Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be interesting to see if the same thing will happen in Japan ; the Japanese manufacturers belief in the preference of the client for service over a cheaper product is already being tested in the marketplace — to their chagrin , according to contacts within the Japanese manufacturers . |
| 2 | It would be interesting to know whether the same criteria were used in the restructuring of the reserves . |
| 3 | Prof Carter described the laboratory evidence as really dramatic but said it is too early to say whether the same effect can be produced in patients . |
| 4 | Certainly Premack 's findings are under this cloud since Sarah 's performance suffered considerably when in the presence of a trainer who did not know the answers that she was supposed to give , and it would seem natural to expect that the more broadbrush methods of the gestural teaching would be equally suspect . |
| 5 | At the same time , all forms of what would usually be considered popular music can in principle be disseminated by face-to-face methods ( for instance , in concerts ) rather than the mass media , and can be made available free , or even structured as collective participation , rather than sold as a commodity ; it is hard to believe that a few friends , jamming on ‘ Born in the USA ’ at a party , are not producing ‘ popular music ’ . |
| 6 | It was hard to believe that a few moments earlier he 'd aroused that snake-pit of desire inside her . |
| 7 | When the product is the supplier it is naive to suppose that the same rules apply . |
| 8 | The Windows for Workgroups beta included software to permit a DOS machine to hook up to a Windows for Workgroups network , although only as a client , so it 's safe to assume that the same Workgroup Connection software will find its way into version 6 . |
| 9 | It would be absurdly sanguine to suggest that the latter half of the twentieth century has witnessed any global movement in the direction of democracy or popular power . |
| 10 | Mr. Eames will no doubt be pleased to hear that a few foxhunters are killed every year in falls . |
| 11 | The faster the heart beats the more rapidly we may be inclined to breathe and the more oxygen we take in . |
| 12 | Although it was difficult to pretend that a former member of the Rhodesian Special Air Service was on a par in purely military terms with a goat-herd from Bolivia , the fact that both were starting afresh made administration that much easier . |
| 13 | Without such explanation , of course , it makes it difficult to accept that the same things really are taking place in the different spheres . |
| 14 | It is very difficult to ascertain whether the many companies which use ROI do use it in the way proposed . |
| 15 | When night fell we were appalled to find that the same principle had been carried over to the highway . |
| 16 | It is tempting to suggest that the same kind of jigsaw process will explain the shape of an elephant , but almost certainly it is not true . |
| 17 | It is tempting to assume that the same rule applies , but quasar redshifts are , in some cases , very much bigger than any measured galaxy redshift , so the assumption involves considerable extrapolation . |
| 18 | The increase in the average number of TDs per constituency was small : from 3.52 to 4.05 , but sufficient to ensure that no more bonuses as generous as those awarded to Fianna Fail in 1969 and 1977 would any longer be available . |
| 19 | But a moment 's reflection is sufficient to show that no such reduction is possible . |