Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [vb pp] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So perhaps their disappearance was a brave bid to shake off that old image ( two years is long enough to be forgotten in teen land ) and appeal to a broader church . |
| 2 | It was impossible to transfer sound waves mechanically from one flat disc to another without getting into geometrical difficulties , and an ordinary gramophone was not loud enough to be put in front of an acoustic recording horn . |
| 3 | ‘ Romantic , ’ said Zeinab , as if she was taking the word down to be used in evidence . |
| 4 | Censorship is only to be exercised in accordance with the law of the land |
| 5 | Sharing the Eucharist is a major part of a Christian 's basic baptismal rights , only to be denied in principle on account of grave sin . |
| 6 | Leaders of the Church of England have also attacked the ‘ hardness ’ of the government , only to be dismissed in return as ‘ cuckoos ’ ( see below , p. 289 ) . |
| 7 | I told them the arguments put forward by Visual Effects , only to be told in return manufacturing a conical base would have been much easier as it could all have been done from one two-part mould in half the time . ’ |
| 8 | This is so contrary to our general assumptions ( namely that the Holy Spirit , however vaguely we conceive of him , is an internal gift for the faithful , appropriate only to be mentioned in church ) that it is important for us to see the crucial link between the Spirit and mission which is presented to us in the pages of the New Testament . |
| 9 | Ceps , morels and other wild fungi were previously only to be found in specialist shops during the picking season ( from August to October ) . |
| 10 | The court allowed a deposition to be taken in New Zealand , which might convince the other parties of the genuineness of the claim , but it was only to be admitted in evidence with their consent . |
| 11 | Elderly women with bleeding varices seem to outnumber men , perhaps to be expected in view of the lower incidence of alcoholic cirrhosis and the longer life expectancy of women . |
| 12 | Through such processes , it was felt , the basis of public law was no longer to be rooted in command but rather in organization . |
| 13 | The OSI Network Management Forum has delivered its Omnipoint 1 reference model for builders of integrated management products : Omnipoint is a set of standards , specifications and technologies that were created by a broad coalition and it is referenced in the US government 's Network Management Profile , soon to be included in government procurement guidelines in the UK ; among the technologies lurking in there are CMIP/X.700 , SNMP , work from X/Open Co Ltd and the Object Management Group ; the specifications are due to be published formally in October , and the idea is that systems that conform to the Omnipoint specs will be able to interwork . |
| 14 | This is soon to be published in draft and will provide a strategic planning framework for the region to the year 2005 . |
| 15 | This is soon to be published in draft and will provide a strategic planning framework for the region to the year 2005 . |
| 16 | Over the past 18 months more than 10 cases have come to light , one of which is soon to be pursued in court . |
| 17 | The ‘ palaeobotany ’ post job description had been agreed with National Museums of Scotland , and was shortly to be advertised in nature . |
| 18 | She felt no particular guilt : merely that marriage was a kind of old-fashioned scale : a tray on either side in which the fors and againsts had somehow to be kept in balance , and that extramarital sex had sometimes to be heaped on one side just to keep it steady because indefinable things were piling on the other . |
| 19 | Literary studies in action approaches the study of literature in the same way that a comparatively naive undergraduate reader approaches it : as a conglomeration of linguistic and literary forms , functions and meanings , all operating at once and all of which have somehow to be deciphered in order to gain access to the text , and explained in order to facilitate the production of adequate essays . |
| 20 | For voting as they do they have reasons sufficient in their eyes and not to be called in question . |
| 21 | And it must be acquired by the whole of the race faced with those conditions , so as not to be lost in crossing . |
| 22 | Like Title V on foreign and security policy , being ‘ intergovernmental ’ it may be ratified by the Government without parliamentary assent , and is not to be debated in Parliament . |
| 23 | It 's trying not to be seen in fact . |
| 24 | And indeed , it was then that I felt a new resolve not to be daunted in respect to the one professional task I have entrusted myself with on this trip ; that is to say , regarding Miss Kenton and our present staffing problems , But that was this morning . |
| 25 | He did advocate penal servitude as a punishment for certain offences , but this was not to be served in prison . ) |
| 26 | ‘ I have just received your Portfolio of MS drawings quite safely , ’ wrote the former to the latter in January 1844 ; ‘ I quite agree with you that they are not to be compared in finish with Lear 's , though generally accurate , but then Lear was a Man both for manners in Society & Skill in his Profession not to be easily found or replaced . ’ |
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| 28 | Not to be used in conjunction with any other promotion . |
| 29 | The following examples are not to be practised in isolation — only in sentences which indicate the negative or positive : |
| 30 | This triumph is not to be won in sleep , in trance , in submission , in paralysis , or in anaesthesia , but in a clear , open-eyed , reasoning , deliberate consciousness by mankind . |