Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major recession makes innovation risky and discourages it , but in such a period the more adventurous entrepreneurs see the opportunity to profit by investing in new innovations . |
| 2 | Banks have little desire to underwrite — it is risky and demands lots of precious capital . |
| 3 | This is extremely patronising and helps no-one least of all the playwright . |
| 4 | She recalled singing in both operas at Boosback as a 16-year-old and says she was amazed to be given the female lead in The Beggars ' and only three weeks in which to learn the words and music ! |
| 5 | I notice that you ‘ suggest ’ that he bathes daily and cleans his teeth regularly but does he actually do anything with these suggestions ? |
| 6 | She gives her half-laugh and tells me she does n't know how old people generally are when they get married . |
| 7 | The tower is the least altered part of the church where the interior , especially , has been much restored , but it is still interesting and retains its ancient atmosphere . |
| 8 | We try to rotate all the jobs on site between the eight of us — it makes life more interesting and gives us more flexibility . |
| 9 | Despite her success , she insists on being down-to-earth and believes she has an obligation to give a little back to the sport which shot her to fame . |
| 10 | In solid-state solar cells the junction between two materials of different electronic properties absorbs light and converts it into electricity . |
| 11 | The travel agent admits he 's in the wrong and says he 's trying to ensure that Norman Culliford gets at least some of his money back . |
| 12 | That is no doubt wrong and covers our blindness to our own Scottish variety of unpleasantness , but easy to see how it happens . |
| 13 | As in the ease of classical criminology , positivist criminology embodied an assumption that there is some objective category of ‘ crime ’ that is obviously wrong and needs something doing about it . |
| 14 | Nothing is actually bad , but nothing sets the heavens aflame and sends you screaming for the toilet with its bowel-opening magnificence . |
| 15 | Blanche realises that she is becoming old and seeks someone who can offer her stability . |
| 16 | Many a woman who considers herself kind , compassionate and unselfish has been horrified to catch a glimpse of something underlying that , something which is determined to catch and hold a person , which can be jealous and possessive and cares nothing at all for the claims of others . |
| 17 | He described the changes underway in the country as exciting and says he would like to be in the country at such a momentous time . |
| 18 | I wish it was yesterday , I wish I was just climbing over the rocks in dear comfortable Mrs McPhee who does n't mind getting wet and lets me breathe — ’ |
| 19 | I now have eight keepers who rotate so that each youngster becomes equally fond and knows them equally well . |
| 20 | Also , he believed , ‘ in respect of much general book/library purchasing , the decision is not ‘ what is the best book ’ in absolute terms , it is much more ‘ is this suitable/attractive and justifies my use of whatever funds I was intending to spend ’ . |
| 21 | Mister C spends 45 minutes DJing before the set proper and gets what seems to be the typical reaction . |
| 22 | However , every piece of music is different and has its own problems , and it is therefore necessary to point out a few pitfalls , and to make a few special recommendations . |
| 23 | The polarity adult-child is the first in the inventory of existential oppositions ( male-female being the second ) which makes man exploitable and induces him to exploit . |
| 24 | But when we read a page of powerful writing , we see immediately that it is not clever and has nothing to do with fanciness or obscurity . |
| 25 | This can be uncomfortable and requires plenty of gnawing to relieve the growing pain . |
| 26 | But if it makes somebody uncomfortable and makes them overly conscious of their gender erm and perhaps how they look , then that 's what I think is sexual harassment . |
| 27 | A period of sharing your home is sometimes healthy , because it teaches you to be more adaptable and stops you from becoming too set in your ways . |
| 28 | I love him to bits but I 'm long past the stage of believing marriage is what makes a relationship real and holds it together . |
| 29 | The current debate between the honest subjectivist and the reasonable objectivist is more illusory than real and has its roots in ideological commitment rather than thoroughgoing analysis . |
| 30 | The next matter is , Is the proposed policy too restrictive and does it adequately reflect national policy guidance on the need to rural enterprise and diver diversification of the rural economy . |