Example sentences of "a [adj] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared with unregistered conveyancing , the reduction in responsibility and mental anguish is notable ; moreover , by no more than lifting the telephone you have at your elbow , in the Land Registry Enquiry Department in Lincoln 's Inn Fields and in every District Land Registry , a friendly and expert service , which can usually answer " off the cuff " any questions that perplex you . |
| 2 | My next girl friend was a friendly and kind girl and we liked the same things . |
| 3 | The European Court held the refusal was a breach of his right to a private and family life , since the file was the major record of his childhood , and there should have been an independent body which could override an improper refusal of consent . |
| 4 | The amount of the penalty , recoverable by the Registrar , varies according to whether the company is private or public and to the length of time that the default continues ; the minimum being £100 for a private company and £500 for a public company when the default is for not more than three months and the maximum £1000 for a private and £5,000 for a public company when the default exceeds 12 months . |
| 5 | He considered that it was his primary duty to be a divine and theologian rather than a political bishop . |
| 6 | In all cases , the interaction occurs between a solid and fluid ( gas or liquid ) . |
| 7 | Bob Spottiswood was a strong and pacy right half-back who played for his native Carlisle United before coming south to appear for Croydon Common for the 1908–09 season . |
| 8 | To do so requires a flexible mind and a strong will , but to carry the mind and the will requires a strong and fluid body . |
| 9 | " You 're a dear and kind gentlemen , and I wish you were my father . " |
| 10 | The Clinic is offering a 25 per cent discount on a facial and manicure package for readers of the Clothes Show Magazine — male and female ! |
| 11 | The Top-To-Toe day is particularly good value for money , offering the use of the sauna and sports facilities , a Swedish body massage , dance exercise class , G5 Vibro massage and a facial and manicure or pedicure . |
| 12 | At temperatures above 374° C and pressures above 218 atmospheres , water becomes what is known as a supercritical fluid , with some of the characteristics of both a liquid and gas , and is able to dissolve almost anything . |
| 13 | It was announced on March 12 that Turkey and Bulgaria would sign a technical and defence co-operation agreement in Sofia between March 16 and March 19 . |
| 14 | But all the radical social workers who were there on a political and class base were asking the most difficult questions I have ever heard , saying ‘ We 're not here to service the medical profession . |
| 15 | Educators , both from a professional and management position , must become much more involved in developing ( rather than simply operating ) these programmes which could form the basis of a real way forward . |
| 16 | Business-to-Business Marketing — an intensive five-day course designed specifically for marketers in organisations which sell not to consumers but to other firms , government bodies and not-for-profit organisations , where the buyer is generally a professional and purchasing is frequently a group decision . |
| 17 | The pony/horse could have a stable and rugs , these items are a necessity for the highly bred horse but not essential for the hardy ponies . |
| 18 | All known societies appear to use language as one means amongst others of marking out gender differences ( gender , strictly speaking , being a cultural and sex a biological category ) . |
| 19 | The transfer arrangements for Holly and Demyonov had been basically a Foreign and Commonwealth matter , and rightly so . |
| 20 | For while the immediate economic relations were often similar , as the specific form of patronal exchange , the full social relations can be seen as variable , once the fact of willing and independent service of a social and religious-kind is admitted . |
| 21 | In the meantime , Henley had become a successful club recognised everywhere as one of the friendliest — where a chap can be assured of a game at weekends by simply turning up looking for one ; a Club with a pretty , well kept , interesting course ; a 19th hole where there is good refreshment and some comfortable chairs ; an excellent Professional 's shop and a social and golfing calendar second to none and the envy of most . |
| 22 | A social and sports quiz takes place in the village on March 7 and on March 8 residents from the St John of God Hospital , Scorton , will visit the ship at Hartlepool . |
| 23 | ‘ By the fifth decade of the nineteenth century the Industrial Revolution had completely dislocated the traditional structure of English society , bringing riches to a few and misery to the many . |
| 24 | To the extent that there is an elision in the terms of debate , and the concept of postmodern arrangements is aligned only with a ‘ free ’ labour market variant of organizational forms , which actually means freedom for a few and restriction to much more repressive conditions for the many , then the terms of debate and choice are unnecessarily restricted . |
| 25 | Furthermore , it has created a community of space technocrats , with sufficient of a scientific and engineering background , to be at ease in both the military and civilian space administrations . |
| 26 | The face , divided down the central axis , is a crude combination of a three-quarter and profile view , and the elongation of the mouth suggests even a purely frontal viewpoint . |
| 27 | In C 2v these combine as a 2 and b 1 . |
| 28 | In 1960 a major proposal was put forward for a British and Commonwealth programme by a consortium of Britain 's main aerospace and electronics companies — called the British Space Development Company ( BSDC ) . |
| 29 | It was a wooden and pillars you know this was all down here and this this all 'd to be French polished . |
| 30 | But Chiros has a different and meaning of time all together . |