Example sentences of "[det] sounds [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sounds strangely positive to me . |
| 2 | It is quite a lesson to find that without continuo yet with authentically detached string-style , plus ponderous accentuation , this sounds even slower than such a modern-style performer as Bernstein ( DG ) , who at a similar speed makes the melody soar . |
| 3 | This sounds uncharacteristically bold but he knew when to take time off from his introversion . |
| 4 | I know this sounds wickedly conceited . |
| 5 | If all this sounds rather mythic , it is because it is a myth . |
| 6 | Right let's have a listen because this sounds this sounds slightly different from last time . |
| 7 | This sounds pretty reasonable . |
| 8 | This sounds pretty grave and terrible . |
| 9 | ‘ I know this sounds hopelessly conceited of me , but … |
| 10 | Sorry if this sounds hopelessly vague and unhelpful , and unlike my ( I hope ) usual efficient self , but these are trying times . |
| 11 | If your appetite has been whetted and all this sounds more dynamic than your present position , you might just be wondering where is the catch ? |
| 12 | This sounds more difficult than it is — you 'll be surprised how quickly you can become quite proficient at it . |
| 13 | This sounds very bland but in practice it is complicated by the fact that what is nice for one person is nasty for another and vice versa . |
| 14 | This sounds very dull , but it is n't . |
| 15 | This sounds relatively straightforward but is confused when you find a two-pin plug and a five-pin socket ! |
| 16 | As this sounds vaguely similar to some of the insults being thrown at Ryan 's side , all hope is not lost . |
| 17 | Forty per cent is insignificant , the sixty per cent was still owned by the man and his company , and somebody in the organisation , I know this sounds fairly tall , had said go and get this company to do this , because it works for us , Commercial Union . |
| 18 | It may be the case , as some transgenics junkies are claiming , that in 25 years ' time , all chickens on the market will be transgenic but this sounds uncannily similar , in its arrogant implausibility , to the famous Fifties claim that nuclear power would make electricity so cheap it could n't be metered . |
| 19 | This sounds safely mainstream , yet readers seethe with complaints . |
| 20 | In theory , this sounds quite simple , but in practice it is not so . |
| 21 | In theory this sounds quite unrealistic but the worker is reassured that none of these topics need be committed to memory . |
| 22 | They seem as what women we are getting today er just want social er and yet my own particular guild , I 'm just wondering if it 's the secretaries that we 're , we 're jus it 's the good secretary we need of course really because , er this sounds really awful of me , it sounds a bit big-headed does n't it you know we would , we would say . |
| 23 | I need to say , lest this sounds too one-sided , that I leave more positive comments to the conclusion , in which I describe more specifically how we will be attempting to take advantage of those aspects of the National Curriculum which offer hope of progress . |
| 24 | I know this sounds too good to be true but it can be done . |
| 25 | If this sounds too outrageous then the art department of the local secondary school might take on the design and painting of a mural as a project for older pupils with children from the primary school working as their apprentices . |
| 26 | If this sounds too complicated , do n't be put off . |
| 27 | My mum 's the sort of person who 'll just argue with anything , if she thinks she 'll argue with anybody , or anything if she thinks that she 's being swindled , so like , she even went to the extent of having , they , we had an extension built , right , and she , we had it , only fair 's fair , this one particular suite , we had erm , and they , they had this absolutely massive bathroom built , okay not specifically to have a nicer bathroom , but to have a very big room and erm , so they had two sinks , this sounds real extravagant , erm , |
| 28 | This sounds so professional . ’ |
| 29 | That sounds just brilliant . |
| 30 | That sounds just fine to me . |