Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] [det] " in BNC.

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1 He was quite right to claim that each of the four cells at the end of the cleavage would form a normal larva .
2 It would be possible to acknowledge that this type of emotional layer exists in human beings , and that it finds expression in the brutality men are capable of inflicting on one another .
3 It would be absurd to claim that this day is already near .
4 and you knew what he , and he would sell you what he , there was no cons , no trying to pretend that this was best , and this was
5 My hon. Friends are right to emphasise that that status operates within the NHS .
6 On reflection it should be possible to see that all sterling remittances and receipts to and from abroad will be transacted using sterling accounts in UK banks which are the property of banks located abroad .
7 It is strange to relate that this well-known symbol has been comparatively neglected by social scientists and especially by social psychologists .
8 It is strange to relate that this short stretch of water should be such a barrier but the hills of Wouldham and village are as foreign to some people of Halling as any parts of the world and in fact there are some who travel all over the country and to some places abroad , but have lived all their lives in the village without ever setting foot on the further banks of the river .
9 It was pleasant to know that that fact had been noted among the critical young gentlemen who comprised , as far as it could be done , Edwin 's set .
10 For my part I think it is right to accept that that was in the eyes of the appellants a formality .
11 It is pleasant to find that this believer in the perfectibility of mankind was a good father to them all .
12 It is interesting to see that some developments in reading instruction are stressing the need to help pupils cope with text organisational problems .
13 It will be interesting to see whether these objectives are attained .
14 The fitting of blinkers on Spartan Sprite had the desired effect at Higham , and it will be interesting to see whether this ploy works a second time should Nigel Bloom opt to ride her rather than Jaaez .
15 It will be interesting to see whether this trend will be followed if convictions are obtained in the Blue Arrow trial and the Barlow Clowes Affair .
16 Personally , I would not object to payment but it would be interesting to see if all users would contribute .
17 ‘ It will be interesting to see if any of the lads can make another breakthrough at the Carlsberg Ulster championships , and I must admit I 'm looking forward to watching for a change . ’
18 It will be interesting to see if this is how Greeks in fact react .
19 Irrespective of the immense problems posed by the preservation of electronic record that the traditional archives are now having to face , it would be wrong to claim that many of these problems are entirely new or unchallenged .
20 However it would be wrong to claim that this represented a view of existence .
21 When it was put to them that they were taking jobs away from men , many working-class women were prepared to agree that this was " not fair " .
22 The curator , John Elderfield , muses on the rival reputations of Matisse and Picasso and suggests that Matisse 's real influence has yet to make itself felt : ‘ I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition will have an effect on contemporary painting ’
23 I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition has an influence on contemporary painting .
24 Patrick had been interested to see that all traces of the damage the insurgents had wrought in the Green — the trenches they had dug , the trees they had felled — had vanished , and the only evidence of the 1916 Rising were the bullet holes in the stonework of the hotel where the rebels had fired on the British troops positioned on the roof and in some of the upper rooms .
25 Two of the three patients who were found to have coeliac disease were over 70 years old suggesting that this diagnosis should not be dismissed because of the patients age when iron deficiency is being investigated .
26 I shall be interested to discover whether that view is shared by the Labour spokesmen who trail round the country assuring training and enterprise councils of their support .
27 It is interesting to discover that many of the complicated variations used in handling the speech of others also appear when thought rather than speech is dealt with ( see Table 5.2 ) .
28 The CTP proclaims that the link between the perceived object and the perception is just an ordinary bit of the great causal nexus of nature ( it needs to believe this , as we shall see presently ) and yet it is prepared to accept that this segment of the chain has a rather privileged status ; at the very least , that it has a beginning and an end .
29 I 'm not prepared to accept that any more than I am prepared to accept the hogwash that we heard from Bob Morgan and his Liberal Democrats , because of course it may be extremely comfortable for him to be acting like a beached dolphin on the shores of Abu Dhabi , but the fact of the matter is , of course , that the Liberal Democrats , with or without the backs of their envelopes and cigarettes packets , are extremely unlikely to be making any national legislation , so they are quite comfortable in being able to observe how others might or might not do it .
30 I would be interested to know whether this act of Philistinism was perpetrated on all copies for circulation in Indonesia ; or whether mine was singled out by an over-zealous protector of the public morality in customs — or the censorship bureau ?
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