Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gaining territory by right of conquest was an entirely acceptable way to expand an empire , but it remained to be seen if anyone had worked out any better methods than those of the Spanish for ruling the new subjects acquired in that way . |
| 2 | Mitch Hatfield , marketing manager at Middlesbrough is hesitant about dismissing the scheme out of hand for his club but says there are no plans at present . |
| 3 | ‘ I would be hesitant about forecasting a recovery for Pentos until we 've heard what the Budget brings in March , ’ commented William Cullum , retail analyst at Panmure Gordon . |
| 4 | This time last year we were very apprehensive about entering a year when so much doom and gloom was being talked about . |
| 5 | Many new school volunteers were apprehensive about visiting the hospital , anxieties fed by their fear of the unknown . |
| 6 | Well erm erm had a word with erm who was about oh fourth in line in the erm education hierarchy in those days and erm then spoke to who was the Chief Education Officer and er , I think they were a bit erm , bit apprehensive about employing a blind typist because erm it was something that they had never had any experience of but in the end they thought it was worth a try and er especially after supporting me at the College and erm also perhaps they had in mind that many of the erm employees would be leaving if war broke out and erm , in fact by that time war had probably started |
| 7 | Such procedures are right for generating the phenomenon in Wagner 's associative form — a series of widely spaced exposure trials will promote the formation of a context-stimulus association ; and the after-effects of presentation of the target stimulus could not be expected to survive a 24-h retention interval . |
| 8 | A number of publication strategies are possible for announcing the modifications to classification schemes : |
| 9 | There will consequently be a longer gap than usual between buying the material and receiving payment for the delivered order . |
| 10 | There will consequently be a longer gap than usual between buying the material and receiving payment for the delivered order . |
| 11 | See pages 31 and 32 for replacing a washer and recutting a seat . |
| 12 | Erm , but following on from that , wherever we change layouts now we try and be very specific about organizing the cable management up front and , so that they do n't present any hassles . |
| 13 | A computer generated image of the molecule ( S ) -N N-di-methyl-2(1-phenylethyl benzamido ) malonamide used for exploring the structural constraints in the folding of proteins . |
| 14 | The CLAWS tagset used for tagging the LOB corpus is very similar to that of TAGGIT but is somewhat larger with 134 tags to achieve greater delicacy of analysis while preserving compatibility with the Brown corpus ( Johansson et al , 1986 ) . |
| 15 | In another case , a Michigan District Court on Dec. 13 dismissed the controversial charge of first degree murder brought on Dec. 3 against Jack Kevorkian for assisting a woman to commit suicide . |
| 16 | Places of Interest Those maddening corners that defeat you — nooks and niches that are too small or too narrow for making a bed or border — cry out for the sort of tubs , urns or vases that will change them from cinderellas into ball-gowned beauties . |
| 17 | He also gave assurances that those responsible for Kang 's death would be prosecuted and , on May 2 , issued an apology for the killing , stating that he was " deeply sorry for causing the people pain and sorrow " . |
| 18 | The police say they 're considering charges against the 3 youths , but add that the youths now realise how foolish they were to fire the replica in the street and are deeply sorry for frightening the family . |
| 19 | Three of the eggs were broken , but the rest of the damage was only minor , and Granny was very grateful for having the provisions brought to her . |
| 20 | John is grateful for inheriting a full head of hair . |
| 21 | Share sales tend to be rather less complex structurally than asset sales in that through buying the shares the purchaser acquires all the assets and liabilities of the target . |
| 22 | But the Department of Industry , in whose province this matter falls , is extraordinarily shy about discussing the issue . |
| 23 | Ramsey was abnormally shy about meeting the upper class and Eden 's voice was the caricature of an upper class voice . |
| 24 | I think erm my two , or perhaps three , favourite novelists for today would be William Golding , Graham Greene and Iris Murdoch , and it seems to me that at least part of their importance is that they are really concerned with moral themes , as George Eliot was , even though , like George Eliot , they are shy about forcing a particular moral down the throat of a reader . |
| 25 | But if neither China nor East Germany is shy about attacking the West , both tread gingerly over the problem at the heart of their common predicament - what to do about their fellow socialists . |
| 26 | I will give you an example of what one might be confronted with in the future from , from a piece from the Environment Committee in the House of Commons ' Report on Coastal Zone Planning and Management and it says here , we fail to see what is impractical about treating the seabed as submerged land an opinion shared by the Royal Town Planning Institute no less and if planning authorities can deal with issues like public rights of way , aggregate extraction multiple use on land , they should be able to cope with rights of navigation and extraction of sea . |
| 27 | Sorry about stopping the tape but it keeps on cutting out cos your microphone is absolutely shit . |
| 28 | After my success , I was less sorry about deserting the stockade . |
| 29 | Sorry about cutting the top of your head off but , never mind , you know ! |
| 30 | Sorry about having a go at you two about talking about me all the time but I mean that 's the w that 's , that 's the impression I 've always got . |