Example sentences of "and [adj] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty in acknowledging the possibility of harm from a method of prophylaxis that seems natural is that the potential hazard is unspecified and hypothetical whereas the potential benefit is specific . |
| 2 | The band 's onstage antics are almost as tacky and see-through as the music , and one ca n't help wondering if half their rehearsal time is n't taken up with mandatory pogoing practice . |
| 3 | Indeed , if performance criteria are to be national , if they are to have currency throughout the system , and if they are to be as detailed and specific as the proponents of criterion-referenced testing insist , then this reform presages central intervention in the school curriculum of a most emphatic kind . |
| 4 | It was anger , she 'd thought suddenly , anger as sharp and cruel as the blade of a knife , as if he 'd held her responsible for the desire so clearly etched into his arrogant , handsome face … |
| 5 | In the early stages and with a young horse the aids must be very clear and definite until the horse understands what is being asked of him and when he responds he must be rewarded with a stroke on the neck and soothing voice . |
| 6 | Instead , he seemed more calm and normal than the rest . |
| 7 | Work such as that of Young et al ( 1988 ) has even shown us how something that was traditionally assumed to be as intangible and subjective as the nature of conscious awareness itself can be disrupted by physical damage to the brain and can be successfully studied by the observational techniques of cognitive psychology . |
| 8 | The suggestion seems to be that integration is desirable and possible if the obstacles posed by black culture were removed . |
| 9 | A high degree of social and ideological cohesion is made both necessary and possible if the staff are to work closely together . |
| 10 | Instead , in a piece of design as simple and innovative as the original notebook clamshell , GRiD engineers have invented a special hinge that 's enabled them to conceal a proper QWERTY keyboard beneath a machine that looks like a conventional , flat tablet pen computer . |
| 11 | The river black , flat , wide on the turn , and solid as a road . |
| 12 | It was an old-fashioned one , as heavy and solid as a lorry . |
| 13 | As the hated capitalist rival , West Germany quickly took off with its economic miracle , for a long time East Germany remained poor , grim and repressive as the regime struggled to get a communist system working . |
| 14 | The bottom notes have often been maligned in textbooks , but , as a matter of fact , they are rich and luscious and admirable when the dynamic force is mf or more . |
| 15 | This phenomenon was particularly impressive in the north , which had hitherto been far less advanced and progressive than the southern , Mediterranean countries , the seats of ancient empires . |
| 16 | Scowling at his broad , white-sweatered back , she followed him into a room as neat and orderly as an operating theatre . |
| 17 | In the event , the election was considered to have been free and orderly because the party most openly opposed to military rule , the National League for Democracy ( NLD ) , won some 80 per cent of seats in the new Assembly . |
| 18 | Plastic and unbelievable though the characters may be , yet realistic and true to life are the human temptations and struggles involved . |
| 19 | Nicandra looked disconcerted and prim before a great light of kindness broke , telling her to spread a little happiness at any cost to herself . |
| 20 | In fact , Thomas 's evidence became more ambiguous and confusing as the questioning went on , and taken with that of other witnesses , such as Fred Morton of Fellows , Morton and Clayton , it becomes clear that there were no realistic expectations of improvement of canal traffic , either in the form of coal or of other minerals with or without substantial reconstruction of the canal system . |
| 21 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |
| 22 | Ease of travel Was one of the benefits brought by an empire as large and stable as the Persian , which after the conquests of Cyrus , Kambyses and Darius I in the second half of the sixth century extended from Thrace to modern Afghanistan and from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf and the Third Cataract of the Nile . |
| 23 | Often the battle is lost , and many a seaside town has disappeared beneath the waves ( while others , such as the once-thriving port of Rye in Kent , have been left high and dry as the sea retreated ) . |
| 24 | The unique nature of Piffetti 's pieces , their present scarcity and the fact that the Ashburton piece was unknown and unpublished until the present sale should all have contributed to its chances , and the final figure of £700,000 ( $1.27 million , to a private Italian buyer ) was felt by some members of the trade to be low : ‘ It 's a bargain : a jewel-like piece of furniture . |
| 25 | The ISAs are distinguished from the Repressive State Apparatus ( RSA ) in that the former are plural and private while the latter is unitary and public . |
| 26 | Martin Luther King had a vision as personal and private as the sleeping child or the cross-legged meditator , but he turned it outward as a prayer for peace so that it became shared . |
| 27 | The garden was very still , the bird-table empty , the room where the dying man lay as quiet and tranquil as the grave to which so soon he would be departing . |
| 28 | A representation of reality from the standpoint of women is more objective and unbiased than the prevailing representations that reflect the standpoint of men . |
| 29 | Indeed as the public domain has become more impersonal and technical so the family has increased in importance . |
| 30 | One of the first on stream is ‘ Ashton Cross ’ , a sweet bramble with a vigorous habit ; last is ‘ Oregon Thornless ’ , which is not the best in flavour but gives fruit for cooking and preserving until the hard frosts strike . |