Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royal Society had its early beginnings in informal meetings and discussion groups , and became properly institutionalized in the 1660s , shortly before receiving Charters from Charles II . |
| 2 | However , in such a universe there would probably not be sufficient in the way of attractive forces to gather together matter in the large aggregates that are probably necessary for the development of complicated structures . |
| 3 | He would make less stir in the larger Aintree pool . |
| 4 | There is , though , one large disadvantage that became much discussed in the eighties : standard-class seats do not match the window spacing . |
| 5 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 6 | In business , an employee near retirement age may well be given a job with a grand title in a department which has little influence in the overall scheme of things . |
| 7 | Indeed , the Court of Appeal has indicated that the law laid down in Lonrho has effectively resulted in the unlawful means category no longer existing in any meaningful form ; but until the law is finally clarified by the House of Lords it seems justifiable to continue to speak of two forms of the tort . |
| 8 | Russell Peters , who has hardly been in contention at all so far , won the Soling race , and although he is well behind Lawrie Smith on points , needs only finish in the top six to gain a match racing play-off for the team spot . |
| 9 | According to Prof Friel , who left home in 1968 to work in England , self-confidence among Derry people has only emerged in the last few years . |
| 10 | Of course the Scandinavians have been skiing for about 4,500 years , but they used it as a means of travelling across country , not as an activity in itself , that has only happened in the last hundred years . |
| 11 | They heard a wide-ranging review of Courtaulds ' progress , in which Mr Huismans said the company was becoming highly respected in the chemical industry . |
| 12 | The use of oils in the kitchen has greatly increased in the last few decades , influenced by foreign travel and the subsequent awareness of international cuisine . |
| 13 | The party has scarcely advanced in the last 20 years , and its brave new policy of ‘ independence in Europe ’ has proved a fine slogan , but not a convincing one . |
| 14 | ‘ And after that , ’ Woolley said , ‘ you will come back here and stop the German air force from examining the hole which their artillery has just blown in the British Line , a hole about the size of Lancashire , and that will be the biggest waste of time of all , because the German Army found that hole an hour ago , and is now galloping through it as fast as its little legs will carry it , heading in the direction of … ’ he snipped the final toe-nail and straightened his leg to study the fault' … us . ’ |
| 15 | HOFFS WAS the Bangle who looked , er , ‘ cute ’ , sang lots of hits and got a solo deal last year which has just resulted in the brilliant ( and witty ) LP ‘ When You 're A Boy ’ , containing both Bowie 's ‘ Boys Keep Swinging ’ — hence the name — and the steamy-ish hit single ‘ My Side Of The Bed ’ — hence the UK visit . |
| 16 | It seems very likely , indeed , that an extension of democratic and decentralized planning would lead to an even larger role for the social sciences in the formation of public policies , if one may judge from the expansion and the greater utilization of them which has already occurred in the short period during which the present welfare states have developed . |
| 17 | Baldwin has already starred in the mega successful Clancy adaptations The Hunt For Red October . |
| 18 | In one such performance , James Luna promises to combine ‘ Indian mythology , Christian evangelism , and psychoanalysis to create a double-edged interpretation that has ‘ something for everyone who has ever believed in the romantic vision of the American Indian and bought into the guilt-complex of American history ’ ’ ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Nothing like this has ever happened in the 53 years the Palladium has been open . ’ |
| 20 | Anatoly Guljaev , managing director of Novosibirsk-based Utilex CT , says the economic vitality of the Novosibirsk region has noticeably declined in the last three years . |
| 21 | Files New to PhotoFinish. but becoming more established in the professional graphics sphere , is JPEG compressed file formats . |
| 22 | He has even looked benignly bored in the final days of preparation ; he has no need , other than to satisfy the boxing historians , to climb into the ring again . |
| 23 | The period of cohabitation prior to remarriage has also increased in the 1980s , from 28 months in 1979 to 34 months in 1987 . |
| 24 | In the UK this problem has also occurred in the celebrated series of Factortame cases referred by the English courts to the European Court of Justice . |
| 25 | This deal has also figured in the European Council of Ministers ' negotiations over a common mergers policy . |
| 26 | Selsey in Sussex has also disappeared in the post-Roman period . |
| 27 | The INLA has also revamped in the past two months and is posing a new threat in North Belfast , where 80 RUC officers have been drafted in to halt the escalating spiral of violence . |
| 28 | In many cities the price of firewood has nearly doubled in the past six years . |
| 29 | As it has often done in the modern period , the experience of war had given those who had taken part in it and survived it a new and more confident awareness of their own worth and standing . |
| 30 | ERNEST LEE faces a fine and possible suspension this weekend after becoming unwittingly enmeshed in the red tape which is also likely to bring punishment on Derby Rams . |