Example sentences of "admitted [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 2 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 3 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 4 | The Soviet announcement in September 1989 that it was to dismantle the Krasnoyarsk radar station in Siberia ( see p. 36909 ) was followed by a statement on Oct. 23 , 1989 , by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , who admitted for the first time that the location and orientation of the radar station constituted " a violation of the ABM treaty " . |
| 5 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 6 | However , Murray also admitted for the first time how close she came to quitting after Barcelona . |
| 7 | " Yes , I have plans , " Sara admitted after a little hesitation , but she did not elaborate on them . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted with no clear idea whether it was or was n't . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're so sweet and amusing , but … well , they 're also pretty exhausting , too , ’ she admitted with a small sigh . |
| 10 | ‘ No , it is n't , ’ she admitted with a self-deprecatory smile , glad to keep the conversation impersonal . |
| 11 | she admitted in a low voice . |
| 12 | ‘ I — I 'm afraid so , ’ she admitted in a small voice . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't possess a mansion with a swimming-pool , a Rolls in the garage , and a business to pay for it all , ’ he admitted in a recent biography . |
| 14 | ‘ I know , ’ Walter admitted in a weary voice . |
| 15 | Dzerzhinsky wrote that the swifter exchange of goods would help to reduce taxes levied on the peasants and so mollify them and speed up the realization of smychka between town and country ; but towards the end of the year he admitted in a resigned tone : ‘ Can such a huge enterprise like transport really change in a moment , can people really be regenerated at once ? |
| 16 | ‘ I get frightened sometimes , ’ Emily admitted in a quiet voice . |
| 17 | I forgot myself for a moment back in the woods , it is true , ’ he admitted in a goaded voice , ‘ but the circumstances were exceptional . |
| 18 | We have calculated the p value for each patient ( 28 ) admitted in the next period of the study using the grade of encephalopathy , the absolute value of prothrombin time at the admission and the number of blood units transfused within the 72 hours after admission . |
| 19 | Nicaragua retaliated on Dec. 30 by ordering 20 US diplomats to leave the country forthwith , and US President George Bush admitted on the same day that the action was a " screw-up " . |
| 20 | But he admitted to a great sense of satisfaction at having been in the job at a time when the world had ‘ seen the most rapid political changes in the past 50 years ’ , from the end of the Cold War to the dismemberment of the Soviet Union , and the appointment of former POCs like Vaclav Havel to become heads of state . |
| 21 | When Philip in 346 settled the Third Sacred War , he was ( personally ; not the Macedonians as a race ) admitted to the Delphic Amphictyony , the body which managed the prestige sanctuary at Delphi ; and so he gained admission to the Greek fraternity . |
| 22 | ‘ We do n't really understand how it works ’ , Matthews admitted at a recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago . |
| 23 | Mr Clark admitted at the Old Bailey he encouraged British firms to sell sanction-busting military equipment to Iraq . |