Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law section three of the criminal law act nineteen sixty seven reads a person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of crime or in effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of offenders or suspected offenders or of persons unlawfully at large . |
| 2 | Volunteers are naturally eager to know how well the event has done so it 's best that the cash is totalled before they leave then either banked straight away or placed in the safe keeping of the headteacher or the deputy until the bank opens on the following day . |
| 3 | This theme , the ties between city and colony , and the ways they were reinforced , weakened or broken in the great war , is important to Thucydides , and it is not accidental that it occurs thus early . |
| 4 | Some Romanians claim ( not unreasonably though without evidence ) that Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were diabolists who had arranged for certain black magical and other superstitious figures to be carved in the decorations of the Casa Republicii or hidden in the overall design and visible only to other satanic initiates of the occult . |
| 5 | The squire and the rector , and the traditions which they represented , had no power or influence in the squalid housing estates which grew up round each new factory and mill . |
| 6 | When it rained they played squash or swam in the indoor pool . |
| 7 | For two summer holidays my parents took a Prep school outside Westerham and from here we bicycled over half of Kent with our Father or played on the small school fields or swam in the local swimming bath . |
| 8 | Slopes may lead but they do not break off or fall in the standard language . |
| 9 | I mean , obviously you 're playing in a rather … or driving in the fast lane when you 're doing this sort of thing . ’ |
| 10 | Radio Lebanon reported on Aug. 24 that a number of civilians were killed or wounded in the subsequent SLA barrage , during which , according to some sources , regular Lebanese soldiers ( deployed in the south since July — see p. 38360 ) clashed with SLA fighters . |
| 11 | Glass , however , may crystallize out or devitrify in the solid state if it 's left long enough , with myriads of tiny crystals forming and making it opaque . |
| 12 | For in one follow-up meeting after another , in Belgrade and Madrid and finally Vienna , the human rights standards laid down at Helsinki were refined and tightened , while Romanian internal policies either stood still or moved in the other direction , that is to say downhill . |
| 13 | The hotel is surrounded by extensive grounds and nearby guests can spend leisurely days exploring the fragrant pine woods of the region or swimming in the translucent azure seas which lap gently at soft sandy shores along this wonderful coastline . |
| 14 | But before doing so , it should be noted that although the discussion so far has treated procedure by writ or summons in the High Court as the relevant alternative to Ord. 53 procedure , this is not the only possible alternative . |
| 15 | Something like seventy five percent or sixty six or seventy five percent of the , of the units which we actually let , of the houses that we actually let , go to homeless families you know , it is a complete fiction to suggest , or even try and suggest as this does that somehow or other houses are being allocated willy-nilly to people who have massive resources who could go out and buy or rent in the private sector . |
| 16 | ‘ I will or perish in the generous cause . |
| 17 | Other circles were within sight , the most notable being the famed Druid temple known as Callanish ; and my imagination , I must own , was discovering Druid circles or single Druid stones wherever grey rocks were seen rising above or bedded in the dark moor . |
| 18 | They had to be ‘ processed ’ or interpreted in the political sphere through the cut and thrust of political debate and conflict . |
| 19 | The individual must be able to convince himself that the next step is up to him and , no matter where he is staying or going , he always has the choice of leaving or turning in the opposite direction if he chooses to do so . |
| 20 | Similar tragedies can occur even in rather unusual settings and caused by a different train of events , for example the North Sea Piper Alpha episode 1988 , where staff died either on the blazing oil installation or drowned in the surrounding sea of fire . |
| 21 | In particular the meaning of a term or link in the semantic net was often unclear to them . |
| 22 | Latecomers sink or swim in the great flotation race . |
| 23 | The Post Office is legally liable in certain circumstances and within certain limits , for most things that are lost or damaged in the inland post . |
| 24 | The Post Office is legally liable , in certain circumstances and within certain limits , for most things that are lost or damaged in the inland post . |
| 25 | They 're always sawing , hammering or drilling in the wrong place . |
| 26 | ( 1977 ) found that only one-third of respondents in a large survey of transport availability in Norfolk had used a bus or train in the preceding month . |
| 27 | TAGH might stimulate formation or release of EGF from duodenum , submaxillary glands , or platelets , or stimulate TGFα synthesis or release in the intact liver . |
| 28 | It should not , Mr Mayor , definitely not be used simply as an easy option for those who could manage quite happily to provide for themselves , either renting or buying in the private sector but instead choose to let the state provide . |
| 29 | It was like putting on a costume for a play , or running in the three-legged race . |
| 30 | The existence of permanent minorities , whose aspirations , wishes and even principles are systematically ignored or overridden in the collective decision-making processes , can easily make a majoritarian democracy unworkable . |