Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joking aside , these listings do illustrate the breadth of the Prestel service — though they do not hint at which are profitable or will prevail . |
| 2 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 3 | Customers can buy it pre-loaded or can buy the software modules separately . |
| 4 | One further response , from a husband , is included without comment — ‘ wives are more open-minded and can concentrate harder ’ . |
| 5 | He 's going to rent an appartement ( I 'm going all French and should have said , a flat ! ) where I can live and he can stay when he 's in England . |
| 6 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |
| 7 | I appreciate that this view is somewhat unfashionable and would gain little support from the majority of teachers who were at the centre of the disruptions of recent years . |
| 8 | I 've argued that for twenty years , now suddenly overnight it 's become unfashionable and let's make it clear why it 's become unfashionable . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , ground level ozone ( tropospheric ) caused by pollution can not rise up and plug the hole , but instead is harmful and can cause breathing difficulties . |
| 10 | The sheep become anaemic and hypoalbuminaemic and can suffer severe weight loss . |
| 11 | Aaron 's mother , Lesley , 26 , said : ‘ He was very calm and must have been in great pain . |
| 12 | They felt it offered no child care provisions , did not promise much for the unemployed and will mean a rise in fuel bills from next year . |
| 13 | THE SIX residents of Thornybauk hostel for those with alcohol-related problems are all unemployed and will begin looking for work once they have dealt with their difficulties . |
| 14 | ‘ We will now have 40 centres , which will be bigger , employing more people , and more economical and will increase productivity . ’ |
| 15 | Some of the newcomers — weekend cottagers , holiday-home dwellers — are highly transitory and may take little interest in village social activities . |
| 16 | And however , easy it may be physically , a labour like this is emotionally very demanding and can leave you feeling shocked and drained . |
| 17 | But the choruses in L'incoronazione ( of Seneca 's household , Act II , SC.3 , of ‘ Consuli e Tribuni ’ in the penultimate scene ) are almost nugatory and could have been sung by a handful of soloists , while the instrumental ensemble in the best source , the manuscript in the Biblioteca Marciana , Venice , consists mainly of only two parts — perhaps taken by only one player each — over the basso continuo . |
| 18 | For both these reasons , there is a high likelihood that with advancing years wives will be widowed and will find themselves living alone . |
| 19 | Essentially it consists of a small concrete chamber which is waterproof and can accommodate sufficient water to enable a simple submersible pump to operate . |
| 20 | Readers were told it was ‘ muting criticism ’ even though Tory policies were wrong and would throw hundreds of thousands more people on the dole . |
| 21 | He was aware that he was infuriating Ludovico by his opposition to the plan but everything he knew about his friend convinced him that the idea of a whirlwind marriage was wrong and could end only in disaster . |
| 22 | PRIVATISING prisons is morally wrong and could result in violence and bloodshed , the Scottish Prison Officers ' Association annual conference at Inverness heard yesterday . |
| 23 | The Profitboss gets to the top because he believes that he could be wrong and could do better . |
| 24 | Biological filtration , which will require the packing of a suitably porous material that is also fairly coarse and will allow a good water flow ( sand is useless in this respect ) . |
| 25 | These ‘ Mietkaserne ’ ( literally ‘ rental barracks ’ ) , to avoid the slum problem of a London or central Berlin , would be four storeys high and would open up on an interior square that was green and ample enough to permit plenty of light and fresh air . |
| 26 | The council and others had objected to the proposed development and the council had refused planning permission on the ground that the proposals would result in an intensification of air pollution in an area where the level of existing pollution was high and would create additional health hazards to residents of the area . |
| 27 | Flying in even light snow is like being in a fog , and unless you are up high and can manage to fly clear on instruments , you are liable to have real trouble . |
| 28 | Stands 15cm/6in high and can bear the heaviest fruit cake . |
| 29 | It will be 90 metres high and will contain 174 million cu.m of water when completed in 1985 . |
| 30 | They are almost 20 years old and should have been replaced , but the company has accepted that it is unlikely to get government approval for new ferries until the bridge controversy has been resolved . |