Example sentences of "the [adj] and obvious [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clear and obvious course for America is to legalise cocaine so the trade can be controlled , but there is no way that we shall ever persuade the airheads in Congress of that most obvious piece of wisdom . |
| 2 | The second and obvious consequence of the growth of the parallel markets is the widening of lending and borrowing opportunities that have been created . |
| 3 | The Committee recognised that the greatest public concern had arisen as a consequence of the ‘ presence and the visible and obvious presence of prostitutes in considerable numbers in the public streets of some parts of London and of a few provincial towns ’ . |
| 4 | So many companies still get it wrong It brings into question the fundamental and obvious belief that one should always put the customer first . |
| 5 | The first and obvious need is to turn the knowledge that HIV is alive and all too well , from the outset of infection , into a workable assay of the progress of disease . |
| 6 | It will be in everyone 's interests to ensure that accounts are taken and valuations made promptly and , perhaps , if the involvement of a third party as independent valuer , arbitrator or mediator is contemplated to break any deadlock , that a time limit be imposed for agreement inter partes. ( b ) Calculation of what is due to the outgoing partner The first and obvious step in the valuation process is the taking of an account up to the date when the outgoing partner dies or leaves the firm , unless that happens or ( except in the case of a death or bankruptcy ) is made to happen at the end of the firm 's normal accounting period . |
| 7 | The immediate and obvious impact of all this is an increase in speed and accuracy at the checkout . |