Example sentences of "a [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both deaf and hearing actors play to a deaf and hearing audience . |
| 2 | For example , you may ignore her persistent whining for attention after one constructive attempt to distract her by suggesting a pleasant and diverting activity ( after all , you re having to see to the baby ) . |
| 3 | More recently the US Rhino label released ‘ Fool Around ’ , a retrospective that includes ‘ Be Stiff ’ and her cover of Elvis Costello 's ‘ Stranger In The House ’ . |
| 4 | The tea was handed round by a posse of mothers who greeted Agnes in a friendly but appraising way which infuriated her . |
| 5 | New headteachers have limitations on their ability to manipulate the administration in County Hall , or to conduct a delicate personal conversation with a depressed and withdrawn head of department . |
| 6 | In general , BC 's stewardship of the land is poor , with areas in which it has operated having a depressed and unkept appearance . |
| 7 | July 1981 was by any standards a trying and testing month . |
| 8 | A polite and considered approach , avoiding outright confrontation , will stand you in better stead . |
| 9 | Thus , in a thoroughly typical way , man , who is not endowed with an instinctive love of animals or care for them , achieves the ability to make a success of animal-husbandry as a form of economic life by channelling his otherwise rampant aggressiveness back against himself as a force of conscience which frequently expresses itself in pastoral cultures as a vengeful and recriminating god of the sky . |
| 10 | As well as providing a dry and secure home for your car , garages may also act as a store for ladders , lawnmowers and kids ' bikes and maybe even a workshop utility room |
| 11 | I see the whole chapter as a subtle but misconceived footnote to Crime and Punishment ; in these pages , instead of brushing past Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov in his return upon the underground man , Dostoevsky has allowed himself to be obstructed by them , and the result is a Stavrogin who compounds Raskolnikov 's bracing himself to enter the police station ‘ as a man ’ and confess with Svidrigailov 's reaching out in all directions , including the far extremes of moral and physical debauchery , in the hope that something , it does n't matter what , will make him unbored . |
| 12 | According to his contemporary biographer , Richard Sibbes [ q.v. ] , the dominant influence on his early years was his uncle , Sir Henry Yelverton [ q.v. ] , who persuaded him to set aside his early inclination to become a divine and pursue his studies in the law . |
| 13 | These are factors which decide whether the specimen is initially handled as a solid and disaggregated after fixation , or is immediately disaggregated and handled from the outset as a cell suspension . |
| 14 | Though at the beginning , she seems a sad character , with whom life has dealt harshly , you soon begin to realise that she is a heartless and conniving woman . |
| 15 | This was definitely one for the album and after several quick shots back she went — not quite a grand-daddy but getting closer . |
| 16 | Deliberate ambiguity , paradox and complexity are all techniques used by artists to prevent discrimination attaining complete clarity , thereby stimulating a prolonged and engrossing period of heightened activity . |
| 17 | That is , inner cities are perceived as ‘ deviant communities ’ , areas which need to be turned around and brought back into the mainstream , a mainstream that requires little or no restructuring or reform . |
| 18 | By contrast with Godwin and his circle , who grew out of a broad and rising general formation , at first not in critical relations with its own class , the Pre-Raphaelites , who were in majority from families of the commercial bourgeoisie , were in conscious opposition to the main cultural tendencies of their class , though they may finally be seen as articulating and expressing them . |
| 19 | Who can say now that this solution can survive in a larger Europe in which a unified or confederated Germany is the strongest element ? |
| 20 | Who can say now that this solution can survive in a larger Europe in which a unified or confederated Germany is the strongest element ? |
| 21 | Installation was achieved by welding a new frame to accommodate the cannon in a cone of converging steel tubes through a modified and toughened Plexiglas pivot-hole . |
| 22 | Adultery , murder , betrayal and revenge in a stifling and haunted Paris . |
| 23 | Dick Crossman , like myself , was a Wykehamist but did not benefit from the outstanding facilities for scientific education that were available at Winchester . |
| 24 | Lord Aldington , 75 , a frail and stooping figure , was allowed to give his evidence while seated . |
| 25 | And I got a frail and thrashed that . |
| 26 | His powerful , concentrated , gently oaky Boteleur at £6.99 is a classic but needs a bit more time and his Green label Chardonnay also at £6.99 is a real winner , multi-layered , rich and toasty . |
| 27 | Grady slipped with a 75 but made the cut , as did Roger Davis with a splendid 68 to retrieve his position after a first round of 77 . |
| 28 | Yet he opened his challenge for The Masters with a 75 and closed it with an 81 . |
| 29 | The life of a business or operation may also be at risk for few industries have such a strong and demanding legal code where failure to comply may result in immediate closure or prosecution . |
| 30 | I shall convey his point to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor , who also recognises the great importance of a strong and recovering motor car industry . |