朱泰祺长难句

1 I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I was fully occupied the whole of last week.

2 For him to be re-elected, what is essential is not that his policy works, but that the public believe that it does.

3 The conveniences that Americans desire reflect not so much a leisurely lifestyle as a busy lifestyle in which even minutes of time are too valuable to be wasted.

4 No sooner had the words been spoken than he realized that he should have remained silent.

5 Had it not been for the timely investment from the general public, out company would not be so thriving as it is.

6 There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, should there be a sudden loud noise.

7 It is generally thought to be of importance to a man that he should know himself.
8 Mr.Brown, a good friend of mine, would have helped us but that he was short of money at the time.

9 But for your kind advice we could not have succeeded in the experiment when we were in trouble.

10 People cannot but feel puzzled, for they simply cannot understand how he could have made such a stupid mistake.

11 The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds on which to base his argument in favour of the new theory.

12 How many of us attending ,say, a meeting that is irrelevant to us would be interested in the discussion?

13 Generally speaking ,the bird flying across our path is observed, and the one staying on the tree near at hand is passed by without any notice taken of it.

14 Beethoven, the great musician, wrote nine symphonies in his life ,most of them written after he had lost his hearing.

15 Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone added to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.

16 There seemed little hope that the explorer, having been deserted in the tropical forest, would find his way through it .

17 That so many advances have been made in such a short time is the most valid argument for retaining the research unit.

18 Since she is angry and is not about to discuss the matter with us, we might as well leave her alone.

19 If two theories are equal in their ability to account for a body of data, the theory that does so with the smaller number of assumptions is to be preferred.

20 Nobody can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by science fiction.

21 Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, be they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist  ,Jewish , and so on.

22 Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that only when there are comprehensive programs that address the many needs of the homeless will the situation improve.

23 Scarcely had they settled themselves in their seats in the theatre when the curtain went up.

24 Not until an infant hedgehog opens its eyes does it leave its nest to follow its mother about.

25 It is only when you nearly lose someone that you become fully conscious of how much you value him.
26 It is the uses to which television is put that determine its value to society.

27 The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for me if only she could remember who last borrowed it.

28 As is generally accepted, economic growth is determined by the smooth development of production.

29 You can arrive in Beijing earlier for the meeting provided you don’t mind taking the night train.

30 Hydrogen is the fundamental element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.

31 Mercury’s velocity is so much greater than the Earth’s that it completes more than four revolutions around the Sun in the time that it takes Earth to complete one.

32 Much as he likes her, he does get irritated with her sometimes.

33 As unselfishness is the real test of strong affection, so unselfishness ought to be the real test of the very highest kind of art.
34 This is the best book I have ever read on the subject , for all that there may be mistakes occasionally.

35 Books do as much harm a good and spread falsehood and error no less than knowledge of truth.

36 Yet these old controversies give no less revealing an insight into the minds of our grandfathers than do the major issues of the last century.

37 With the exception of aluminum ,shiny metals such as tin or copper turn into black powders when ground fine.