Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] in [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case is currently being reviewed by the Fraud Squad , who are preparing questionnaires for creditors in order to assess the extent of the problem . |
| 2 | They queued for hours in order to secure the cheapest standing places in the loggionni , the back part of the gallery . |
| 3 | Retrieval requirements may necessitate a combination of operations in order to obtain the desired result . |
| 4 | I will select from a variety of cases in order to illustrate the ability of the fifty millesimal potencies to act favorably on all levels — mental , emotional , and physical . |
| 5 | Baldwin was cautious about the longer-term measures , and was constantly attracted by a lengthening of hours in order to assuage the sharpness of the wages conflict . |
| 6 | In other words , the sex-mad tom-cats destroy the litters of kittens in order to get the females back on heat again more quickly . |
| 7 | They came to the County Council and asked for our permission , to record a number of meetings in order to get a variety of settings and words , different words they used . |
| 8 | Simon explores the properties , associations and connotations of words in order to form the thematic basis of the novel . |
| 9 | Simply adding up the money incomes of individuals in order to get a measure of their total incomes ignores questions of the distribution of income . |
| 10 | The broad philosophy underlying the system is not at fault , although the somewhat inevitable complexity may have led to a failure to grasp implications of changes in time to prevent the odder features of instability . |
| 11 | After serving with the Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer war he became an aeronautical engineer , using his observation of sea-birds in flight to design a revolutionary type of monoplane with swept-back wings . |
| 12 | ( c ) The surveyor takes off the quantities from the drawing or , less satisfactorily , extracts the relevant figures from the bill of quantities in order to calculate the total value of the sub-contract work . |
| 13 | 5.5.9 Mixed packages An offeror can choose to offer a combination of securities in order to make the offer attractive to as many target shareholders as possible . |
| 14 | The association of Dutch electricity producers ( SEP ) has planned to plant thousands of trees in order to compensate the world for carbon dioxide emissions from a new coal-fired power station . |
| 15 | But it is necessary to refer also to the provisions dealing with the recoupment of losses and the disgorging of profits in order to enable the restitutionary provisions to be construed in the context of the Act as a whole . |
| 16 | He regularly dissects the bones , muscles , tendons and ligaments around the ankle and knees of quadrupeds in order to gain an understanding of the whole animal 's performance . |
| 17 | There is no need , it might be argued , to make far-reaching metaphysical assumptions about the nature of propositions in order to justify the thesis that truth-predicates are logically redundant . |
| 18 | It may seem extravagant to invoke such a range of processes in order to explain the effects of what is perhaps the simplest of training procedures ; , but in fact the list is as yet incomplete . |
| 19 | ‘ So what , ’ snorted Billy , who returned with a tray of drinks in time to catch the remark , ‘ we 're enjoying ourselves , ai n't we ? ’ |
| 20 | Hence the need to explore any avenue that will provide a variety of services in order to allay the second fear about specialism — that the service will become labelled as one for the poor only . |
| 21 | Perhaps more importantly , in the search process the searcher may need to retrieve a wider range of documents in order to make a relevance judgement in the first place . |
| 22 | At no time should a true satyāgrahi or a brahmacārin seek to avoid the company of women , but whether this justifies him in openly seeking the company of women in order to prove the strength of his brahmacārya vow , as Gandhi himself occasionally did , is a highly debatable point . |
| 23 | David Finkelhor ( Finkelhor , 1986 ; Finkelhor and Baron , 1986 ) has reviewed a variety of American surveys of adults in order to assess the information provided about the relative risk of people from different backgrounds experiencing sexual abuse during childhood . |
| 24 | It is for British Coal to decide what manpower it requires However the Government need to make some estimate of the number of redundancies in order to seek the necessary estimate provision for restructuring grant . ’ |
| 25 | At the beginning Dickens piles up adjectives in order to set the scene and build atmosphere as is shown when he writes in the first chapter |
| 26 | But the antique mirrors , which at his direction had been cut into squares in order to line the dining-and-dance room , were now tarnished and occasionally flew off the wall ; and the two murals done by Matisse had been sold to Americans . |
| 27 | Voting was freely and fairly conducted , with more than 81 per cent of the country 's 29,000,000 registered voters participating in the poll and votes being tallied with abacuses in order to avoid the allegations of computer fraud which had marred the 1987 presidential elections . |
| 28 | The seller 's intention is to play off one buyer against another and introduce elements of haste and competitive bidding into negotiations in order to maximise the price . |
| 29 | But in order to do this I must be aware of the nature of the experience already , before I compare it with others in order to get the right words to describe it . |
| 30 | Instructors should read through all the material before using it with students/trainees in order to get a general idea of thinking and direction , and to familiarise themselves with the layout and organisation . |