Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larger processor fits in the main processor slot the smaller in the coprocessor slot . |
| 2 | But there are fears that any hiccup in Christmas trading could lead to it having problems maintaining its banking covenants in the new year . |
| 3 | That 's the theory … here 's the practical … first the course … they 've mapped out the 26 miles … the beauty of the route lies in the cobbled squares of ancient towns like Bhaktapur … the beast is the city … traffic and smoke is a major problem … the other unknown factor is altitude … |
| 4 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 5 | The power of Chaos lies in the far north of the Warhammer World far beyond the borders of the Empire . |
| 6 | Although physiologically naive to suggest , as some have , that the seat of creativity lies in the right hemisphere , the latter 's contribution must be considered of unique importance , given what is known about its style of cognitive processing . |
| 7 | All radiation in the spectrum lies in the visible region , so glass optics can be used , and this offers an important advantage over the IR region , where glass is unusable , and mechanically weaker salt optics or front-silvered mirrors must be employed . |
| 8 | The importance of the case lies in the general discussion of the principles of natural justice , especially that given by Lord Reid . |
| 9 | As the story unfolds in the immediate aftermath of the 1976 Soweto Uprising , we see how two families , one black and one white , are destroyed — and the black actors are all South Africans themselves rather than US imports . |
| 10 | And its advantage lies in the particular enzyme by which it is transcribed into RNA . |
| 11 | SCOTTISH Tories , awaiting their election counts in the early hours of Friday , were prepared for the worst . |
| 12 | The main area of weakness lies in the political arena . |
| 13 | In particular , I am pleased to note a number of important developments stemming from action points in the first Plan . |
| 14 | That weapon 's yet to be found and police have been searching through the gardens of nearby houses and lifting drains in the surrounding area looking for the knife . |
| 15 | Gently cook the bacon strips in the olive oil . |
| 16 | I believe that the major discontinuity lies in the discursive forms through which positions of racial superiority are constructed . |
| 17 | The defender stands in the ready position ( yoi ) , awaiting the impending attack . |
| 18 | A trade union to my mind stands in the same position . |
| 19 | It seems , therefore , that the answer to the question of how to conduct incident reporting lies in the parallel operation of a voluntary reporting system operated by the regulating authority and a confidential reporting system operated by a competent separate agency . |
| 20 | Bunny 's put a supply of cough drops in the prompt corner . |
| 21 | And of course he goes in and the horse drops in the far side of the wee barn , and er Old goes in with his dram and he dips it into the horse trough you ken , and he turns you ken with his regimental , |
| 22 | The greater bamboo lemur lives in the Madagascan rainforest and has been affected by the decline in giant bamboo stems which are now used up by human settlements . |
| 23 | The long term future of the industry lies in the private sector . |
| 24 | Governments of every political persuasion wish to spend more on an almost limitless number of service areas , but far too often — infinitely more often than Labour Members care to admit — the fault lies in the simple failure of an individual to deliver a conscientious personal commitment . |
| 25 | We propose that a transformed cell develops in the proliferative compartment of the lower part of the crypt , divides several times , and moves upwards with migration of the normal crypt epithelium . |
| 26 | The poet writes in the first person singular as a man talking to a loved one about the inevitable advent of his death , and yet the matter discussed here is not so much death as the gradual disappearance of life . |
| 27 | And then my mind shimmers in the great heat and all things appear to me as through coloured veils . |
| 28 | The legal authority of statute depends in the final analysis , however , on its compatibility with the central core of that shared political morality . |
| 29 | Glasses clash and cutlery clatters in the all-night cantinas where drunken revellers confuse the robot waiters and flee along the colonnades , their bills unpaid , their breath steaming in the thin and wintry air . |
| 30 | But it may be that God 's primordial action occurs in the previous verse : And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . |