Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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31 Fortunately , with improved surgical and technical techniques it is now possible to operate on the cataracts of newborn children within the first ten days of life in some cases , and this is considered by some consultants to be advisable .
32 The handful of extracts , words of kitchen advice , recipes , menus , and descriptive passages I have chosen to quote are none of them to be found in The Best of Boulestin , the American-selected anthology published in England by Heinemann in 1952 and still available at 21s .
33 As Creggan soared upwards he found himself lost in a swirling black wind in which were scattered moving lights , swaying trees and strange sounds he had never heard before .
34 If you fall into this category you should make a list of all the outstanding and unfinished projects you have on the go .
35 Now they were thinner and leaner and much dirtier and all they were taking with them were the torn and grubby clothes they stood up in .
36 Great wines they may be , but it is hard to define these wines as good sparkling wines and classic Champagnes they most certainly are not .
37 Adorned with marble , mirrors and chandeliers , sweeping staircases and rich silks it is lavish , opulent and elegant .
38 I heard of the miracles of Saint Winifred , and the many pilgrims and rich gifts she has brought to Shrewsbury , and I dreamed of finding such a patroness to give new life to Ramsey .
39 As expected , his majorities in Moscow , Leningrad and other Russian cities were very big , while in many rural and outlying regions they were much smaller .
40 In its nine chapters and 234 pages it clearly bridges the gap between psychological theories and nursing practice .
41 Given the conservative treatment of revenues from lands , customs and feudal dues it is remarkable that the peacetime account of the Crown should have remained so healthy .
42 When a noble assumes his title and feudal responsibilities he becomes a member of one of the select brotherhoods of Knightly Orders .
43 Better to stick to the direct action and public protests we knew and could control , and leave the inquiry to people like the local authorities .
44 It never occurred to us to criticize these conditions , which we accepted as a part of Eton life , like the tailcoats and top hats we wore .
45 Since the sequence of words in a sentence is subject to grammatical and semantic constraints it is possible to build a probabilistic model for this purpose .
46 ‘ There are some things you tell , and some things you show . ’
47 Milcolm McIllvoil being called compared and confessed he practised a charm with a string and some words he spoke within the compass of the string for the rickets possession and any other sudden distemper which he did practice by putting a lint thread to his breath and repeating the following words within the compass of it .
48 Milcolm McIllvoil being called compared and confessed he practised a charm with a string and some words he spoke within the compass of the string for the rickets possession and any other sudden distemper which he did practice by putting a lint thread to his breath and repeating the following words within the compass of it .
49 And some years you 'd probably maybe get a few pounds back and sometimes you would er maybe have to pay a few pounds .
50 Some weeks it 's in her head , some weeks it 's in her chest and some weeks it 's in her legs .
51 Money was the issue , because he used to spend his money on hobbies and I 'd never know what I 'd be getting from week to week and some weeks I 'd not get anything .
52 and she ooh I do n't know I 'm gon na have to something to her cos some weeks I get it and some weeks I do n't , I said you ought to think yourself lucky you get an extra ten pound , I said , we do n't !
53 I mean seven years continual dredging for seven years apart from a month they in dock and you were taking out eight hundred tonne every hopper load and some days you were doing five loads and sometimes four loads , was a lot of mud we dumped so much mud out at erm near the Cork Lightship , now you would think they would level theirself off would n't you and if they did n't that up .
54 Yeah , and some days you need to .
55 The only trouble is when you 're doing your administration and some days you know y you may have to really get stuck in
56 That would be a mistake : this is one of the most satisfying and interesting CDs I have come across in a long while .
57 It is one of the most FUN and PURPOSEFUL things I have every been involved with — and when interviewed on the BBC RADIO in May about it , I said that I thought industry and commerce could take a leaf out of our book and learn something from the spirit of common purpose , good humour and teamsmanship — a statement provocative enough to get transmitted , as you might imagine .
58 I do n't we got about three , three thirty in the morning , both of them went out to er canal somewhere up Dulgate , past Dulgate we set up and we 'd we 'd been fishing for about two and half hours it 's aba about six thirty in the morning this old farmer comes up says er aye , aye lads , he said er I would n't bother it , they drained this area of the canal a few months ago !
59 Which is why one and half volts you know wo n't do you much harm .
60 In the past two and half years it has risen four times in real terms to pay for the publication of more and more glossy pamphlets such as the parents charter — party political propaganda produced at the taxpayers ' expense .
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