Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb -s] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I notice that you ‘ suggest ’ that he bathes daily and cleans his teeth regularly but does he actually do anything with these suggestions ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That is no doubt wrong and covers our blindness to our own Scottish variety of unpleasantness , but easy to see how it happens . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Horbury was on drugs for high-blood pressure which had made him impotent and claims his wife admitted adultery , Mr Rees said . |
| 8 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 9 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 10 | The moral consequences we have drawn from awareness of how someone else feels could not be derived from the mere knowledge that he is suffering and needs my help . |
| 11 | The child next door is shy and lets my wee girl order him around . |
| 12 | The student stands with his legs apart at about shoulders ' width , sinks his abdomen low and keeps his back straight . |
| 13 | The parental instinct is strong and carries its own defences against inconvenience or sexual deprivation . |
| 14 | ‘ You see , mother , he is very sick and needs your help . ’ |
| 15 | The natural law method , it is alleged , distorts moral reasoning , is ontologically unsound , dangerously anarchical and distracts our attention from the essential task of contriving positive laws of justiciable form and content . |
| 16 | Essentially he is frustrated and releases his frustration by careless and violent action . |
| 17 | Now its skin is soft and it must hide , but it grows fast and swells its body by absorbing water and stretching out the wrinkles of its new carapace . |
| 18 | The need to call police to sort out minor disturbances only skims the surface of a problem that does the name of the club no good and reduces its image to that of second rate . |
| 19 | As soon as she is married and enters her husband 's family and clan group she is considered a potential source of danger , because her sexuality remains still incompletely controlled and its beneficiality as yet not proven through child-bearing . |
| 20 | Because he 's cheeky and hates his work and is successful with women , he 's supposed to be vital . |
| 21 | THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION . |
| 22 | After a few minutes dried food becomes soggy and loses its appeal , so the rule becomes : feed no more than the fish will eat in five minutes . |
| 23 | It makes young wines harsh and gives your mouth a dry and furry feeling . |
| 24 | ‘ So we decided it would be much better to have a combined living , eating , kitchen room instead — it 's very informal and suits our lifestyle . |
| 25 | His character , Roddy Lambert , is involved in a love triangle with two cousins — but the older , plainer Charlotte gets jealous and takes her revenge . |
| 26 | He always puts up with Lennie , and is there whenever Lennie is feeling ashamed or unwanted and produces his ‘ I could just go to the hills and ’ I could find a cave , and pet mice ’ speech . |
| 27 | To Eddie , the well-being of his ward is his priority at first , but this grows out of proportion until he is blindly obsessed and destroys his relationship with her . |
| 28 | ‘ You ent supposed to sit over there , gets too hot and burns your ass . ’ |
| 29 | It is a remnant which ‘ dates ’ Green and reveals our later generation as less innocent and more acquiescent . |
| 30 | An ageing father is not the best bet , yet very often his behaviour is coercive and restricts his daughter 's access to potential suitors . |