Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] in the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any extinguishing agent which develops its effects in the same direction must be capable of overtaking the flame front if it is to have an acceptable limiting influence on potential damage . |
| 2 | The standard of living is another key measure which has its origins in the same source . |
| 3 | You know , she 'd say , they cook their cabbage in the same water as the bacon . |
| 4 | Perhaps you know them over the garden wall to speak to you , you might even know their children by name and you know their christian name , but beyond that I think it 's true to say , even making allowance of generation gaps that you do n't know your neighbours in the same way that you knew your neighbours in London . |
| 5 | The boy bowed again , enjoying her astonishment in the same way he had enjoyed the applause of the T'ang earlier that day when he had played Tsu Tiao . |
| 6 | Individualism was well established as one of the cardinal virtues of Western civilization when Japan reopened her doors in the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | That is to say , Libyans whose families had settled in the cities some generations before were perhaps exempt from this process ; but the majority of Libyans made their history in the same way , and shared this picture of the past . |
| 8 | The Gorengs made their home in the former diplomatic quarter , the area which had , to the glee of the Chinese in the Toku-ru warehouse , been accidentally shelled by the malai navy on invasion day . |
| 9 | The proportion of issues in dollars dropped in 1990 to 39.5% from 56% in 1989 , while yen bonds doubled their share in the same period , to 12% . |
| 10 | With the backing of President North , the Josephite Church was building its sanctuary in the former state of Utah . |
| 11 | The difference was that , having applied my colours in the same direct way , drawing from the end and edge of the pastel stick . |
| 12 | Women even cut their hair in the same style . |
| 13 | But man also has made his mark in the many ancient monuments , castles and churches that dot the countryside and small villages . |
| 14 | We have presented our data in the same way as MacKenzie and Jefferies from Oxford . |
| 15 | For although the chairman of the University Grants Committee , Edward Parkes , may have received his well-earned knighthood at the end of the year — in a batch meanly thin , as usual , on honours for the scientific community — many of the nation 's academics will never see their profession in the same rosy light . |
| 16 | By the end of The Order of Things , however , he revises this somewhat conventional thesis to suggest that what was involved was not so much a move from a static to a historical view of things as the break-up of a common , unified historical time-scheme in which every phenomenon had had its place in the same space and chronology . |
| 17 | For some types of find , scientific methods are useful in the process of analysis , but most specialists begin their analysis in the same basic way . |
| 18 | Having decided on the story , theme or music , choreographers should consider some vital rules of theatre and construct their ballet in the same way that authors and composers work out their books and compositions . |
| 19 | In fact , their necks are so mobile that they can keep their heads in the same position while a branch sways in the breeze underneath them . |
| 20 | She slowly regained her strength in the latter part of the year , just in time to cope with a winter season and no designer . |
| 21 | If the court has ordered the husband ( or the husband has agreed ) to convey or transfer his interest in the former matrimonial home to the wife , there is no reason why he should agree , at the request of the wife , to convey or transfer it to herself and her new husband . |
| 22 | He sees his people in the same way . |
| 23 | Lack of sufficient oxygen affects our bodies in the same way . |
| 24 | Do you ever have many , get them ones in the that little house ? |
| 25 | According to market researchers International Data Corp , a survey of 500 major corporate users showed that although 39% will continue to use their mainframes in the same way as they always have , a massive 61% want to downsize . |
| 26 | According to market researchers International Data Corp , a survey of 500 major corporate users showed that although 39% will continue to use their mainframes in the same way as they always have , a massive 61% want to downsize . |
| 27 | She knew herself well enough to know that if he challenged her account in the latter mode she 'd almost certainly lose her temper with him , and then the atmosphere between them , which had been ( with the exception of his overtures ) so easy and undemanding , would be spoiled . |
| 28 | Both wanted to extend their influence in the same region . |
| 29 | Now that he had arrived at the wildest part of Britain , he wished to use his adventure in the same spirit as that in which Montaigne wrote his famous Essais — as trials of himself , as investigations of the ideas that arose in the non-stop chatter of his mind . |
| 30 | He rolled off the bed and walked to the window , moving his hands in the same disconcerting manner as before , though in reverse this time . |