Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Sorry to lose you the trip . |
2 | It was not possible to indicate what the premium would be if cover were to be provided automatically , because the BMIF was a separate body and was not prepared to consider this . |
3 | They moved on after that , with Jessica dropping in bits about Parr as they occurred to her — although not that she was due to meet him the next day . |
4 | It is never possible to be certain what the situation would have been in the absence of any such policy nor is it possible to know what the outcome of a different policy might have been . |
5 | It would be entertaining to see what the fellow would try to do next . |
6 | ‘ Roger looks as if he 's running well , so it will be interesting to see what the selectors will do . ’ |
7 | This proposition was also rejected by the revolutionary junta in Madrid , who were therefore obliged to continue their efforts to find someone willing to wear what the English Foreign Minister had described as ‘ that crown of thorns ’ . |
8 | HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria . |
9 | HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria . |
10 | it will be interesting to know what the Police Band costs , which the ratepayers never hear , and what did the rodeo , performed by the Mounted Section , cost the long-suffering ratepayers ? |
11 | Erm quite rightly the director said that predictions in terms of residential admissions and nursing home admissions would be easier to make this year than last year and I accept it was very difficult then year but I 'd just like to know how close the actual outcome is likely to be to the original prediction , really for information , not because I think you could have got it any closer than did but it would be just interesting to know what the s the gap was . |
12 | It would have been interesting to know what the men at the front thought of this account of their endeavours . |
13 | And I 'd be interested to know what the masses of London think . ’ |
14 | I am sure that the House would be interested to know what the Labour party 's industrial policy is for the motor industry . |
15 | That is what the governor of that offenders centre had to say , and I should be very interested to know what the Minister of State has done since she read that report in the newspaper . |
16 | Erm as far as his sort of doubts as to , as to what er what the actual State benefits are , I 'm interested to know what the answer is to overco overcome that one unless you actually got a , a leaflet with you know the |
17 | The grading should reflect the actual responsibilities of the job , and any additional qualifications and experience you bring to the job : follow the advice given on contracts and job descriptions generally and be careful to establish what the parameters of the contract are before you agree to it . |
18 | It is interesting to speculate what the consequences would have been for the curriculum if his view had prevailed . |
19 | The UK was prepared to set itself the " very demanding target " of stabilizing total UK emissions of CO2 at 1990 levels by 2005 as part of " a wide international effort , with a fair distribution of the burden " , and " provided others are ready to take their full share " . |
20 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
21 | I 'd be very interested to hear what the next rumour is … but I do n't really have anything to say . |
22 | I am interested to hear what the hon. Gentleman has to say . |
23 | I 'll be interested to hear what the teachers have to think about that and like you . |
24 | Maybe I was worried that someone else would read my diary , but if so this worry could only have been a slight one : I was much too careful to afford anyone the opportunity to snoop . |
25 | It was interesting to hear what the hon. Member for Croydon , North-West ( Mr. Malins ) said about the need for deliberation and careful consideration of the issues which come before us . |
26 | The potential gain if one was ‘ exceptional ’ , however , and qualified for an early release is so powerful that few men are prepared to forego it The result is a shabby , futile process that Probation Officers feel makes subsequent work with inmates more difficult , that exasperates prison officers who see the time and energy in compiling reports as wasted , and infuriates prisoners for whom the probable refusal of parole , with its tiny element of uncertainty , makes prison life even harder to bear . |
27 | He was not free to give her the untrammelled life that she deserved . |
28 | It was you said how it was wrong to waste what the Good Lord provides us for nothing , only to throw away hard-earned cash at the Superstore buying second best . |
29 | He indicated that , without specific application to children 's hearings , the nature of the children 's hearings system ‘ leaves [ it ] outside the benefit of this Bill ’ , and he added : ‘ It would be wrong to deny them the benefit of the Bill when , if they had committed serious offences and appeared before the courts , they would have had its protection . ’ |
30 | Then in September , Sue announced that she was leaving the BBC after 20 years to join Granada Television which , she said , was fully prepared to give her the freedom necessary to put together the type of programme she truly wanted to make . |