Example sentences of "[adj] and feel " in BNC.
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| 1 | Residents in both kinds of estate are by and large socially self-sufficient and feel little or no necessity to create close relations with their Shetlander neighbours . |
| 2 | The current obsession with pseudo-Victorian and other bogus ‘ historical ’ styles imposed willy-nilly and quite regardless of the true age of the pub , seems to suggest two things ; firstly that pub designers and fitters have completely lost their way , both in recognising and respecting what is genuinely old and in looking for a wholeheartedly modern pub style ; secondly that there is some king of awareness , correct but misguided , that people like their pubs to look old and feel familiar . |
| 3 | I 'm 40 years old and feel really down in the dumps . |
| 4 | Some groups of consonants sound similar and therefore could easily be misheard , they look different and feel different when you say them . |
| 5 | You are thus unable to look at the great outside and feel you are missing something . |
| 6 | ADOPT THE NEW LOCAL TIME FOR ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE-STYLE Sleep Since the new local time will be behind your body clock 's time , you will tend to wake too early and feel ready for sleep in the afternoon or early evening . |
| 7 | New moves tend to come from middle-class artists who have had the opportunity to absorb a great deal early and feel sufficiently confident in an educational and financially secure context to move it along . |
| 8 | If you are sad and feel the need to cry , go ahead and do so . |
| 9 | She says : ‘ I 'm pretty exhausted and feel a bit giddy and my legs ache . |
| 10 | Clearly many are dissatisfied and feel that they can point to declining standards ( e.g. in the numeracy of engineering apprentices ) , but this situation is more likely to reflect changing social patterns of recruitment rather than a real decline in ‘ educational standards ’ . |
| 11 | The last is the same as the one used for the popular Jazz series , which accounts for the familiar fit and feel . |
| 12 | Alright , we might be excessively attentive when it comes to the fit and feel of things . |
| 13 | I have always kept myself fit and feel I could continue playing until I am 35 . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I am ambitious and feel I am at the right age to go into management . |
| 15 | As the nurse becomes more experienced , the material taught can be evaluated , but the junior nurse may become muddled and feel insecure . |
| 16 | Westerners often find such silences embarrassing and feel obliged to say something unnecessary to relieve the supposed tension . |
| 17 | After some weeks , instead of taking a sleeping pill she decided to lie awake and feel what her body was telling her . |
| 18 | ’ I lie awake and feel the shame of being barren ’ |
| 19 | He argues that humans are unique in their ability ‘ to identify with any conspecific and feel sympathy with him ’ , and that this widely ignored fact provides the necessary bridge between the disciplines . |
| 20 | The phrase ‘ I 've been doing it all my life ’ may mean ‘ in this role I am confident and feel fulfilled ’ . |
| 21 | Everyday life is hard on the kitchen floor — so replace worn lino with some new carpet tiles which look good and feel warm underfoot . |
| 22 | After exercise you look good and feel good . |
| 23 | If your aim is to look good and feel good , then you need to follow some sort of exercise programme . |
| 24 | In the end she would only find her fascinating and feel no pity for her at all . |
| 25 | To always be happy and feel positive . |
| 26 | I think if parents are concerned and feel that their child is brighter than his performance shows , then it is time they took some action . |
| 27 | For one thing he was an impatient sort of eagle , inclined to get angry and feel insulted at the smallest thing ; for another — and this took Creggan a while to realize — he was preoccupied with thinking about what had happened to Minch , not daring to hope that what Creggan had so boldly said about her coming back was true . |
| 28 | Some people find the options bewildering and feel that , with many old values discarded , they have no solid core of new ones to take their places and guide them in their choice . |
| 29 | She adds : ‘ By understanding our bodies and following a few simple rules , we can stay young and feel young — like a young sapling instead of an old , gnarled oak tree . ’ |
| 30 | Some who enrol on a course may also find managing their work load and domestic arrangements traumatic and feel guilty , undermined by lack of support from partner , parents or children or emotionally blackmailed . |