Example sentences of "and in a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the long story of how this valley more or less governed itself , and in a profoundly communal spirit , is typically Pyrenean . |
| 2 | But precisely because purity is invested with such a tremendous erotic charge , fears of ‘ impurity ’ remained insistent and corrosive , and in a perversely dynamic proximity disavowed along lines suggested by Freud 's remarks at the beginning of this section , and in a passage from ‘ Repression ’ ( 191 5 ) worth citing again in this context : |
| 3 | The theory developed for this purpose by Wimsatt and Brooks ( and in a rather different way by Ransom and Tate ) takes as its starting-point Richards 's ( and Coleridge 's ) principle of the reconciliation of opposites , though the view it arrives at differs from Richards 's in a number of important respects . |
| 4 | For the afternoon service at St John 's , it was Franklin who arrived late and found the door of the church locked , but he forced an entry , and in a rather childish fracas , " put his legs between [ Eyles " s ] legs , lifted him up " , and attempted to throw him into the next seat . |
| 5 | An odd move , to be sure , at a time when prices were falling — and in a rather smart street , too , where such a venture would not be guaranteed to make him instantly popular with the neighbours , as customers came in one door and noisome smells came out of another . |
| 6 | He looked at me , and in a rather quiet voice , which was most unusual for him , be enquired , ‘ Do you know the March Past of the Irish Guards ? ’ |
| 7 | His thoughts , when they finally came , had been uttered in all their simplistic banality , in no particular order of logic or relevance , and in a curiously gentle voice punctuated by long pauses in which he had gazed thoughtfully at the throne and appeared to commune happily with some inner presence . |
| 8 | Well , she is comfortably settled in now , being very well looked after , and in a wholly suitable atmosphere . |
| 9 | Similar results were noted both in patients with confirmed cholera and in a clinically similar group of patients with acute watery diarrhoea from whom V cholerae was not isolated . |
| 10 | In general they did not seek harsh retributory sentences once order had been restored and in a surprisingly large number of cases actually went some way towards meeting the wishes of the crowd by doing something to encourage a lowering of prices and initiating or participating in relief measures . |
| 11 | The dash for gas affects us directly , and in a particularly perverse way . ' |
| 12 | In the event , the culmination of the relationship occurred when the telephone rang one day and in a suspiciously silky voice George asked me where I thought the Derby Cup was . |
| 13 | Madam Deputy Speaker : As the hon. Gentleman knows , the hon. Member for Linlithgow ( Mr. Dalyell ) raised a point of order on that matter a few moments ago — but as the hon. Member for Falkirk , East represents the constituency concerned , it is understandable that he wants to raise it again , and in a most helpful manner . |
| 14 | He criticized " irrational nationalistic blindness " , and in a scarcely veiled attack on the introduction of multiparty systems in Slovenia and Croatia he complained that the process of drawing up a new federal constitution and a legal framework for democratization was being jeopardized by " autonomous attempts " at constitutional reform . |
| 15 | More than ever is it apparent that Jack Brymer 's beautifully played long solo clarinet cadenza was recorded separately from the rest of the score and in a slightly different acoustic , but this is only a very slight distraction . |
| 16 | Having got a rough draft of a solution , now write it out neatly and in a logically developed manner so that you will be able to read and understand your solution in 6 months time . |
| 17 | It must be observed that only with difficulty and in a highly tentative manner can one find common ground between the theories discussed here ; in this conversation the participants are talking past one another . |
| 18 | Our assistance is offered sensitively and in a culturally appropriate way . |
| 19 | The bogies were assembled adjacent to the underframes and in a somewhat similar manner , the final operation being carried out near to , and on the same road as , the underframe lowering operation . |
| 20 | Scottish psychiatric services have developed at a different pace and in a somewhat different form from those south of the border . |
| 21 | Weber 's argument was presented more systematically and in a somewhat different form , though with the same object in view , by Schumpeter ( 1942 , chap . |
| 22 | You told me the house is in need of attention ; move and you can move to a place which is in excellent order and in a more central position where you 'll be able to attract more customers , ’ he said , treading a verbal tightrope between head-banging irritation and reasoned appeal . |
| 23 | The stretch is less characteristic , being weaker and in a more crowded region of the spectrum , but a band near 950 cm -1 may be taken as indicating case ( 1 ) . |
| 24 | Public opinion has shifted to the right over the past decade on one component of collectivism — nationalization — and in a more liberal direction on another , state provision of welfare and social policies ( for similar trends elsewhere , see below ) . |
| 25 | We row technically better and in a more efficient way . ’ |
| 26 | Furthermore — and in a more general sense than the ‘ special cases ’ quoted by Storr — it has also been regarded as having some association with creativity . |
| 27 | Final-year units also treat general theoretical and practical concerns but at a more advanced level , and in a more concentrated manner . |
| 28 | It suggested that all countries had strong mutual interests in providing growing markets for each others ' products , in security of supplies and in a more stable monetary system . |
| 29 | This spring , however , there really are a few green shoots of recovery , and in a more confident climate , where people are once again prepared to plan for the long term , they could blossom rapidly . |
| 30 | The first attempt to study the subject on a broader basis and in a more systematic fashion was by Kemble in his Horae Ferales ( 1863 ) . |