Example sentences of "and [adj -er] [conj] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paler , less streaked and shorter-legged than slightly larger Richard 's Pipit . |
| 2 | Now they were thinner and leaner and much dirtier and all they were taking with them were the torn and grubby clothes they stood up in . |
| 3 | I mean , nowadays you 've got nice jackets and , and , and so on , and the hats were , were stiff sort of hats with , caps rather with wire brims on them , you know and , and they , they were really flat on the top and there was no style with them or anything , it was , it was the styles of the , of the forties I suppose and , and nowadays it 's so much smarter and nicer and more comfortable as well . |
| 4 | Poor love , he was so fair-skinned he could n't tolerate much sun and Majorca was sunnier and hotter than ever this season , according to him . |
| 5 | Brief memos are usually written on A5 size paper ( 148 x 210 millimetres ) and larger and more complicated ones on A4 size paper ( 210 x 297 millimetres ) . |
| 6 | THE Ulster Grasscourt championships will be bigger and better than ever this year . |
| 7 | The whole place was darker and colder and more echoing and empty than Inveraray . |
| 8 | Other species not infrequently escape from bird collections and zoos in Europe , including Chilean race of Greater Flamingo , which has red ‘ knees ’ and feet , and smaller and much brighter pink Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor of East Africa , which has dark red bill . |
| 9 | The size and shape of the individual motifs vary considerably , but as a general rule , they tend to be larger and bolder in village and nomadic rugs , and smaller and more delicate in workshop items . |
| 10 | Mornings had indeed developed into quite a happy routine of little errands and duties for Aunt Emily , the hens and the sea ; and if she felt now , as quite often she did , an incomprehensible longing for something wilder and freer and more satisfying than this domestic round , she put it down to needing to be in the open air more and gave herself , next morning , a longer spell on the smooth buff sands of the bay . |
| 11 | The searching self-portraits of Rembrandt in approaching old age , as he became uglier and poorer and more grimy , were acclaimed as masterpieces in preference to the earlier elegant portraiture of his society period . |
| 12 | She thought he seemed sadder and older and somehow lonely . |
| 13 | Wings bigger and blacker and more formidable than any he had yet seen . |
| 14 | The bullying got worse and worse until eventually one day the leader of the gang came to him and apologised for being so mean ! |
| 15 | More specifically , an analysis of Scottish kingship , and of the particular reasons for its strength , enables us to discard the lingering idea that Mary 's failure was predetermined by the fact that she was a woman — and worse and more pathetic , a young woman . |
| 16 | Beyond it , and quite easily seen , lay massive uplands and long and beautiful lochs with a glow of late spring light and majesty of bracken-covered sides that rose higher , and higher and yet higher into misty moorlands that brought an awe to his heart . |
| 17 | No matter that the poll tax bills will still arrive , bigger and nastier than ever next year and probably the year afterwards . |
| 18 | Her three rotor towers were taller and wider but very similar in construction and weight to those of the Buckau , thanks to the use of a new light aluminium alloy for their mantles . |