Example sentences of "[adv] in the " in BNC.

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31 While TNC investment in the developing countries levelled off somewhat in the 1980s ( UNCTC , 1988 ) , the growth of export-oriented employment , mainly due to increased TNC activity in export processing ( often referred to as ‘ production sharing ’ in the business press ) continued to be rapid .
32 But these were matters which preoccupied theologians ( whose intellectual reputation was not high ) , philosophers and artists ( who were admired but somewhat in the manner in which wealthy men admire the diamonds they can afford to buy their women ) and social critics , of the left or right , who did not like the kind of society they lived in or found themselves forced into .
33 The hierarchy is arranged so that groups of strong and weak elements at the lowest level themselves form strong or weak elements at the next level up and so on throughout the hierarchy , somewhat in the manner of the hierarchical structure of syntax .
34 The levels detected upstream in the Friends of the Earth study are broadly comparable to those measured by the ministry in samples nearer the coast - where official models would predict a higher amount of radioactivity .
35 General Lee had entered Maryland with 50,000 men , but the Brigade that was skirmishing its way towards Harper 's Ferry had left nothing behind but blackened camp-fires and crushed grasses , while the advance line of MacArthur 's Guard moved warily upstream in the late evening in pursuit .
36 The Tyne was heavily polluted , from about Prudhoe down to the sea , but after rain , salmon swam upstream in the clean water on top of the flood .
37 Agents often have authority to bind their principals in ways they should not , they can act wrongly in the exercise of their authority without forfeiting it .
38 Capers are the unopened flower buds of the plant Capparis spinosa which has a low , trailing habit and grows abundantly in the wild , although it is cultivated extensively in Mediterranean countries , especially Spain and France , where the export of capers is a lucrative business .
39 Foraminifers occur abundantly in the more calcareous horizons and rarely ( but persistently ) within the Thalassiothrix laminations ( Fig. 3 b ) .
40 The infectivity of these particles was expected since they incorporate both the antibody-envelope fusion protein and unmodified envelope protein which is also expressed abundantly in the retroviral packaging cell line .
41 I see it fantastically in the pages of books I read and in a true sense I see life through the leaves of the willow tree .
42 regardless in the other direction .
43 I could make out the Headmaster 's fancy brick chimneys , three shaped like corkscrews , three with brick diamond patterns , also the black branches of the elm tree shining wetly in the light of a precinct lamp-post .
44 He stood straighter in the water , his broad chest glistening wetly in the multicoloured light .
45 Further evidence that you have to climb solo in the big hills to make a name for yourself these days was produced , in dramatic fashion , in the Mont Blanc massif this summer .
46 Following the solo epics reported here over recent months by Catherine Destivelle on the Petit Dru and Jean-Pierre Lafaille on Mont Blanc , there 's news of another very difficult new route climbed solo in the French Alps .
47 With a not overlong flying display that runs from 2pm in the afternoon until 6pm in the evening , plenty of time is available to roam among the aircraft parks and view whatever is the viewer 's fancy .
48 The Over 60s Club meets on March 18 at 2pm in the village hall .
49 New members are welcome to the club , which is held every Wednesday at 2pm in the village hall .
50 Haughton-le-Skerne Ladies Guild is to hold a jumble sale on Saturday at 2pm in the church hall .
51 Haughton-le-Skerne Ladies Guild is to hold a jumble sale on Saturday at 2pm in the church hall .
52 Those people always get on better in the world than decent men . ’
53 Judit performed even better in the second half than the first .
54 It made Lilian feel a lot better in the morning , did n't it , dear ? ’
55 Far better to use that energy in a positive way by becoming determined not to repeat yesterday 's errors but to use the experience gained to improve the situation and do things better in the future .
56 Since the Second World War the Sussex has become a stronger colour-marker , much neater of shoulder than the powerful draught type of old , shorter in the leg and better in the hindquarters , and it still produces lean , marbled meat , especially in the prime cuts .
57 So a female who can persuade two males that they each have a stake in the brood will do better in the evolutionary struggle .
58 She could think better in the darkness , and Gay 's letter had effectively banished all desire to sleep .
59 Since aspects of each can be understood better in the light of their absence , each may be noticed more when it is not there than when it is .
60 I 've talked to the designer , Dick Denney , and Dick said that they were definitely made for this market , so I guess they probably perform better in the UK . ’
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