Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other patients give a negative skin-prick test but respond positively to an intradermal test ( see p 288 ) , which is more ‘ sensitive ’ because it uses more antigen and places it in a deeper layer of the skin . |
| 2 | But even if the note was deleted ( and Ramsey deleted it in a later edition ) , Raven could not have voted for Ramsey with enthusiasm . |
| 3 | Social workers should always have as clear a plan as possible for the child , and implement it in a shorter time than normal . |
| 4 | ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be . |
| 5 | So she approaches it in a better frame of mind . |
| 6 | She added that the festival had been attended by more people than ever before , and that by celebrating it in a smaller town , away from the more sophisticated attractions of Bogotá , the festival had a more genuine , grassroots character . |
| 7 | A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s . |
| 8 | ‘ If somebody 's already used a break it just means you 've got to use it in a better way . |
| 9 | However , although the UK government and others have a variety of policies designed to encourage and stimulate innovation , rather little has been done to assess the effectiveness of these measures , or to consider them in a broader context of structural change and adjustment in a mature industrial economy . |
| 10 | On the contrary , his direct line to Hitler and Mussolini placed him in a better position than the monarchists to deal with Axis pressure . |
| 11 | Accordingly , we wrap it up in a little computer procedure , label it DEVELOPMENT , and prepare to embed it in a larger program labelled EVOLUTION . |
| 12 | That would leave them in a worse position than they began , because all the T'ang can offer them is money . |
| 13 | Increasingly , the authorities became concerned about the adverse effects of this trend and viewed it in a dimmer light . |
| 14 | The local area , of course should be a springboard not a straitjacket , and pupils need to be encouraged to move out from their locality to see it in a wider context , to compare it with other places , and above all , whatever period is under study , to begin to understand why the changes they have documented took place . |
| 15 | The court did not simply substitute its own view because Congress had assigned the task primarily to the agency which , because of its greater experience , placed it in a better position to resolve the matter than the Court . |
| 16 | Definitely , yes , I would say like I 've spoke to Brian Horton on Sunday and he more or less said that it 's er Oxford United , fourth position in the league , let's hope so like you know , they are like , and I 've come here maybe to help get them in a better position . |
| 17 | N brief , I suggest that we can best understand the form of modern doctrines by situating them in a broader dialogue within liberal political philosophy concerning the relation between the citizen and the state . |
| 18 | Try some of our treats — they 'll put you in a better mood without spoiling your figure |
| 19 | Clement 's prose puts him in a higher class than any of his extant pagan contemporaries , and he was able obliquely to refute pagan critics ( such as Celsus , writing 177–80 ) who thought Christians an anti-cultural lot , by decorating his pages with a rich variety of quotations and allusions taken from classical poetry and philosophy . |
| 20 | Oh , I might , thought Lydia , but she said : ‘ I did n't poison Betty either ’ , in a childishly defensive way which put her in a worse mood . |
| 21 | Chairman Alan Brooker believes the company 's increased size has put it in a better position to win larger , long-term contracts , in line with DCM 's stated policy , and should lead to improved margins and faster growth . |
| 22 | Do not hesitate to throw a card away after rewriting it in a better form . |
| 23 | She blushed because of his quizzical look which said a great deal and turned everything topsy turvy and her knees to water , leaving her in a worse confusion . |
| 24 | For this reason I am deeply committed to the cause of raising our profile , and you will all be aware of the initiatives that are under way to promote us in a wider role . |
| 25 | But the technocratic approach did not lessen discrimination but reproduced it in a subtler form . |