Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 From the dependence and normal justification theses it is but a short step to the pre-emption thesis .
2 Among the weird and wacky weather facts he has accumulated over the years : IN the severe winter of 1814 the Thames froze over for nine weeks .
3 b ) Maintain as high a standard of instrument flying as you can , and be thoroughly familiar with each type of aircraft and associated flight procedures you fly so that mental conflict is less likely to occur .
4 Comparing one- and two-phase-on excitation schemes it is perhaps surprising to and that the exact analysis shows that the torque produced is the same , whereas the approximate result indicates that the two-phases-on scheme should produce twice as much torque as one-phase-on excitation .
5 If these levels are not well-separated the transistor T2 switches on and off at a very high frequency , causing interference with adjacent equipment and additional iron losses it , the motor .
6 Perhaps some of those erm , five and six year olds I was talking about will get there eventually !
7 But unlike her Conservative and Liberal Democrat opponents she 's been excluded from the centenary dinner at the Town 's football club tonight .
8 The papers paid attention to the detail of the knives and sawn-off shot guns he used to threaten and wound his victims , the hood he used to disguise his appearance , his ‘ lair ’ and other related aspects of how he managed to get away with his exploits .
9 It now seems resigned to abandoning further developments on the proprietary Quatro range and 680X0-based Targon systems it inherited from the Nixdorf side of the business , as well as its mid-range Intel-based MX line , in favour of the Mips-based RM Unix products .
10 In her short shirtwaist dress and white winklepicker shoes she was the height of fashion .
11 We ought to focus on the practical and urgent business problems we have of managing our growth and creating a business strategy that will unite us . ’
12 Our job was to write the military communiques , the leaflets explaining our political programme and what we were fighting for when we moved into a new municipality , prepare tapes for the occasions we occupied the local radio stations in San Vicente and Zacatecoluca , monitor the international and national radio stations we could reach , and produce the mural newspapers for all the sub-zones of the region .
13 To both later historians and eleventh century knights it appeared that ‘ truth ’ was intrinsic to the kind of evidence that they had both , in their different ways , been socialised into respecting .
14 She was only about five feet tall , thin and blonde with a bony London face , and her stick-like legs were not enhanced by the thick , grey Waaf stockings and flat lace-up shoes we all had to wear .
15 In baggy collarless cream shirt and hip-hugging chino trousers he looked so overwhelmingly attractive that she could n't drag her eyes away .
16 Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite !
17 And just when we are recording the first positive signs of an upward trend in sales and net profit margins we are hit with the financial problems of a major hotel group like Queens Moat Houses .
18 In fact , in about 1971 there was a sudden spate of development in this area , and both the University Library and what was then Brighton Public Library and West Sussex all were innovators in those days , using computer-based lending systems , which used little cards with lots of little holes in them and — I am sure they are familiar to lots of people — in the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes erm what are called bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place .
19 In the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes — what we call bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place .
20 He must be encouraged to bascule over them so that he is ready to jump the more demanding and athletic type fences he is bound to encounter later on .
21 The cocktail and long and short evening dresses I saw , were most attractive and cleverly designed .
22 Later , travelling knowledgeably south at thirty , at forty , full of accrued wisdom about good little places , local food and wine , Cafes Routiers and long-vanished sand dunes she tried to remember the surprises , only half-experienced that day , of that land to her unexpecting eyes .
23 By following a normal mixed 1,000 calorie diet of protein , fat and refined carbohydrate foods you will be making most of those calories available to your body .
24 Amaretto liqueur is an Italian almond-flavoured liqueur , so if you like the taste of almonds and Italian amaretti biscuits you 're sure to love it .
25 Now we 're doing this one : Pete Hellicar — Nottingham local and just starting to get known a bit more then through travelling and National magazine coverage — with the backing of a new sponsor — Lifes a Beach Board Division and a seemingly endless pool from which to draw variety , ability , and originality — as well as wide grins and industrial hair clippers he seems a fairly interesting candidate for an interview .
26 Instead , after the first flaring of fame had died down to a steady glow , and he had enjoyed the sexual fruits that it offered , he stayed in his two-room West 11th Street apartment , together with Anne and Karina again , dressed in the faded jeans and threadbare leather jackets he had always worn .
27 Through the provision of information and practical training opportunities it encourages a positive and practical approach to environmental issues .
28 When he fills up the gaps within the five hundred and twelve row blocks he gets .
29 Assess your likely savings including the lump sum from your pension and any insurance policies you may have .
30 Once people have got the framework of a room together — the walls , floor , ceiling , windows , lighting and furnishings — they often run out of ideas for what to do with smaller objects and any family treasures they possess .
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