corpus.py

import nltk
cond = lambda s: any((pos == 'JJ' and len(word) > 4 and word[-3:] == 'ate' for word, pos in s))
sents = (s for s in nltk.corpus.brown.tagged_sents() if len(s) > 4 and len(s) < 16 and cond(s))
for sent in sents:
    print(" ".join(zip(*sent)[0]))

Output:

A cheery smile , a compassionate interest in others and a practical down-to-earth approach .
And letters began to come in to this column from irate shareholders .
Adequate compensation is indispensable .
The climate ranges from the steamily equatorial to the temperate .
At first the Belgian royal family administered the Congo as its own private property .
Most library budgets are hopelessly inadequate .
The boost is helpful but inadequate .
The turtle immediately withdrew into its private council room to study the phenomenon .
Beebe tells of one private car that has gold plumbing .
The respective vocabularies `` essential for travel '' are available in separate albums .
He wants to be called sweet , good , considerate and mother's little helper .
He remembers the desperate , panting breath ; ;
the desperate agony of goal-line stands .
Shock , dismay and foreboding for future generations were legitimate reactions ; ;
as a result buyers , the public , must be satisfied with second-rate teachers .
hospitals ( inadequate ) and nurses ( scanty ) ; ;
Fortunate for the music itself , it is not too frequent a visitor ; ;
Mr. Siepi was , as always , a consummate actor ; ;
It was nice to have something a little up-to-date for a change .
Which in itself is an immediate reward of the WBAI experiment ; ;
the twelfth Marquis De Portago was intelligent , purposeful , and passionate .
English Catholics reacted to this event with moderate but real hope .
This whole tendency had an unfortunate effect on Chinese thinking .
Someone has remarked that this is certainly the ultimate in reducing .
they'd rather have things rugged , with only moderate protection on the coldest days .
If you do use a cold frame be sure that its ventilation is adequate .
Other interpretations present the music as an essentially intimate creation .
This was an honor , like dining with a captain at his private table .
It was a post of honor , held inviolate for him ; ;
Also spear pineapple chunks and place in separate bowl .
No ringers , either -- even if they are trailing legitimate invitees .
The simplest kind of separate system uses a single , self-contained unit .
Three separate amplifiers then drive a 21-inch tricolor tube .
It is accentuated by the need for pre-selling goods , and private label competition .
Aggregate sales during 1960 reached approximately $500 million .
Separate pails were kept in the kitchen for coffee grounds and egg shells .
Vermont's main railroad line was prostrate .
It will frequently be uneconomical for him to own the most up-to-date equipment .
You cannot get along without an adequate supply of pure water .
A pond may provide adequate water for livestock and garden .
The Brooklyn College student shows some striking departures from prevailing collegiate models .
He had a short private talk with each adult slave .
Uncle John Vinnicum Morse was the immediate popular suspect .
This way of describing the matter is unfortunate .
Neither is adequate if it stands alone .
The unfortunate queen mounted the scaffold ; ;
This conformity represents a desperate attempt to stabilize a hopelessly unstable environment .
There is unceasing pressure , but its sources are immediate .
Alternate locations exist for all key command centers .
For last-ditch emergencies SAC has alternate command posts on KC-135 jet tankers .
How and why this process occurs would provide an interesting separate subject for study .
The form and the chaos remain separate .
It is from this unpromising background that the fictional private detective was recruited .
In this way , the private detective gets the best of two possible worlds .
The private eye is therefore a moral man ; ;
Like Holmes , the American private eye rejects the social conventions of his time .
In either case , they do not appreciate the private detective's zeal .
Leadership is lacking in our society because it has no legitimate place to develop .
I played on it my secret songs , unexplained , passionate and peaceful '' .
This is clear when one distinguishes the types of motion appropriate to both regions .
for navigation aids to give accurate bearings to ships and aircraft ; ;
Ann thrilled to the sight of a delicate butterfly and two strange tropical birds .
Certainly it is the most pretentious and elaborate .
The notion of `` inspiration '' is somehow cognate to this feeling .
The result was fortunate .
He advised immediate hospitalization .
the atmosphere is that of an attractive private beach club at home .
His wife was in delicate health and nursing an infant with measles .
Students testify to a felt need for a religious faith or ultimate personal philosophy .
The existing Army posts were wholly inadequate .
In La Nouvelle-Heloise and Werther tragedy is made intimate .
The romantics were the immediate inheritors of this tremendous change .
Goethe used the fable to more elaborate ends .
Recapitulation of Milton's undergraduate career
One is that there sometimes are real although inadequate compensations in growing old .
Obviously , the `` private eye '' can have no more appeal for Patchen .
That these magazines also deluded the Krims of the world is unfortunate but inevitable .
Only rarely is attention given to accurate progress reports and evaluation .
However , they lend themselves to abuse and inadequate control measures .
The Court adopted this procedure with an appropriate time schedule for carrying it out .
Are private interests sufficiently involved to be consulted ? ?
Christ preaching the Sermon on the Mount , close to his ultimate sacrifice ; ;
The separate layers are joined together by hydrogen bonds .
The intermediate sera were also similarly absorbed with tissue powder .
Appropriate experiments showed that this is , indeed , possible .
The place of religion in the simple , preliterate societies is quite definite ; ;
The preferential mating of this particular population has been analyzed in a separate study .
The appropriate action for handling these forms can be taken at that time .
No single explanation is adequate to account for this .
No comparable measures are available of enrollments and expenditures for private vocational education training .
We are concerned with aggregate demand for the industry's product .
In each instance the plaintiff was a private citizen .
Philosophy can supply adequate criteria of meaning in the selection of socially viable categories .
and philosophy as a guide to possible integration of supposedly disparate sociological investigations .
This was fortunate , as the Vail plant burned in 1905 .
no private property , no money ; ;
Hardy obviously felt that these poems were peculiarly personal and private ; ;
It had assumed the terrifying inertia of inanimate matter .
Sixty lbs. loading is possible but 40 lbs. is adequate .
Manual leveling requires an appropriate display of the accelerometer outputs .
The platform is turned as required by supplying currents to the appropriate gyro torquers .
the pattern of the Oriental rug , the delicate cut-glass chandelier .
He was fortunate , and proud .
They stayed at hotels and boardinghouses , or at private homes .
The name fell with lazy affectionate remembrance from her lips .
My parents' welcoming arms would seem woeful , inadequate , unwanted .
I started to say something else appropriate , but the man had hung up .
Mr. Ferrell is a private detective , Hirey .
Angelo gave him an affectionate smile .
Whoever he was and your wife were intimate .
Whoever he was and your wife were intimate .
`` So intricate , so beautiful .
Mahzeer , of course , would be desolate .
Diana Beauclerk was a second-rate actress living in New York .
he was considerate of their weakness , once he learned of it .
the purpose was less immediate .
Soon they all were removed to Central Laboratory School where their delicate transformation began .
He forced himself to be deliberate .
She meant him well , but was in no condition for articulate speech .
But what few containers they found were inadequate .
The Aricaras made one last desperate charge .
He spoke , in a voice as immaculate as his appearance .
And his relatively small hands and feet gave him an almost delicate appearance .
He had a legitimate reason for wearing it .
The Maguire family was setting up a separate camp nearby .
Cobb watched this with hunted eyes , his desperate hope waning by the moment .
He had left her inviolate , thinking familiarity would gentle her in time .
He turned and looked at them with clear blue eyes , immaculate eyes .
Such delicate beauty , such fine flesh .
Feathertop made an elaborate motion with his hand .
`` It's too elaborate .
Tommy Momoyama was one of these fortunate occasions .
Then was it a final desperate plea from her , to whom ? ?
Carrie seemed more affectionate , but obviously Julia had respected his request .
An enormous sky of the most delicate blue arched overhead .