scandalous

Preposition: that

• people: What is so scandalous that so many people are offended?
• revenue: Nor is it so scandalous that revenue from motoring fines swells police and Treasury coffers.
• year: It is scandalous that this year, as last year, fewer houses will be completed than in 1964 when Labor took over.
• child: It is scandalous that so many children have never had the chance to go to school.

Modifies a noun

• lack: There is a scandalous lack of government-funded research into the physical causation.
• minister: He was a staunch puritan, and a member of the Suffolk committee for the prosecution of scandalous ministers under the Earl of Manchester.
• waste: It is a scandalous waste of taxpayers ' money.
• situation: My personal interest in the subject had led me to unearth a scandalous situation.
• conduct: Instead he was convicted of the lesser charge of scandalous conduct.

Modifying Another Word

• downright: The drinking of tea by the poor was seen as downright scandalous.
• absolutely: Edward Davey MP said " This is absolutely scandalous.
• sometimes: This absorbing book traces the eventful and sometimes scandalous lives of Hedy and George.
• too: His greatest drama was, ironically, first staged at a private club in London because it was considered too scandalous for Paris audiences.
• so: Why did the government adopt so scandalous a course?
• quite: It's quite scandalous we can't find enough electricians, roofers, builders and plumbers.

Used with adjective complement

• consider: Was that considered scandalous at the time, or merely another exotic blockbuster from the Hollywood dream factory?
• seem: It seems scandalous that the UK Liberal Democrats with 22 per cent of the votes achieved less than ten per cent of the seats.
• become: This situation with Renault's dCi engines and the EGR valve is becoming scandalous.