Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gaining territory by right of conquest was an entirely acceptable way to expand an empire , but it remained to be seen if anyone had worked out any better methods than those of the Spanish for ruling the new subjects acquired in that way . |
| 2 | Well erm erm had a word with erm who was about oh fourth in line in the erm education hierarchy in those days and erm then spoke to who was the Chief Education Officer and er , I think they were a bit erm , bit apprehensive about employing a blind typist because erm it was something that they had never had any experience of but in the end they thought it was worth a try and er especially after supporting me at the College and erm also perhaps they had in mind that many of the erm employees would be leaving if war broke out and erm , in fact by that time war had probably started |
| 3 | A computer generated image of the molecule ( S ) -N N-di-methyl-2(1-phenylethyl benzamido ) malonamide used for exploring the structural constraints in the folding of proteins . |
| 4 | John is grateful for inheriting a full head of hair . |
| 5 | Ramsey was abnormally shy about meeting the upper class and Eden 's voice was the caricature of an upper class voice . |
| 6 | I think erm my two , or perhaps three , favourite novelists for today would be William Golding , Graham Greene and Iris Murdoch , and it seems to me that at least part of their importance is that they are really concerned with moral themes , as George Eliot was , even though , like George Eliot , they are shy about forcing a particular moral down the throat of a reader . |
| 7 | It would be no bad thing if a more subdued housing market made Britons less obsessive about investing every last penny in their homes in the quest for easy returns . |
| 8 | In truth she now felt guilty for leaving the shuddering Elizabeth alone in the farmhouse . |
| 9 | She was acutely aware of the presence of Petion and the Marines around her , and felt somewhat guilty about using the advanced technology . |
| 10 | Following last year 's Masters , I received a letter from a reader who suggested that ‘ no-one in Britain before had been so generally popular through winning a sporting trophy than Woosnam ’ . |
| 11 | In the absence of this ‘ classical ’ formation , we are looking for tendencies and trends much less sharply and universally defined , but no less definitive for tracing the particular mutation of the novelistic effected by television . |
| 12 | They 're not really used for serious cooking but are OK for making a hot drink en route . |
| 13 | It 's terribly difficult trying to get from them any acknowledgements that there could be something wrong about making a complimentary remark to a young woman . |
| 14 | Neither , however , are adequate for generating a full picture of elders , and more work is needed to achieve this . |
| 15 | Recent work in the philosophy and sociology of science has emphasized that experimental results are rarely adequate for making a definitive choice between competing theories . |
| 16 | Fibre blends can improve carpet performance ; a mixture of 80% wool and 20% nylon is particularly popular for providing a good combination of warmth , resilience , wear , low flammability and resistance to soiling . |
| 17 | Wood chip papers are the most popular for giving a light ‘ oatmealy ’ texture for a very cheap price . |
| 18 | The skirt was lovely , there was no doubt of that , swishing down rustling folds to the deep ruffle at the hem , but she was doubtful about managing the small train , even after an hour of practice in front of Aunt Emily . |
| 19 | He broke off as if doubtful about betraying the remaining shreds of uncertainty . |
| 20 | There 's little money in this business , Nancy , little money and no thanks — but I 'm fond of seeing the young people around me . ’ |
| 21 | Japanese and foreigners alike are fond of citing the Japanese axiom that the ‘ nail that sticks out gets hammered down ’ . |
| 22 | They were also fond of aping the grand manners of servants to aristocratic households and rich farmers . |
| 23 | Do n't be afraid of using a code-driven package if this provides the fine control you need . |
| 24 | After that , she told Julia , she was even more afraid of leaving the doubtful sanctuary of the partisans ' camp , particularly as she had begun to feel rather ill . |
| 25 | Was one of you afraid of losing a tenuous hold on the other ? ’ |
| 26 | The potter-painter seems afraid of losing the necessary decorative emphasis on the surface of the shape , and his next step shows a brilliant solution . |
| 27 | Last year 's Wimbledon champ recently admitted he was afraid of losing the German beauty . |
| 28 | She discovered that she was afraid of getting close , afraid of being betrayed , afraid of finding that a relationship did not solve all her problems , afraid of feeling trapped , afraid of ‘ disappearing ’ as a person , afraid of admitting that men were not all bad , afraid of losing her friends , afraid of having no more goals in life , afraid of giving up her unhappiness , afraid he might die , afraid of feeling dependent , afraid of sexual intimacy , afraid of letting go of the past , afraid that reality would not match up to the glorious fantasy … . |
| 29 | I think it 's a sad indictment of our so called democratic system when they are afraid of having an elected head of state , that they are afraid that we might have a dictator ! |
| 30 | She remains gutsy throughout presenting a harder edge to previous Ritas I have seen . |