Example sentences of "[to-vb] in the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ten-year programme represents not so much a strategy for growth ; it is more a guess at the government 's ability to rein in the booming provinces of the southern coast and the Yangtze delta . |
| 2 | There is a totally painless way of establishing whether summer is really over , and that is to fill in the following checklist of autumnal signs as they occur . |
| 3 | The satellite 's primary role is to fill in the existing picture of the heavens , revealing stars , galaxies , clouds and so on that are not seen at the shorter optical and ‘ near ’ infrared wavelengths ( less than 5 micrometres ) , or at the longer wavelengths observed by radio telescopes . |
| 4 | Even if unemployment is only part of the problem , it seems to me that the man who can busy himself cutting peats , or growing crops , or handling stock , is less likely to be depressed , less likely to feel that his life has no meaning , than a man who has empty days to fill in the back streets of an industrial town |
| 5 | It is hoped delegates attending the franchising events will also attend the second seminar , as these will provide an effective overview on how to bring in the various sections of the Practice Management Standards at firm level . |