Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the culture in which he specializes the anthropologist is admirably sociological ; but as soon as he steps outside it to engage in comparative studies and generalization he becomes paradoxically culture-bound , unwittingly taking unique cultural forms as universal facts . |
| 2 | You needed government for defence to protect you against external enemies and to engage in foreign relations and diplomacy , and you needed government internally to regulate conflicts between states er and to ensure a , a sound economic platform so that you needed er a single authoritative source of currency for example er and a single source of er er tariffs and trade controls . |
| 3 | They are programmed by natural selection to behave in certain ways and cuckoos and other brood parasites are simply exploiting these fixed behavioural patterns . |
| 4 | In the early days , the team would do well to schedule in whole days or weekends to have fun together , to eat together , to get to know one another , to become family . |
| 5 | Solar power is often easier to install in remote villages than power lines . |
| 6 | However , it is acknowledged that caretakers and cleaning staff , among others , need to function in these circumstances and managers must keep such situations under review . |
| 7 | After 1760 bulls were brought in from England , the Netherlands and southern Scotland to improve them and some farmers began to specialise in certain colours or coat patterns . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to put in some shells and seaweed first . ’ |
| 9 | In the managers ' view , now is a good time to invest in European bonds as returns remain high , inflation is low , and the Bundesbank and other central banks are expected to continue to lower interest rates . |
| 10 | The aim is to invest in Chinese stocks and shares which stand to benefit from the upsurge in economic growth which China is experiencing . |
| 11 | The dynamics of competition are such that firms ' capacities to invest in next-generation skills and capabilities can be regarded as more important than industry-level economics in determining the international division of labour for specific projects . |
| 12 | However , there were also indications that heroin use continued to thrive in such areas as Rock Ferry , New Ferry , Bidston , New Brighton , Tranmere , Bromborough and Liscard . |
| 13 | Eating sand rice and stone peas , drinking small quantities of an unknown sticky orange substance , stopping off for re-fuelling at most airports in the world , taking crazed detours to Nowhereland through Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , Iran , Saudi Arabia , what seemed like Iceland and what definitely was Cuba , herded off the plane every few hours to sit in concrete bunkers while men with machine guns handed out the sticky orange , with the true feeling gnawing into your dead-from-the-nerves-down brain that you would n't make Bangkok until the New Year , if at all . |
| 14 | The argument is difficult to uphold in some respects since Furth 's argument seems to be that deprivation of experience is at fault , but he does not provide any suggestions for an approach to maximising deaf people 's performance . |
| 15 | The older generation tends to believe in such dishes as health cures , aphrodisiacs or a source of physical and mental strength , while the prosperous young order them to impress their friends . |
| 16 | There are other ideas on the horizon ; enterprise zones in blighted areas , a cut in the city tax rate to lure in new residents and businesses , squeezing the services budget ( and municipal unions have already accepted wage cuts ) . |
| 17 | For example , De Jong and Humphrey ( 1976 ) found that the migrants tended to be younger , of a higher socioeconomic status and lived in smaller households , while Wardwell ( 1977 ) concluded that one major motive was a desire to live in smaller settlements and communities ; but rather surprisingly , Fliegel et al . |
| 18 | A contrary solution , to the same perceived problem , is to live in large households or communes . |
| 19 | The rocks beneath the castle , on account of the form they seem to have in high seas and foam , are called Macleod 's Maidens . |
| 20 | Because the individual organisms vary , some are bound to be better able to survive in particular circumstances than others . |
| 21 | In time ‘ yeoman ’ came to mean primarily a farmer who had raised himself out of the ruck of common husbandman , ‘ such as be exempted out of the rascalitie of the popular bee called and written yeomen , as in the degree next vnto gentlemen ’ ; and while careful to avoid making wealth appear the sole criterion , Smith adds that ‘ these tende their owne businesse , come not to meddle in publike matters and iudgements but when they are called and glad when they are deliuered thereof ’ . |
| 22 | Throughout the post-1868 years the rural — urban balance was shifting away from the countryside in the wake of rapid population increase and industrialization , although up to the Pacific War at least half the population continued to reside in small towns and villages , and there was little absolute fall in the rural population until the late 1930s . |
| 23 | The real explosion in calls , particularly from isolated people , happened in 1977–8 when Switchboard began to advertise in local papers and Tom Robinson put the phone number on the single sleeve of ‘ Glad To Be Gay ’ . |
| 24 | When present , the impurities cause concrete made from mining spoil , ‘ mundic , ’ to crumble in damp conditions as trace elements slowly combine with the cement to reduce the lattice structure to a mush . |
| 25 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 26 | According to the Independent on Sunday of Aug. 25 , the delay in taking this decision was due to the efforts of Gen. Varennikov , who had offered not to interfere in Ukrainian affairs if Ukraine accepted SCSE government . |