Example sentences of "and [conj] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This polarisation causes the debate to stall , but in a world where unemployment is unlikely to fall fast or far and where so much work needs doing the idea may be worth exploring further . |
| 2 | Every serious practising critic knows a secret which is less often publicly discussed , namely , that there exists no ready-made corridor between the sealed chambers of stylistic investigation and that equally unventilated space in which the object of study is reconstituted as narrative structure . |
| 3 | Marx argues in many places , but most clearly in the Preface to the Critique of Political Economy , that the source of the destruction of the capitalist system would come from the fact that the social system which itself had been created in order to work the factories and markets of capitalism would become increasingly incompatible with the technological requirements of these factories and markets , and that ultimately this incompatibility would lead to revolution . |
| 4 | A candid confession to youthful pot-smoking , it is generally agreed , is no longer a disqualification for office , but the sore part of the latest wound — pretty mild by Clinton standards — was that he had been evasive when asked repeatedly about it for at least seven years and that even last week 's admission was shifty . |
| 5 | It has also been claimed that towns were centres of consumption rather than production and that even local trade was insignificant in volume because of poor transport facilities , while long distance trade was with few exceptions restricted to luxuries because there was no mass-market . |
| 6 | It was like a ‘ ghost ship ’ — he used those words — the three masts standing black against the white of the low , snow-mantled line of the shore opposite and that enormously long bowsprit jutting out from the wooden hull of the ship ‘ like a lance ’ . |
| 7 | All we can say is that each theme demands its own particular treatment , and that however much change is introduced there should be a convincing sense of unity . |
| 8 | You walk in here with a bagful of goodies and that preposterously expensive bottle of wine , looking like shit would n't stick to your shoe , and want me to pretend that we 're married , we 're happy , and that it 's always happened like this . |
| 9 | This weakness left Egypt an easy prey for the rising Ottoman empire that seized the country in 1517 , making it then a province of Istanbul and that loosely structured empire that was to dominate the Middle East until 1918 . |
| 10 | He was a little shorter than myself , rather stocky with broad shoulders and that slightly duck-toed walk I find so attractive in athletic young men . |
| 11 | The plaintiff must prove that a duty of care was owed to him , that this was broken and that reasonably foreseeable damage was caused as a result . |
| 12 | And then Sylvia came in with apologies and that perennially green hat , and we lowered the lights while she recited De Musset 's ‘ Nuit de Mai ’ . |
| 13 | The use of such tests is a controversial issue , with on the one hand , anti-abortion lobbies arguing that life begins at conception and that therefore all abortion is wrong , through to womens ' groups who believe that such tests should be available to all pregnant women of all ages , so that those who do not wish to take the risk of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child may take the appropriate actions to prevent it . |
| 14 | These remarks of Chomsky have often been quoted , and adduced more often than not , almost gleefully at times , as evidence in support of the view that linguistics has no relevance to language teaching and that therefore applied linguistics , as it relates to pedagogy at least , is vacuous . |
| 15 | For that reason alone I feel able to say that the decision of the justices was wrong and that therefore this court is able to substitute its own discretion . |
| 16 | Lord Buckhurst even tried to argue , rather implausibly , that a patent of office quam diu se bene gesserit automatically became void on the misbehaviour of the holder , and that therefore this type of tenure was less secure than durante bene placito . |
| 17 | How canst thou tell people that sin is such a thing , and that so much misery is upon them and before them and be no more affected with it ? |
| 18 | It will long remain a problem to the average person that these sheds had such wide popularity and that so little use was made of the cheaper , cleaner , or , in fact , better umbrella sheds . |
| 19 | For : very nicely made out of very posh wood , well finished , with a good chunky neck and that very practical compound radius fingerboard , with top-class hardware to finish it off ( the Wilkinson is deservedly this year 's tremolo , while both the locking Schallers and the Seymour Duncans are excellent ) . |
| 20 | The fact that the band refused to do videos and that very little TV promotion was given to these singles did n't help either . |
| 21 | We want to take some control and show Dillons what can be done and that too cautious buying does n't necessarily pay . ’ |
| 22 | The environmentalists complain that too many chemicals and sprays are used to keep the greens and fairways looking good , to the detriment of wild flora and fauna , and that too much water is wasted keeping the grass green . |
| 23 | Some experts feel that iron supplements are unnecessary , and that too much iron interferes with the body 's absorption of other minerals like zinc . |
| 24 | During the past two years alone , reports in a series of highly respected scientific journals , including The Journal of the American Chemical Society , Science , and both The British Medical Journal and The British Dental Journal , have warned that individuals are receiving fluoride from a growing number of sources and that too much fluoride can be harmful . |
| 25 | At Jaipur , for example , it was noted that the CIEFL had not given its ‘ blessing ’ to the Workshop , and that only two CIEFL members of staff ( one a personal friend of ) participated . |
| 26 | ‘ I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received and that consequently this country is at war with Germany . ’ |
| 27 | His fears for the future , his growing worry about you — and that rapidly shrinking cage of hatred he shares with Jamie . ’ |
| 28 | In volume two of " The Glasgow Geography " of 1825 we are told in the short entry that " wheat is also raised in considerable quantity " and that about 3000 head of black cattle are sold annually . |
| 29 | In volume two of " The Glasgow Geography " of 1825 we are told in the short entry that " wheat is also raised in considerable quantity " and that about 3000 head of black cattle are sold annually . |
| 30 | In fact even if one succeeds in dissociating oneself from some of the more romantic claims that are made on its behalf it 's easy to get the discouraging impression that communication without words is after all a residual topic and that once orthodox language has been subtracted all that is left is a rubbish heap of nudges , shrugs , pouts , sighs , winks and glances — or to put it another way that non-verbal communication is simply the behavioural exhaust thrown out of the rear end of an extremely high-tech linguistic machine . |