Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [v-ing] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She discovered that she was afraid of getting close , afraid of being betrayed , afraid of finding that a relationship did not solve all her problems , afraid of feeling trapped , afraid of ‘ disappearing ’ as a person , afraid of admitting that men were not all bad , afraid of losing her friends , afraid of having no more goals in life , afraid of giving up her unhappiness , afraid he might die , afraid of feeling dependent , afraid of sexual intimacy , afraid of letting go of the past , afraid that reality would not match up to the glorious fantasy … . |
| 2 | Very often , Western copyright and patent holders are more interested in exporting a few products at high prices than in selling licences or granting permissions at prices that Third World countries can afford . |
| 3 | And erm I asked around to see if anyone else was interested in doing the same kind of thing . |
| 4 | In research terms the study of programmed instruction was instrumental in encouraging a more systems view of the teaching/training process with associated trends towards greater consideration of objectives , task analysis , cost/ benefits and so on . |
| 5 | In many societies , the clothing , ornaments and tools belonging to an individual may be considered so integral to him or her that to touch or do harm to these inanimate objects is considered indistinguishable from taking the same action against the person . |
| 6 | The sudden increase in staff from outside the prison culture may have resulted in there being more guards who themselves use marijuana in a limited recreational way , and who may not be averse to sharing a few joints with their charges . |
| 7 | The project is addressing this by using the same forms to assess a comparison group of 400 children who have had no contact with social workers . |
| 8 | Mushkin attempted this by using the same methodology that Denison used in relation to education and in relation to health for the period 1960–80 . |
| 9 | If the SNP are serious about co-operation they should show willing by investing the same energy they use to attack us to attack the Conservative government . ’ |
| 10 | Counsel submitted that two persons could not be found guilty of murdering the same person unless each was acting in concert with the other . |
| 11 | The formation of cliques is not unexpected , given the fact that the only things which the residents actually do have in common is that of having the same employer and the same degree of occupational and residential mobility . |
| 12 | Although materials like clay , dough , aloplast and plasticine have quite different qualities , they do all provide opportunity for mathematical experiences such as moulding the same amount into many different forms , sharing , or comparing size , shape , pattern and texture . |
| 13 | It really is not necessary to get bored with eating the same foods over and over during the next four weeks . |
| 14 | It is really not necessary to get bored with eating the same foods during the next four weeks . |
| 15 | It is not expected that the cost will rise above $2,000 , the cost of the government fine for emitting the same amount . |
| 16 | The test for this comes when someone , or some group , is offered a pay rise ( in real terms ) and the choice either of working the same number of hours and taking home the extra money or of maintaining their real income but reducing the hours worked . |
| 17 | I was petrified of having the same thing as my mother did . |
| 18 | What , please , is so terrible about bringing a few letters ? |
| 19 | The other importance of this marriage is their offspring , the mirror image of Pip and someone that Pip is determined to bring up with his hard earned wisdom and experience in order to stop Pip II from making the same mistakes . |
| 20 | On the other hand , there would be no point at all in sending the same samples to agricultural journalists , who would never have any occasion to write about the company 's products . |
| 21 | And er happily we went along in that situation and I 've got to say this er I had shop stewards who even if they were new shop stewards coming into the committee , were n't long in developing the same train of thought as ourselves and , and you know we dealt with things in such a manner but er we were efficient just as efficient , you know , as our members were on the production line , and perhaps a little more efficient than the management in determining times . |
| 22 | The doctor had wanted to bring him here but was not very happy about making the same journey twice , so he had taken him to the next valley . |
| 23 | The Training and Employment Agency is responsible for providing an all age guidance and placement service , careers advice and information on training opportunities . |
| 24 | ‘ Short of repeating the same threat and wagging the same finger once more , which the offender soon learns to treat with contempt , there must surely be a custodial sanction available . |
| 25 | Highland work in the immediate post-war era was mainly concerned with logging the many miles of tunnels excavated during the construction of hydroelectric schemes . |
| 26 | Courtaulds ( the international chemical material group ) has applied FRS 3 in producing the half year figures for the six months ended 30 September 1992 ; it has also restated the prior year comparative figures on the same basis . |
| 27 | However , estimates of the space needed for a battery of windmills capable of producing the same amount of electricity as a normal power station , fossil fuel or nuclear , range from 100 to 200 square miles . |
| 28 | It appeared that school was giving both urban and rural children something akin to Western self-consciousness for they could answer questions implying a personal point of view ; and as they advanced in school they became increasingly capable of categorising the same stimuli according to different criteria or ‘ points of view ’ . |
| 29 | Does the Minister accept that UKIAS is not capable of providing the same level of professional advice as can presently be provided under the legal aid system ? |
| 30 | The sleep-deprived person may feel terrible and look pretty ragged but is typically capable of achieving the same levels of performance on psychological tests as when rested . |