Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry to burden you with another Europroblem , but with the growth in cross-border activity , we are getting more and more bright-eyed young journalists that know a foreign language and report back from continental press conferences the English equivalent of exactly what was said in the local language — except that it does n't actually mean anything in English : an august journal — no names to spare any blushes — reports that the boss of IBM Deutschland GmbH said with regard to the company 's figures ‘ we made a decision to place a burden on our financial balance in order to ensure a healthier future ’ … |
| 2 | They were so far away from me , and there was nothing that they could do to alleviate the hardship of Legion life , so it appeared unnecessary to burden them with minor worries about bullying and violence . |
| 3 | What 's that make it in four weeks ? |
| 4 | ‘ This is all I shall have to remember him by — you are cruel to treat it with such levity . ’ |
| 5 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 6 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 7 | But no matter what path an observer followed , it would not be possible to provide him with stained-glass cinema . |
| 8 | ‘ If he shares his uncle 's hostility towards the female sex he might very well be prepared to treat them with similar contempt ! ’ |
| 9 | I thought it would be much easier to see her in those sort of surroundings . |
| 10 | This got me into some problems too with a chap in Braigh who was very fond of black Polled cattle . |
| 11 | This involves me in some paperwork , which , however tedious … |
| 12 | While at Howard University he had taken up a position as a consultant on Caribbean affairs , this led him into full-time work for the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission , where in 1948 , he became its Deputy Chairman based in Port of Spain . |
| 13 | This led him to numerous adventures in penetrating to Kabul and beyond , which have been described by Smith , Barber-Lomax , and especially Alder , who studied much of the terrain , in enthusiastic detail . |
| 14 | As he was a very busy man , I was grateful that Eliot should have been prepared to see me without any notice at all . |
| 15 | We hope that many practitioners will be willing to support us in this effort . |
| 16 | It could even be suggested to him that he leave Vietnam and ‘ take up once more the philosophical studies to which he had devoted a great deal of his previous life ’ , and it might also be suggested that ‘ there would be pension adequate to support him in those studies ’ . |
| 17 | This provided her with some seeds and a loan to buy a goat . |
| 18 | This provided us with fantastic entertainment , and more seriously , a talking point about respecting peoples views — particularly within our church communities . |
| 19 | Philip VI did so at Crécy in 1346 ; John II was captured at the battle of Poitiers in 1356 ; Charles VII personally led the assault on Pontoise in 1441 ; while on the English side Edward III and Henry V provide us with excellent examples of the martial qualities demonstrated by certain kings . |
| 20 | This led to the development officer having to assume such a role herself , and occasionally this involved her in more work than she felt she could easily provide . |
| 21 | His view of the visible church , for example , was much wider than that of even Whitgift , as he appeared to argue that since Christ had died for all , all men and women — including Roman Catholics — were potentially part of the visible church , and as such should be offered the sacrament of the eucharist , if they were prepared to receive it in good faith . |
| 22 | That had been rather exciting and they were prepared to recount it at considerable length until Narouz intervened and told them to shut up . |
| 23 | It has only been met twice this year , the budget is quite small for the amount of work we can continue to do is quite small er it 's quite possible that it would only need to meet once a year in future so it would be sensible to combine it with other non-policy and traffic matters as a working party . |
| 24 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 25 | Finally , this leads me into green disciplining . |
| 26 | Though most women experience the feelings I did , they are only willing to discuss them with other mothers . |
| 27 | Having built up the reserves , it is prepared to use them in difficult times , and that is the right thing to do . |
| 28 | Now we produce erm about half a million or 550,000 units a year , that is not volume in world terms er we acknowledge that we compete in some of the volume sectors , but increasingly as our new products are introduced , we 're very careful to put them in discrete market segments or in niches . |
| 29 | Also , blotting paper is fairly costly to buy so it is much more economical to use it for pressing time and time again . |
| 30 | Unlike Meadow 's syndrome mothers , these women did not seem to relish their child 's hospital stay , nor were they willing to subject them to any investigation , however painful and unpleasant . |