Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Finding someone willing to give up time just to listen seems to be a problem for many people . |
| 2 | Yeah , I think just my only summing up comment would really be in response to perhaps Mr m Mr 's erm request for erm perhaps elaboration as to how we would use these criteria . |
| 3 | Of course the retention of material on library shelves also costs money , in a sense , although a librarian may argue that it costs nothing extra to fill up shelf space which is lying empty . |
| 4 | They went home via Connemara , because they wanted to , and despite the fact it would make her late to pick up Martin Parr at Aldergrove ( perhaps because of that ) . |
| 5 | We analysed data from the national health and nutrition examination study I and its epidemiological follow up study . |
| 6 | This layer of unconscious emotion could be seen , however , as produced by the prolonged nature of human socialization , and the special nature of the repression of sexuality that humans impose on their young to build up civilization and culture . |
| 7 | Homicide affect superseded occurs diminished likelihood provocation led lose grievous effect category [ ‘ gauge ’ is correct ] analogous occurred accused alleged foresee [ ‘ proceeded ’ is correct ] inadvertently commit [ ‘ offence ’ is correct ] rebut offering argument adjudged admissible defendant [ ‘ appealed ’ is correct ] arguing led misled principal consensus existence irresistible paid parallel privilege believe indefensible lent its permissible occurring separately responsibility independent omission definitely abets accessory absence . |
| 8 | ‘ Cafiero , that rich son of a pig , he came this way , tried to make the peasants rise on his own estates , ’ Davide 's father was talking , ‘ but he found them hard to excite down Acquaqueta way in spite of everything . |
| 9 | How on earth are you supposed to ascertain how players are performing if the graphics show nothing more than ten shots at goal by three forwards per match ? |
| 10 | Not only is she busy sending out subscription forms to the existing 220 members , she is also coping with the dozens of enquiries from amateurs all over the world looking to turn professional . |
| 11 | Are you just giving up claims connected with your dismissal or any claim of any sort ? |
| 12 | Are we supposed to send out bills for 100 per cent . |
| 13 | Theologians have generally found it possible to hold together belief in the fulness of God in Christ and belief in the unchangeable perfection of the divine nature . |
| 14 | After his reforms a French 12-pounder gun could be drawn by only six horses and an 8-pounder by only four ( in each case about one-third of the number needed two centuries earlier ) while the interchangeable parts which he introduced made it possible to carry out repairs and replacements with hitherto unheard-of speed . |
| 15 | Until recently , the acoustic analysis of speech has been such a slow and laborious business that only small samples of speech could be analysed , but recent developments in the use of computers are making it possible to carry out analysis on a much larger scale . |
| 16 | Then they found that neither party stood a chance of winning seats as rivals , but that the regional distribution of their supporters made it possible to share out constituencies without drawing up a common platform . |
| 17 | If the business buys goods for resale , or components for assembly , the terms on which it buys should be considered : to what extent is it possible to pass back liability for defects in those goods ; can the business recover an indemnity from its supplier against any liability it incurs to third parties , or is such liability excluded ? ( 3 ) Who are the business 's customers ? |
| 18 | Although the discovery of the double helix made it possible to understand how information might be stored in DNA , revolutionary advances in areas such as nucleotide sequencing and computing have been needed before people can contemplate recovering the stored information on a large scale . |
| 19 | One health visitor , for example , says that : ‘ Society finds it easy to decide when people are old . |
| 20 | Currently Jonathan has clients from Dubai , Venezuela , Hong Kong and Miami , as well as the British-based , on his books , and a tour around the little harbours of Looe , Fowey and St Mawes with fishing boats bobbing in the deep blue waters , or a ride through the tiny villages on high-banked , well-surfaced , empty country roads , makes it easy to see why Cornwall and East Devon are prime targets for relocation . |
| 21 | Halliday ( 1967 ) has a rather odd-looking set of tones : There is , of course , no particular reason to expect linguistic systems to be tidy and symmetrical , but I find it hard to see why Halliday chose these particular tones . |
| 22 | so I find it hard to see why people are so desperate at school to do all these things . |
| 23 | Sometimes , one finds it hard to understand why Americans are so disliked on the sports field . |
| 24 | We shared a laugh at the strange goings on inside , finding it hard to understand why life had taken such a bizarre turn for John and us all . |
| 25 | For example , the manager may find it hard to understand how Harry ( say ) , who proudly wears the company 's 35 years ' service badge , can walk out with his work group in an industrial dispute . |
| 26 | The Bill would make it illegal to carry on business with tax havens . |
| 27 | She could n't look at him , but she was vitally aware of his ragged breathing only inches above her . |
| 28 | There are merchant bankers who find it convenient to stir up apprehension with a view to drumming up business for themselves . ’ |
| 29 | Without social inequality , Parsons finds it difficult to see how members of society could effectively cooperate and work together . |
| 30 | Brian Hall , safety and training officer at Redpath Offshore , said he found it difficult to explain why Mr Eaton had placed himself under the pipe . |