Example sentences of "a [adj] and [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a pleasant and a modest man , he was also a compulsive competitor — in pints , in sex , in stories , in sport , on the stage . |
| 2 | There will be a motley crew of teachers sharing the house — , myself , a Peruvian and a French Canadian . |
| 3 | A tied and a true and a tidy wife — |
| 4 | In the sanctuary of Hera on Samos a long base ( fig. 31 ) bore , between a seated and a reclining figure , four standing , three certainly and perhaps the fourth too girls of varying age , each grasping her skirt in her right hand and holding it out , so that the folds curve and it is drawn tight against the left leg . |
| 5 | The contrast at the Congress between a vulgar and a relatively sophisticated aesthetic as exemplified in the difference of emphasis between Zhdanov and Bukharin is interesting to the degree that it has reverberations in the work of Nizan . |
| 6 | He was not blind to the dangers of ‘ a private and a public sector in higher education , both largely financed from the public purse ’ . |
| 7 | A memorable and a proud day . |
| 8 | Moreover , when they do occur they are more often allowed to operate in territories ( in both a spatial and a policy sense ) in which others ' intervention is limited . |
| 9 | Glass is an amorphous substance which has properties of a solid and the structure of a liquid . |
| 10 | There is also the question of height : getting some height into a room can make all the difference between a monotonous and an interesting space . |
| 11 | It should be noted that the relationship between such a differential and the ultimate goals of the union is not discussed ( a point to which we return briefly ) , and that the premium is taken as exogenous . |
| 12 | It will be noted that the day space , to be provided on the basis of 4m2 per person , and including the 2 day patients , mean that a 10-bed sub-section would have a total and an 8-bed sub-section would have a day space of 40m 2 . |
| 13 | Be conscious of the fact that this is a tranquil and a peaceful place and that it belongs to you . |
| 14 | The table below contrasts a narrow and a wide tail : |
| 15 | Beyond that , de Gaulle 's policy failed both in a narrow and a broad sense . |
| 16 | Investing in people through the social services became both a respectable and a popular policy among governments . |
| 17 | In Northern Ireland 's divided society therefore , community policing has both a specific and a general meaning , for in one sense it focuses narrowly on overcoming Catholic hostility to the police , while in another the ‘ community ’ which is addressed is defined more broadly to encompass all residents in the province , although often these two aspects intermingle . |
| 18 | The Programme will have both a specific and a general relevance to current policy concerns . |
| 19 | He argued that ‘ equality of opportunity ’ has a weak and a strong sense . |
| 20 | This has both a short-term and a long-term objective . |
| 21 | He took advantage of both a feudal and a monarchical position , treating Frederick as a vassal of the papacy as well as emphasizing his papal rights of protecting a minor . |
| 22 | Although occasionally Nizan 's assessment of a writer fluctuated over a period of time ( Gide , Giono , Mauriac ) , although on occasions Nizan was simultaneously attracted and repelled by individual writers ( Mauriac , Drieu la Rochelle , Celine ) , the bottom line was always a clear differentiation between a progressive and a reactionary attitude to culture . |
| 23 | In many cases , a material may exhibit the characteristics of both a liquid and a solid and neither of the limiting laws will adequately describe its behaviour . |
| 24 | In the English perception , empiricism is both a descriptive and a prescriptive term . |
| 25 | I have an eye for championship clay court style with a technical and a mental approach that I nickname , ‘ heads and feet ’ . ’ |
| 26 | That is partly a technical and a psychological matter . |
| 27 | Moreover , the socialist ideology of Cuba meant a different motivation for pupils and workers from that existing in capitalist countries — ‘ to work for collective rather than personal objectives ’ — with the result that education in Cuba became both a technical and an ideological force for greater productivity . |
| 28 | In Chapter 4 I show that an attempt to prove the possibility of pluralism by proving the existence of irreducibly " external " relations presupposes a distinction between a subjective and an objective order . |
| 29 | Discrimination may be experienced both in a covert and an overt form . |
| 30 | There was also an interest in integrating local authorities more closely with the developing machinery for economic management at both a regional and a national level . |