Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [adj] and [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dorsal arm plates are triangular and separated although proximally they may be nearly contiguous . |
| 2 | I think if parents are concerned and feel that their child is brighter than his performance shows , then it is time they took some action . |
| 3 | They have found that the soils are thin and leached and in places covered by boggy upland peat ( see page 78 ) . |
| 4 | The associations are strong and graded and are independent of social class , either at birth or currently , and of influences in adult lifestyle such as smoking and alcohol consumption . |
| 5 | That 's what your dreams taught you — that some things were vile and threatening and should be left in Dreamland where they belonged . |
| 6 | Yeah well on what people have said I I think that er there 's a possibility that er if Stuart and myself get together with the officers concerned that we if these trees are pruned and trimmed as they they 're saying they 're over overgrown at the moment surely that would cut them down in size and if they 're regular pruned every so many years they wo n't they wo n't be a nuisance I do n't think in future years . |
| 7 | That Van Butchell was willing to pay the 100 guineas is interesting and suggests that there were no bounds to his eccentricities . |
| 8 | Certainly , those who aim to buy when prices are low and sell when they are high can find plenty of Peps where the unit or share price now stands below its former peak . |
| 9 | The dark red and damson robes were heavy and stifling and they could not possibly be what she was looking for . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , our results are important and suggest that discrimination does take place against ethnic minorities , apparently at shortlisting . |
| 11 | They were so accurate that frequently bees were ready and waiting when the experimenters arrived to refill the sugar solution . |
| 12 | The pilot results were promising and showed that the POI systems were used an average of eight times an hour . |
| 13 | The similarity of their design to cup-and-ring patterns is striking and suggests that they may have had a ritual function . |
| 14 | The streets are narrow and twist and turn and it is not advisable to take a car up them . |
| 15 | The letters are small and hurrying and the pencil was n't sharp . |
| 16 | If you begin by believing that everyone 's looks are individual and accepting that there are some colours or product formulations that people just do n't like , then you have to start from a completely different selling point than the traditional cosmetic houses . |
| 17 | Preston enquired , thinking they 'd probably been put down years ago , but the Flying Horses were alive and kicking and in at least as good a shape as she was . |
| 18 | His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air . |
| 19 | Someone told him that the way to make money was to buy when the shares were low and sell when they were high . |
| 20 | Investigators believed that the conversations were different and intercepted as Mr Gilbey used his car phone on the outskirts of Oxford to call Diana at Sandringham . |