Example sentences of "a [adj] and dangerous [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a subtle and dangerous anti-Zionism at work here , ’ said a Munich Jew who insisted on anonymity . |
| 2 | Let us then [ … ] suppose a great increase in the general demand for fish , such for instance as might arise from a disease affecting farm stock , by which meat was made a dear and dangerous food for several years together . |
| 3 | In the cavalry skirmishes against Kalmyk , Kirgiz or Mongol horsemen , who almost lived in the saddle and were ‘ a numerous , highly manoeuvrable and well armed foe , a serious and dangerous enemy ’ , Russian firepower proved of very little advantage . |
| 4 | Tunnelling was a laborious and dangerous job . |
| 5 | Slinging the odd punch is part of the game and the recent imprisonment of a prominent Welsh player for a blatant and dangerous assault was criticized by most players and supporters . |
| 6 | ‘ Skylark ’ is a dark and dangerous love story , where the most dangerous place in the world is between a man and a woman . |
| 7 | The Empire is a dark and dangerous place . |
| 8 | The statesman as artist — God knows it is a dubious and dangerous idea , but to get rid of it Probably involves demoting statesmen and aspiring statesmen from the privileged position that they still enjoy in public estimation . |
| 9 | When old nationalisms come to the surface , having been suppressed for decades , it can be in a pure and dangerous form . |
| 10 | He could provide the key to a vicious and dangerous attacker . |
| 11 | She sat with the blood thudding in her ears , just as it used to do when her mother began a tirade , and prayed for the impossible , for the carriage to be overturned , for it to be the wrong night , for her to develop a sudden and dangerous illness . |
| 12 | Totally to oust the court 's supervisory jurisdiction in a field where ex hypothesi the citizen can have no right to be consulted is a draconian and dangerous step indeed . |
| 13 | A large portion of the world 's population sees Marxism as an illuminating and liberating body of thought ; our own area of the globe in the West sees Marxism as a false and dangerous dogma . |
| 14 | Her father began to turn a deep and dangerous red . |
| 15 | She felt like a convalescent after a long and dangerous illness , her strength returning , her enthusiasm for life rekindled . |
| 16 | Polybius concludes with a Homeric line which he would never have used for Rome , however suitable the adaptation might have been : " To Egypt is a long and dangerous road " ( Odys. 4.483 ) . |
| 17 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 18 | Breaking in a war boar can be a long and dangerous business , but fortunately Orcs have thick skulls and do n't feel pain much . |
| 19 | Everyone who has watched a loved one go through the experience of a major and dangerous operation will understand what the next few weeks were like . |
| 20 | Without impugning the motives of any believer in this , I point out that it reeks of a vile and dangerous racism . |
| 21 | It was an awe-inspiring sight to stand in the dusk outside the office , watching and listening to the boys going out on what we all knew would be a hazardous and dangerous mission , from which at least some of them would not return . |
| 22 | The Christian ideal was more the saint than the sage : men and women who made the world to come seem present now rather than those who knew how to live and survive in a stormy and dangerous society . |
| 23 | I could sense the Colonel had got himself into a capricious and dangerous mood . |
| 24 | A fierce and dangerous fairy water-horse found in Scotland . |
| 25 | Sailors have a difficult and dangerous life . ’ |
| 26 | Only London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard seems to grow , still balancing on a tightrope — a difficult and dangerous trick . |
| 27 | However , the easiest way to distinguish the two groups is that the walker/scrambler will stand at the bottom of a difficult and dangerous mountain looking for a safe and easy way up , and the climber/dangler will stand at the foot of a safe and easy mountain looking for a difficult and dangerous way up . |
| 28 | He gravitated from extreme happiness to a difficult and dangerous depression in the space of seconds . |
| 29 | There are plenty of courses for novices and you can be sure you 're getting high quality , safe tuition in what can be a difficult and dangerous environment . |
| 30 | ‘ But I also understand that you 're doing a difficult and dangerous job alone . |