Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It left me free to do all kinds of other things that I wanted to do . |
| 2 | You may need to ask yourself questions like ‘ When am I likely to have some space to myself ? ’ , |
| 3 | It had shaken her faith , made her afraid to form deep attachments in case somehow the pain was repeated … |
| 4 | tongued and grooved or , or something pine for the kitchen wall , do it , pay it , forget it right , so , I mean I do n't know what wood I mean we 'd have , we 'd have to see it , but I said to him look I said something 's got ta be done , so I said to him shall we get Gary or somebody similar to do some Artexing in here and he said well with the coal fire and all that he said it 'll , it 'll get dirty |
| 5 | ‘ Your name 's been given by the murdered man 's sister , Miss Charlotte Ladram , as somebody able to corroborate certain aspects of the evidence she 's laid before us . ’ |
| 6 | The test of obscenity still required proof that the matter was ‘ utterly without redeeming social value ’ , but it was not long before social value was claimed for sex , a Californian judge declaring himself unable to find such lack of social value in a film which ‘ appeals to the normal interest in sex and nudity which the average person has in such matters ’ . |
| 7 | The Revenger 's Tragedy Debate still rages over whether the play was written by Tourneur or Middleton , but its unlikely to make much difference to the Cambridge Theatre Company which is relocating the Jacobean drama to New York in the '40s . |
| 8 | Again Adenauer , himself keen to avoid any revival of militarism in his country , proved ready to enter talks on the plan , which began in Paris in February 1951 . |
| 9 | Even if you can not afford them now , are you likely to acquire extra equipment in the future like a dishwasher , microwave oven , washing machine or freezer ? |
| 10 | In fact , any attempt by the press to act as a free oppositional/ adversarial press was itself likely to generate some form of criticism since it confronted governments with powerful adversaries , a situation which governments ( and Parliaments ) did not , and still do not , appear willing to tolerate . |
| 11 | are you able to help this jury with this simple matter , to your knowledge , on this development , on a hundred and thirty eight or so apartments did you see the second addition of this brochure and the third ? , did you personally ever see it ? |
| 12 | JE : How were you able to overcome these difficulties with Britten 's publisher ? |
| 13 | The micro , which is itself able to display rich patterns of behaviour , perhaps presents us with these opportunities for the first time . |
| 14 | The expression of confusion observed on the faces of such cats as they pick themselves up is in itself sufficient to turn any cat-lover against the idea of claw-removal . |
| 15 | However , an analysis of the mechanics of historical and oppressive tragedy/impairment/ disability representation is not in itself sufficient to change those forms of representation . |
| 16 | How , in short , are we supposed to relate this kind of work to what the Chicago School called the ‘ cultural ’ sphere of consciously constructed relationships and structures ? |
| 17 | It now leaves him free to criticise other results of the massively funded but unregulated conservation industry . |
| 18 | Are they supposed to get four marks for that |
| 19 | Nor were they able to shed any light on the problem . |
| 20 | Nor were they able to serve new needs in radically different ways . |
| 21 | The earliest clocks of this type were correct only at the equinoxes , and not until much later was it possible to take due account of the seasonal changes in the position of the sun . |
| 22 | Is it possible to disconnect each thing from itself and still arrive at a recognisable record ? |
| 23 | I hope that he will find it possible to allow extra ranks to be recruited all the way along the line — not only at the most junior level — to ensure that we do not lose those very able people . |
| 24 | Is it possible to assign one function to each , or are some of mixed function ? |
| 25 | In association with Museums and galleries , it will make it possible to mount new kinds of displays and to make the usually unseen collections accessible . |
| 26 | ‘ Because of the influx of television , video , radio , newspapers , and other means of mass communication , ’ they argued , ‘ the world has become a global village , making it possible to carry unhealthy materials from one side to another . ’ |
| 27 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , is n't it possible to tease each other about our politics — ’ |
| 29 | Is it possible to love two men at once ? |
| 30 | This , it is hoped , will make it possible to devise new ways of understanding ‘ artisanal production , ’ 'pre-industrial society' and the place of ‘ popular culture ’ in the process of industrialisation . |