Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is warm enough for the patient to sit in the garden , he may enjoy just watching all the garden life . |
| 2 | The plan was for the Unit to reform in the middle of this year . |
| 3 | Clause 10.2 of Precedent 2 provides an express right for the buyer to cancel in the event of breach by the seller . |
| 4 | This regulation was exploited by over 1,000 pro-Indian individuals and organizations each applying for the opportunity to participate in the hearings and thereby assist Harper in delaying a vote . |
| 5 | They had driven up to Maine for the weekend to stay in the house on the coast owned by Cameron 's aunt . |
| 6 | There was therefore no further step for the justices to take in the process of committing Mr. Bell for trial or in the conduct of his trial . |
| 7 | Although he was the first to use motor transport on an extensive scale in Lewis — many a time as a youngster I ran a mile to see his fleet of yellow Fords — he failed to see that the advent of the bus made it possible for the crofter to live in the country and work in the town . |
| 8 | The incentive for the NPA to participate in the negotiations was thought to be the possibility of gaining the release of some of the many hundreds of its members and supporters currently in prison . |
| 9 | ‘ But neither of us allows our feelings for the other to get in the way of all the things we have to do . |
| 10 | There were curious villagers waiting for the wedding to begin in the back seats of the church but they did not look to left or right . |
| 11 | One response which can be made to the gap which exists between the world in which Christianity came into being and the present world is to allow what is to be held to be essentially normative for the religion to reside in the past . |
| 12 | THE furore over Labour ideas for breaking Ulster 's political log-jam and efforts to block demands for the party to recruit in the province is expected to intensify this month . |
| 13 | Note also that the game was played just once for each pair , so there was no reason for the receiver to refuse in the hope of prompting a better offer next time . |
| 14 | Arranging for the employees to eat in the staff restaurant ( if any ) at the client 's premises might work , as might arrangements to supply lunches to staff all , however , somewhat cumbersome and complicated . |
| 15 | Some were taken off far too quickly for the audience to take in the information presented . |
| 16 | Rather , it is normal for the vendor to undertake in the sale agreement to carry on managing the business in its ordinary course and not to enter into transactions outside the ordinary course of trading without the purchaser 's prior consent . |
| 17 | He moved quickly to the lounge , and stood behind the door , listening for the key to go in the latch . |
| 18 | It is possible for the future to appear in the subordinate clause as well : The firm will expand if the investors will put up the money , although the normal pattern is the future tense in the main clause , followed by the present tense in the subordinate one . |
| 19 | For example , someone who has a problem with alcohol may find himself or herself thinking progressively more during the day about the opportunity to drink in the evening . |
| 20 | Moving swiftly on he coined the phrase ‘ objectware ’ to refer to the hundred or so third-party objects that can be bought off the shelf to run in the NeXT environment . |
| 21 | Ease a fork under each onion to break the roots and leave them on top of the soil to ripen in the sun . |
| 22 | With scarcely a consumer item worthy of the name to buy in the shops , and with a rouble in their pockets that loses value by the week , Soviet citizens are staging a gold rush . |
| 23 | Gradually , and despite the readiness with which the ranks of the baseej had been filled from the towns and villages , a sense of war-weariness was apparent in Iran ; in 1984 there were even newspaper reports of a loss of the will to fight in the ranks . |
| 24 | Used to cut the threads of the pile and foundation material ; it usually has a hook on the end of the blade to assist in the formation of the knot . |
| 25 | The class teacher retaining a copy of the certificate to place in the child 's personal file . |
| 26 | Since staff recruitment is perhaps the key task of a bureau 's management committee , it is normal for the chairman and perhaps one other member of the committee to participate in the interviewing process . |
| 27 | These items are simply a taste of the things to come in the following pages . |
| 28 | It will take a super-human effort on the part of the players to survive in the top bracket , but they know that it is all down to them now — they will have no excuses if they fail . |
| 29 | We 've already bought most of the stuff to put in the flat , half at my house and half at his house . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said and held her sheepskin in both hands as though willing some part of the past to remain in the present . |