Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wallerstein and Kelly ( 1980 ) have described a ‘ diminished capacity to parent ’ during the divorce period , when parents who feel humiliated , depressed or angry are unable to cope with the distress , anxieties or needs of their children . |
| 2 | At both seasons flocks totalling 500 or more are commonplace , and the highest counts were of totals of 1,210 on 12 October 1969 , and 1,430 out of 2,000 in the whole Pagham Harbour to Portsmouth Harbour complex on 19 October 1974 ; and , in spring , 950 on 15 April 1972 , and 1,370 on 29 March 1975 . |
| 3 | The government has made it clear that redevelopment should , as far as possible , be in line with local planning policies but that where this is impossible new uses are preferable to leaving a large site derelict . |
| 4 | Whether the destruction was accidental or deliberate is impossible to determine , but the pagan shrine was not rebuilt . |
| 5 | Those who assess , therefore , have little to back their judgement other than an instinctive feeling , aided by experience , that this or that is good , useful , or will be successful . |
| 6 | I think you should n't expect too much from them , but I think anything which makes maths interesting or enjoyable is worthwhile . |
| 7 | The convention speaks of ‘ the freedom to send judicial documents , by postal channels , directly to persons abroad ’ , but makes it clear that this is subject to any objection by the state of destination . |
| 8 | While Article 34 as a reiteration of the classic rule is almost certainly customary law , it is not so clear that this is true of the more detailed requirements of Articles 35–37 . |
| 9 | They were prepared to discover the intention to establish such a legal relationship in facts , to construe a trust where it was clear that this was necessary to validate the testator 's intentions even though he had not realized this requirement himself . |
| 10 | The intention therefore is significantly different although both are concerned with presenting oneself as an object of others ' attention and finding a public language to do so . |
| 11 | Another region of similarity between DP-1 and E2F-1 is apparent outside the DNA-binding domain ( DP-1 amino acids 210–240 , 41% identity ; Fig. 1 d ) which , like the earlier region , could form an amphipathic α -helix . |
| 12 | The region of similarity between DP-1 and E2F-1 is likely to be an important part of their DNA-binding domains , but we can not distinguish whether it is involved in recognizing the E2F sequence per se or if it provides a dimerization domain which then allows sequence-specific recognition . |
| 13 | Two of the men were French and two were Prussian infantry who had left their retreat too late . |
| 14 | Well that 's what I would say about this if this was new I would n't let people go in ! |
| 15 | To assume that the messages from research for the practitioner are clear and straightforward is naive . |
| 16 | In the Alaskan dog-whelks , black is dominant to brown and both are dominant to orange . |
| 17 | We already know that English , Latin and Russian are related languages , so we would see these data as revealing the common origin of these languages . |
| 18 | You have to suffer the officials ' hostility and their slow , interrogative assessment of your visa 's validity , but the contrast between old and new is acute and strikingly pertinent to the state of Romania today . |
| 19 | The relationship of old and new was intricate . |
| 20 | His ideal hero was a knightly hero who besides being brave and loyal was dignified , chivalrous , compassionate and vowed to the service of a rigid standard of personal conduct , the slightest violation of which is an unappeasable torment to his conscience . |
| 21 | You do not need to send your releases to everyone who might be interested if this is likely to delay getting them into the post ; that can always be done the next morning . |
| 22 | However , it was not known at that time whether the cloned cDNA segments termed brn-1 , 2 and -3 were octamer-binding proteins . |
| 23 | Notice that 2 and 3 are common to both sets of factors , the other two factors do not match . |
| 24 | Study 4 was an attempt to see whether the effects observed in Studies 2 and 3 were specific to the particular stimuli which were used or whether they can also be observed with a wider range of stimuli and a larger number of responses contributing to the ROC curves to improve the reliability of the recognition measures . |
| 25 | has n't any proper name like this cos these are private houses and estate are council houses but the built at top of was called the Old Plantation and the Old Plantation that 's when the first houses were built then of course when you er find the company first started which er Old Plantation is right opposite erm and when you came along past you then branched off to that 's all fields and you came down as far as and then you branched off to . |
| 26 | There is not much evidence that real wages in Europe began to go up significantly until the later part of the 1860s , but even before then the general feeling that times were improving was unmistakable in the developed countries , the contrast with the disturbed and desperate 1830s and 1840s was palpable . |
| 27 | The United Kingdom holiday industry was in a period of rapid change and flux in late 1985 and this is likely to continue for some years to come . |
| 28 | The Government took the view that the distinction between public and private was meritless , partly because in the course of the miners ' dispute , summonses brought under the 1936 Act , section 5 were dismissed because the persons charged were able to show that they were on National Coal Board or other private property , and no offence was committed even though the victims of the threats were on the public highway . |
| 29 | It is something different and playing the game these days when everything is so fast , anything slightly different and unorthodox is good . ’ |
| 30 | You see , whereas B types would say , no , I can see that what you 've done is acceptable and that 's alright . |