Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As yet there is no other body to undertake this task , and even tentative moves to remove the problem from the cell block and into the detoxification centre foundered in the entrepreneurial 1980s ; for there is little immediate profit to be made from reclamation of this kind of scrap material ( although the long-term value of a humanitarian return might be thought to be well worth pursuing in a civilized society ! ) . |
| 2 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 3 | In April 1984 the National Development Officer for catering in the Western Division , which includes Strathclyde and Dumfries and Galloway , organised the initial ‘ fleshing out ’ of the catering related modules through the SCFE members from the Western Division . |
| 4 | It is now almost certain that more people in Indian cities will become dependent on kerosene for cooking in the near future . |
| 5 | Sometimes a large coloured dot ( red for stop ) is used to emphasise when there are no rooms available for let in a certain category . |
| 6 | The tallship is most famous for appearing in the 70s TV programme , The Onedin Line . |
| 7 | And , of course , the payment of dividend itself re-instates the 40% tax rate and defeats the tax motive for incorporating in the first place . |
| 8 | Their independence reduced the executive 's capacity for interfering in the legal process . |
| 9 | This system is used to reduce wages , increase company profits and totally undermine training and health and safety procedures for crews and provide hazards for all the countries around whose coast they sail with the death and environmental problems that follow from accidents such as occurred in the past week . |
| 10 | After struggling in the first half when playing into the wind , they made certain later ; then came the news that Newcastle Gosforth 's defeat at Bedford had given West Hartlepool promotion . |
| 11 | Harry Collyer was a local boy from nearby Bromley , who joined us in September 1906 for what was only our second season , after impressing in a pre-season trial game . |
| 12 | Edwards , 21 , has played for Australia youth and under-21s and , after appearing in the 1987 World Youth Cup finals in Chile , had 18 months with Rangers without breaking into the first team . |
| 13 | After walking in the relative heat for two hours , we decided that it was time for a break , and this decision was reinforced when we spotted a river which looked perfect for a quick ‘ dip ’ . |
| 14 | Now , after living in a large house at Cape Cod on the east coast of America for 35 years , she has returned to England and settled in a small village in Berkshire . |
| 15 | I was n't going to turn her out with nowhere to go , you know , young lady — but perhaps it 's a bit hard on an old lady to go into a new place after living in the same cottage most of her life . |
| 16 | Indeed it is perhaps a pity that he did not take his own advice , after writing in the New Guide ‘ for the author of the present work might with greater ease , and probably with more advantage to himself , have worked up for the amusement of the eye a number of drawings and paintings during the time he has been engaged in this matter of mere utility ’ . |
| 17 | Rulor 11 is a yacht which proves there is life after racing in the same boat . |
| 18 | He had arranged to meet her after racing in the White Lion at Feltham . |
| 19 | After browsing in the local bookshop and buying a few necessities for the flat , I decided to leave for the course . |
| 20 | After lying in a hot bath for an unusually long time , he stretched out on the bed , eyes closed , hoping that the pains would go away . |
| 21 | ALEX FERGUSON 'S shell-shocked troops last night trudged home from Russia after failing in a dramatic penalty shoot-out . |
| 22 | LANCASHIRE were facing an uphill battle as underdogs Leicestershire set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work at Grace Road . |
| 23 | The home side set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work . |
| 24 | MORE tea , vicar ? is not the sort of thing I expected to ask minutes after arriving in a Swiss ski resort . |
| 25 | After arriving in the late afternoon , she is expected to board a local Liat airline flight for one of the Caribbean islands , with St Kitts emerging as a possible holiday venue . |
| 26 | Should they succeed , then it is virtually certain they will become involved in an all-Edinburgh final , for Civil Service who have Jonathan Smyth back after playing in an Irish trial last weekend , appear to have the measure of second division Pender Uddingston at Cramond . |
| 27 | He had been a founding member of the Socialist Youth Movement , and after fighting in the civil war he had been held in detention in ( French ) camps in Algeria , before moving to the Soviet Union . |
| 28 | Drying time : wearable within five hours after drying in a warm room — however the waistband took a little longer to dry . |
| 29 | The Sargasso Sea is also said to have been the site of the ancient lost island of Atlantis where the eels could have once again found fresh water and been able to feed after spawning in the nearby sea . |
| 30 | Puddle was run out for 97 after figuring in a third wicket stand of 181 with opener Andrew Harris which provided the platform for Wales 's impressive success . |