Example sentences of "and is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A crowd has no critical faculty , and is wide open to influence ; indeed , the notion of ‘ impossibility ’ disappears for the individual in such a group situation : |
| 2 | It 's perfectly adequate for most purposes , and is incredibly small and light . |
| 3 | One of the best known is the Brasher Hillmaster from Reebok ( £80 ) , which was designed around a running-shoe last and is incredibly comfortable , while providing a degree of water resistance from its integral membrane . |
| 4 | It is of special note because it is a source of X-rays , and is decidedly unusual . |
| 5 | The system is a genuine one , and is decidedly complicated . |
| 6 | Epsilon ( 4.1 ) , between Beta and Lambda , is also of type M , and is decidedly orange , though to me the colour is much less pronounced than that of Mu . |
| 7 | The upper river , above the loch , provides the best sport , and is rarely available to casual visitors . |
| 8 | What you think is not important , and is rarely relevant in the main body of the report . |
| 9 | She is loved and visited by many , and is rarely alone . |
| 10 | Koi Garden is on the B1040 between Ramsey and Whittlesey , and is open six days a week , closed Mondays . |
| 11 | No dinner is offered , but there are many well-recommended pubs and restaurants in the area including The Plough at Coton , 2 miles away , which gives excellent value for money , and is open seven days a week for lunch and evening meals . |
| 12 | No more : Mr Clinton won eight western states last November and is acutely sensitive to western politics . |
| 13 | Michael Bates , Conservative candidate for Langbaurgh , says in the education section of his manifesto : ‘ The MacMillan City Technology College has provided a beacon of excellence in Middlesbrough and is hugely popular with pupils , teachers and parents . ’ |
| 14 | Whilst it would be desirable to integrate information on our illustrations resources , it must be said that in its current incarnation IMAGES is too cumbersome and complex for data input , and is unacceptably slow for search and retrieval . |
| 15 | Spraying gives the most even coverage and is mostly best for speech . |
| 16 | The Union fulfils an important campaigning role in the University and wider community , and is regularly active on matters concerning student funding , accommodation and issues of government policy . |
| 17 | The Union fulfils an important campaigning role in the University and wider community , and is regularly active on matters concerning student funding , accommodation and issues of government policy . |
| 18 | The Ghost mutters and gibbers , and is wholly insane . |
| 19 | Her brother , Job , is a steward aboard the ship in which John Harmon returns to England , and is later able to identify him in John Rokesmith . |
| 20 | That which would be required to unite the community of nations includes the use of force on the scale of war and is inherently divisive and self-defeating . |
| 21 | He petitioned the Chief Justice of the Forest to ‘ remit his fine and order his enlargement ’ on the ground that he was ‘ a very poor man with many children … and is altogether unable to pay the said fine . ’ |
| 22 | A simple and popular bridge that exhibits frequency-dependent balance conditions and is widely used to measure the frequencies of sources is the Wien bridge shown in figure 7.9(a) comprising just resistors and capacitors . |
| 23 | The centre has implemented an effective management system , has the operational policies to support good practice in the management , delivery , assessment and internal quality assurance of SCOTVEC provision and is financially viable , |
| 24 | The total amount of growth hormone that is secreted per day increases to a maximum at about the time of puberty and is partially responsible for the growth spurt that is seen at about this time . |
| 25 | The sea scorpion is preserved on a fine siltstone , and is exceptionally complete . |
| 26 | The GIS is menu-based and is exceptionally user-friendly ( Pl. 10.1 ) . |
| 27 | The collection totals 360 items and is exceptionally diverse , ranging from forty-two works by Epstein himself to a number of outstanding paintings and drawings : William Blake ‘ The Humility of the Saviour ’ ; van Gogh ‘ Sorrow ’ , a drawing of 1882 ; Monet ‘ Le chemin creux dans la falaise a Varangeville ’ , oil on canvas ; Degas , ‘ Portrait de Marguerite , soeur de l'artiste ’ , oil on canvas , circa 1860–65 ; Lucien Freud ‘ Portrait of Kitty ’ , oil on board , 1948–49 and three other works by Freud ; Gericault , a nude figure study ; Constable , a cloud study ; Turner , watercolour of Carlisle , as well as Egyptian , Greek , Roman , Middle Eastern and gothic works of art . |
| 28 | This is the position adopted , for example , by Nordberg ( 1980 : 5 ) , and is plainly correct up to a point . |
| 29 | The largest wheel has a diameter of 17 feet l o inches and is over 14 feet wide . |
| 30 | They are typically 1–20 m across although much greater dimensions occur ; the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe averages 6–8 km across and is over 500 km in length . |