Example sentences of "and [adj] [adv] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 A special feature of the Goldstar is the twin handrails , which makes access by young and old alike that much safer .
2 It becomes easy to picture himself and Boswell here , their servant outside holding the horse 's head , while Johnson 's taxi , his post-chaise , waited : ‘ The arch of one of the gates is entire , and another only so far dilapidated as to diversify the appearance , ; Sam himself with his famous stick prodding in the weeds , gauging the cut of the stone as he might examine the shoulders of a friend 's new frock-coat , measuring distances , tracing nave , crossing , choir , transept — inhaling meaning and implication , and converting it into judgment and knowledge .
3 And because pollarding has not been carried out , tall , heavy shoots are growing up from the ancient trunks , which are usually rotten and hollow inside , and these too often either split or simply collapse " .
4 On a different point , you 'd do well not to dismiss the guitarists of the sixties and seventies quite so readily .
5 ‘ I can see sixes and sevens just as easily I can visualise birdies , ’ he said .
6 And we had put it on fire and it had died down , you could have put it on two or three shovels , when we were leaving the place do you see , and it was all quiet and all all right now , and off we went home .
7 One of these has already been put forward , by the CNAA early in 1982 , termed Model C. In its response to the July 1981 Green Paper , the CNAA is critical both of Model A and Model B , regarding Model A as inadequate and lacking credibility both on academic and other grounds , and Model B as too exclusive in that it creates a division between institutions substantially involved in the provision of public sector higher education and those only marginally so .
8 But his personality — assertive and brash yet essentially both cheerful and tough — gradually communicated itself to the public and helped him to his greatest triumph : his victory in the 1948 election .
9 She plays it phenomenally well , with a dazzling combination of flawless virtuosity , and controlled yet always deeply passionate ardour .
10 Hundred and nine all right then .
11 She had to be calm and distant just once more .
12 Bodies should be fully stretched upwards and curved either slightly forwards or backwards from the waist only .
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