Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilful and wasteful of such innocent , joyful music , Mordkovitch wrenched at the tempi , disregarded the dynamics and , showing a wanton unfeelingness for the orchestra 's commendable attempts to accommodate her in a notey accompaniment , trailed Yuasa reeling in her wake . |
| 2 | Three aspects of teachers ' knowledge will be analysed : i ) knowledge of the subject being taught ; ii ) capacity to represent it in a variety of appropriate ways related to the knowledge and experience of the type of pupils to whom it was taught ; and iii ) knowledge and understanding of the relevant pedagogy . |
| 3 | The rank is unique to the RUC , and a proposal by Sir Hugh to abolish it in a restructuring package he put to the Police Authority two years ago caused anger within senior members of the force . |
| 4 | Dintenfass , uptown , has invited artists from the P.P.O.W. gallery to join it in a show called simply ‘ VOTE ! ’ |
| 5 | For around 500 years , man and dog have pitted their wits against ducks to trap them in a decoy net . |
| 6 | Indeed , Picasso 's admiration for various complementary , at times even formally opposed categories of tribal sculpture is indicative of the instinctive pull which he was feeling between an increased interest in solid , sculptural forms and an awareness of the need to depict them in a manner that did not violate the flat , two-dimensional plane on which he was working . |
| 7 | As baby Odessa 's condition deteriorated they were forced by the war to leave her in a hospital in Belgrade . |
| 8 | But in order to justify termination of your services on this basis , the employer would certainly have to go to great lengths to treat you in a caring and reasonable manner . |
| 9 | Sacko , a UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) official serving in the Central African Republic , had been Finance Minister for six months before resigning in August 1987 in protest at the unwillingness of Traoré 's government to support him in a drive against corruption [ see pp. 36085-86 ] . |
| 10 | So the ministers in charge of the measure felt they could not bring in a guillotine or send the bill to a committee upstairs because most of the Conservatives would have voted against and , not being an issue of confidence between the parties , sufficient Labour dissidents might also have voted against the government to leave it in a minority . |
| 11 | At the House of Commons he could at least rely upon one of the whips to put him in a cab , and pay the driver . |
| 12 | But , Himmelfarb ( 1968 p 78 ) argued , its designer was not concerned by the building 's intrinsic potential for despotic control : " To Bentham … if it was in the interest of society to confine them in a Panopticon , to subject them to an absolute master , to exploit their labor … [ then ] it was necessary and proper that all this be done . |
| 13 | Certainly , for household products , it makes sense to put them in a household setting . |
| 14 | We 'll have another message to send them in a minute . ’ |
| 15 | He defaced the typewriter keys with a file and made a special trip to Hertfordshire to drop it in a reservoir . |
| 16 | Occasionally I would join Robins on the bridge ; at other times , when all was going well , he would come into the saloon to join me in a drink served by a Cockney steward called Tomkins ; the choice was limited , but I did n't drink much anyway . |
| 17 | It 's the only way to do it in a game . |
| 18 | These tiny grooves , over time , redeposit accumulated bone minerals in concentric layers to release them in a fluid state into the bloodstream when needed in a hurry , say when a violent spurt of activity is needed . |
| 19 | What employers will be interested in is the confidence and faith you have in yourself to revise and update your clinical skills in order to place them in a service context . |
| 20 | The Spirit of God came upon the Christian community in order to unite them in a fellowship which could not be paralleled in any other group . |
| 21 | Parliamentary opposition groups were also active in the anti-government protests , but their focus was on political regrouping following their defeat in the May 1990 elections , parliamentary opposition to government policies and political manoeuvring in response to NSF proposals to involve them in a government coalition . |
| 22 | Tom Jones held his young hurdler Jackson Flint in enough esteem to enter him in a race at the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival meeting even though he does not yet have a win to his credit . |
| 23 | Brooke J. observed that if such a residual jurisdiction did not exist , then the judges would be left with a duty to perform but without the power to perform it in a way which they considered in all cases to be just . |
| 24 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 25 | This year to mark the 10th anniversary , a call is made to all anti racists and anti fascists to join us in a March through Southall . |