Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [art] words " in BNC.
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| 1 | This weariness is exemplified by a letter from the First Parliamentary Counsel which is included in the Words at Work discussion paper . |
| 2 | Paul 's direction to parents is contained in the words , ‘ Fathers , do not exasperate your children ; instead , bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord ’ ( Eph. 6:4 ) . |
| 3 | As will be seen ( paragraph 35 ) , the idea contained in the words ‘ fraudulently converts to his own use or benefit , or the use or benefit of any other person ’ corresponds to what we propose should be the essence of the new offence of theft . |
| 4 | The inadequacies of management in state enterprises have been described in dramatic terms by several Nigerian academic observers , one of whom wrote in 1974 that the reasons for the poor performance of the state-owned sector could be seen in the words of one observer ‘ in the over centralization of authority … inspired by sheer love of power ’ or by another : |
| 5 | But the fact is that there might be persons eager to oppose the operation of the trust , and vested interests in declaring that no legal intention could be seen in the words used by the testator . |
| 6 | The story of one of the great love affairs of nineteenth-century England , told in the words of the two lovers , Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett , through their poetry and letters . |
| 7 | ‘ A Bit of a Smash in Madras ’ , told in the words of an English employee of a company in the east , had all the best qualities of his prose : pace , realism ( Connolly was amazed to learn that he had never been in India ) , exact rendering of the spoken word . |
| 8 | The overall importance of judicial review is reflected in the words of Sir Jack Jacob : |
| 9 | Anyone who can sound so apparently unconcerned , with his spacecraft exploding around him , and Houston asking him to repeat what he just said , deserves to be called in the words of a fellow astronaut , ‘ a real pro ’ . |
| 10 | A strong indication that the Muftilik was in existence by at least the middle of Murad II 's reign , however , is given in the words of the fifteenth-century Burgundian courtier Bertrandon de la Broquière . |
| 11 | However , the ultimate test of family happiness must be found in the words of Paul : ‘ Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret , but worldly sorrow brings death . ’ |
| 12 | Originality was only to be found in the words of songs , but these words were not understandable to western audiences . |
| 13 | The law , as I have said , is to be found in the words in which Parliament has enacted . |
| 14 | Nasalised vowels are found in the words given in phonetic transcription below . |
| 15 | If their vanity in pursuit of the prize should carry them away , they will be suitably chastised in the words of Psalm 124 : ‘ Except the Lord shall build the house , they labour in vain that build it . ’ |
| 16 | As soon as the election was completed and announced in the words " St Peter elects Lothar pope " , three doves flew into the place where the cardinals were assembled and when Lothar was singled out from the others the whitest of them settled on his right shoulder . |
| 17 | The following case history of a family with many problems is expressed in the words of a social services case conference report . |
| 18 | The point must not be pressed too far , since the statute obviously has a broad purpose ( or , to speak more precisely , those who collaborated in framing and passing the statute had a broad purpose ) which is expressed in the words . |
| 19 | The law as to this is best stated in the words of the judgment in Foster v. Mackinnon ( 1869 ) L.R. 4 C.P. 704 , 711 where it is said that a signature obtained by fraud ‘ is invalid not merely on the ground of fraud , where fraud exists , but on the ground that the mind of the signer did not accompany the signature ; in other words , that he never intended to sign , and therefore in contemplation of law never did sign , the contract to which his name is appended . ’ |
| 20 | But resurrection to a Messianic Kingdom is surely implied in the words of the mother of the Seven Martyrs in II Maccabees : " Fear not this executioner , but proving thyself worthy of thy brethren , accept thy death that in the mercy of God I may receive thee again with thy brethren . " |