Example sentences of "[adv prt] in [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conditions in which an independent counsel ( special prosecutor ) would be appointed were laid down in legislation passed after the Watergate scandal . |
| 2 | The resignations of four government ministers in late September were believed to be related to forthcoming elections , with Education Minister Ricardo Lagos Escobar in particular stepping down in order to stand for the presidency in 1993 , and Carlos Ominami Pascual ( Economy ) to organize his campaign . |
| 3 | I looked down in misery tinged with the first real touch of hatred I had ever felt . |
| 4 | Eastwards towards the sunrise , the ice-hung peaks of Mustagh Ata and Kongur over in Sinkiang hunched on the skyline . |
| 5 | Erm I wonder how substantially it 's going to re-written , first , in order to make it a response rather than an issue raising paper and ah , secondly , in the light of what we 've all had to say this evening and , if it is to be re-written I wonder erm who is going to actually see it and approve it before it goes off in time to get to the health authority by the day after tomorrow ? |
| 6 | There was nothing for it but to accept defeat , which he did with an ill grace , stamping off in disgust followed by the jeers of the crowd and several small boys who ran behind him mimicking his rolling gait . |
| 7 | For instance , when he is wheeled to the toilet , he stands up in order to get into the wheelchair , and again to move onto the toilet , instead of being lifted or transferred . |
| 8 | The revision proposed that works councils should be set up in order to vest in the workers a measure of control as against the bureaucratic command of the central planning authority . |
| 9 | Moments later Wainwright was up in support to score by the posts and Hastings converted . |
| 10 | She was sitting up in bed listening to the radio on the headphones . |
| 11 | I asked at the meeting of the city board and I asked on more than one occasion , and did n't get a proper answer , what the labour group intended to do with the three point two million pounds that will build up in reserve say for the next three years . |
| 12 | Opulent decors and images only point up the jadedness , and the tale of a deracinated interloper ( Beatrice Dalle ) caught up in family plotting at the chateau turns into a risible cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Homes And Gardens . |
| 13 | He called the first meeting together , served ( unpaid ) as the Society 's first secretary , and ended up in prison paying for the Society 's debts . |
| 14 | As for the doorstep survey , this was carried out in order to generalize about the speech of the city as a whole , and in this way to be able to describe modifications to the vernacular that might be of general import . |
| 15 | Meanwhile in Strasbourg , EC farmers were out in force to demonstrate against the deal . |
| 16 | Italian maritime aircraft were soon out in force searching for the British Fleet , but not until after midday was it at last spotted . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , the uniforms are out in force looking for the Butler girl . |
| 18 | Teams went out in advance to adapt to the special conditions . |
| 19 | But less than a month later , John Osborne 's Look Back in Anger arrived at the Royal Court , and elegant , well-made drawing-room plays like this were supposedly consigned to the dustbin of theatrical history . |
| 20 | John Osborne 's Look Back In Anger added to the chorus from the lost boys of the lower middles . |
| 21 | I felt that I had stepped back in time to share in the 400 year old ceremony in this charming village . |
| 22 | Micrografx staff drew attention to themselves by wandering around in gear stolen from the Mexican extras in a spaghetti western . |
| 23 | She accepted a glass of water and for the first time looked round in order to take in the room and the people before her . |