Example sentences of "[adj] and [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then on the slope above , there was a snort from a watchful hind and in a second every beast was in flight , careering down the hillside , leaping , bounding , in jerky yet fluid motion . |
| 2 | However , jewellery may be stolen , cattle may die and grain deteriorates in quality with the passage of time , thus wealth in these forms is inherently risky and to a certain extent illiquid , i.e. not usually suitable for instant transfer or use . |
| 3 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 4 | This should be as short as practicable , clear and to the point . |
| 5 | Most newspapers comment however was clear and to the point . |
| 6 | It was also clear and to the point , the simple point being that property values are so high in London and the south-east that in all equity there must be some special weighting to account for them . |
| 7 | He grabbed her collar , dragging her clear and across the mud like a life-size rag doll . |
| 8 | Yet everything he talked of was clear and at the tip of his tongue . |
| 9 | Posi 's cheerful voice , clear and over the mini-comm in the pendant . |
| 10 | Her response was pithy and to the point . |
| 11 | On the other hand , the margin of seats in the Senate was slim and in the House , despite an impressive surge by the Republicans , the Democrats were still ahead by 51 seats . |
| 12 | At first they were very calm and at the end , at the end there was a big panic that they was , they were all talking over each other , there was no control , you know , it was a bit rushed at the end , but , that was n't because it was bad planning , it was just they were panicked at the end . |
| 13 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The Government must recognise that training is the way forward both for the long-term unemployed and for the business community . ’ |
| 15 | He was left in feeble health , unemployed and with a wife , three-year-old daughter and a newly-born one . |
| 16 | For those unemployed and with a family , the added worry of responsibility for the next generation must be bewildering . |
| 17 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 18 | Josh was still bewildered by the sudden change in living standard from California sun and the constant care of cheerful Kathy ( now working for another family in nearby Markham Square ) to the stuffy flat in Pimlico where his babysitter , Mrs Gooden , a retired cook , watched over Josh and her other six little charges , one of whom always seemed to be bare-bottomed and on the potty . |
| 19 | The task should be specific , interesting and within the group 's capability . |
| 20 | They played out with sincerity the traumas of a couple going through rigorous assessment for adoptive parenthood , and of a single father , widowed and with a prison conviction , coming to terms with the loss of his children . |
| 21 | For the briefest and most uncomfortable moment , he was made to think of the father he 'd left behind in the North of England , a man just widowed and with a stepson whom he disliked intensely . |
| 22 | Tsoy is half-Korean and from the underbelly of Leningrad 's punk community : he used to accompany the band Swine on rhythm guitar in 1981 . |
| 23 | It is similar in type to the Czech Pied and to the Aosta Red Pied of Italy , and is related to the Montbéliard . |
| 24 | ‘ Lovely fresh herbs from the garden picked all fresh and with no chemicals on ! ’ |
| 25 | Given the difficulties of the ‘ 91 vintage in Bordeaux , the Chateau Canet ‘ 91 is impressive — grassy fresh and with a crunchy green fruit ( £4.29 ) . |
| 26 | Clean-shaven and with a full head of greying hair , he was known as a gentle man , but nobody crossed him . |
| 27 | He turned up again in a small-town truck stop , clean-shaven and with an airman 's jacket showing fleece through rips in the leather . |
| 28 | Lutyens joined their practice as a young man and was much influenced by Peto , who was brilliant , eccentric , energetic and funny and during the later part of his life became increasingly keen on garden design . |
| 29 | Within 20 years the instrument will be brown and by the time it is 200 years old it will be virtually black . ’ |
| 30 | They heard Fats Domino on the radio and tried to copy him but they got the bass drum and the snare all wrong and in the end they created this new music . |