Example sentences of "impressed by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was impressed by the care given to our clients in London and elsewhere , ’ explained Peter , ‘ and the lengths to which ACET staff go to try and meet the needs of clients . |
| 2 | I was particularly impressed by the way you managed to organise all the available services so efficiently — just at the time when we were beginning to wonder how we 'd manage . ’ |
| 3 | Those who pursue comparisons of the kind I am referring to are likely to be impressed by the staying-power of a literary preoccupation to which a variety of temperaments and compulsions has been attracted , and could well be inclined to believe that Pechorin 's duel and indifference may have been among the precedents that weighed , a century later , with a woman bent on contriving her appointment with destiny . |
| 4 | Although an agent may be very impressed by the talent he sees , there are practical difficulties which affect how much agents can do for young actors . |
| 5 | I have been extremely impressed by the professionalism of the Jockey Club . ’ |
| 6 | Analysts Alan Marshall and Christine Baker are impressed by the 20-well drilling programme for next year . |
| 7 | I was impressed by the good adhesion and grip of the Vibram soles , performing well even in wet and slippery conditions . |
| 8 | He was familiar with Pound 's writing on Japanese drama , and had been impressed by the first performance of At the Hawk 's Well when he had seen a well-known Japanese dancer take the role of the hawk . |
| 9 | The more one looks back on the record the more one is impressed by the role of Mrs Thatcher as a dominant figure and as an illustration of the power of the Prime Minister . |
| 10 | In both British Coal and British Steel I have been enormously impressed by the ability and dedication of my colleagues , particularly when one recognises the totally inadequate rewards they receive in comparison with their opposite numbers in the private sector . |
| 11 | Until we came to the Furka I 'd been impressed by the Spirit R/T , surprised by the agility of its handling , the sensitivity and accuracy of its power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering , the breadth of the uninterrupted acceleration from its powerful turbocharged engine , the lightness of the controls and the quality of the gearchange . |
| 12 | Scanning the interior , I was impressed by the high quality of the trim and dash . |
| 13 | He is not impressed by the Prince because of who he is , but because of the man he is : because of his gift for talking to people , his tenacity and his courage in confronting problems that other men would shy away from . |
| 14 | And while the plot of The Ghost Goes West ( 1935 ) , about an American millionaire who buys a ghost-inhabited castle from an impoverished Scottish laird , might suggest an uncomfortable balancing act between the demands of the two national audiences , the appointment of a Frenchman , René Clair , to direct , suggests that Korda was simply impressed by the story . |
| 15 | Mr Saddiqui was not impressed by the launch of the organisation although he wished it well . |
| 16 | When she came to London with Prince , Cat was impressed by the local music-types and by their willingness to find new sounds and try anything . |
| 17 | ( The true story of Niagara is that when the European settlers first arrived they were so impressed by the tack stores , that they decided to build the falls ) . |
| 18 | Once the instruction is given , you will be impressed by the speed and enthusiasm shown by our sales staff who are so vital to the success of Adkin . |
| 19 | While the greening of the electorate was rapidly taken aboard and she was impressed by the fact that acid rain could damage international relations as surely as it did stonework and trees , what caught her imagination were the profound implications of what was happening to the chemistry of the deeper atmosphere . |
| 20 | The French were impressed by the image of a resurgent and technologically advanced America . |
| 21 | Specifically , they are impressed by the Digicipher system , developed jointly by General Instruments and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . |
| 22 | You seem to be impressed by the percentage of youngsters in higher education in America . |
| 23 | But scientists are impressed by the way Mr Kingdon has identified the sequence of evolutionary accidents that led to Africa 's strange mosaic of rich ecosystems ; and conservationists find in it a way to explain rarity and extinction . |
| 24 | One observer may have been particularly impressed by the figure of Death sounding the hours on a bell , and his idea will include that . |
| 25 | Browning was more hopeful , but he , too , was impressed by the transiency of the world , flashing past the carriage windows : ‘ Must the rose sigh ‘ Pluck — I perish ! ’ |
| 26 | Looking through her work you ca n't help but be impressed by the quality and her attention to detail — and I did just wonder if I was in the presence of someone who is going to be hailed the greatest canine painter of her era . |
| 27 | Mr K , as the headlines called him , was pleasantly enough impressed by the hospitality of Eden 's dacha , Chequers , by tea with the Queen , and by learning from Winston Churchill how to eat oysters . |
| 28 | Across the room , nursing the remnants of his coffee , warming himself , the tall , thin creep was greatly impressed by the delicacy and decorum with which she had reacted to the West Indian 's vulgar demonstration of how to ruin a piece of pie . |
| 29 | Foreign Office worthies look forward to a parallel rise through the ranks of the Order of St Michael and St George , from CMG ( Call Me God ) , to KCMG ( Kindly Call Me God ) to GCMG ( God Calls Me God ) , on the theory that gullible foreigners will be more impressed by the ambassador of a second-division power if he 's called Sir Cuthbert Smith instead of plain Mr Smith . |
| 30 | One contributor , William O'Boyle , was particularly impressed by the covert aura of it all . |