Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One-Dimensional Chess had n't been all that difficult once they worked out the rules , and now their first answer was being carried or transmitted or processed-whatever-by the small attendant with the little red boots . |
| 2 | That , Anno 1260 , or about 200 years after the Norman Conquest , the kingdom had 2,750,000 people , or half the present number ; so that the people of England have doubled in about 435 years last past ; |
| 3 | This led to redundancy charges of £400,000 , or half the 1991 figure . |
| 4 | For one reason or another the inner city has always been a target for public regulation and control . |
| 5 | We can accept that by 1923 or 1924 the sacred places had been settled on , and there were quite enough of them . |
| 6 | Available in either black or white the first thing you notice about this guitar is that sitting down and playing it is practically impossible ; it 's worse than a Flying V in that respect . |
| 7 | Until the 1860s or 1870s the natural increase in the local population was sufficient to fill the vacancies in the pits , but then the sinking of deep mines to work the Silkstone and Barnsley seams on a vast new scale increased the demand for labour to such an extent that immigrants poured in from Staffordshire , Lancashire , Cheshire , other parts of Yorkshire and elsewhere . |
| 8 | And the other men saw him , and some would have sniggered at the fall that would follow such arrogance , and a few would have suffered in the knowledge that defiance brings only pain and punishment , and for one or two or three the young man who ambled erect in the first rank was a donor of comfort . |
| 9 | And , and if you complained about anything , er like we found , perhaps had a banana that 's not been quite ripe , he 'll give you two or three the next time you go in if you say anything about it |
| 10 | Irrespective of whether a hotel is small , medium or large the basic work of the reception office is the same , selling accommodation , receiving and welcoming guests , maintaining accounting and other records , liaison with all other departments within the hotel and integrating all activities relating to the service and comfort of the guests . |
| 11 | mode of argument ( g ) : Exemplify theories , terms or approaches , or use a classificatory system to describe a text ( usually in order to reflect back on how suitable or effective the descriptive system is ) . |
| 12 | And er then there was the new intake of ourselves , and er there were probably fifty or sixty the first year . |
| 13 | For you know I often wonder what sort of morality it is that keeps men from anything but superficial intercourse with any woman but their wives : yet I hate adultery & all the intermediate stages ; and what men of free habits in this way I have known , I have detested . |
| 14 | Employees moving from rented accommodation to buying their homes may also receive some of or all the direct costs of buying property . |
| 15 | Toby did n't come back that night , or all the next day . |
| 16 | They might go on to sort similar materials from the scrap material box , perhaps sorting all the floral designs or all the striped pieces . |
| 17 | I want my money or all the fucking stuff back . ’ |
| 18 | How reasonable or unreasonable the first draft agreement should be depends upon the instructions the acquirer gives and the perception of the acquirer 's bargaining position . |
| 19 | Nonconformity no longer felt itself to be a gathered community of dissenters but part and parcel of the English Christian Church and for better or worse the architectural tradition of that Church and nation was Gothic . |
| 20 | As soon as we 'd packed all the stuff in the ba van we 'd have the rest of the sandwiches the rest of the coffee or another cup of coffee and then we 'd get on the road and even if we 'd got back for four , by the time we 'd got home and , and had something to eat or if we did n't want nothing to eat , watched the telly for half an hour and get to bed , you 've got from eleven till sort of three or four the next day which is just nice because you 're in your own home |
| 21 | They clinked glasses and sipped their liqueurs in a companionable silence , forgetting for a minute or two the gruesome nature of their discussion . |
| 22 | If the PB is identified as being that the child does not go to bed until very late , the most suitable way of setting a baseline is to note over a week or two the actual time the child does go to bed . |
| 23 | Somehow or other the good doctor and his wife have become embroiled in it . ’ |
| 24 | What 's the point of loading the reel with an unbranded twist that ‘ looked right ’ , when you can be sure that at some time or other the varying tensions on this material are going to produce lively snarls and inevitably weaken it , so that a line break happens just when you least want it . |
| 25 | By some means or other the natural tendencies instilled by evolution , have to be brought under control , and the child must learn at a very early age that if he is to grow up and be happy , he must behave in accordance with rules and regulations . |
| 26 | If the Magistrates ' Court is satisfied that the odour complained of does indeed amount to a statutory nuisance , a nuisance order must be granted for one or both the following purposes : |
| 27 | No matter how ruthless and cruel the evolutionary process may appear to be , it nevertheless must be regarded as having been inevitably so . |
| 28 | Research studies in the US and the UK have found that young people are drinking no more than they were 20 years ago and that the vast majority drink sensibly . |
| 29 | Just as well that Neil Mallender is having an impressive season and that the towering Dutchman ( yes , another ! ) |
| 30 | They lashed alongside and they lowered the stuff right onto the onto the coble To start with we rowed it ashore with a couple or oars or maybe four oars and took off the cattle and that the same way just . |