Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that pleasure was tinged with sadness because his mother , Joanna , is n't alive to see him in a role he might have been born to play . |
| 2 | When questions , for example on morbidity , had been validated in the General Household Survey , it would be possible to include them in the Resource Allocation Survey . |
| 3 | Associative and cognitive theories present two major examples of different approaches to the study of learning , and although they differ in very many respects it is possible to synthesise them in a way that offers guidance for teachers . |
| 4 | If there was no shot in or among the human remains , in the cavities of the skull for instance , would it be possible to find it in the soil , among the sand and gravel and pine needles ? |
| 5 | Dr Mackintosh had left for the weekend , but Dr Lange , the literary one , would be free to see him in the morning . |
| 6 | It may be easier to implement it in a raster environment , but much would depend on the size of the rasters chosen to represent the areas . |
| 7 | Breeze had already heard the family mentioned the day before , at the Vicarage , and was interested to see them in the flesh . |
| 8 | It would be easier to meet you in the bar . |
| 9 | ‘ Would n't it be easier to install her in a flat ? ’ |
| 10 | And , although I agree with the author that the Shaw-Mohler equation is characterised by ‘ its utter simplicity ’ , it seems a little brutal to derive it in a page of text by introducing 11 variables , when the equation itself can be reduced to three . |
| 11 | By now the champagne was flowing … all United need now is a new owner willing to keep them in the style to which they 'd like to become accustomed . |
| 12 | But it is one thing to have sufficient understanding in coming to believe and another to have it in every area of continuing to believe . |
| 13 | The discount system has the potential to run us into a substantial amount of trouble and I believe that very few people will be prepared to defend it in a year or two . |
| 14 | And , by the way , he did have this job in Italy , but if it was in the slightest degree inconvenient to join them in the villa , he 'd book into a cheap little pensione by the railway station in Siena . |
| 15 | I think it is immoral to put it in the water when you do n't know how much water people drink . ’ |
| 16 | The matter in question may be so complex and technical , the conflict so acute , and the customer 's understanding and experience so limited , that , however full any disclosure made to him , it is impossible to place him in a position where he has sufficient comprehension of the issues and consequences of consenting to enable him to give binding consent . |
| 17 | It is not easy to approach them in a situation like that , without being angry . |
| 18 | He who valued life so much to enter it in the form of a human person must be committed to its survival . |
| 19 | Carrie had taken over many of Dolly 's duties at Handley Farm , with two young girls aged ten and eleven to help her in the dairy . |
| 20 | Flu is most likely to affect you in the autumn and winter , e.g. from October to March . |
| 21 | Flu is most likely to affect you in the autumn and winter , e.g. from October to March . |
| 22 | The body shape is the well-known Hamer-adopted version of the double-cutaway Les Paul Special ; widely used as a pleasingly symmetrical guitar body shape , it 's unusual to find it in the context of a bass . |
| 23 | Somehow it was hard to imagine him in the gym . |
| 24 | Even the average consumption of these can be harmful for us. for many of us , reducing our consumption or even stopping all of them for a while is likely to help us in a number of ways . |
| 25 | To oblige them to belong to a national group was as likely to imprison them in an identity from which they wanted to escape as to liberate them . |
| 26 | However , if your child does something , and as a result of his action something unpleasant happens to him , he is less likely to do it in the future ( the undesired behaviour may be reduced or eliminated ) . |
| 27 | They also get the largest amount of pocket money in a week — £5.20 , compared with a UK average of £3.62 — and are most likely to put it in the bank . |
| 28 | Bush , who had repeatedly stated his opposition to abortion under all but the most extreme circumstances , was known to oppose the bill , and was thought likely to veto it in the event of its enactment . |
| 29 | The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end . |
| 30 | They were glad to have him in the gang and he was delighted to be among them . |