Example sentences of "[vb -s] in [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , Mr Gorbachev would say , but look at the capitalist misery it causes in places like Poland and eastern Germany . |
| 2 | What counts in cases such as this is ensuring continued pressure and publicity at national level , while also working with a local group , which can keep up pressure on the spot by stirring up the interest of local authorities and the regional branch of the National Trust . |
| 3 | An alternative explanation is that liver disease itself might be a major factor but we have not found high pitted red cell counts in patients with chronic active hepatitis or primary biliary cirrhosis ( Muller and Toghill , unpublished observations ) . |
| 4 | The functions were derived from standard maps of our own previous ganglion cell counts in retinae of M. multatta ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 5 | Millions lost as trading park lies in ruins |
| 6 | The abbey lies in ruins today and its celebrated relic has disappeared without trace . |
| 7 | OLCAN McFetridge 's planned comeback lies in ruins . |
| 8 | " The fabric of family life of millions of our people has been shattered , … our economy lies in ruins and our people are embroiled in political strife . " |
| 9 | It lies in sops or bellies , surrounded by hard rocks , which will readily account for its being suddenly lost ; and these sops or bellies , being generally at considerable distances , will equally well account for the difficulty with which it is commonly regained … ’ |
| 10 | It lies in prisoners ' peculiar vulnerability . |
| 11 | In the Earth 's atmosphere a far smaller fraction of the atmospheric energy of motion lies in eddies and in any motions to which they give rise than is the case in the Jovian atmosphere . |
| 12 | The only real , the only true wealth lies in friends in abundance , company in plenty , comfort in abandon , love overflowing : what have these things to do with money ? — except that we cheat and lie and use money to acquire them ; knowing no other way to do it . |
| 13 | A major focus of industrial policy within the EC and elsewhere lies in attempts to influence the evolution of high technology industries . |
| 14 | While the Maastricht Treaty lies in tatters , and the ERM 's crumbling to pieces , the European Public Domain scene is stronger than ever . |
| 15 | The ACE Initiative , hailed by its founders as the ‘ most significant computer industry announcement of the 1990s ’ just twelve short months ago ( UX No 329 ) , lies in tatters . |
| 16 | In London , you can index the mean income of the households by the state of the gutters outside ; in the area where the archive of Ephemera lies in boxes , waiting for its eventual home , there 's a kind of mangy green lozenge next to the local church where the derelicts hang around , propping themselves up on the park bench in a drift of beer cans and double strength cider bottles and blown crisp packets . |
| 17 | This is cheating the system after all ; a system that has provided you with education , health care , roads , even the clean water which now lies in puddles on the kitchen floor . |
| 18 | Our strength lies in numbers , Joshua . |
| 19 | One alternative to such phrases lies in expressions of your own which are intended to convey more genuine , original response , but which within the overall register of academic essay-writing can sound uncritical or even gushing : " brilliant " , " fantastic " , " really wonderful " , " quite magical " , " unbelievably beautiful " . |
| 20 | There is no generally agreed explanation for how dowsing works and some consider that the answer lies in emanations from whatever is being sought . |
| 21 | Stucco lies in drifts of powdered plaster . |
| 22 | Comet debris , as its name suggests , is derived from comets , and much of this debris lies in orbits that are far more eccentric than most of the asteroids ' orbits , and which in many cases carry debris far beyond Jupiter . |
| 23 | The most obvious answer lies in careers services and counselling . |
| 24 | What lies in pieces around them represents , in effect , a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few who for the first time in generations have had the opportunity for hands-on experience of greatness . |
| 25 | I do not believe that the answer lies in amalgamations , technology , and further reduction of manpower . |
| 26 | Can not help feeling Truffaut 's real talent lies in desserts : the conjuring up of trifles , and that what I want from cinema screen is more like roast beef . |
| 27 | ‘ His style is always crisp and to the point ; his command of the language a constant reminder that good television journalism lies in words as well as pictures . ’ |
| 28 | But I do think it matters in terms of recruitment . |
| 29 | symbolising what matters in terms of the values of the organisation ; |
| 30 | Dry off gladioli corms in trays , then remove very small cormlets that have developed around the base — these will eventually flower , but only when grown on for several years . |