Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A company is allowed to carry on business in the usual way until steps are taken to enforce the charge . |
| 2 | Even if your company 's main task is , for example , to carry on business in the chemical industry , this can probably be changed , if you wish to , merely by going to the annual general meeting . |
| 3 | You will , however , get the chance to try out alcohol in the third week of Stage II of the diet . |
| 4 | In view of the fact that eye testing is important in picking up illness in the elderly and that we are in the business of preventive medicine rather than treating illnesses when they occur , will my hon. Friend keep an open mind ? |
| 5 | Conversion of NO 2 to HNO 3 therefore effectively removes NO x from the atmosphere and thus its potential to lock up chlorine in a nonreactive form . |
| 6 | Captain Margaret is the owner of the privateer The Broken Heart with which he intends to open up trade in the Spanish Main with the Indians whom he hopes to rescue from the harsh exploitation of Spanish settlers . |
| 7 | To find out what potential customers think of Foodbase , we asked Steve to set up stall in a local health food shop . |
| 8 | THE West Country , together with East Anglia , came out top in a recent satisfaction survey by the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts . |
| 9 | He came out top in the mechanical engineering section of the competition , run by CAD User magazine . |
| 10 | Q. So how would you sum up progress in the last two to three years ? |
| 11 | The General Assembly has asked the richer countries to give one per cent of their annual budget to try and wipe out poverty in the third world . |
| 12 | And I 'm glad the Chancellor has been fairly tough on public spending and holding down pay in the public sector . |
| 13 | Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island . |
| 14 | Initiated by the CBSO under its electrifying young conductor , Simon Rattle , it will soon receive another boost , when Sadler 's Wells Ballet takes up residence in the refurbished Hippodrome under its new name , the Birmingham Royal Ballet . |
| 15 | There may be a reluctance to carry out endoscopy in the elderly to obtain small bowel biopsy specimens on the grounds that the procedure is unsafe in the old and frail . |
| 16 | to carry out research in the social sciences |
| 17 | He passed out top in the Foreign Office entrance exam after Oxford and began work in Whitehall on the European Political Co-operation desk , ironically named given that at that time General de Gaulle was thwarting Britain 's European ambitions . |
| 18 | Attempting to run down RoboCop in a disused factory , Emil is immersed in toxic waste and emerges with his flesh dripping off . |
| 19 | Outflanking Imelda Marcos , Cojuangco emerged as the leading right-wing opposition contender , continuing his campaign to build up support in the former Marcos bastions of northern Ilocos province and the Cagayan valley , and in the Mindanao and the crucial Visayas , estimated to represent some 21 per cent of the total vote . |
| 20 | The Clegg Commission was abolished in 1980 and eventually the government managed to squeeze down pay in the public sector through its use of cash limits . |
| 21 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 22 | The dog curled a lip at me but made no sound , then took up position in the front room doorway . |
| 23 | He now took up residence in a small house at South Bank , Regent 's Park , in order , according to one authority , to be near his medical advisers . |
| 24 | Several young couples took up residence in a neighbouring parish at the start of their married lives but returned later to inherit the family property . |
| 25 | Dr Ottokar Proctor , ‘ The Tasmanian Devil , ’ today took up residence in the high-security wing of this semi-private mental hospital . |
| 26 | ‘ The Myrcans , when they were first created out of Dwarf-hewn and Giant-riven stone , took up residence in the broad Dale of Glen-arric , and in time that place became known as Merkadale , as it still is called today . |
| 27 | The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one . |
| 28 | It had rained for a fortnight when he , his wife and two children took up residence in the 12 room Ben Alder Lodge . |
| 29 | Right : Mazda 's modern-styled Approach Light picks up movement in a wide detection zone , and has an economical five minute switch off delay |
| 30 | She picks up speed in the late evening , after most of the passengers have eaten . |