impress
frames
impress.01 "make an impression":
impress.02 "convince of importance":
impress.01 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- [ARG0 That] [rel impressed] [ARG1 Robert B. Pamplin , Georgia-Pacific 's chief executive at the time , whom Mr. Hahn had met *T*-4 while *-1 fundraising for the institute] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 economic arguments , however solid ,] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-ADV necessarily] [rel impress] [ARG1 Hong Kong 's 5.7 million people] .
- With the fall social season well under way , [ARG0 name-droppers] are out in force , *-1 trying *-2 to [rel impress] [ARG1 their betters] and sometimes put down their lessers .
- [ARG0 This same tendency toward openness] [rel impressed] [ARG1 a group of visiting U.S. congressmen] [ARGM-TMP this spring] .
impress.01 NP-ARG0-by obj-ARG1
- Rep. Ronnie Flippo -LRB- D. , Ala. -RRB- , one of the members of the delegation , says 0 [ARG1 he] was [ARGM-ADV particularly] [rel impressed] *-1 by [ARG0-by Mr. Krenz 's ready admission that East Germany needed *-2 to change] .
- [ARG1 I] 'm [ARGM-MNR more favorably] [rel impressed] *-1 by `` [ARG0-by no-load life] , '' [ARGM-ADV even though it turns out *-2 to be low-load life] .
impress.01 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-with obj-ARG1
- [ARG0 Messrs. Guber and Peters] assiduously courted the man 's widow for months , *-1 showing her a tape of `` Gorillas in the Mist '' *-2 to [rel impress] [ARG1 her] with [ARG2-with the quality of their work] .
impress.01 NP-ARG0-with obj-ARG1
- Michael Burns , president of Telesystems , says 0 his concern has only benefited from the publicity surrounding the case , *-2 noting that three other charities have signed on as clients because [ARG1 they] were [rel impressed] *-1 with [ARG0-with the amount 0 he raised *T*-3 for National Children 's] .
impress.01 sub-ARG0
- [ARG0 Some shows] [ARGM-DIS just] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel impress] , he says 0 *T*-1 , and this is one of them .
impress.02 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG1-on S-ARG2
- `` [ARG0 It] [rel impresses] on [ARG1-on ordinary , young Filipinos] that [ARG2 there 's nothing 0 * to feel inferior about *T*-1 in * using their own language] , '' says *T*-2 Randy David , a sociologist and host of a popular television talk show .