Example sentences of "strikes i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact what strikes me most forcibly about Lyell 's pillars is not their evidence of placid uniformitarianism but rather of episodic " catastrophism " . |
| 2 | This respect is summed up by a quote in In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman : ‘ You know , one of the things that strikes me most about McDonald 's is their people orientation . |
| 3 | It strikes me though that at that time , at the time of the forty five government that , rather than nationalization , the National Health Service became |
| 4 | That 's what strikes me now . |
| 5 | The present text , his first novel , strikes me as amusing , irritating , and impressive in about equal degrees , and for all I know it might well have been composed rather than written ; certainly it seems to have been constructed in 64 chapters based on the hexagrams of the I Ching — it is subtitled A Novel of Changes , in case anyone should miss this — with frequent references to Marco Polo 's own writings , in Ronald Latham 's Penguin translation . |
| 6 | It always strikes me as odd that we are incredibly specific in our lives about the small things , ordering a sandwich for instance : we order type of bread , filling , relish , seasonings and extras . |
| 7 | Punch jokes have never been tremendously funny , but one particular line , ‘ Fostering prices start from just £14.95 ’ , strikes me as quite droll . |
| 8 | ‘ One thing strikes me as odd , Mr Newman , ’ he began , his manner officious . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't help saying it strikes me as rather odd that you 've left it till now to start looking for her . ’ |
| 10 | Sometimes when I listen to people who say they have lost their faith , it strikes me as less surprising thin they suggest . |
| 11 | ’ According to John Simon , the casting of Hoffman ‘ strikes me as ill-advised and damaging … |
| 12 | As a theory , it strikes me as ludicrous . |
| 13 | ‘ One thing strikes me as odd : why is Tehran missing from the list ? ’ |
| 14 | WELLINGS 'S claim ( WCM Aug ) that Graeme Hick 's failures have put ‘ pressure ’ on his England team-mates strikes me as somewhat baffling . |
| 15 | Along with the Etudes on the fourth disc is Children 's Corner , and here again the playing often strikes me as dull , as in the ‘ Serenade of the doll ’ and ‘ The snow is dancing ’ , which are both on the slow side . |
| 16 | It is Marquand 's enthusiasm for every initiative with a Euro-prefix that strikes me as old-fashioned . |
| 17 | When he emerges from the caravan , Pa 's reaction is not quite as imagined , and strikes me as rather odd . |
| 18 | ‘ A very large beetle ’ , she will say , as if she would n't have bothered me about a smaller one ; or ‘ The steps were slippery ’ ; or merely ( which strikes me as cryptic to the point of tautology ) , ‘ Something nasty ’ . |
| 19 | without picking serious note of Freud , it 's a bit like you know discussing space high on gravitational without mentioning Einstein , I mean , you know th that 's wh what people seem to do , and it strikes me as ridiculous . |
| 20 | Er , but , you know , Freud discovered so much about consciousness and unconsciousness that erm , you ignore it , strikes me as just silly . |
| 21 | The idea to which my hon. Friend refers strikes me as excellent , and I am happy to support it . |
| 22 | Would , would , would would , but , I mean I 'm quite in favour of people having their genitals mutilated as adults , once they 're over eighteen , they go to hospital and sign a consent form and have it done as long as they pay for it themselves , but to do it to newborn children strikes me as outrageous . |
| 23 | ‘ I would like to believe that , Sir John , but it strikes me as false . ’ |