Example sentences of "[art] [adj] and sometimes [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linking them together is one common elected purpose — the alluring and sometimes desperate hunt for a hidden hoard of holy relics . |
| 2 | Although the research reviewed below indicates some of the approaches made to these problems many difficulties still remain , partly because of the rich and sometimes ambiguous nature of art itself but also because of the value that is placed upon the validity of individual response in these areas . |
| 3 | Secondly , the provision of subways and footbridges should be avoided where possible , for they are often ignored by pedestrians who would rather dodge through the cars than climb to bridge level or expose themselves to the unpleasant and sometimes dangerous environment of a subway . |
| 4 | This imbalance might have initiated the aberrant breeding behaviour of the males , so that the violent and sometimes fatal courtship , coupled with the inhospitable climate of Aldabra helped to maintain the imbalance . |
| 5 | Fairley has reviewed the widespread and sometimes controversial use of tretinoin in the treatment of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation . |
| 6 | In view of the widespread and sometimes ill-founded criticism of the recent franchise round and despite the uniform excellence of the successful tenders , will my right hon. Friend nevertheless consider the possibility of providing a review system so as either to show up ways in which it could be improved in future or to demonstrate that an extremely good job has been done by the Independent Television Commission ? |
| 7 | The blank and sometimes insolent refusal to allow a quicker group through is another malpractice becoming more prevalent . |
| 8 | We may all experience the compelling and sometimes painful quality of moonlight , or sense the darkness that surrounds us as a palpable presence . |
| 9 | Ultimately Fforde 's book is marred by the quirky and sometimes absurd approach he adopts . |
| 10 | Kim put forward a blend of Russian and Chinese approaches , which marked the beginning of the independent and sometimes eccentric path subsequently trodden by Kim . |
| 11 | A further reason why such dichotomies as are embodied in the quantitative–qualitative distinction should not be allowed to dominate our thinking is that they tend to obscure the sheer and sometimes bewildering variety of materials that can qualify as data . |
| 12 | The jews in the countryside had been rounded up , with the active and sometimes enthusiastic support of the Hungarian authorities , and most had been sent to Auschwitz . |
| 13 | On the one hand , there has been a redefinition and tightening of formal controls , but on the other , there has been a simultaneous and sometimes incompatible thrust towards more management autonomy . |
| 14 | The environmental campaign group is to lobby shoppers on Saturday to highlight what it claims is a destructive and sometimes illegal assault on rainforests . |
| 15 | In reality , the relationship was a strained and sometimes comical mismatch , a 50-year-long saga of crossed purposes — with Yeats doing all the suffering and Maud forever striving to keep him at arm 's length . |
| 16 | This is characterised by a scaly and sometimes itchy scalp , but it should n't be red or sore . |
| 17 | Making the decision to resume a demanding job or career is a serious and sometimes hazardous business ; not least because it requires a thorough review and reappraisal of your lifestyle . |
| 18 | They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean , and what the historian catches will depend , partly on chance , but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use — these two factors being , of course , determined by the kind of fish he wants to catch . |
| 19 | Professionals and family members have to be very clear about an individual 's own internal experiences and personal needs ; clearly it is no good pretending , for the sake of normalization , that delusions , hallucinations and abnormal moods do not exist and that aberrant and unsocial behaviour is not a real and sometimes pervasive aspect of mental disorder . |
| 20 | This first part of a scholarly and sometimes challenging book contains plenty to set the pavilions buzzing with discussion . |
| 21 | The central section , ‘ New States of Consciousness and Social Change ’ then deals with a range of beliefs and attitudes which are said to have followed in the wake of these developments , and in particular with what Le Roy Ladurie calls ‘ a deep and sometimes lasting permutation in peasant mentality ’ . |
| 22 | Material factors ( such as the shortage of penal resources ) interact with ideological developments ( such as ‘ law and order ideology ’ and the all-important ‘ crisis of legitimacy ’ ) in a complex and sometimes unpredictable manner . |
| 23 | A thriving and sometimes illegal trade in wild plants has been uncovered by a survey conducted by TRAFFIC ( Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce ) . |
| 24 | Italy had a profound and sometimes farcical effect on the way he managed Rangers . |
| 25 | The evidence suggested rather that the USSR was a defensive and sometimes opportunist power , responding to changing circumstances in much the same way that any other government ( or its tsarist predecessor ) might have done . |
| 26 | The promotion of private Acts of Parliament continued throughout the nineteenth century , and indeed beyond , bringing a bewildering and sometimes surprising range of services within the power of particular local authorities . |
| 27 | In committee she was a doughty and sometimes intimidating fighter . |
| 28 | Their blend zone , a mysterious and sometimes prohibited domain , offers a great immediate potential for scientific discovery in the postulational-deductive and experimental tradition of the natural sciences . |
| 29 | My first reaction to this basic precept was that it must be a difficult and sometimes hopeless task for the average ‘ campesino ’ ( worker ) to cope with . |
| 30 | The result is , as we have seen , a difficult and sometimes contradictory compromise . |