Example sentences of "[conj] is [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some combinations of b and f fail to entrain the system ; the response is either quasi-periodic , or is irregular and chaotic . |
| 2 | Histological techniques can show whether an endometriotic deposit is active and infiltrating the surrounding tissue or is superficial and inactive . |
| 3 | Just to invoke God 's name for what one chooses to do is no guarantee whatever that the thought , word or action really is God 's will , or is creative and positive as opposed to being destructive and negative . |
| 4 | For a signal of the exponential form from time but zero before , the Laplace transform is Provided α is either negative , or is positive and less than s , the integral is convergent and |
| 5 | Although there still exists the notion that administration should be or is apolitical and merely a neutral tool of the government , this is palpably not so in practically all states , industrialised or less developed or ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 6 | To apply the framework of attention focusing to the data from these studies it is necessary to make some assumptions about the information that is central and peripheral in the stimuli . |
| 7 | Societies may choose to emphasize the ‘ fecund ’ side of the feminine , by exalting an image of woman that is plump and heavy-breasted , or there may be a preference for a youthful , virginal beauty , with ‘ natural ’ styles of hair and a slim figure to go with it . |
| 8 | Most hobbyists , however , usually end up investing in a rechargeable resin that is effective and easy to use ; the original and best-known resin cartridge is the Nitragon . |
| 9 | In particular , an organization that is given a task that is controversial and unpopular in many quarters , such as an organization charged to promote racial and sexual equality or one providing help to a stigmatized group such as vagrant alcoholics , may find that it is given an unclear mandate and is placed in a position in which it finds it hard to acquire ‘ legitimacy ’ for its activities . |
| 10 | The stress on efficient or productive causes means that , though Bacon 's natural philosophy includes Divinity , Hobbes 's excludes the theological study of a God that is eternal and ingenerate . |
| 11 | In this ‘ evangelism equals church planting ’ model , the priority may be seen as a desire to make sure every community throughout the earth is covered by a church that is alive and preaching the good news of Jesus Christ . |
| 12 | Simply , that the issues that affect our lives are entirely underpinned by a belief in women 's dubious nature ; their animality , their polluting tendencies , a sense that something might just erupt from the female that is dangerous and needs to be controlled . |
| 13 | Under the STV as well as in an exhaustive ballot a candidate doomed to exclusion may have received a number of votes that is substantial and only marginally smaller than the number received by the candidate next above him in the relevant count . |
| 14 | The status of Top Traveller is one that is self-appointed and only has currency among the knots of those tacking their way through the continent with varying degrees of frustration and ill luck . |
| 15 | If the buyer without authority from the seller seizes possession of the goods that is unlawful and does not destroy the seller 's lien . |
| 16 | The growth of an extrovert series can be restrained by generation within a boundary that is absolute and does not permit flow across it . |
| 17 | It 's a matter , I think , of managing it properly , of making sure that we minimise any kind of deleterious effect on the environment , that we manage it in such a way that is tolerable and beneficial to ourselves , to our communities wherever we live . |
| 18 | I will accept that you are designing it to enable humanity to select and rear a future generation that is peaceful and creative rather than aggressive and destructive , that your personal motives are good . |
| 19 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 20 | I have pale , mousy hair that is dull and lacks shine . |
| 21 | to know story from life of friend that is authentic and clearly related to the goal of the session . |
| 22 | If you 're administering , you might as well administer something that is new and challenging rather than doing something I had been doing all my life . |
| 23 | Mr Philip Wilson , chairman of Zwemmer , commented , ‘ this is the first time that Zwemmer 's have had a location that is suitable and indeed at the centre of the art trade . |
| 24 | Zwemmer chairman Philip Wilson said : ‘ Our six shops already have the largest stock of art books in the country , but this is the first time that Zwemmer has had a location that is suitable and at the centre of the art trade . ’ |
| 25 | Don Hill , from Darlington Lions , said : ‘ We are looking to find anything that is suitable and we do n't need a lot of space . |
| 26 | The courses offered at Edinburgh consequently seek to reflect a subject that is complex and evolving , and allow for different interests to be pursued and for different emphasis to be given to the historical and descriptive sides of the subject . |
| 27 | The combination of an empirical orientation and historical continuity has produced a political system that is complex and disparate . |
| 28 | I want a camp that is efficient and productive . ’ |
| 29 | The final gouaches — St Paul 's from the River , Blackfriars Bridge ( Plate 10 ) , which enjoyed a double-page spread , and Cranes at Bankside , even though they lost a certain precision and intensity in reproduction , make an impact that is buoyant and tough . |
| 30 | Politicians , once in government , tend to favour a budgetary system based on legal checks and balances , rather than one that is non-partisan and consists of social checks and balances . |