Example sentences of "and [adj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | wet and dry exactly the same Yeah identical . |
2 | 2 If a future Parliament is " hung " with the centre parties holding the balance of power between Conservative and Labour then the Liberals and Social Democrats have made it clear that the price of their giving support to any minority government would be a binding agreement to introduce proportional representation . |
3 | We like to keep the floor nice and sticky so the staff ca n't run away ! |
4 | One of the people he 's conning is Sir Epicure Manhom who wants a life of ease and luxury and has been giving the alchemist loads of money in order to tu to , to perfect this and funny enough the alchemist has n't managed , has n't managed to do this , to get the person 's money . |
5 | Pittston has drafted in ‘ scab ’ labour to get the coal out , but the roads in these mountains are narrow and winding so the strikers drive their vehicles ahead of the coal trucks as slowly as possible . |
6 | ‘ He loved to change direction , ’ said Hardy , ‘ he loved to test people , to see where their pretensions were — it was all terrific fun to him , serious and not-serious both the same time , the way very very good comics are . |
7 | The tide had receded , the land silted again , but the plant life remembered the salt inundation : oddities and rarities of flora attracted the scholarly and delighted even the uninformed . |
8 | Suddenly he could imagine George on the Sunday after that Saturday evening at the cottage exhausted by nightmares pacing the rooms and jumping whenever the phone rang . |
9 | An enormous variety of reasons , and by and large not the sort of reasons that advertisers would hope that they did give . |
10 | If post cold-war Europe is not to be violent and conflictual then the sources of rivalry and mistrust need to be addressed head-on . |
11 | Some bees come to recognise tripped from untripped flowers and frequent only the former , while others learn to chew a hole in the side of the flower so as to rob untripped blossoms without ever venturing inside . |
12 | Botham 's dismissal was the result of fine captaincy by Lloyd , for when it seemed he was going to bat sensibly Lloyd put on Richards , knowing full well Botham would not be able to resist trying to hit his friend out of the ground , and sure enough the sucker punch worked . |
13 | The old river man had said this big tide would bring the elvers down , and sure enough the muddy water of the dock basin was full of them . |
14 | I felt along the ledge at the top of the door and sure enough the key was there . |
15 | Their first division place , their future was riding on the game and sure enough the Cherry and Whites rose to the challenge . |
16 | And sure enough the time came for his release … the pen was opened and he was free to go , after an uncertain start Freddy the Fox took his first step in the world as a wild Fox . |
17 | ‘ Transfer fees and salaries are far more modest and reasonable then the UK and Europe and the potential is endless . |
18 | McGregor calls this Theory X. In contrast to this is Theory Y , where he argues that if the leaders see subordinates as willing and able then the leader will be less inclined to pursue an autocratic style but instead prefer a participative style of leadership and encourage subordinates to accept responsibility and authority . |
19 | Some suggest that Com Tech , as Australia 's largest Novell distributor , has chosen to side with its most important partner and tough out the inevitable coolness from SCO . |
20 | Finally these are hangings , read and green perhaps the most popular colours in York . |
21 | If the remainder of Rentokil staff are as helpful , pleasant and co-operative then the contract should run very smoothly indeed . ’ |
22 | If the delegation is absolute and unconditional then the electorate can not be sovereign ; if it delegates its power on trust then Parliament can not be sovereign . |
23 | Doherty is described by Cole as an ardent Owenite ; but though he records him as advocating ‘ co-operative self-employment far and wide wherever the workers became organised ’ , he nevertheless identifies the National Association as a purely trade union body . |
24 | She urges the excellence and dignity of courage , a glittering idea which has dazzled mankind from age to age and animated sometimes the housebreaker and sometimes the conqueror . ’ |
25 | If the degree of moral outrage is widespread and simmering then the individual who ignites the fire has a high chance of success ; the enormous , potential power of the base of the hierarchy is ignited . |
26 | Situated in the Heart of Coventry adjacent to the famous Cathedral , and close by the Museum of British Road Transport . |