Example sentences of "express [pos pn] [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a letter to staff he said : ‘ I have to express my disappointment at the proposed changes . |
| 2 | Although in prose — as one says , perhaps too much influenced by the conventions of the comedies — this is one of the most serious scenes in the play ( 91–229 ) , and when the soldiers have left the King ascends to verse for what is to me the most deeply felt speech of all : In his own persona the King speaks verse , entering on to a prose-scene between Fluellen and Gower to express his anger at the French murder of the luggage-minders , and continuing in verse to Fluellen ( IV.vii.55–118 ) . |
| 3 | At a rally in London , they expressed their anger at the proposed changes in the way they work . |
| 4 | Famous writer and critic Marghanita Laski expressed her amazement at the strange treatment given to ‘ such words as those till recently written as f-dash and c-dash ’ . |
| 5 | He landed at Durlston and expressed his delight at the beautiful scenery and pure air . |
| 6 | In an interview which he gave in this year , he expressed his disappointment at the recent development of English poetry and suggested that any " creative advance " would come in prose fiction or in poetic drama : this is clearly what he himself was aiming at , as if he felt he could achieve in drama what he had already achieved in poetry . |
| 7 | Dr Peter Clarke , SCOTVEC 's Chairman , expressed his pleasure at the continued growth in National Certificate in typical style at a recent conference . |
| 8 | Writing as he was in the 1930s , he expressed his pleasure at the extensive documentation and reference material available to the student of art , instancing the growth of libraries and art historical teaching . |
| 9 | The Albanian leader could express his shock at the gangsterish methods of Gheorghiu-Dej in the late 1940s without for one moment admitting to himself , let alone to his readers , that he was even remotely hypocritical given his own tendency to resort to rubbing out rivals personally ( including shooting his prime minister and long-term comrade-in-arms , Mehmet Shehu , in 1981 ) . |
| 10 | May I express our disappointment at the last minute postponement of the carefully planned visit of Anne-Marie de Jonghe to Wales . |
| 11 | All those attending the lobby have expressed their outrage at the deepening crisis in housing , and many MPs were surprised by the level of concern and involvement of Church groups . |
| 12 | Niall Cooper , CNHC 's national organiser said that ‘ all those attending the lobby have expressed their outrage at the deepening crisis in housing and many MPs were surprised by the level of concern and involvement of church groups . ’ |