Example sentences of "and [adj] and [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a secondary benefit , note-making helps to keep the mind active and alert and assists the learning process . |
| 2 | This is admittedly no easy task , but it stimulates WACC to be vigorous and alert and makes it truly global . |
| 3 | She describes the results of her research into those pupils teachers identify as deviants and normal and argues that their typology is discriminatory . |
| 4 | Inside , it is very comfortable and spacious and has a well-kept garden with a large illuminated pond with waterfall . |
| 5 | Its critics argue that it is complex and confusing and requires people to spend a lot of their time attending meetings . |
| 6 | She gets very down and depressed and rings here a lot . |
| 7 | In places the path becomes narrow and rocky and needs care . |
| 8 | In specific terms it is our professional duty to stand back and , acknowledging that the resources to acquire everything are not available , to provide a service that is balanced and unbiased and tries to meet the demands of a clientele that itself must judge what is good and proper . |
| 9 | Similarly , if you ever notice someone having a ‘ good ’ positive argument , even if they seem quite passionate , if you are allowed to listen , try and see what keeps it all on the straight and narrow and allows a beneficial and not destructive outcome to be the result . |
| 10 | The message is clear and concise and displays no verbosity that one would expect to find in more courtly love scenes . |
| 11 | A certificate to this effect from the person representing the petitioning creditor in the following form is normally acceptable : I certify that I have/my firm has made enquiries of the petitioning creditors(s) within the last business day prior to the hearing/adjourned hearing and to the best of my knowledge and belief the debt on which the petition is founded is still due and owing and has not been paid or secured or compounded for ( save as to … |
| 12 | The main house is long and low and dates from the 16th and 17th centuries . |
| 13 | ( He resumes pacing , then , spinning on his heels to avoid the wall , he veers round , stares you straight in the face , hands flared , fingers spread frozen in time and space , chin tucked in on itself like a gossiping neighbour , takes another deep breath through the nose , opens his mouth , swivels his eyes to left and right and walks clean out of the room . |
| 14 | On the other hand , we certainly are not looking for the bland , but rather for the anodyne which is also intriguing and interesting and has a sense of positive enthusiasm . ’ |
| 15 | Many a woman who considers herself kind , compassionate and unselfish has been horrified to catch a glimpse of something underlying that , something which is determined to catch and hold a person , which can be jealous and possessive and cares nothing at all for the claims of others . |
| 16 | Its theory is both rigorous and self-consistent and has provided descriptions of many aspects which structural grammar did not touch upon . |
| 17 | BEST BEDROOM : Tony Jacklin 's — because it is nice and light and has lovely views of Scotland . |
| 18 | This first pattern represents heaven and light and has 18 movements . |
| 19 | It 's all scruffy and wet and looks all beat up . |
| 20 | The okapi , according to Gill Venner , is shy and elusive and has a long gestation period . ) |
| 21 | The bivvy bag is ultra lightweight and waterproof and has high wicking qualities . |
| 22 | The mind assesses the meaning of the pure sensation in terms of the past , present and future and provokes speech and behaviour . |
| 23 | Yes , the other half does exist , and when it is found the love is eternal and absolute and brings with it a fulfilment of identity . |
| 24 | Radial cleavage is clear and straightforward and occurs in sea-urchins , amphibians , and some invertebrates . |
| 25 | It 's long and straight and takes for ever but eventually we get to the outskirts of Newbury . |
| 26 | And over all hummed and shimmered the warring coloured adverts for Spiderglass and Madreidetic and Usines du Rhône with a dozen others belting out music and olfacts that dizzied her to nausea . |
| 27 | The volume emphasises that adjustment without growth and human development is unacceptable and counter-productive and proposes possible alternatives . |
| 28 | She has a large whisky and ginger and starts to dance again . |
| 29 | It is , therefore , complex and individual and has to be cultivated . |
| 30 | People who say this , like me , always use the word ‘ kids ’ in the belief that it sounds open and democratic and leaps generation gaps at a bound . |