Example sentences of "[prep] plunge into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March . |
| 2 | Stung by the Altrincham criticisms , instead of plunging into the British middle classes , the royal household turned to dependable outsiders in the white Commonwealth . |
| 3 | This chapter is therefore an invitation of sorts — an invitation to pause before plunging into the specific issues that follow and to consider some of the broader questions about the nature of education management . |
| 4 | In Airdrie open-air market , Mr Smith jostled among ample women shopping for cheap shell-suits and something for tea , cannily thickening his rather clipped Edinburgh accent before plunging into the adoring throng . |
| 5 | Without plunging into the moral and intellectual ‘ deep end ’ of the arguments about retribution , I suspect there is a relationship of cause and effect between the state of opinion and the incidence of crime , and further , that the state of opinion and the penalties of the law are interrelated — at least to this extent , that , other things being the same , milder penalties generally imply less reprobation . |