Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adj] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Sigouri was perhaps thirty miles and , although the rain kept away , it was dark and treacherous underfoot and they hardly spoke , men-at-arms or servants or principals , as they guided fresh horses across the grey soil of the Messaoria , splashing over burgeoning rivers ; imperceptible to silent villages , churches and monasteries except by a thud of hooves and the swimming spawn of their brands . |
| 2 | Such differences ( and we have sketched them only very briefly here ) , are entirely right and proper within and between disciplines which are alive with debate and curiosity about the aspects of the world they have as this domain of inquiry . |
| 3 | I think that attitudes that come from people who are concerned with academic excellence and expect it to be so ( remember , it was n't a dirty word ten years ago , it was what society expected , the school to be achieving ) , now find themselves faced with having to turn right around and in many cases , do feel disillusioned , very upset and bitter indeed and honestly , the kinder the system can be in terms of early retirement , the better . |
| 4 | The orchestral playing is alert and alive throughout and its concentration allows a very spacious , flowing account of the Adagio , probably the finest movement . |
| 5 | The seats are comfortable and supportive too and the driving position is excellent . |
| 6 | It 's good and sunny today and everything in the room s all lit up and interesting looking . |
| 7 | Safe and sure forever and ever |
| 8 | She would have gone herself , but her leg was stiff and sore again and she was n't sure she would have been able to manage the stairs . |
| 9 | The figure 's breathing was harsh and uneven now and it seemed incapable of further movement . |
| 10 | If I became part of his fantasy landscape a certain amount of security , great pleasure even , was possible , at the cost of feeling split and unknowable afterwards and unsure whether I as I felt I really was had experienced anything . |
| 11 | It was one of those crisp , clear autumnal days with the leaves vivid and squishy underfoot and the sky above one perfect , if chilling , blue . |