Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The reason for including R in the picture is that , at least in all existing organisms , successful recombination requires the presence of enzymes , which in turn must be coded for by genes ; it is such a gene that is symbolized by R. The symbol r in Figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective in bringing about recombination . |
2 | The people who had not yet moved out of hospital showed no clear trend in their level of participation in meaningful activity , strengthening the case for attributing changes in the group that moved to the community services rather than passage of time or general improvement in all services . |
3 | In Climate and Life he recalls the work of his collaborator O.A. Drozdov on ‘ Changing the Climate in Connection with the Plan for Transforming Nature in the Drought Regions of the USSR ’ ; and studies by others on the feasibility of melting the polar ice with nuclear energy and by damming the Behring Straits and pumping water from the Behring Sea into the Arctic . |
4 | Literature is an innovative resource book which offers the teacher a wide variety of interesting and practical ideas for using literature in the language class . |
5 | Last month 's PFK introduced you to some of my ideas for using herbs in the treatment of ill-health in fish . |
6 | TWO officers from the German police at Dusseldorf will be visiting North Wales today to learn about policing methods in the region as part of an international exchange scheme . |
7 | The program has tools for symmetrical drawing , dimension lines with changing measurements , master objects and clones for quick-editing , animation , and ‘ connectigons ’ for maintaining links in the drawing of a complex shape ( like a spiral staircase , for example ) which allow you to edit the shape easily as a whole . |
8 | Speaker 's aide in the House of Commons , who is responsible for maintaining discipline in the Chamber . |
9 | A considerable body of literature now exists to demonstrate the efficacy of operant conditioning for producing changes in the language behaviour of language-impaired children ( Garcia and DeHaven 1974 ; Mowrer 1984 ; Ruder 1978 ; Snyder et al . |
10 | I had made the mistake of volunteering to sleep on the couch in the living room on the nights that Janice stayed at our flat ; this offer was made with what I thought was obvious sarcasm one evening while Gav and Norris were attempting to develop a technique for cooking poppadoms in the microwave . |
11 | The guests ' lounge is comfortable , with a wood-burning stove used for cooking chestnuts in the winter . |
12 | What about explaining variations in the rates of common surgical procedures like cholecystectomy and hysterectomy between regions and countries . |
13 | It contained potatoes to stuff up the exhaust pipes of expensive cars , and a very large sharp knife for tearing holes in the hoods of convertibles . |
14 | Hungarian Prime Minister Jozsef Antall confirmed on June 9 that Hungary would withdraw from the Pact even if the alliance planned to dissolve eventually [ see p. 37465 for political support in Hungary for ending membership in the Warsaw Pact ] . |
15 | Clowes appeal : Jailed financier Peter Clowes , 50 , of Wilmslow , Cheshire , is today appealing against his conviction for cheating investors in the Barlow Clowes investment group of an estimated £113m . |
16 | I heard one say on Danny Baker 's Saturday night show : ‘ Dalglish is to blame for landing Souness in the mire . ’ |
17 | Successful nursing depends very largely on the nurse 's ability to deal effectively with information received through the senses , whether it is obtained by formal means , such as taking blood-pressure , temperatures and so on or by informal means such as noticing changes in the patient 's condition during bed-making . |
18 | Wear Valley Council official Ian Bloomfield is to receive official congratulations from members for representing Britain in the Hong Kong Marathon last month . |
19 | The focal point of San Miguel was the swimming pool and , for the first couple of days , we were perfectly content to nurture our sun tans between cooling dips in the pool . |
20 | FIVE students walked from France to Britain after breaching security in the Channel Tunnel . |
21 | After seeing action in the Suez campaign of 1956 , it saw service with 57S in a training role , with the remainder of its service life being spent with 14 Flotille , the last Aeronavale unit to use the type , before being retired in 1964 . |
22 | Hillyard , from Dorset , in 1984 , when aged 14 , became the youngest player , to win the world title , after defeating Fisher in the semi-finals — a result which she repeated in 1987 , only to lose 5-1 in the final to the then 15-year-old Farren . |
23 | EX-MODEL Jacqueline McAvoy was freed by the Old Bailey yesterday after denying involvement in the £26million Brinks-Mat robbery . |
24 | asking for guarantees for the physical safety of those who have been threatened and intimidated after giving evidence in the trial against the four policemen for the murder of Nahaman Carmona López ; |
25 | The court heard she plunged a knife 10 times into her daughter after giving birth in the bathroom of her home . |
26 | It had been announced in mid-December 1989 that police were investigating allegations that Zhivkov 's son Vladimir Zhivkov was responsible for the death in suspicious circumstances in 1988 of Tatyana Tityanova , a television announcer , and that Zhivkov 's grandson Todor Slavkov had escaped prosecution after taking part in the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in July 1988 . |
27 | After taking part in the opening of the Madrid Middle East peace conference [ see p. 38513 ] , Gorbachev had a two-day summit meeting with French President Mitterrand . |
28 | Russell France is back home in Brackley after taking part in the Washington experiment . |
29 | Some 20 people have died after taking E in the UK over the last two years . |
30 | After reading statements in the case , the judge went on : ‘ I could hardly accept it until I saw things found in their house ’ . |