Example sentences of "be [adj] and [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can take a dialogue where all the sentences are complete and make all the deletions you can , still making it natural . |
| 2 | H Prefix endorsements are pre-printed except for H90 — H99 which are free-format and require careful checking . |
| 3 | Malcolm said Loughborough had been innovative and show modern thinking in its approach to selling and business development . |
| 4 | Many of the Maquis plants , for example Jerusalem sage and the various lavenders , are evergreen and have good winter character . |
| 5 | Banks offer such goodies , not because students are rich and represent good business to the banks , not colleagues , because out of the goodness of their hearts they believe students need a helping hand . |
| 6 | My parents are alive and have thirty grandchildren . |
| 7 | Editorial space and broadcasting time are unbiased and have more credibility than advertisements . |
| 8 | There are goods in the stores , but prices are high and getting higher , as is unemployment . |
| 9 | If you are careful and place all your subroutines at the end of the main program , you can display the main structure of the program without cluttering up the trace with the subroutines . |
| 10 | Competition is also related to the likelihood that new suppliers will enter the market if they perceive profit opportunities because the existing suppliers charge high prices or are x-inefficient and have high costs . |
| 11 | First of all , they are difficult to detect as they are minute and resemble tiny pins clinging to the leaves and stems of submerged plants . |
| 12 | Body fluids of some polar fish are slightly more concentrated than those of temperate species , but ionic differences in osmolarity are minute and have little effect on freezing point . |
| 13 | The tadpoles of some spadefoot toads are gregarious and form large moving shoals . |
| 14 | But people are different and want different things out of life . |
| 15 | As long as individuals are different and have personal aims , ambitions and needs they will seek to achieve those for themselves . |
| 16 | Some are comprehensive and cover short-term exports on a continuous basis , others are tailored for specific contracts . |
| 17 | All new family relationships are delicate and need loving and thoughtful handling . |
| 18 | The VGA graphics are colourful and flicker free and the game itself is quite addictive . |
| 19 | The programmes are wide-ranging and involve visiting and local professional musicians and students . |
| 20 | These are at their most impressive on the backs of the giant crocodiles , where they are lozenge-shaped and give these formidable reptiles the appearance of being covered in spiked metal armour-plating . |
| 21 | It is important to select a vet in whom you have confidence however , because if you are nervous and worried these sensations will be transmitted to the dog . |
| 22 | If you do , on , if you 're in a negative cycle , and you do start getting positive reactions , if you 're lucky and recognise that , can they not turn the whole thing around ? |
| 23 | They mostly think they 're marvellous and act lordly and gallop about being pillars of the community . ’ |
| 24 | All of the double rooms are comfortable and have private facilities , TV , Cable TV , telephone and air-conditioning/ |
| 25 | All rooms are air-conditioned and have private facilities . |
| 26 | The pollinators in the lower regions are nonspecific and include meliponid bees , solitary wasps and butterflies and also unspecialized beetles , midges , flies and thrips , all rather short-range pollinators . |
| 27 | The plate commentaries are brief and give little uniform information ; but for the plates alone this is a welcome revision . |
| 28 | These teas are unblended and have strong , distinctive flavours — one bag will often produce a pot of tea for two people . |
| 29 | Elderly patients should not necessarily be denied the operation if they are fit and have normal anal function . |
| 30 | All these decisions are intertemporal and require explicit models of expectations formation . |