Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramsey was abnormally shy about meeting the upper class and Eden 's voice was the caricature of an upper class voice . |
| 2 | She was acutely aware of the presence of Petion and the Marines around her , and felt somewhat guilty about using the advanced technology . |
| 3 | In the absence of this ‘ classical ’ formation , we are looking for tendencies and trends much less sharply and universally defined , but no less definitive for tracing the particular mutation of the novelistic effected by television . |
| 4 | The skirt was lovely , there was no doubt of that , swishing down rustling folds to the deep ruffle at the hem , but she was doubtful about managing the small train , even after an hour of practice in front of Aunt Emily . |
| 5 | Japanese and foreigners alike are fond of citing the Japanese axiom that the ‘ nail that sticks out gets hammered down ’ . |
| 6 | After that , she told Julia , she was even more afraid of leaving the doubtful sanctuary of the partisans ' camp , particularly as she had begun to feel rather ill . |
| 7 | Last year 's Wimbledon champ recently admitted he was afraid of losing the German beauty . |
| 8 | In general , the research is clear in showing the critical role of support in the development of depression , but that the relationship between support , crises and depression is far more complex than many researchers have previously conveyed . |
| 9 | He is less conspicuous in opposing the Social Charter as a costly threat to jobs if the standards of Germany are to be imposed on countries like Britain . |
| 10 | He is less conspicuous in opposing the Social Charter as a costly threat to jobs if the standards of Germany are to be imposed on countries like Britain . |
| 11 | To Amiss , it was clear from studying the small print that Lady Jane was no earl 's daughter , merely an enterprising working girl . |
| 12 | But he 's interested in buying the old racking |
| 13 | I think companies certainly are interested in creating the right impression , in in fact in creating the right er , environment , and they are willing , of course , to pay a a price , but the argument er , which you put is if you threaten the companies existence , right . |
| 14 | Something bangs hard into me and my arm is almost wrenched free , but eventually the dogs stop , no longer interested in dragging the overturned sledge and me . |
| 15 | ‘ I should , of course , be most interested in reading the finished script , though — ’ he gave a little wry smile — ‘ I can make no promises . ’ |
| 16 | Visual presentations catch the eye and make the reader interested in reading the accompanying text . |
| 17 | But all in all this is an excellent book , highly recommended for anyone interested in escaping the black hole of technological illiteracy , which in Brennan 's own words , sucks in all the pseudo-sciences . |
| 18 | Some people argue that everyone who claims to have seen or to have photographed this animal has been either drunk , deceived by a log or interested in promoting the Scottish tourist industry . |
| 19 | Fleming was no chemist and appears not to have been interested in pursuing the chemical problem . |
| 20 | Since last October , inventors have had to pay renewal fees to keep US patents in force , so any firm interested in copying the gull-wing design will be keeping an eye on the status of the DeLorean patent . |
| 21 | Ontos says it is working closely with Sun on front-end object interface technologies , and that Sun is very interested in taking the Sybase-link stuff for its own use . |
| 22 | Nor is it unlikely that some of them , or others , were interested in taking the Danish throne , and that the later stories about the killing of Haldanus and the expulsion of Harald reflect this , if in a distorted form . |
| 23 | Barnes said Munich , Dortmund , Berlin and Stuttgart were interested in staging the new cup tournament . |
| 24 | The new measures , similar to those in force in Britain and the US , were drawn up over the summer by Mr Lang 's Ministry , which is said to be interested in extending the French insurance model to the whole of Europe . |
| 25 | He claims to be only interested in advancing the Conservative cause ‘ wherever the battle is joined ’ . |
| 26 | Having created the venture , Bernard was less interested in running the day-to-day operation . |
| 27 | Anyone interested in joining the Russian convoy association , which meets every two months at Bishop Auckland cricket club , should call Mr Connor on . |
| 28 | In Chalatenango , a training school was opened for women interested in joining the military command , After a six-month course , the women trainees were asked to conduct an army ambush as proof of their military capabilities and once they had passed this test , were then sent to different battalions . |
| 29 | On neither occasion were the media at all interested in covering the good news ; they were interested only in hyping up the bad news . |
| 30 | I 'm interested in raising the political profile of access issues — we have to get action . |