Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Fraenkel says engineers are realising that wind power is more immediately cost-effective for pumping groundwater . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose we are getting a bit blasé about having television companies down at the railway , ’ admitted Operations Manager Martin Millar . |
| 9 | She has never said sorry for killing bride |
| 10 | Ring Cathy and mentioned it , but she was grateful for having interest . |
| 11 | I feel instantly guilty ; and then even more guilty — guilty for experiencing guilt at the expense of a dead fly . |
| 12 | I skulked around the rails of haute couture feeling guilty for fingering fabric and scrutinising seams , but it 's a habit I ca n't break . |
| 13 | Laing rejects the view held by some people that managers from major corporations are unsuitable for giving advice to small firms because they live in two different worlds . |
| 14 | But the declaration issued by the congress left no doubt that the decision was intended to be more than a mere facelift : ‘ The present concept of socialism , the Stalinist system , has exhausted all its social , economic , political and moral reserves , and has proved unsuitable for keeping pace with global developments . |
| 15 | People often get very guilty about choosing furniture . |
| 16 | The patient is admitted to one of these units in order to allow the carer the freedom to go away on holiday , as it is well recognized that carers need a proper break at intervals , so you should not feel guilty about taking advantage of the opportunity . |
| 17 | ‘ Most said that they felt guilty about taking time off , even when they were ill . ’ |
| 18 | Marie 's parents had strong religious views that made her feel very guilty about having sex in their home when she and her husband had to live there for a while : " We did it on the bedroom floor on the wedding night because I would n't use the bed , in case it made a noise . |
| 19 | Her mother had brought her up in the strict religion of the Mormon church , which made her very guilty about having sex . |
| 20 | About 1202 the canonist Robert de Courcon cited him as a man ‘ who became immensely rich through lending money to innumerable merchants throughout the world ’ , objecting that in his partnerships he shared the profits but kept the capital safe . |
| 21 | The research is concerned with the speech of those who become deaf after acquiring language — the postlingual deaf . |
| 22 | It 's very common for a women to be depressed after giving birth : if on top of that the parent 's hopes are dashed , and life seems desperately fraught because they have a handicapped child , it 's absolute hell . ’ |
| 23 | They came in illegally low after bombing practice on the range just down the firth , blasting over the island so suddenly that I jumped while in the delicate manoeuvre of teasing a wasp into a jar from the old tree stump near the ruined sheep-pen at the north end of the island . |
| 24 | He said she was known to be wanton and had become pregnant after having sex with numerous teenage boys . |
| 25 | The Stage was published on that day and they would sit at tables in threes and fours sharing a single cup of coffee Everyone was generous about sharing job information and they had the bonus of the Tiller name behind them . |
| 26 | As styles can only be applied to whole paragraphs , you do n't have to be too careful about selecting text ; just pop the cursor anywhere in the block and the formatting will be applied to the whole paragraph . |
| 27 | Speaking as someone with a job I 've got to be very careful about giving advice to people who are in a much worse situation than myself , but from the research we did erm it is clear that it 's very important erm not just to sink in and dwell on your problems , not just to erm stay at home , not meeting other people , not engaging in activities . |
| 28 | In the trade credit sector , Infolink 's customer base has grown , as many companies — which may not have used credit information when times were good — have become far more careful about offering credit to customers or suppliers . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sure it is , too , ’ said their Guider , ‘ but one has to be very careful about offering money to proud and independent old folk like Miss Miggs . ’ |
| 30 | Bundesbank officials have been fretting in public about rising bond yields and the weaker D-mark . |