Example sentences of "and [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he made himself walk to and fro a hundred times , slowly at first , then more briskly , to keep up some sense of health . |
| 2 | In recent years , however , analysis based upon a given concept of ideology has been complemented by other projects , some of which also analyse buildings as repressive mechanisms or authoritarian representations ( e.g. Foucault 1977b ) , but whose overarching concepts such as ‘ power ’ or ‘ discourse ’ imply a still greater distance between interests and representations , and thereby a greater commitment to objectivism . |
| 3 | Briefly , the incorporation of an economy into the world economic system involves an extension of the market mechanism between producers and consumers in the lesser developed country with other countries or transnational companies , and thereby a closer political relationship between other trading partners and national or international financial institutions . |
| 4 | Consequently , they may neglect the child 's need to develop a balanced racial identity and thereby a well-integrated personality . |
| 5 | Unexplained pain , abnormal liver function tests or biliary abnormality at ultrasound lead to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , and thereby a potential diagnosis of AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 6 | These in turn prompted greater resistance , and eventually a successful uprising against the proprietary in 1689 , fourteen years after the death of Cecil Calvert , which had occurred 30 November 1675 in London . |
| 7 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 8 | This calls for the establishment of a single European Community central bank , and eventually a single currency . |
| 9 | Discreet soundings were taken in European court circles by French representatives to ascertain if any Princess were disposed to risk a marriage with the new Emperor , and eventually a short list of two was put forward . |
| 10 | The car purred onwards , moving easily through the traffic , and eventually a light frown began to settle over her face . |
| 11 | Whilst the pathfinders had the original control of H2S , developments were going on with a fair measure of practical input from Bennett and his friends at TRE , and eventually a superior set was devised and known as the 3cm HS . |
| 12 | The plan had to be dropped , and eventually a British suggestion was adopted , under which West Germany was re-armed , but her forces were placed under the control of NATO . |
| 13 | Another good example in the industrial sector would be a qualified chef , progressing from hotels or restaurants to contract catering , becoming a camp supervisor on a major contract , catering manager , project manager and eventually a national contract services manager . |
| 14 | Though the right wing had lost much of its political leverage in the Cortes , their opposition found voice in growing street violence and eventually a military uprising which was to start the civil war . |
| 15 | Evidently there was a need to split into two large gatherings and this occurred , and eventually a further split into three . |
| 16 | It turns out that the component in the venom of this snake that has such an effect binds to the muscle receptor on human muscle and other animals ' muscles , and it binds there much more tightly than the natural chemical transmitter , which is called estialcodine , thereby preventing the transmission of the nerve impulse to the muscle and gives the victim instant miocenia and presumably a nice meal for the snake in due time . |
| 17 | It was slightly fuzzy and presumably a distant galaxy . |
| 18 | When blown loudly and forcibly a bizarre , grotesque sound results which has been exploited ad nauseam . |
| 19 | It was genuine amusement , and rather a pleasant sound if you were in the mood for humour . |
| 20 | But she had insisted , and although the room was warm , and the kitchen stove had already been made up for the night , I had gone — yet it was a strange experience to me , and rather a frightening one , to have been persuaded by someone near to me into doing even so small a thing I felt to be hazardous . ) |
| 21 | And rather a silly war to fight . |
| 22 | Gloucester came back with a penalty and thankfully a matchwinning try which was masterminded by Marcus Hannaford and scored by Paul Ashmead . |
| 23 | Although ‘ the growing relevance of social work research to daily practice ’ may be one of the ‘ most significant of the changes to face social workers and agencies in recent years ’ ( David Jones , General Secretary , British Association of Social Workers ) it is still regrettably true that knowledge and use of research findings in policy and practice are relatively uncommon , and rarely a regular part of routine thinking and planning . |
| 24 | Stanley Peters , Joint Managing Director , stated that ‘ It was a gala atmosphere and altogether a superb families ’ day . |
| 25 | It is one thing climbing up a steep and slippery slope with no weight on your back , and altogether a different thing climbing up with 40kg of camera equipment . |
| 26 | The man was sweating profusely , and suddenly a dark stain spread on the front of his trousers . |
| 27 | And suddenly a sharp pain as if stabbed in the gut . |
| 28 | She felt him draw her closer up against his body — and suddenly a tingling sensation started somewhere inside her . |
| 29 | Rapid growth ( high productivity ) means ready absorption of red light and so a greater difference between red and NIR bidirectional reflectance than one with slower growth . |
| 30 | Ideally , farmers would like to grow the larvae from eggs , and so a new industry — prawn hatcheries — has grown up to meet the demand . |