Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , if the main wheel is behind the c.g. , the directional stability will be less and the rudder more effective . |
| 2 | But two ill-fated sojourns to Britain , where he found the language , the climate and the cuisine too harsh for his exotic tastes , left him vowing never to return . |
| 3 | She was free to go as close to the man 's music as she dared , to stare as long as she wanted , to dance on the kerb right beside him where he seemed so tall he almost blacked out the sky , and the music so overwhelming you could hear nothing else . |
| 4 | With their curiosity satisfied and the music too slow to be interesting , Wayne and Sandy had taken themselves out into the gardens to cool off . |
| 5 | I kept the thought and the intent very pure on that . |
| 6 | Ron flies G–BMKC with a 381st BG , 533rd BS tail codes and the name Little Rock-ette Junior , markings suggested by Col C S Hall , who flew the B–17 of that name . |
| 7 | Here the state is , so to speak , the system , the bureaucracies the units , and the question still one about explanation . |
| 8 | and the person ultimately responsible ensuring that happened of the system would be Mr is it ? |
| 9 | Those nearest the dais carried raised torches in their hands , so that the dais was illuminated and the Sheikh clearly visible to all . |
| 10 | It accounted for more than half the structures at Chalton but at Bishopstone , where the extent of erosion was even greater and the excavation not total , there is less evidence of such planning although traces of fence lines attached to buildings were located . |
| 11 | This barrage was much closer and more concentrated , the shells passing over appeared lower than the shells from the Naval guns , and the noise more intense , the guns appeared to be firing from the bottom of the orchard . |
| 12 | The grass was about seven metres high , and the corn about thirteen metres high . |
| 13 | Both hull and deck were very fair and the deck neatly detailed . |
| 14 | ‘ Traded in his jalopy , put a thousand down and the rest over six months . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ A thousand down and the rest over six months — plus his old wreck , of course . ’ |
| 16 | and the rest around 11 per cent . |
| 17 | Season the salmon with salt and pepper and cook for about 5 minutes , depending on the thickness of the fillets , so the underside is lightly cooked and the top barely warm . |
| 18 | 4 Transfer the rack and duck to a plate and return it to the oven to ‘ rest ’ with the heat now turned off and the door slightly ajar . |
| 19 | The house is in the centre of the city , on the edge of the Park , two minutes ' walk from the best shops and the square where all the dropouts and drug-addicts meet . |
| 20 | The sceptics argue that the cost of running rail services will prove too high and the return too low for the private sector . |
| 21 | Apart from deep psychiatry and hypnosis which can sometimes disclose these events and thus heal them , the only way to overcome these fears is to expand the adult part of our mind and tune out the child and the parent as much as we can . |
| 22 | Quite often a series of progressively unpleasant interchanges will take place with the child becoming more obstinate and the parent more angry . |
| 23 | With US inflation running at over 3% and the recession still biting , few firms across the Atlantic can genuinely claim to have performed well . |
| 24 | After a shadowy introduction , the opening allegro is sharp and vehement , the slow movement shot through with unease , and the Scherzo faintly menacing in its nocturnal rustlings . |
| 25 | For the first time in her life she was n't being rational , and the realisation both excited and horrified her . |
| 26 | The idea 's to make hospital less daunting and the treatment more successful . |
| 27 | The empty weight is 925 lbs , fuel capacity is 17 US gallons and the range around 180 miles or about two hours . |
| 28 | But I it was only butter and the jam today that er , thi this came into my head . |
| 29 | Most men seemed to find both the quantity and the variety quite acceptable and to recognize that , with a large institution and central kitchens , the variable quality was only to be expected . |
| 30 | The famous ‘ twinkle ’ in his eye and the firm yet non-interventionist finger he kept on the pulse of hall life made him a fair but firm warden at all times . |