Example sentences of "and [adj] [conj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scowling at his broad , white-sweatered back , she followed him into a room as neat and orderly as an operating theatre . |
| 2 | But Senator Norris says it is ‘ a wonderful irony and absurd that an act of censorship should be made public in the library ’ . |
| 3 | This was ridiculous and wrong and an alarming testimony to the insidious power of the media , although I doubt that Christie would care very much about that . |
| 4 | Their skin was as wrinkled and brown as an old football and on their heads were perched steel air-raid helmets . |
| 5 | In his gripping TV drama about Anthony Blunt : ‘ A Question of Attribution ’ he described the painting thus : ‘ The apostles , oblivious to all considerations but those of perspective , are fast asleep on ground as bare and brown as an end of the season goal mouth , this sleep signifying indifference . |
| 6 | What little self-confidence I had ever had packed its bags and left and an aggressive dogmatism and snobbery moved in . |
| 7 | ‘ He saves you from a beating with remarkable ease and skill , yet you remain as blind and dull-witted as an earthworm . |
| 8 | It was n't so much that she looked old and wrinkled ( if you could discount the gleaming white halo of hair ) since her complexion was as smooth and pink as an infant 's . |
| 9 | Amabel smiled at her now as she sat by Gemma 's bedside tranquilly embroidering a cambric handkerchief , patient and beautiful as an angel and so terribly wronged . |
| 10 | Its feet were the size of dinner platters , and its tail was as long and heavy as an oak limb . |
| 11 | ‘ The issues raised are so important and fundamental that an effective response is required by the auditing profession , rather than merely attempts to justify the status quo . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The issues raised are so important and fundamental that an effective response is required by the auditing profession , rather than merely further efforts to justify the status quo . ’ |
| 13 | The careers and higher education information is dynamic , interactive , specialist , comprehensive and time-saving and an excellent aid to school staff whose time is at a premium . |
| 14 | In his speeches of the first two books Satan shows a tremendous vigour , a responsibility to his followers , an impenetrable spirit , heroic determination never to be weak and inactive and an attractive charm and sophistication in his poetic and commanding words . |
| 15 | The rationale is interesting , and as so often with Justinian it has a moralistic flavour : ‘ because it is quite ridiculous and unreasonable that an object which someone does not absolutely possess among his property he should be able to transfer to others or charge as a hypothec or pledge or manumit and deceive the hopes of others . ’ |
| 16 | When I get to the road , with St James 's Park beyond , as fresh and green as an early summer salad , I stop and turn . |
| 17 | ‘ Now the colours of which the air is composed are blue , red , and yellow and an infinite variety of tint is derived from their mixture . ’ |
| 18 | More corrugated iron and concrete and an army sign : ‘ We apologize for the delay Please do not blame us Blame the Terrorists ’ , with another smaller one beside it : ‘ Please take your little home with you ’ . |
| 19 | Things like , well , riches and justice and freedom and large things like peace and large things like that you see , or just erm personal characteristics and subordinate good is something which when it goes up things get better and bad or an evil or a vice is something when it goes up things get worse . |
| 20 | Those who knew her during this period described her as full of life and fun and an exceptional administrator . |