Example sentences of "[art] [adj] and [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what is normally called the problem of social order , and of course it 's been around in philosophy and , and social sciences , really since the beginning , and er , some of the greatest and earliest works of er , social philosophy like Plato 's Republic , are really in part about this er question . |
| 2 | This is a curved surface in a moving airflow which simply bends the wind , causing a pressure difference between the windward and leeward sides of the sail . |
| 3 | To begin with I found the playing a little mannered , although I soon became involved in the thoughtful and musicianly approach of these artists . |
| 4 | He had his little peccadilloes , the quaint and rather Machiavellian ways to gain his little ends , but he knew me and I knew him , and in essentials he made good . ’ |
| 5 | The impressions gained from the WHO collaborative studies on the relationship between maternal age and the capability of fetus to survive the early and intermediately period of gestation are supported by more reliable national data from a European country . |
| 6 | Conner has grave doubts about how on-the-water umpiring , developed for 30 to 35-footers on the match race circuit , is working out with the bigger and faster America 's Cup class yachts . |
| 7 | The erasable and write-once formats used in the multifunction drive are based on ANSI/ISO standards for continuous-composite , magneto-optical disk and recording format , and the drive is made at Hewlett-Packard 's Greeley Storage Division , in Greeley , Colorado . |
| 8 | Just get hold of the aerial and just sort of twist it round and see if you can a good enough picture . |
| 9 | Kanemaru had accepted the vice-presidency of the party in January 1992 in order to revitalize the unpopular and politically moribund administration of Miyazawa , who had been elected party leader and Prime Minister three months earlier . |
| 10 | REX ANG was used on some of his coins by Aethelstan , king of the East Angles , in the 830s and subsequently REX AN by Eadmund , king of the East Angles . |
| 11 | As we have seen , by this time the traditional and often puritan belief in the virtues of abstemiousness and moderation was finding it hard to resist the reality of achievement , but they were still regretted . |
| 12 | Critics and the viewing public were quite accustomed to seeing the nude and even courtisanes in pictures . |
| 13 | I was n't sure it was a girl , at first , what with the shapeless and grimly robe she wore — ankle-length , made of coarse brown cloth — and the heavy oversized boots in which she was clumping along . |
| 14 | Mrs Aughton wants the County Council to send Steven and Jason to the fifteen thousand pound a year private West Country Boarding School in Exeter which caters exclusively for the blind and partially sighted . |
| 15 | Tony Fretwell-Downing , the Sheffield computer businessman who sponsored the event , very gamely claimed his first ever route with an ascent of the loose and long west flank . |
| 16 | The only allies left were the Iceni and possibly Bodvoc of the northern Dubunni . |
| 17 | Facilities for the Disabled : Ten Pin Bowling can be fully enjoyed by the disabled and both individuals and parties are welcome . |
| 18 | The most zealous founders of the BFASS in 1839 were amongst those who had worked hardest to revitalise the local society network in the mid-1830s and so Joseph Sturge , John Scoble and the Quaker banker George Alexander toured areas of the country in 1839–40 to give the new national body the support of auxiliaries consciously orientated to universal abolition . |
| 19 | On both occasions she had been struck by the contrast between on the one hand the beauty of the Bay itself , the islands , the fine buildings towards Posillipo and on the other the cramped and jumbled desperation of the mean and bustly streets immediately below her . |
| 20 | Answer : P is the first letter of Paddy and N is the last letter of Ashdown and since both Polly and Paddy live in Yeovil it can therefore be extrapolated that they are one and the same and hence God exists . |
| 21 | Let's get the message over , let's go without one congress and I know that 's near to John 's heart and request the other unions , A E U , U C A T , T N G , request the T N , T U C to do the same and then plaster over every bus in Britain , the G M B's policy . |
| 22 | These are the tangible results of its activity , and take no account of the quality of the educational and indeed life experience gained by those who have passed through its doors . |
| 23 | The upwards and outwards inclination of the kite either side of centre is what provides lateral stability . |
| 24 | Contrastive , in a sense , is the Varsity match they play , pitting an Oxford fabliau against a Cambridge one , but common to both is the urbane and clerkly perspective in which the comedy of the tales is made explicit . |
| 25 | While the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) decision R v Sanyo Electrical Manufacturing ( UK ) Ltd , is a case which is of interest in its own right , its real significance is that it is yet more evidence of an increasing awareness by the courts of the crucial role they have to play in securing a healthier and safer working environment by ensuring that infractions of health and safety , and related legislation , are properly penalised . |
| 26 | Lewis had n't made up his mind whether to sell Wyvis Hall after he had smartened it up a bit and with the proceeds buy a bigger and better London house and a country cottage or to keep the Hall and sell off some of the land for agriculture . |
| 27 | So I live with a constant and uncomely reminder of folly and failure , and no doubt it does me good . |
| 28 | At the finishing cropper where carpets are given their final sheer to achieve a smooth and even surface , £25,000 is being invested on an automatic height adjuster . |
| 29 | You must swing normally , with a smooth and even tempo , ensuring you complete both the backswing and make a well-balanced follow-through . |
| 30 | Thankfully there 's always Dave Hemingway 's grin , Brian Corrigan 's Grogan-esque voice and Heaton 's foppish dancing to cheer us up and turn it into a gorgeous and lurvely night . |