Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either wait until all work is complete or abandon the current changes . |
| 2 | What 's more important getting that level and putting that right or getting the bottom level which to me would be more important |
| 3 | However , most of the campaigns are run by authorities in the more accessible countryside ; there are few campaigns organized by those in the remoter or upland areas , either because they deem them undesirable or consider the likely returns insufficient . |
| 4 | Giant freckles , called chloasma , sometimes appear on the face or neck in sunlight if you are pregnant or taking the combined Pill . |
| 5 | Knitters unpicked old jumpers , washed or seamed the unravelled wool and reknitted it . |
| 6 | If anybody if anything survives because it can chew better or gallop better or bring forth it 's young alive or has a better circulation , it 's not the species . |
| 7 | However , the richness as a cultural object of a deteriorated Windows 1.0 disc pack is cold comfort to an archivist or historian preoccupied with preserving or regenerating the operational environment of the product . |
| 8 | I feel there are a lot more important things in life than looking good , and in countries where life is harder you do n't have time to worry about such things , you 're too busy working or preparing the next meal . |
| 9 | ‘ Vulnerable people should be aware that there are some laboratories and practitioners who rely on controversial and unproven procedures … which are not considered by independent observers either to be reliable or to have a scientific basis . ’ |
| 10 | The pressure to please must have been especially strong for women writers who , if they wrote novels of ideas , were in danger of either being rejected as over-cerebral or having the intellectual content of their work ignored . |
| 11 | Such calls are usually of an offensive sexual nature , e.g. heavy breathers and also come under point 3 , but could be offensive in other ways , e.g. telling a woman that her dead husband was having an affair , was homosexual or had a criminal record etc . |
| 12 | If members have done something interesting or have a fascinating or unusual hobby and want to tell us about it perhaps letting us borrow a photograph of the member ? ) they are welcome to write — quoting membership number please . |
| 13 | First , it is clear that putting the National Union of Public Employees , the National and Local Government Officers Association and the Confederation of Health Service Employees back in the driving seat will never solve the problem . |
| 14 | What about a game of chess — would n't that be more interesting than following a solitary pursuit — or how about gin rummy ? ’ |
| 15 | Veinlets , on the other hand , are primitive and constitute the finer twigs of a principal vein ; they are preceded by tracheae and carry macrotrichia ( Fig. 37 ) . |
| 16 | In the perspective of this book , the contrast with traditional dialectological method , and with data-gathering in orthodox historical linguistics , is clear and requires no further comment . |
| 17 | Most of the game is mental — being able to keep your head clear and retain a certain outlook on life should mean that bad times are neither so frequent nor so lengthy as they would be if you start examining your technique or doubting your ability . |
| 18 | The CGA graphics are large and clear and use the basic colour capabilities of the CGA monitor very well . |
| 19 | Then scratchmen Scott and Monaghan , along with Downey ( Clann Eireann ) , broke clear and opened a small gap . |
| 20 | Two hundred drinkers were forced to run for cover but she was unable to get clear and caught the full force of the blast . |
| 21 | Yet again , the idea is that once created the watch is self-sufficient and requires no further help from its divine craftsperson . |
| 22 | This would be very sensible if using an expensive substrate such as glass beads . |
| 23 | But it firmly rejected any idea of reforming the system , saying : ‘ We are against suggestions and demonstrations which aim to lead people astray and change the constitutional basis of our state . ’ |
| 24 | Patients were seen weekly and kept a daily symptom diary . |
| 25 | And the traders themselves told us that , by calling weekly and establishing a personal relationship with their customers , they can rely on collecting debts from people who might not reliably send off payments , say to an H P firm . |
| 26 | Take one from Women 5 Weekly and rewrite the first three paragraphs for Playboy . |
| 27 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |
| 28 | They are very economical and remain a viable buy because of their extreme portability , especially for use in the car , where CDs — with their wider dynamic range — have little advantage . |
| 29 | It is the most demanding and requires a high commitment of all staff involved . |
| 30 | For each piece of field research aims at achieving a ‘ scoop ’ which will redound to the anthropologist 's credit , and the more interesting and exciting the raw data the better . |