Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] in the [adj] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | It has its origin in the academic institution 's need to justify the endless multiplication of commentaries , from undergraduate essays to doctoral dissertations and scholarly articles . |
| 32 | The word slum , first used in the 1820s , has its origin in the old provincial word slump , meaning ‘ wet mire ’ . |
| 33 | Painting , like all poetry , has its part in the divine … ’ |
| 34 | The Geological Survey of Great Britain has its origins in the early work of the Ordnance Survey and in the research of eminent members of the Geological Society of London . |
| 35 | This work has its origins in the early intelligence test movement and , later , in a specific concern with creativeness as a possibly separable aspect of intellectual functioning . |
| 36 | In the case of suburban-type housing , the view of domestic life it ultimately reflects is a strongly traditional one that has its origins in the early development of industrial capitalism and the ensuing ideological split between ‘ public ’ and ‘ private ’ life developed by the Victorian bourgeoisie . |
| 37 | It can be argued that town planning has its origins in the early cities of , say , Egypt or Mexico , or in the architecture of Renaissance Europe . |
| 38 | The proposed Clothing Industry Management degree has its origins in the perceived need in the clothing industry for well-educated managers to ensure a viable future . |
| 39 | The existence of academic , pedagogic and utilitarian traditions in school curricula has its origins in the separate sectors of the educational system which preceded the comprehensive era . |
| 40 | As with corporate planning , strategic planning has its origins in the private sector . |
| 41 | The CAB service has its origins in the combined operation set up in 1938 by the Ministry of Health , the National Council for Social Service and the Family Welfare Association to provide advice and information in an emergency . |
| 42 | They , exclusive of all other species , are free to choose , and in the final analysis , that instinct which has its origins in the mammalian family life is most likely to take precedence , and humans will choose to live with the relatively small family group as the ultimate refuge . |
| 43 | The sterling standard for silver ( 925 parts per thousand of silver with the remainder being mainly copper ) has its origins in the fourteenth century and has continued virtually without interruption to the present day . |
| 44 | The term has its origins in the Old French word ‘ ecurie ’ which meant a barn or a stable . |
| 45 | The standard of living is another key measure which has its origins in the same source . |
| 46 | Planning as a local authority responsibility has its origins in the public health and housing policies of the nineteenth century , but from the outset the objectives were broader than a simple emphasis on the efficient use of land . |
| 47 | The provision of this form of care has its origins in the pre-war public hospitals , which had a large number of patients with chronic health care problems . |
| 48 | This ecumenical publication has its origins in the experimental work of the Community of St. John the Baptist at Clewer . |
| 49 | It has its predecessors in the romantic tradition — a tradition which includes the self-important single self nevertheless prone to dispersal and division , invasion and impersonation , which includes the victim and his alter ego . |
| 50 | The idea seemed too melodramatically absurd , until I recalled that all melodrama has its basis in the lurid facts of earlier generations . |
| 51 | The present wave of Troubles has its basis in the Catholic grievances about discriminatory practices which have operated against them ever since the state 's inception ( cf. |
| 52 | Parties represented in Parliament include the right-wing Conservative Party ( Andries Treurnicht , l. ) , the largest opposition party in the white House of Assembly and committed to opposing De Klerk 's reforms ; the liberal opposition Democratic Party ( Zach de Beer , elected as its sole leader at its first national congress in September , replacing the " troika " of de Beer , Wynand Malan and Denis Worrall ) ; and the Labour Party ( Rev. Allan Hendrickse , l. ) , which has its basis in the coloured community . |
| 53 | ‘ Bad ’ which has its roots in the Black English of the US jazz scene in 1928 is now in the Oxford English Dictionary meaning ‘ very good ’ . |
| 54 | [ And ] the mistake has its roots in the absurd assumption that the productivity of labour is independent of the consumption of the producer . |
| 55 | The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association . |
| 56 | Fundamentally , the system of local authority housing management has its roots in the early work of Octavia Hill . |
| 57 | This doctrine has its roots in the equitable nature of the duty of confidence but can now be regarded as covering both equitable and contractual obligations of confidence ( see Initial Services Ltd v Putterill ) . |
| 58 | The first of these has its roots in the pupil-centred view of education . |
| 59 | The militarism and caste rigidity which has been the bane of Germany in Europe , has its roots in the Thirty Years War . |
| 60 | The third party which has its roots in the political movements that arose before August 1991 is the Party of Labour ( PT ) . |