It's so easy to write good example sentences, that even if we accidentally delete a few good sentences in the process of getting rid of a whole lot of bad ones, I think we could drastically improve the quality of this corpus by doing a lot of deleting.
I had to think about the problem for quite a while before I saw daylight.
その問題について相当に長く考えてようやくその本質が見えてきた。
He tried to behave as bravely as possible while he was being held hostage.
人質にとられながら、彼は努めて勇敢に振る舞った。
Can I ask you a question?
質問をしてもいいですか。
Let us begin our analysis by positing the following question.
次の質問をたてることから分析を始めよう。
There is a shortage of good building wood.
良質の建材が不足している。
Your question is hard for me to answer.
君の質問に僕は答えにくい。
Scientists began to find answers to these questions.
科学者たちはこれらの質問に対する答えを見つけ始めた。
I was very confused by his questions.
彼の質問にひどく面食らってしまった。
I have a few questions. Would it be OK if I asked them?
少し質問があるのですが、よろしいですか？
In respect to your question, I have nothing to say.
ご質問の点に関しては、言うべきことはなにもありません。
She is a serious person.
彼女はきまじめな気質である。
I am familiar with the way he asks questions.
私は彼の質問の仕方をよく知っている。
Ask your question.
質問をどうぞ。
He is ashamed to ask questions.
彼は質問をすることを恥じている。
The question was discussed in detail.
質問が詳細に討議された。
Material standards of living were never higher.
物質的な生活水準が今日ほど高かったことはない。
Why all of a sudden did he ask me such a serious question?
どうして私に彼はそのような深刻な質問をしたのだろいう。
He cannot answer their questions.
彼は彼らの質問に答えることができない。
She nodded in response to my question.
彼女は私の質問に対してうなずいた。
I cannot answer so many questions at a time.
一度にそんなにたくさんの質問には答えられない。
This cloth is good in quality for its price.
この布は値段の割に品質が良い。
This overcoat is inferior to mine in quality.
このコートは品質の点で私のよりおとる。
In the midst of the dollar falling hard against the Yen and other major Eastern currencies the Chinese Yuan, with China effectively taking a 'dollar peg' policy, has become cheap.
When he begins to do anything, he devotes himself to it.
彼は何か始めるとそれにのめり込む性質です。
Each part of a book starts with references to its author's life: a passage from a read book, a question directed to a stranger on a roadside, something shouted by a girlfriend.
