Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Broughton you wanted to come in earlier yep . |
| 2 | By this time they were starting to review the situation steadily , forecasting the Duke of Atholl 's likely moves , wording formal requests for warrants to meet in larger groups , arguing furiously over the likelihood of being able to get weapons from the armouries at Atholl or Taymouth Castle . |
| 3 | Hugh , she thought inconsequentially , would probably run to flab in later life — like his father . |
| 4 | That deference towards the well-disposed reader is hard to find in later criticism — for good reason , no doubt . |
| 5 | But could that not be a new chance for a man to find in later life ‘ an emotional experience that he missed when his children were young ’ ? |
| 6 | It is intended to cover the extra costs of sending athletes to the southern hemisphere immediately after Christmas to train in warmer weather . |
| 7 | It also said that solicitors employed by large companies should not be allowed to appear in higher courts because the fact that they were employed might stop them from showing impartiality and detachment . |
| 8 | This in turn will increase the child 's motivation both to engage in further communication and to discover the means for realising his or her communicative intentions more adequately . |
| 9 | The reciprocal gift-giving between the partners has in no way reduced the obligation to engage in further gift exchanges in the future . |
| 10 | Do you have plans yourself to engage in further research in this area ? |
| 11 | He will usually be able to purchase in larger quantities , thus saving on delivery costs . |
| 12 | This would in many ways be the easiest option for us to follow — the status quo can always be defended but would clearly disappoint the legitimate aspirations of ever more young men and women to participate in higher education and , just as serious , fail to provide the educated and skilled workforce which the country so manifestly needs . |
| 13 | We need also to participate in wider networks of interaction which extend from the individual into a complexity of connections with the groups and institutions that constitute the society we live in . |
| 14 | There must be an awareness by the majority of the difficulties for most people in acquiring English and the limitations must not be confused with lack of ability or a lack of motivation to participate in wider society . |
| 15 | Two other categories , the underwriters and the selling group , would be invited to participate in later stages of the issuance . |
| 16 | Perhaps it is not surprising that the Hon. Members for Wimbledon ( Dr. Goodson-Wickes ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) and those other Hon. Members from other exotic places who served with us would not find it particularly attractive to participate in further debates on the Bill today . |
| 17 | The government of Quebec had refused to participate in further negotiations following the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990 [ see pp. 37519-20 ] , but was planning to hold a referendum on the issue of secession in October 1992 unless a satisfactory package of constitutional reforms had been agreed [ see pp. 38281-82 ] . |
| 18 | Firstly we would like to remind you that all who are teaching are expected to participate in further training . |
| 19 | As you improve and start to sail in stronger winds you will want to sweep the daggerboard completely up into the board at high speeds to help with control . |
| 20 | In the case of an incomplete plan it is very difficult to fit in later what has been overlooked in the beginning . |
| 21 | If too many units are produced , stocks will lie idle or go to waste ; if too few are produced , the item will go out of stock , and it may be difficult to fit in further batches in the short-term . |
| 22 | His child-like enjoyment of the new equipment and gadgetry he came to be able to afford in later life gave warmly affectionate amusement to his friends especially when they found him camping in his own front garden in the latest tent and sleeping bag , or were asked to take him , when he was stone-blind from glaucoma , to the locations of his favourite plants to photograph them with an auto-focus camera . |
| 23 | What if she were to look in earlier editions ? |
| 24 | After a moment she added , ‘ Was he going to look in later ? |
| 25 | It was all in the knees , he said , and he had liked to ski in better times . |
| 26 | The annual fees can change markedly from year to year and so the figures which follow , for the session 1993–94 , must be used only as an indication of the minimum likely to apply in later sessions . |
| 27 | Foods such as millet and sweet potatoes make a good basis for baby foods , and if the baby does become sensitive to them , at least they are no trouble to avoid in later years . |
| 28 | This third aspect of modernist innovation is the one whose ‘ logical and historical ’ consequences are clearest and easiest to trace in later writing . |
| 29 | In fact , similar managerial characteristics have continued to prevail in larger , technologically-advanced firms . |
| 30 | Not that she would be unable to manage , but she would have liked to leave in happier circumstances . |