Example sentences of "and [adv] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also dated , self-indulgent , idiosyncratic and devilishly difficult to marry to the central theme which revolves round Marlene 's work , her rapport with her sister and her sub-GCE niece , Angie . |
| 2 | Unfortunately these constants could not be determined theoretically but only empirically , and eventually this proved to be an unsound basis . |
| 3 | And most preferred to pay by cash , fearing soaring credit card rates and the prospect of unemployment . |
| 4 | Blues veterans Jimmie Rodgers and Otis Rush both created their own blues magic and surprise guest Buddy Guy stunned the audience with some of his best and most fiery playing to date . |
| 5 | One of the earliest and most vivid comes from the Bible : |
| 6 | Seen on the ground the Piper Apache is a chubby little bird , somewhat dated and rather sedate looking in comparison with its younger cousin , the Twin Comanche , but there is an impression of dependability and a promise of comfort . |
| 7 | Education has less to do with ‘ resources ’ and rather more to do with the attitudes of those who are providing it and their accountability . |
| 8 | Ronni shot her response at him like a reflex action , a little guiltily aware that it had rather less to do with the truth and rather more to do with her sudden need for a shield . |
| 9 | Urea was resistant to rot but in these early forms was tricky to apply and rather apt to fall to bits without warning in middle life . |
| 10 | On the far side of the camp , she saw Jacques Devraux stripping to the waist in order to resume work at the skinning platform , and suddenly unable to remain in the hut any longer , she strolled out across the clearing again . |
| 11 | And so Labour went into the election on a fudged policy designed more to placate Roy Hattersley than to win over voters . |
| 12 | By 1917 Crawford was in camp , and so available to play for Wellington when interprovincial cricket began again . |
| 13 | Skógafoss is a sixty-seven metre monster , so wide and so tall , and so much falling in a single sweep that clouds of spray are produced . |
| 14 | For reasons principally of economy , most county councils have preferred to concentrate development on a few villages which can then conveniently be provided with the full range of public amenities — schools , shops , libraries , sewerage facilities and so on-This saves on the enormous cost of duplicating amenities in every village and helps to direct and contain population growth to a few well-chosen sites . |
| 15 | Flesh and blood and so wonderful to look at . |
| 16 | Most laws are already expressed in terms of vectors , which are tensors , and so this sounds as if the laws do not need any change ! |
| 17 | Before the volcanic cloud was dispersed and SO 2 converted to sulphate aerosols , O 3 perturbations caused by large concentrations of SO 2 in the volcanic cloud may have occurred . |
| 18 | Dunhill 's chairman , Lord Douro ( the future Duke of Wellington ) , was on holiday yesterday and so unable to comment on rumours that Sarajane Hoare will act as Lagerfeld 's assistant . |
| 19 | It points out that packaged peas or tinned grapefruit produces less waste at home than the unpackaged product ; and the waste left at the factory is unmixed and so easier to deal with . |
| 20 | As for the meaning of dependent conditionals , it is possible and perhaps necessary to say of them , as it is commonly said of " if " statements of various kinds , that they are to be taken as primitive , in the sense of not being open to analytical definition or reductive analysis . |
| 21 | Ten people were killed and perhaps 60 wounded on Jan. 31 , at Umgababa , in Natal . |
| 22 | A diagram of the art world , according to Wolfe , would be made up , in addition to the artists , of ‘ about 750 culturati in Rome , 500 in Milan , 1,750 in Paris , 1,250 in London , 2,000 in Berlin , Munich , and Düsseldorf , 3,000 in New York , and perhaps 1,000 scattered about the rest of the world . |
| 23 | The synfuel contribution in the US is likely to increase from about 6 million tonnes of oil equivalent ( MTOE ) in 1983 to 20 MTOE in 1990 and perhaps 40 MTOE in 2000 . |
| 24 | Youth itself was hardly a disadvantage , in an age when people were ruling kingdoms and leading armies in their teens ; the Stewart kings themselves , all but one beginning his personal rule in his teens , two dead at thirty , and only one surviving beyond the age of forty , could hardly have waited for age and experience to bless their undertakings and achievements . |
| 25 | Doncaster has been similarly decimated and only seven go to the post in three races worth a total of £11,246 . |
| 26 | Doncaster has been similarly decimated and only seven go to the post in three races worth a total of £11,246 . |
| 27 | The reports produced to date are internal documents , and only those referring to botany need be mentioned here . |
| 28 | The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this , and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode . |
| 29 | She hurried her drink , anxious to get away and only half listening to what he was saying . |
| 30 | In the Allenstein-Marienwerder district , just south of Danzig , there was a massive vote of 460,000 to remain with Germany and only 16,000 to move under Polish administration . |