Example sentences of "[adj] to show [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She was consistently kind to faded little Miss Fogerty and very willing to show her new methods of threading beads and making plasticine crumpets , explaining patiently , as she did so , the psychological implications behind these activities in words of three or , more often , four syllables . |
2 | DELE FADELE meets our friends eclectic , and finds they are n't afraid to show their feminine side . |
3 | What are the names of the programme producer and director ? — What is the time of the recording or broadcast ? — Can your spokesman have a preview of other relevant material to be shown on the programme ? — Will your company be able to show its own film , pictures , models or sample products ? — Will there be others appearing in the programme and if so who ? — Will there be a studio audience and will questions be allowed from the floor ? |
4 | Before , they had produced some good samples but this time they were able to show me some fine quality knitwear including knitted underwear . |
5 | ‘ The other is for Rachel , Flo 's wife in South Africa , because I knew he would n't get round to doing it himself and I thought she 'd like to be able to show their little daughter a picture of her father doing something responsible and public-spirited for a change . ’ |
6 | " Drewy " Leask , one of our local customs staff , same with us as local pilot , and very glad I was to have him on board as he was able to show us many remote anchorages and isolated harbours that I would never otherwise have dared approach . |
7 | If only Kinnock had been able to show us this side of himself when he was still Leader of the Labour Party , the election might have had a very different result . |
8 | It is in fact the privilege of dramatic poetry to be able to show us several planes of reality at once . ’ |
9 | More recently Hill and Owen , unable to show their previous findings of a significant increase in faecal bile acid excretion , have proposed instead that the ratio of lithocholic acid : deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid : deoxycholic acid×total faecal bile acid concentration may be important markers in patients with colorectal cancer . |
10 | ‘ My grandmother finds it difficult to show her true feelings . ’ |
11 | She 's anxious to show me this pasty that she 's made . |
12 | The Dyfed Wildlife Trust people were keen to show us more . |