Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are now several ways that you can remove unwanted hair , including shaving and depilatory creams at home , or waxing or electrolysis at a Salon . |
| 2 | Borrowers can opt for a rate of 10.55 per cent until 31st March 1995 , or 10.8 per cent until 30th April 1997 , with the loans available for repayment , endowment , pension and interest-only loans . |
| 3 | It is available for endowment , pension and interest-only mortgages . |
| 4 | Instead , I suggested Jeanne and John tire Moby with a few chase and throw-fetch games in the garden before taking him out for a walk on an extendable lead . |
| 5 | This two-track approach was seen by the press in member countries as reflecting continued manoeuvring over the role of the United States in the alliance , against a background of US troop reductions in Europe and Franco-German proposals for a European military force . |
| 6 | Differences between the UK-Italian and Franco-German positions were not resolved . |
| 7 | Of this net figure , about 51 per cent represents capital allowances , 28 per cent rate relief and 21 per cent infrastructure and land-acquisition costs . |
| 8 | The sun was setting a glittering scene for the first hole , enlivening the damp leaves on the backdrop of ancient and stately trees , whose different designs gave character to each and every hole on this , one of the loveliest golf courses in southern England . |
| 9 | Members of the group of hotels , conference centres and stately homes hope to use the bridge as a strong marketing tool . |
| 10 | Throughout South Somerset is the warm honey colour of the Hamstone used in generations of buildings in picturesque towns and villages as well as the grand and stately homes of the aristocracy . |
| 11 | Of the many castles and stately homes to visit , Chiddingstone , Hever Castle , Penshurst Place , and Hatchlands are all fairly local . |
| 12 | Within an hour 's drive of Birmingham lies a wealth of beautiful countryside , pretty villages , historic towns , magnificent cathedrals and stately homes . |
| 13 | Much of this is due to the magnificent Court carpets of the 16th and 17th centuries which grace Western museums , and the 18th and 19th-century masterpieces to be found in royal palaces and stately homes throughout the world . |
| 14 | Amidst the smoking , charred ruins and the roar of civil war , he will be unable to discern the grand and stately outlines of the future society . |
| 15 | A delightful city for a short break , The Hague offers a wide variety to suit every visitor ; an abundance of exclusive shopping streets , a diversity of palaces and stately buildings , open parklands and an extensive range of restaurants and two seaside resorts Scheveningen and Kijkduin . |
| 16 | But if , without derogation of the Divine power , we may conceive the existence of such ministers , and personify them by the term ‘ Nature ’ , we learn from the past history of our globe that she has advanced with slow and stately steps , guided by the archetypical light , amidst the wreck of worlds , from the first embodiment of the Vertebrate idea under its Ichthyic [ fish-like ] vestment , until it became arrayed in the glorious garb of the human form . |
| 17 | In 1988 , at a particularly lively , contentious and near-violent writers ' conference in Budapest , Angela and I listened one quiet afternoon to the omnipresent Susan Sontag as she revealed that she had devoured ( her cliche ) the great classics of English literature soon after discarding her diapers . |
| 18 | Much more work is required , however , to clarify possible immunoregulatory and immunopathological interactions between eosinophils and the mucosal IgA system in the human gut . |
| 19 | The meeting provided a sparkling overview of the very real advances in getting to grips with the immunoregulatory and immunopathological mechanisms involved , and in vaccine development . |
| 20 | Britain 's top Olympic and paralympic athletes gathered today to celebrate the outstanding achievements in their sports . |
| 21 | Morag Donaldson ( 1986 ) carried out two experiments to explore the extent to which five- , eight- , and ten-year-old children possess these cognitive and linguistic abilities . |
| 22 | A different group of five- , eight- and ten-year-old children took part in the deductive marking experiment . |
| 23 | But Coleridge found that he rather enjoyed the rolling of the deck , and held long and facetious conversations with a talkative fellow passenger . |
| 24 | Each School will be residential and will cater for 8–10 sports and 80–100 athletes , senior coaches and trainee coaches . |
| 25 | The algorithm takes about 50 CPU seconds on a SUN SPARCStation II to order 180 probes and 1150 clones from the S.pombe YAC library , and 247 CPU seconds to order 667 probes and 2837 clones from the S.pombe cosmid library , including the phase of contig ordering and consistency checking . |
| 26 | The algorithm is fast , taking under a second to order 1150 clones and 180 probes from the S.pombe YAC library and under 3 seconds to order 667 probes and 2837 clones from the S.pombe cosmid library on SUN SPARCStation II . |
| 27 | For this reason , environmental and conservation organisations have commonly resorted to using ‘ protectionist ’ images of animal suffering — slaughtered whales , poached and mutilated elephants , or endangered pandas — as fund-raising devices . |
| 28 | ‘ Disappearances ’ occur daily in Sinhalese parts of the island and mutilated bodies are still found dumped along road sides . |
| 29 | Cut down on all fats , particularly those from animal sources especially lard , suet , double cream and full-fat cheeses . |
| 30 | [ For 14th and 15th rounds , held in January and April 1991 , see pp. 37979 ; 38171 . ] |