Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun prp] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a business in the United States may wish to assign an engineer to work in Japan for some months . |
| 2 | The words speak a philosophy known and believed in China for many centuries . |
| 3 | The Cossarts were Huguenots but had been living in Ireland for many years . |
| 4 | I 'll go there and kiss the stones , and I 'll go and kiss me old mother who is living in Dublin with some nuns . |
| 5 | In the President 's citation it stated that the Jetstream 41 was the first aircraft to be designed and manufactured in Scotland for several decades and is testimony to the enterprise and teamwork of the company 's workforce . |
| 6 | Four IRA bombs exploded in Ulster within several days , at a cost of £22m ( $14m ) . |
| 7 | Yesterday 's rally by veterans angered at the way the once mighty army has fallen from its position of esteem was the biggest seen in Moscow for several months . |
| 8 | And although they have not been seen in Ireland for many years , sometimes they are heard . |
| 9 | There were virtually no drugs to be had in Teheran in those days ; the doctors dithered and the family prayed around the bed . |
| 10 | Circumcision as a rite had been performed in Israel for many centuries , but it was only with the exile that it assumed the character of a covenantal sign between God and his chosen people . |
| 11 | Although no opinion could be expressed about the propriety of interventions in particular cases — the enquiry was not a court of law — the report recognized that sexual abuse was no myth , and that it had indeed occurred in Cleveland in many cases . |
| 12 | The first major survey of French art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to be shown in London for many years will open at the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery on 24 March ( to 11 July ) . |
| 13 | Although this form of contempt is an easy target for criticism , it has not been used in England for many years . |
| 14 | Although curling , as a competitive game , had been played in Ayrshire for many centuries , its popularity increased in the 18th and 19th centuries , with town competing against town , village against village , and parish against parish . |
| 15 | WILLIAM was ordained as a Church of Scotland Minister but later became an army Chaplain ; he served in India for several years and wrote a series of books on the country which are still highly regarded . |
| 16 | Some forty-five years after my visit to Preston I was talking to a business acquaintance who , although having been based in Southampton for many years , had never lost his Lancashire accent . |
| 17 | The concept of a ‘ gay community ’ was born in Sheffield through those discos . |
| 18 | I also lived in France for several years — this background has definitely given me my love of food . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sure that you 're aware that my mother was American and that I lived in London for many years as a boy when my father was military attaché at the German Embassy . |
| 20 | I say that as one who lived in Scotland for many years . ’ |
| 21 | Yet the past five-ten years have been remarkable for the amount of attention given in America to such principles . |
| 22 | Over 100 industrial SOEs were formed in Kenya in most sectors , often in partnership with foreigners . |
| 23 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 24 | He worked in Darlington for several years in a variety of practices around the town . |
| 25 | In March 1977 , at the age of sixteen , she had come from her village in a remote part of Pakistan to marry a cousin who had settled in Britain for many years . |
| 26 | At the same time he went through all books which had appeared in England on these sciences . |
| 27 | It is not advisable for an expatriate and family to arrive in Britain without some steps having been taken in advance to arrange accommodation . |
| 28 | The book also records the comments of 20 UK gaijin ( foreign ) scientists who have worked in Japan on these schemes . |
| 29 | But it also signals the end of an ancient rite rejoicing in human warmth and in the sun 's return.Susanna Rance has lived and worked in Bolivia for several years . |
| 30 | Susanna Rance has lived and worked in Bolivia for several years . |