Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That night , however , there were more jokes than usual about needing passports to visit Asian areas of the city . |
| 2 | Covia says it is hesitant about joining OSF , although ‘ favourable ’ negotiations are continuing . |
| 3 | However , Fraenkel says engineers are realising that wind power is more immediately cost-effective for pumping groundwater . |
| 4 | Feel apprehensive about offering ideas to others . |
| 5 | so , erm I mean think we 're in their hands and that 's why I was a bit apprehensive about doing publicity for it at such an early stage because I like to see i 's dotted and t 's crossed er but however I 'll chase them up again in the next few days |
| 6 | It 's just that Peake 's trilogy Titus Groan , Gormenghast and Titus Alone has attracted such a cult following that Glass was apprehensive about doing justice to the novels in the eye of fans . |
| 7 | After this it is possible for labouring poets to entertain far greater hopes of public impact . |
| 8 | With sufficient flexibility and with the expertise gained by staff in operating it , however , it should be possible for serving church musicians , both amateur and professional , also to take advantage of it . |
| 9 | It is also possible for teaching staff to obtain a record of the student 's progress . |
| 10 | Such interactions must never be other than supportive ; yet they must also carry as much potency as possible for moving children 's learning forward . |
| 11 | A 16-bit computer has two instruction formats : Two schemes are possible for allocating bit patterns to operations : ( a ) One 4-bit pattern ( say 1111 ) in the 4 most-significant bits of an instruction word indicates the second format , while all other 4-bit patterns represent the first format . |
| 12 | Even if the badgers are used to a bit of noise , there is something vaguely sacrilegious about snapping twigs in the woods at night . |
| 13 | What was so private about writing letters for business people , l who ought to have clerks for doing it ? |
| 14 | ‘ Finally , when Chapman decided the time was opportune for talking business , they readily agreed to letting him sign Jack — and for £10,890 , which we considered a bargain . |
| 15 | It is therefore important to ensure that wording is agreed as far as possible during drafting meetings . |
| 16 | There is a si a significant difference between the two policies though , in that the wording of the revised policy is much more specific about saying part of our need will be found elsewhere , whereas I five as in the approved structure plan merely makes reference to the fact that all of our requirement will be found in Greater York . |
| 17 | This is pulled through from the tufted end , a technique particularly useful for vending machine parts and similar to that used for cleaning rifles . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose we are getting a bit blasé about having television companies down at the railway , ’ admitted Operations Manager Martin Millar . |
| 19 | I 'm sorry for wearing shoes . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm sorry for wearing shoes . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you also sorry for telling Simon it was he who 'd made you pregnant ? ’ he demanded , looking at her as though she shed her skin and ate rats whole . |
| 22 | Erm and these are the fairly brief er Chairman I think , I am sorry for disappointing Mr because because erm I main properties but erm we are basically I think sort of more or less agreed parties that we actually want this . |
| 23 | That 's right , cos these first ones , sorry for interrupting Mark , go on |
| 24 | She has never said sorry for killing bride |
| 25 | Ring Cathy and mentioned it , but she was grateful for having interest . |
| 26 | MEN working for Darlington council have been urged not to be shy about reporting incidents of sexual harassment . |
| 27 | I work amongst the elderly and I do know that they are very shy about telling people just how poor they are . |
| 28 | These are people who were too proud to register for compensation , who were shy about meeting delegations from Tokyo and who were diffident about making a political issue over ‘ our little pollution incident ’ . |
| 29 | People can be very shy about giving compliments . |
| 30 | And then people would point to odd things like paper technology that some of the universities had had for years , and said — ‘ Well , what 's odd about housing studies ? ’ |