Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Grainger and some of the local doctors dismissed the ulcers and sore throats as ‘ common ’ , saying they ‘ could well have occurred as a coincidence ’ . |
| 2 | Oh dear , we ended up with bruises and sore ankles and God knows what . |
| 3 | In this project we propose to develop a computer model to explore the semantics and pragmatics of modal and hypothetical questions and answers . |
| 4 | Mature , accurate news and comment focused largely on developments in DVI and DVI-related technologies and media . |
| 5 | This community is characteristic of windswept and could-ridden plateaus and hilltops in cold and humid north-west Britain . |
| 6 | Sift the plain and self-raising flours and salt together onto a plate , then sift again directly into the creamed butter and sugar mixture . |
| 7 | A survey is being carried out to measure and assess jockeys heart and metabolic rates while race riding and Graham Bradley went out to ride Goodshot Rich in the Fairview New Homes Novices Chase wearing an assortment of electronic measuring equipment . |
| 8 | Serum pepsinogen A and pepsinogen C were measured by sensitive and specific radioimmunoassays as described previously . |
| 9 | Serum pepsinogen A and C concentrations were also measured by sensitive and specific radioimmunoassays as previously described . |
| 10 | Whether one sees creativity in accounting as a virtue or not , it is a natural part of the tradition of flexibility in rule making ( a tradition that includes an unwritten constitution and common law , among other things ) : detailed and specific rights and obligations are anathema . |
| 11 | While it is comparatively easy to accept that in the primary years children have particular and specific qualities and that effective learning is most likely to take place in an environment which meets their intellectual , physical , social and emotional needs , it is much more difficult to define the components which make the learning environment effective . |
| 12 | The growing interest in exploring the ‘ stored information about … objects held by individuals ’ — sometimes referred to as cognitions — marks a shift away from the view of the media as of great importance in the formation of individual and specific attitudes or opinions . |
| 13 | This distinction between cognitions ( the informational building blocks , the stored bits of information ) and specific attitudes or opinions is critical , for it not only emphasizes the public 's growing dependence on the mass media for information but it also draws our attention to the consequences of such a dependence . |
| 14 | those institutions develop their own rationality and specific conformations and have definite resources and limitations . |
| 15 | You said that in our newsletter , because our checkout manager said that she 's found life extremely difficult with all the changes of shifts , and that in her department they have lots of problems , so she 's got like a pro forma checkout news , and she asks them for things that go into this , that they , you know , that they want bringing up , and specific things that they 're having difficulty with . |
| 16 | ‘ The difficulty is that this is an ex parte application and I can grant ex parte relief for prohibited steps and specific issues but can not ex parte make residence orders . |
| 17 | The end-result of this will be to increase dramatically the proportion of local income which is funded by government grant , since the only sources of local income will be the community charge ( poll tax ) and specific fees and charges for planning applications and the use of leisure facilities , for example . |
| 18 | As a consequence , any increase in overall spending determined at local level will require a substantial increase in local taxation ( assuming central grant remains the same ) , i.e. a 1 per cent increase will require a 4 per cent increase in locally raised funds including the community charge and specific fees and charges , thus reducing the likelihood of substantial local variation . |
| 19 | We are a group with a specific condition and specific demands and we can not wait for socialism and structural changes to solve the problems tomorrow , which today are the cause of our limitations … |
| 20 | With MAS assistance the vendor will normally have set his expectation , upper and lower limits and opening position by the time of the issue of the Information memorandum . |
| 21 | The executive Board approved drawings , equivalent to 468,9000,000 special drawing rights ( about US $635 million ) , under its compensatory and contingency financing facility ( CCFF ) in order to make up for anticipated balance-of-payments deficits caused by higher oil prices and lower exports and Gulf remittances . |
| 22 | She had a history of aching in the chest , pain extending to both shoulder blades , and neck pain associated with tiredness of both the upper and lower arms and hands . |
| 23 | Symmetrical wasting and weakness was present in the upper and lower limbs and all tendon reflexes were absent . |
| 24 | The teacher might think of extra resources : a box of artefacts ( some of which may be replicas ) which the pupils can handle ; a bookcase with additional reference materials including dictionaries and atlases as well as appropriate texts of higher and lower levels or a selection of visual materials for study . |
| 25 | Sitting with legs apart , stretch up , then twist at the waist and lower hands and body towards one leg . |
| 26 | Nor are there any madrigalian extravagances in Hassler 's madrigals ; they make good use of antiphony between higher and lower voice-groups as in the openings of ‘ Ach Schatz , ich thu dir klagen ’ and ‘ Fahr hin , guts Liedelein ’ ; but they lack rhythmic spring . |
| 27 | They all have six legs and tripartite bodies and these characters clearly make them members of that great and varied group of land invertebrates , the insects . |
| 28 | Currency : ( North Yemeni ) rial and ( South Yemeni ) dinar both legal currency throughout Yemen ( US$1.00=12.0389 rials and 0.4605 dinars as at Jan. 28 , 1991 ) . |
| 29 | Radio achieved its greatest impact when it related most clearly to the experiences of listeners , who expected it to reflect and comment on life as it was , give advice on difficult contemporary and age-old problems and make life more enjoyable by providing entertainment . |
| 30 | The main concern of this chapter is to complete the description of intonational form , including analysis of perhaps the most difficult aspect , that of recognising fall-rise and rise-fall tones when they are extended over a number of syllables . |