Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On arrival at the theatre I was met by Mr and Mrs Alexander Heymeyer , the latter was originally Scottish and born on the Isle of Skye . |
| 2 | The easily identifiable tartan mark is your guarantee that the salmon you are buying is genuinely Scottish and produced in accordance with a stringent set of quality standards , enforced by Food From Britain inspectors . |
| 3 | This demonstrates that there are indeed certain junctions which both tend to be rated as risky and tend to be recalled by many subjects . |
| 4 | This was risky and proved to be an extremely ill-advised tactic . |
| 5 | It is my purpose to expose such ideas as erroneous and offer in their place an account based on social processes . |
| 6 | These people are very primitive and live in small groups , moving from place to place . |
| 7 | The word associated with Lórien most often is ‘ stain' — an odd word , both French and Norse in origin , with an early meaning of ‘ to lose lustre ’ as well as ‘ to discolour ’ . |
| 8 | She had long given up the tussle with French and lapsed into straight English ( which Therese , damn it , was supposed to understand ) . |
| 9 | She was anxious , for no such thing has ever happened to her before , her memory was always clear and rounded as a bell-note and utterly reliable . |
| 10 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 11 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 12 | The sky , which had been clear and filled with stars , was clouding over and a moist wind blew in from the sea . |
| 13 | Because of the sensitive nature of this service the pre-issuance review is necessary to give additional assurance that the firm policy is adhered to and that the firm 's report is clear and responds to the needs of the client . |
| 14 | The declivities seemed to promise more ease than the heights because of the heavier shade and the caressing sound of the small brooks which ran clear and sparkling across their path . |
| 15 | But all over the pastoral Midlands and the south of England too , the canals flowed clear and sparkling in the sunshine , something new in the landscape with their towpaths , lock-keepers ’ cottages , stables for canal horses , their Navigation or Canal Inns where they met a main road , and their long and narrow gaily painted boats . |
| 16 | The woman was hurled clear and fell onto her side near the horse 's flanks . |
| 17 | The moon had set , but the sky was clear and lit by a sprinkling of stars . |
| 18 | The sky was clear and studded with stars , The three-quarter moon lit a silver path across the inky water . |
| 19 | I try to keep my diary clear and concentrate on collating and editing all the material that has been arriving in my in-tray over the previous weeks . |
| 20 | Whitaker 's partner slipped while turning tight into the penultimate fence , but the horse managed to jump clear and win from Emma-Jane Mac on Everest Oyster . |
| 21 | Councillor Norman Murray said that the signal to unsocial tenants should be quite clear and had to be backed up with swift and firm action . |
| 22 | It was not intended to give this impression , and we take this opportunity to make that clear and to apologize for any embarrassment caused . |
| 23 | The sky was clear and glittering with icy stars . |
| 24 | But she still held the gun and , as Kellerman turned on her , Donna shook her head clear and fired at him . |
| 25 | That structure need not be rigid or too formalised but it must be clear and known to those in the firm . |
| 26 | He found it and clung there for a while , then pushed clear and knelt among the waves , head lowered . |
| 27 | Witnesses must be clear and open about their own position , but this does not necessarily imply that they will be effective in convincing and persuading others . |
| 28 | He wiped them clear and peered inside the smoking gap . |
| 29 | ‘ Apparently you keep the path clear and look after the little hut ; does your father come here much ? ’ |
| 30 | Lucien , keeping close behind , noticed that Tavalouze 's robe was a little stained , and his hair was as unshaped and straggling as a beggar 's . |