Example sentences of "of [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It draws attention to the centrality of preaching in the New Testament . |
| 2 | They are said to have reproved Jesus during his early days of preaching in Galilee . |
| 3 | Now suppose we have a supersaturated solution of some substance , like hypo in that it was eager to crystallize out of solution , and like carbon in that it was capable of crystallizing in either of two ways . |
| 4 | First , the printing unions controlled the process ; their powers included the hiring of staff and deciding the level of manning in print rooms . |
| 5 | On 16 October , the judge rejected the submissions and on 17 October , the appellants , together with three co-accused , changed their pleas to guilty of handling in respect of each of the transactions in which they were involved . |
| 6 | The following provides an outline of handling in relation to specific claims intimated under various covers : |
| 7 | That 's because of overspending in previous years . |
| 8 | It may be held at that important time of the first anniversary of the death , and is thus at the time when the people most bereaved may be thinking of re-engaging in life . |
| 9 | In fact , Broderick seems to have shown a nicely calculated amount of daring in trying to pick roles that give his bland fresh-faced prettiness a spin . |
| 10 | There is undeniably something ‘ over-thetop ’ about Rachmaninov 's piano music , a larger-than-life quality that requires larger-than-life treatment , and that extra dash of daring in Wild 's playing ( not for nothing do his fans call him ‘ Wild Earl ’ ) can be relied upon to produce something more than unusually exciting . |
| 11 | Yellow-like in colour it sort of floated in the air . |
| 12 | The latter occurs as a trick used to fool the natives in Stevenson 's ‘ The Beach of Falesá ’ , where ‘ the sound of singing in the wind ’ caused by an Aeolian harp is mistaken for spirit voices near a mock-temple of imitation gods , ‘ idols or scarecrows , or what not ’ . |
| 13 | There are different styles of singing in different regions , and we balance the programme to include different songs from different regions . |
| 14 | Nessie had the pig bucket in her hand when she heard the noise of singing in the early evening air . |
| 15 | Lee realized that there was no longer a sound of singing in the bar and when she looked up saw ‘ Patricia ’ staring down at her . |
| 16 | A diagnosis of pyloric stenosis was based entirely on the result of imaging in 1% of cases in group A compared with 21% in group B ( χ 2 =35.7 , p<0.001 ( 0.1 to 0.2 ) ) . |
| 17 | Tait and his advertising agents hit on an idea for generic advertising , of filling the skies above New York with a message done by ‘ skytyping ’ — a development of skywriting in which five light aircraft , working on computer synchronicity , puff dots into the sky to form letters sixty feet high . |
| 18 | Although there is some experience of contracting in such services as catering and cleaning , the scale of the programme set out in the White Paper is of a different order . |
| 19 | On the other hand , there was bitterness at the exploitation of surfing in Hawaii . |
| 20 | Some individual unions have gone much further , notably the Steelworkers , who have responded to the collapse of steelmaking in Canada by recruiting in high-technology industries and the service sector , including fast-food chains . |
| 21 | However , Goram , Huistra and Steven at least have been given a chance of recovering in time . |
| 22 | I think what really happened then [ the third time ] there was a sort of crackling in the noises as if someone was falling down . |
| 23 | The grass has been destroyed by the effects of trawling in shallow water and the dumping of waste by the chemical plants at Gabes and Skhira . |
| 24 | Some , who may be kinder , will find a way of weeping in their wives ' arms without explaining the cause . |
| 25 | Furious at the strong wave of protectiveness that washed over him , despite all his suspicions , Guy bit out a curse that , in normal circumstances , he would n't have dreamed of using in the hearing of a woman . |
| 26 | Jane mentioned a typewriter , paper , carbon — when asked for anything , Jim had a habit of drawing in his breath even more sharply , as if he 'd been wounded . |
| 27 | At high concentrations , the blood becomes a sort of chemical sponge , capable of drawing in whatever meagre supplies of water exist , even when the toad 's body already contains much more water than the surrounding area of soil . |
| 28 | Overall , within the culture of antislavery economic boycott and free-produce activities worked much less significantly as a way of drawing in support than as a mark which some abolitionists chose to display of their antislavery identity . |
| 29 | There are two reasons for this : first , it provides a complete and convincing display of the art of drawing in the second half of the fifteenth century , with outstanding exhibits lent by major collections worldwide . |
| 30 | His magnum opus , the Corpus der Italienischen Zeichnungen 1300–1450 , an ongoing project which already consists of twelve weighty volumes , began publication in 1968 with a survey of drawing in southern and central Italy ; there followed three volumes on Venice 1300–1400 ( 1980 ) ; a monographic study of Mariano Taccola ( circa 1381–1453/58 ) , the Sienese draughtsman , miniaturist and engineer ( 1982 ) ; and four volumes on Jacopo Bellini ( 1990 ) . |