Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed out that as the three former impressions had sold out and as there had lately been a new edition of the main Dictionary , ( the sixth , 1752 ) , with many alterations , he judged it proper to include them in a new abridgement . |
| 2 | All this involves him in a vast amount of estate business as well as , he says with a mixture of relish and despair , ‘ this desperate business of patronage ’ . |
| 3 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
| 4 | In addition , even medium-sized plants can dominate the labour markets of small towns ( for example , in the cases of Westland at Yeovil and Clarks at Street ) , and this places them in a strong position in their dealings with the labour force ( Lever 1978 ) . |
| 5 | Put them in the top half of a double saucepan with the sugar , and steam them ( or if it is easier bake them in a covered jar in a low oven ) until they are quite soft . |
| 6 | PC Paul Lewis of Leicestershire Police , said : ‘ This shows us in an unfair light . |
| 7 | How ever , there is no doubt in my mind that it would be quite wrong to confine her in a geriatric home among seriously deranged patients . |
| 8 | Place the egg yolks in a small bowl , and half submerge it in a large saucepan of hot water . |
| 9 | This took me in a gentle curve round the flanks of Great Coum towards the Barbondale road , Combe House , the track past Tofts , and back to my home for tea and crumpets . |
| 10 | This puts them in the international master category , with the equivalent of a fide rating of 2000 . |
| 11 | This puts you in a strong position to counter-attack . |
| 12 | This left them in the ludicrous position of having to claim that , out of loyalty to their sovereign lady , they were embattled against their sovereign lady 's mother . |
| 13 | Dampt disgrace that couple that done it in the Golden Divans . |
| 14 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 15 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 16 | Specialist suppliers may also provide a cold-weld compound to seal joins where it 's impossible to lay it in a single sheet . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions . |
| 18 | On occasions a fortunate , or bemused , beneficiary received no less than three charters each confirming him in the legitimate enjoyment of the same right . |
| 19 | Especially unusual to find them in a Tyrian , because as a rule Tyrians only care about making money . |
| 20 | Only the last of these put him in a bad light , but it is enough . |
| 21 | You may feed safer watching nature at second hand on the television , and would find it hard to rough it in an uncharted forest . |
| 22 | Woolf argues for improvements in prisons , not for their own sake , but because ‘ to treat prisoners in a way which is likely to leave them in an embittered and disaffected state on their release ’ will naturally lead to ‘ a deterioration in the ability of the prisoner to operate effectively and lawfully in society ’ . |
| 23 | The design is exciting international interest ; Westinghouse has asked Nuclear Electric to join it in a joint bid for Taiwan 's new nuclear station on precisely this design . |
| 24 | Because different people will affect the circuits in different ways the Trickstick can be adjusted for sensitivity and it is also possible to use it in a switch-type mode . |
| 25 | In order to discuss the analysis of Musgrave and Musgrave , it is helpful to set it in a four-quadrant diagram , similar to that used by Sandler and Tschirhart ( 1980 ) . |
| 26 | If we slip up they 'll all join us in the wide blue yonder or whatever . |
| 27 | For their part , trade unions showed little or no interest in the new community-based movements that emerged from the late 1960s , and saw little to interest them in the educational work that developed around community struggles . |
| 28 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 29 | It is unclear just when this happens one is unlikely to be able to observe it in a casual experiment at the kitchen sink — but Fig. 24.7 shows observations made by varying the pressure behind a suitably shaped nozzle . |
| 30 | Local education and information campaigns , though well-meaning , have proved of dubious value in prevention terms , although it is sensible to educate local youth workers , school teachers , probation officers and the primary care team to recognize the problem and be able to tackle it in an informed way . |