Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the combined efforts of Richard Acland , Liberal MP for a neighbouring constituency , and the local Left Book Club helped to persuade the local Liberal and Labour parties to stand down in favour of Vernon Bartlett , a journalist , broadcaster and former employee of the LNU . |
| 2 | It is not in the nature of this doubt to cry out in pain or groan in anguish . |
| 3 | Locate in Scotland , the agency charged with luring foreign multinationals to set up in Scotland , is generally seen as competing with the Welsh Development Agency and the Irish Development Authority to secure these coveted new tenants . |
| 4 | Mudhoney 's move from hardcore grunge to quite melodic ( with a serrated edge ) pop has caused a few followers to bail out in search of more ‘ serious ’ stuff . |
| 5 | The second point to bear in in mind when we consider what influences children 's consumption is the question of access and the tightening of that access . |
| 6 | The friends , all from the Meadowfield and Brandon area of County Durham , had stayed overnight on their way home and had made an early start to get back in time to play in a Sunday League fixture for their local pub team . |
| 7 | So there the subject rested for a while , except that we agreed to purchase coffins at some future date to put by in readiness for the inevitable , but owing to the usual pressures of day-to-day living we never got around to it . |
| 8 | The franchise is a form of business which has grown up in recent years and offers the would-be entrepreneur what may at first sight appear to be an easy way to start up in business . |
| 9 | There are so many beautiful designs available and would n't it be lovely to have a really good stock to draw on in September ? |
| 10 | Anisette is not a liqueur which , speaking at least for myself , one has a great compulsion to swig down in quantity ; in my cupboard a bottle lasts for years . |
| 11 | Initially , an attempt was made to fill the labour shortages by allowing over 100,000 Poles to stay on in Britain and by encouraging immigration from other European countries , but soon it was felt necessary to look to other sources of cheap labour , and immigration from the Caribbean and the Indian sub-continent was encouraged . |
| 12 | ‘ And as it is the first case to come up in Scotland , it could help other people in the same circumstances . ’ |
| 13 | It would not do you any credit to stay on in Munich without an appointment . |
| 14 | Increase her painkillers to a dangerous level , make do with the district nurses and hope she does n't fall again , which is , in fact , her best chance to get back in hospital ! |
| 15 | He wants the Arab people to rise up in revolt against rulers like King Faed of Saudi Arabia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt . |
| 16 | Set up in agreement with the Board of Trade and the Department of Social Security , the ER scheme allows new entrepreneurs to set up in business for three months without losing any state benefits . |
| 17 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 18 | The muscles of your larynx , taut with anxiety , cause the sweet nothings to come out in semi-castrato squeak . |
| 19 | At the same time a gentle bell sounded , causing both men to look round in surprise . |