Example sentences of "[art] simple and [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternative electrostatic headphones are by nature precision assemblies and , like electrostatic loudspeakers , remain firmly in the upper price bracket except where the simpler and less costly electret principle with a pre-charged diaphragm or backplate has been used . |
| 2 | Early explanations of frost weathering alighted on the simple and seemingly obvious effect of the 9 per cent volume expansion which accompanies the phase change from water to ice . |
| 3 | The simple and almost revolutionary message of Francis had the fortune to reach the ears and attention of a pope of spiritual vision who , while not able to fill that role himself , recognized the strength and power that might be harnessed to both the papal curia and the Church as a whole . |
| 4 | Probably the simplest and most straightforward way to dispose of your rug , although the price offered will be considerably less than its retail value . |
| 5 | Bowers et al argue that the simplest and most effective measure is the speed hump . |
| 6 | The comprehensive system is by far the simplest and most cost-effective way of educating children according to their needs . |
| 7 | All round the main building were wooden huts , and Hut 6 , to which I was posted , was a large one about sixty feet long , divided by plasterboard partitions into several rooms , all of which contained the simplest and most basic furniture . |
| 8 | The simplest and most fundamental aspect of cognisance ( fundamental philosophically and developmentally ) is what is usually referred to as ‘ self-world dualism ’ : the knowledge that there is a physical world out there of which I am an experiencer and that is distinct from me . |
| 9 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 10 | Here is perhaps the simplest and most dramatic example : the non-conservation of length by children below about seven years of age . |
| 11 | As the earlier reference to the Rutli Meadow implied , the lake steamer service provides the simplest and most direct access to this property of the Swiss nation , which has its own jetty . |
| 12 | The plot may not be the simplest and most direct piece of story-telling that Hofmannsthal gave to strauss — but look below the surface and investigate the symbols . |
| 13 | It is the simplest and most obvious layout , but there are , of course , other patterns — such as the radial pattern of so many modern housing estates — and it is odd that these others should not have been tried out until within our own time . |
| 14 | The simplest and most obvious example concerns individual differences in the susceptibility to anxiety . |
| 15 | ‘ We have concluded that future growth opportunities can best be exploited by a simpler and more efficient organisation than exists today and we will be making a significant capital investment to increase production efficiency at our Kirkliston site as well as increasing our marketing effort worldwide . ’ |
| 16 | But conventionalism can not be justified on the sole ground that surprise is inefficient or undesirable in these ways , because conventionalism does not protect against surprise as well as a simpler and more straightforward theory of adjudication would . |
| 17 | A simpler and more pleasant way of achieving the same end was to use jade vessels for food and drink . |
| 18 | As this inhibition was less than the accompanying inhibition of PGE 2 it was possible to argue that some substrate diversion might have occurred , although weak inhibition of the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme by indomethacin seems a simpler and more plausible explanation . |
| 19 | Let us start with a simple and rather stark model along the lines of Peacock and Rowley ( 1972 ) . |
| 20 | It is a simple and relatively cheap procedure for remedying mistakes or obvious injustices , which complements the work of the Employment Appeal Tribunal which can only deal with questions of law ( McMullen , 1984 ) . |
| 21 | It 's a simple and relatively inexpensive job to remove and replace any damaged accessories you find ; if you 're not sure how to do this , call in an electrician . |
| 22 | Moore 's view is that it is a simple and therefore indefinable property . |
| 23 | As Bachelard ( 1972 ) argued for the case of the natural sciences , general philosophical conceptions can often function as ‘ epistemological obstacles ’ , providing a simple and apparently clear answer where there should be a series of well-defined questions . |
| 24 | By displaying numbers in a simple and visually revealing way such as , for example , the graph/table hybrid known as ‘ stem and leaf ’ , it is possible to see obvious patterns quickly and focus harder on more puzzling aspects of the data ( Erickson and Nosanchuk 1977 : 20 ) . |