Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 Also , unlike a book , you can not browse through a video in the shop , so its content remains a mystery until after you have purchased it and taken it home .
2 The Regional Council has not attempted to argue that increased levels of infill can and do compensate for a shortage in the HP4 supply .
3 Others sink in what outsiders might regard as a storm in a teacup .
4 How much help will you need as a returner in the management of caseloads and identification of priorities within that caseload ?
5 If the response is not satisfactory a visit can have advantages in that the claimant can see that an interest is being taken in their welfare , the handler can consider whether or not an independent examination may be desirable and also may act as a catalyst in a speedy return to work .
6 There is no single self-help procedure which will act as a panacea in the management of anxiety and stress .
7 If you do opt for a place in the countryside however , be certain that no farm livestock is in the vicinity either , as sheep especially may prove an irresistible subject of curiosity for dogs which have not encountered them before , and this can escalate to sheep-worrying .
8 It does not count as an argument in a rational or scientific discussion about Freudian theory , however , any more than Berger 's analysis of other sections of the theory does .
9 He let his comment hang like a rope in the air .
10 Labour Members may jeer in a debate in the House , but do they believe that they will get through an election campaign with the inconsistencies that are revealed in this document ?
11 That was also the time when the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook claimed that Labour would win by a landslide in the 1987 election .
12 Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club .
13 The nucleon-to-electron ratio varies from unity for hydrogen to about 2.5 for elements with high atomic number , so that any difference in the gravitational force felt by nucleons and electrons would appear as a difference in the gravitational acceleration of elements of high and low atomic number .
14 The net flow will show as a change in the stock of public deposits .
15 Does it reek of a principle in the general and musical education of the English that any expression of personal feeling touches upon bad taste ?
16 The funding will contribute towards an increase in the sample fraction from its usual 10% to 50% giving a total ( target ) sample of about 35,000 .
17 MODERATE : Treasury spokesman Alan Beith has had a high profile , though he must occasionally feel like a comma in the economy debate between Mr Lamont and Mr Smith .
18 She had actually thought of asking for no less than John now proposed ; so why did it feel like a slap in the face ?
19 I 've got some pills but they make me feel like a rag in the mornings .
20 To a boy who declares himself stuck about what colour to use , he says : ‘ Well , Sickert said that when in doubt put a little of the last colour into the next colour you use , and that gives harmony : it does n't work to use a colour in isolation — white and black are the two parents , red in isolation can appear like a wound in the picture — it 's like friendships , we all know the awful consequences if a new person joins a group and the friendships are n't mixed through , it 's the same with colours . ’
21 Although Graham rarely touched alcohol , he could do with a beer in the heat .
22 Do you think you could benefit from a phone in the car ?
23 They may therefore benefit from a period in a convalescent home if this can be arranged .
24 Therefore an expansion of aggregate demand in the domestic economy which is not matched by comparable increases in other economies will result in a deterioration in the balance of payments .
25 A rise in the level of benefits relative to average income will result in a rise in the numbers on ‘ low incomes ’ .
26 The managing director designate hopes the more flexible , made-to-measure organisation that the GmbHs could create , will result in a reduction in the cost base and a more customer-oriented approach .
27 This should also eventually result in a reduction in the volume of mail being dealt with in the Typing Pool and hence eliminate the backlog which has been evident since the introduction of Community Charge .
28 My amendment would result in a reduction in the burden on these people to the tune of 50 per cent .
29 In rational expectations models such regime breaks should result in a change in the way expectations are formed and hence in the behaviour of the variable influenced by expectations .
30 A minimal narrative can be defined as a sequence of two clauses which are temporally ordered : that is , a change in their order will result in a change in the temporal sequence of the original semantic interpretation ( Labov 1972 : 359 – 60 ) .
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