificent diversity that that we show as women , instead of patronising and attacking each other on the basis of our body shapes , that would be a great step forward ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | An abundance of white marble may suggest luxury , but marble is porous and needs careful cleaning to avoid dinginess , while marble floors are icy to bare feet . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Outstanding among these were Ana Maria Pacheco 's ‘ Head ’ ( lot 171 ) , a totemic carved and painted wooden head with real teeth which sold for £4,500 ( $6,750 ; est. £2,000–3,000 ) . |
| 9 | For around £400 the lucky purchaser can harangue members of his family with sermons from the hexagonal pine pulpit or , for £65 — £80 , sit in his favourite armchair beneath a carved and painted royal crest used in the courtroom scenes from Rumpole of the Bailey . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So I thought I should try to stop smoking and lose some weight . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Once the investigation of processes embraces such high-magnitude events it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish what is timeless and timebound physical geography . |
| 14 | The homework was interesting and demanded more investigation and some discussion with parents : she - the teacher — provided some useful clues for those who could not find names in an encyclopaedia . |
| 15 | The aim is to make something people can instantly get excited about but which also stands up to close analysis in terms of being musically interesting and having some kind of content and meaning … ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Indeed , Redcar is not pretty nor twee , but at least it is honest , down-to-earth and rejects shallow affection . |
| 18 | The bivvy bag is ultra lightweight and waterproof and has high wicking qualities . |
| 19 | A nocturnal sleeping unit of unprocessed cereal material , an exterior segment of medium calorie farinaceous comestible and attrited fragmentary clothing units . |
| 20 | Fig 3 Beginner 's sail : easy to uphaul , light and offering good control in light winds . |
| 21 | ‘ It felt comfortable to use , it 's light and has three heat settings . ’ |
| 22 | It 's being tackled from three angles : more efficient burning to reduce output at source , exhaust after-treatment and devising cleaner fuel . |
| 23 | This funny and moving new play was the winner of the 1990 London Weekend Television plays on stage award . |
| 24 | Stunningly visual and full of rich language , Sue Glover 's funny and moving new play follows six women as they laugh and work , flirt and fight their way through a long hard year on the farm . |
| 25 | The all-important top soil quickly disappears , and leaches into the rivers , making the water muddy brown and scuppering any chance of a new forest growing up . |
| 26 | 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 " . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , from the viewpoint of the necessary external analysis , Porter is clearly correct in seeing a rigorous and informed economic analysis of the market place as the most vital element . |
| 28 | The tower was about 10 metres high and had solid masonry of brick and stone about 2 metres thick . |
| 29 | 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 ’ |
| 30 | The standard was high and excluded foul language . |