Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless they are made available for further research , data which have often been collected at great expense and with significant effort may later exist only in a small number of reports which analyse only a fraction of the research potential of the data . |
| 2 | Back then , they did n't catch on in a big way . ’ |
| 3 | And occasionally , as now , it so happened that duty and pleasure would fall together in a sweet coincidence ; and from Parson 's Pleasure , after dutifully forbidding Lewis to linger more than a couple of hours or so , Morse himself departed . |
| 4 | The woody tubers may survive outside in a mild winter , but if they do n't , the seeds certainly do , emerging in thickets the following year . |
| 5 | Such policy appears to place political beliefs above the concept of needs when some individuals demonstrate that they can not flourish educationally in an integrated environment . |
| 6 | However disguised they may be , those are very big tax increases , of a kind which governments can normally introduce early in a parliamentary term only . |
| 7 | However disguised they may be , those are very big tax increases , of a kind which governments can normally introduce early in a parliamentary term only . |
| 8 | If , on the other hand , I approached this child — ( he smiles at Geraldine [ disguised as a boy ] ) — my action could result only in a gross violation of the order of things . |
| 9 | Uneaten food , and anything once living that dies or lies in the tank will break down in a similar fashion . |
| 10 | They may do so in a non-Compact institution in which case responsibility for " cashing in " the Compact entitlement must rest with the student . |
| 11 | It will not necessarily do so in a judicial manner ; a matter with party political implications may well result in voting following party lines . |
| 12 | A public corporation managing a monopoly might do so in a sectional interest . |
| 13 | While managers will pursue broadly the same tasks , they will do so in an increasing variety of ways . |
| 14 | Sarah Garland 's Complete Book of Herbs and Spices will appear shortly in a revised edition ( Hodder/Francis Lincoln , May , £16.99 , 0 7112 0805 0 ) . |
| 15 | At the same time let your hands lift up in a semi-circular motion and come down to your sides . |
| 16 | If faster scrapping was properly taken into account in the capital stock statistics it would show up in a higher figure for depreciation ( and thus a lower profit share ) rather than a falling output-capital ratio . |
| 17 | The contrary relation will therefore show up in a sentential context that specifies , or at least implies , that a single event is being referred to , such as I only met Mary once , and that was today/yesterday or ( somewhat less convincingly ) It was today/yesterday that I met Mary . |
| 18 | But , in fact , virtually no behavioural tendency which constitutes genuine action can just show up in a cultural context ‘ as itself ’ . |
| 19 | The loading had made him break out in a terrible sweat and perspiration ran down his forehead into his eyes . |
| 20 | A low rumble of thunder made her skin break out in a fine rash of goosepimples , and Julius glanced at her sharply as he noticed them . |
| 21 | The fire did not break out in a deserted building in the middle of nowhere in the wee small hours of the morning . |
| 22 | Finally , one look at the South Africans ' itinerary for the next six months — tests against Romania , Italy , then New Zealand , Australia , France and England — is enough to make you break out in a cold sweat . |
| 23 | A limitation of standard costing is that , since all the overheads must be absorbed by the products to which the associated activities ultimately contribute , the redesign of a product , so that its production no longer needs a certain activity , may not result immediately in a reduced cost . |
| 24 | A limitation of standard costing is that , since all the overheads must be absorbed by the products to which the associated activities ultimately contribute , the redesign of a product , so that its production no longer needs a certain activity , may not result immediately in a reduced cost . |
| 25 | In midsummer , the sun shines 24 hours a day and you can swim outdoors in a thermally-heated pool , such as the Blue Lagoon near Reykjavik , with snow-capped mountains and glaciers visible in the distance . |
| 26 | ‘ The trouble with modern textiles is that they use synthetic dyes and the colours do n't look right in an old setting , ’ Patsy says . |
| 27 | They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner . |
| 28 | Mineral workings and industrial processes have created interesting habitats such as inland salt marshes , extensive deposits rich in lime and other substrates that do not occur naturally in a particular region . |
| 29 | 4.8 Ideally , no worker should work alone in an isolated office or building and arrangements should be made to ensure that , as far as possible , this does not happen . |
| 30 | It will work best in a high-ceilinged room or a long , narrow one . |