Example sentences of "a [adj] experience " in BNC.
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| 1 | PRESIDING over the collapse of one of America 's largest newspapers has been a humbling experience for the Tribune Company , a Chicago-based media group that is proud of its reputation for tough management . |
| 2 | Having teenagers is a humbling experience at the best of times — and having teenagers taking exams is the greatest leveller of all . |
| 3 | He and Sir David accordingly set upon this final crucial lap of their preparations and to witness the unswerving determination with which they persevered in the face of repeated frustrations was a humbling experience ; countless letters and telegrams were dispatched and his lordship himself made three separate trips to Paris within the space of two months . |
| 4 | The trip was a humbling experience . |
| 5 | It can be heady stuff , it can be a pleasant experience , or it can leave a nasty taste in the mouth and cost a great deal . |
| 6 | Just as there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This is a pleasant experience ’ to saying ‘ This is a good thing ’ , so there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This act will produce the best consequences ’ to saying ‘ I ought to do this act ’ . |
| 7 | For example , for most managers , firing someone is not a pleasant experience . |
| 8 | Has it been a pleasant experience ? |
| 9 | It 's not a pleasant experience for anyone to be pelted with stones by children . |
| 10 | Wishful thinking : the statement ‘ If I could do anything I would implant the standards in his brain ’ may spark off more realistic ideas such as running a course to explain the standards ( perhaps in a country hotel so as to make it a pleasant experience ) . |
| 11 | If my right hand had n't felt as if somebody had grafted a bunch of bananas on to it and then dipped it in acid , it would have been a pleasant experience . |
| 12 | I have been interested to find out more about the Medau method for some time now — and what a pleasant experience it turned out to be . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , it was wonderful , fascinating , a rich experience . |
| 14 | It was wonderful , fascinating , a rich experience . |
| 15 | In this example , the teacher had not ‘ set up ’ a group-learning experience . |
| 16 | Opening the case containing a new guitar from Patrick Eggle is , for me , a trying experience . |
| 17 | Instead of saying that in the absence of a community there can be no rules , we say that what is wrong with the solipsist 's rules is that they can not be set up in the way he pretends , by using a private experience as a sample . |
| 18 | For non-troglodytes , with a penchant for the unusual , the trip can provide a memorable experience . |
| 19 | The frigid elegance of the new Opera Bastille , and the immanence of that whole mixed quartier of Paris viewed from the foyers , makes a memorable experience . |
| 20 | The trio of actors became close off set , though with Fonda a committed monogamist , Hopper and Nicholson often went off into the night ; on one occasion they shared a memorable experience with LSD , so memorable , in fact , that both men have chosen , separately , to recall it in detail , as best they could . |
| 21 | It may not have three red roofs in the Michelin guide , but anyone who likes to dine beneath soaring Gothic vaults will find it a memorable experience . |
| 22 | Paul Corrigan suggests that teenagers behave the way they do at the seaside , or at football matches , because they are looking for a memorable experience to balance the boredom of the rest of their lives . |
| 23 | Even so , it is still a memorable experience . |
| 24 | A VISIT TO one of the great medieval cathedrals remains , for believers and non-believers alike , a memorable experience , inspiring perceptions of wonder and beauty . |
| 25 | It is well worth a visit to see this magnificent miniature locomotive in action and a ride through the north Norfolk region is a memorable experience . |
| 26 | However , those privileged to make the journey to Cape Wrath can be sure of a memorable experience . |
| 27 | It was a memorable experience for all of us . |
| 28 | This romantic and relaxing evening cruise is a memorable experience , and a popular choice for visitors to Amsterdam . |
| 29 | Rooms are beautifully furnished , and a stay at this hotel is nothing short of a memorable experience . |
| 30 | Your visit to the West Bank of the Nile will be a memorable experience . |