Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleraine started brightly with Cook and Brian Donaghy both going close in the opening three minutes , but the Crues settled quickly and were presented with a golden opportunity to go ahead in the 12th minute . |
| 2 | That will give us plenty to work on in the next decade , and that is probably as far as we should look for the time being . |
| 3 | This , the biggest single enclave in Sussex , not only demonstrates the continued dependence of the prototype works at Newbridge on immigrant workmen , but also implies that there had been no great pool of indigenous labour to draw on in the first place . |
| 4 | Bevin and the Foreign Office were on occasion more sensitive to this issue — but in Bevin 's case this produced the bizarre proposal to hang on in the Middle East from a base in inhospitable ( but British ) territory 2,000 miles from the Suez Canal , Even Bullock is forced to concede that Bevin was ‘ obsessed ’ with the Middle East , an obsession he never seems to have lost . |
| 5 | He dodged away and took the opportunity to walk rapidly in the opposite direction from the one in which Stair 's lot might be , towards Pall Mall , passing the narrow courts and alleys which led from the brilliantly lit main street . |
| 6 | The need to deal effectively in the first instance in communications with Council Tax payers , both face to face and in writing , and hence the seniority of staff required for this purpose . |
| 7 | Colleagues I 'd just like to put one of er John 's themes and that is that for the next couple of days we 've got a hell of a lot of business to get through and er we 've done quite well so far but er I would certainly be looking where possible colleagues for formally seconding er , as often as possible , if not all the time and I really appreciate your er your assistance in that regard because we have a great deal of business to get through in the next two days . |
| 8 | This literally causes water to pile up in the western Pacific : a veritable hill of water . |
| 9 | To try and reduce the potential for stress to build up in the first place . |
| 10 | City shopkeepers thought this would be disastrous as the last thing that people cooped up in offices all day want to do is to plunge underground when at last they have a chance to get out in the fresh air . |
| 11 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
| 12 | the sums in the premiums trust fund , it 's a very simple answer my Lord to notify now in the same way the commission suggested that they should notify some ten years ago |
| 13 | Now an enthusiast from Wigan is appealing to the town 's former loco engineering brains-trust to help him return a currently heavily corroded expatriate railcar to service deep in the Emerald Isle … |
| 14 | So , although the Bolsheviks did not start the inflationary process , they were unable to stop it either , despite their wish to do so in the first few months of Soviet rule . |
| 15 | The work of Miliutin and Reitern made plain that the Russian government retained its commitment to reform even in the immediate aftermath of the emancipation . |
| 16 | If developed countries do not want their rubbish to end up in the third world , they must help developing countries to build better treatment facilities and enforce higher standards . |
| 17 | He was the seventh seed in the men 's championship to go out in the first two rounds , a record for early exits at the tournament . |
| 18 | He was the seventh seed in the men 's championship to go out in the first two rounds , a record for early exits at the tournament . |
| 19 | It is almost as if the modern mind , unable to tolerate cultural restraints , and feeling that discontent in civilization which Freud described long ago , had become so intolerant of the demands of communal existence and civilized behaviour that it saw each and every representative of those restraints as an incitement to revolt rather in the same way that an enraged revolutionary mob , thirsting for the blood of its oppressors , might fall on some unfortunate bystander merely because he happened to bear a resemblance to the head of the secret police . |
| 20 | You can hardly expect lightning to strike twice in the same family . ’ |
| 21 | Even with a perfectly judged autorotation , there may still be some tendency for the model to swing round in the same direction as the blade rotation . |
| 22 | I would be grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you wish the application to go forward in the current year as noted here . |
| 23 | On the other hand , the statement that Hocazade , as kadi of Istanbul , was amongst the group of ulema who met Ali Kuscu at the time of his arrival to settle permanently in the Ottoman lands , which event Babinger plausibly dates in the beginning of the spring of 1472 ( Shawwal 876 ) , may , if the facts stated are correct , permit a refinement of the dating of Molla Husrev 's departure from the kadilik , which would thus appear to have occurred between Rajab and Shawwal 876 . |
| 24 | Prejudice , such as that exploited by Tupper in Cardiff in 1911 , became mixed with self concern — the belief that Asiatic crews would work for lower wages and in worse conditions than British , and so undercut the union 's effort to improve both in the British seaman 's interests . |
| 25 | Hill , who survived a late collision with Berger 's Ferrari lost a lot of time in the traffic and this gave Gerhard the opportunity to close up in the closing stages . |
| 26 | Harper , no relation to the girls , of Homecroft Drive , Uckington , admitted he had twice briefly lit tufts of hay to see better in the darkened barn . |
| 27 | Harper had told the court he twice briefly lit tufts of hay in order to see better in the darkened barn . |
| 28 | Joe Lydon 's impressive form at full-back , combined with an ability to play anywhere in the three-quarters , sees him make his third tour , while the man for whom he has deputised in recent weeks , Steve Hampson , goes on his first tour . |
| 29 | We need the Government to be assiduous in its attempts to eliminate the obstacles that hinder companies ' ability to compete effectively in the international environment . |
| 30 | Poppy seeds sprinkled on bread as a flavouring have a disconcerting tendency to react chemically in the same way as the extract of the opium poppy , so that a worker could be mistaken for a heroin user because of what he ate for breakfast . |