Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [coord] [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One would expect self-selected leisure activities to be different from and complementary to those at work . |
| 2 | Ninety-one per cent of people asked to demonstrate certain movements or activities were content with or indifferent about this aspect while 5% were not happy . |
| 3 | English Language , Literature , and History in the colleges was both similar to and different from these other modern disciplines ; similar in that , like them , it sought to create for itself a solid and autonomous identity ; different ( especially from the early decades of this century ) in that its predominantly classically-trained and often clerical academic proponents increasingly claimed for it a status well beyond that of any mere " discipline " or " knowledge subject " . |
| 4 | The local working class may now a an ‘ encapsulated community ’ , ‘ a village within the village , suspicious of and resistant to any intimate social contact with the commuters and the second home owners ’ ( Newby 1979 , p. 161 ) . |
| 5 | The occupational community becomes what can be called an ‘ encapsulated community ’ , a village within the village , suspicious of and resistant to any intimate social contact with the commuters and second-home owners who now comprise a substantial proportion of the population . |
| 6 | I was present at and involved in all these events . |
| 7 | Someone , somewhere must have been concerned for and worried about these unfortunate children and found their absence odd ; surely too , someone must have paid their fare and seen them off on their journey . |
| 8 | This latter undertaking was , however , independent of and severable from that of the shareholders and there was no reason why it should not be enforceable by the shareholders among themselves as a personal agreement that in no way fettered TBL in the exercise of its statutory powers . |
| 9 | He is clearly familiar with and fond of that cat . |
| 10 | Based primarily on field research questionnaires amongst personnel employed by an East Anglian company , the research also seeks views on the suitability of this type of operation for products other than those mentioned above : these could be compatible with or unrelated to those already being marketed in this way . |
| 11 | His hearty voice was soon familiar to and popular with many thousands of listeners up and down the west coast and he invariably ended his broadcasts with a special Good-Night wish to a different section of the community each evening , such as to June brides , to lighthouse keepers ‘ out there in the dark ’ , or to all dentists who might be ‘ looking down in the mouth ’ . |
| 12 | 3.9.1 sale or advertising by others of any products carrying a Trade Name or Trade Mark identical to or similar to any one of the Trade Marks and |
| 13 | What we need is for all of us , men , women and children , to be open to and comfortable with all these feelings . |