Example sentences of "and [adj] and [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corners of the mouth may be cracked and sore and the tongue unusually red . |
| 2 | So Peter Yeo had to look reassuring and solid and a bit older , while Timothy Hutton could probably have come to work in striped organza without losing a single client . |
| 3 | The recorded sound is clear and spacious and the booklet-notes , by Christensen himself , informative . |
| 4 | I have a few niggles about design , finding the waist drawcord on the Solos awkward and annoying and the elasticated buckle on the Colorados inclined to slip and get in the way of a harness . |
| 5 | The perfect evening would be sometime in August when the heat of the summer is distilled and concentrated and the ground in the pine forests has become brown and crackly , the tarmac on the roads quite soft . |
| 6 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 7 | Its body was hot and dry and the coat had lost its black lustre , so it stood up on end , pale brown and rumpled . |
| 8 | When the atmosphere is hot and dry and the humidity low , skin also gets dehydrated . |
| 9 | Should the nobility refuse to cooperate , the monarchy would be left high and dry and the monarch himself would be unlikely to survive . |
| 10 | Kennel floors should be free of crevices and dry and the bedding should be disposed of daily . |
| 11 | Huge and insidious and the Pope is behind it all . |
| 12 | The total work force equals 150 , it was noted that the workers all looked rather miserable and depressed and the working atmosphere was not at all pleasant . |
| 13 | She felt humiliated and depressed and the fact that Joanna and Ian seemed so close did nothing to lift her spirits . |
| 14 | An argument apparently broke out during these talks , and fierce fighting ensued in which Doe was shot and wounded and a total of 64 men , mostly from Doe 's contingent , were believed to have been killed . |
| 15 | I was a bit dubious at first , but I was hot and sticky and the water looked tempting . |
| 16 | Venetian blinds are often thought of as being suitable for kitchens but the atmosphere here is inevitably hot and sticky and the slats quickly become grimy . |
| 17 | John Burns takes up the story : ‘ The green is long and narrow and the approach shot has to be perfect . |
| 18 | But the London and North-Western and the Great Western Railway companies were criticized for their poor provision of workmen 's trains in 1892 and a parliamentary select committee was still pressing for the provision of cheap trains for workers in 1905 . |
| 19 | She hung on his every word at dinner , and after coffee , when la Principessa excused herself and retired and the little group adjourned to the sitting-room for liquers and brandy , Sofia dropped to a cushion at his feet and gazed worshipfully into his face . |
| 20 | Disagreement has tended to centre upon the issue of responsibility for the evident political incompatibility of left and right and the consequent unworkability of Republican democracy . |
| 21 | The two following tenders peeled off to left and right and the three vehicles , sirens whooping , fanned out to cover the entire frontage of the building . |
| 22 | I do n't want to see I I deeply deplore the divisions between left and right and the accentuation of often very phoney distinctions and mislabelling that goes on . |
| 23 | The atmosphere is warm and friendly and the rooms are ideally located ; situated on the main avenue , they are just a five minute walk from the hustle and bustle of Kavos with all its shops , bars and discos . |
| 24 | This contrast between the warm and friendly and the suicidally intense is the basic conundrum that fuels the awesome , burning power of this Irish band . |
| 25 | The child may be very obstinate and self-willed and the parents may not have learned how to manage the child 's general behaviour . |
| 26 | Shrewsbury , the Sorbonne and Pembroke College , Oxford , enabled me , or so I thought , to pass for white , although of my grandfathers one had been a railwayman on the London and Northwestern and the other a clerk in Bristol Gas Works . |
| 27 | The High Court ruled the closure plan unlawful and irrational and the Employment Select Committee slammed the government 's actions unacceptable . |
| 28 | The book is a twin delight in that the pictures are rare and interesting and the observations are infallibly evocative : Eddie Gilbert , the Queensland Aboriginal ( the all-white South African party made it clear they had no objections to any opponent on colour grounds ) , bowled off six paces and delivered the ball ‘ like bullets ’ ; there is a colourful cameo of Tasmanian wild man Laurie Nash ; the just-completed Sydney Harbour Bridge is explored ; and Viljoen asserts that ‘ if there was no Bradman , I 'm afraid there would be no NSW or Australia ’ . |
| 29 | It 's a valve-driven box with four separate switchable channels — jazz , funk , blues and rock — and on top of that you have the usual gain and master volume controls , EQ for treble , mid and bass and a switchable mid-boost . |
| 30 | The Award Committee also commented that , while much remained to be done to generate full benefit from expanding use of the service , the new facilities have been well planned and prepared and the new potential is clear . |