Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great pressure of the overlying sediments and the mineral-rich solutions that circulate through them cause chemical changes in the calcium phosphate of the bones . |
| 2 | Hoffmann J. declared that in each case the beneficial interest in the property was owned by the bankrupt and his wife in equal shares and he made orders for possession and sale but , after considering the circumstances of the two wives and their children and , in particular , that the half shares to which they would be entitled would be insufficient for them to acquire other accommodation in the area and the educational problems of the children , imposed a provision for postponement until the youngest child in each case attained the age of sixteen . |
| 3 | A common strand in comments coming to the Commission from many quarters emphasises the vital role played by the clergy in the leading of worship , and the need for them to receive proper training in the selection and use of music in church . |
| 4 | If Andrew Morton , the paparazzi , the Press and the public were to take a similar interest in your marriage or mine , I 'm sure it would n't be difficult for them to pinpoint dramatic cracks in our relationships . |
| 5 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman realise that he is setting an obstacle course for the courts which will make it more difficult for them to pass tough sentences in serious cases ? |
| 6 | The new status of the building societies ( see below ) has made it necessary and advantageous for them to raise extra funds in the wholesale money markets . |
| 7 | In the past it has been difficult for them to have long runs in the team . ’ |
| 8 | The centrist Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution ( PARM ) and the left-wing Party of the Cardenist Front for National Reconstruction ( PFCRN ) and Popular Socialist Party ( PPS ) between them commanded 42 seats in the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 9 | We use the same A , B , C , as in Example 1 , but select as our starting vector submatrix unc In choosing Yo we have selected simple vectors which are clearly linearly independent , and which between them bring all elements in A into operation in the formation of Wo . |
| 10 | It is not for me to help Scottish Tories in those circumstances , but I suggest to them that it may have something to do with the way in which the Government treat Scotland in legislative terms . |
| 11 | After him came two men in yellow raincoats with their hands behind their backs , and then two other men in white with guns . |
| 12 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 13 | Some of them received high command in the mid-fifteenth century , and some introduced their own characteristics to the fighting of war . |
| 14 | And all of them had one thing in mind . |
| 15 | Some of them took great satisfaction in provocative statements of their position : there is no such thing as law , they said , or law is only the prediction of what the courts will do or only a matter of what the judge ate for breakfast . |
| 16 | However , many of them show random variations in brightness lasting only a few months or , on occasion , days . |
| 17 | Only three of the 13 Democrats originally pledged to vote for Thomas changed sides in the final Senate vote as a result of Hill 's charges , but 11 others ( eight of them representing Southern states in which they depended heavily on black support ) joined with all but two of the Republicans to confirm him by a slim majority . |
| 18 | The distinction you need to practise could also be between two sounds where both or one of them causes real difficulty in pronunciation as well as being contrastive . |
| 19 | Each of them has many adherents in the discipline , and at first sight it looks as if the approaches are in direct competition . |
| 20 | They have provided remedies for the treatment of some kinds of insanity , and some of them alter conscious experience in ways which are of great philosophical interest . |
| 21 | There was none to be seen in this small guest room , but there 'd been shelves of them lining two walls in the sitting-room overlooking the Thames . |
| 22 | Certainly a number of them address current developments in Scottish education which are either affecting classroom teachers already or are likely to do so in the future . |
| 23 | Although the majority submit willingly to this process , very few of them have any choice in the matter . |
| 24 | Many of them recorded complicated transactions in cash and kind , often accompanied by the laconic comment ‘ massive profit ! ’ |
| 25 | Therefore I know that it is not a matter of you using good sense in rejecting advances from young men because you would soon be parted from them . |
| 26 | A bachelor friend of mine takes great pride in culinary art which leaves him never short of admiring girlfriends . |
| 27 | What was the object , I know we discussed it at great length , but what was the object of it going that way in the first place ? |
| 28 | We neither of us had much interest in contemporary British poets , but were united in our enthusiasm for Elizabeth Bishop , Marianne Moore , W. S. Merwin , Wallace Stevens , William Carios Williams , Charles Reznikoff , Theodore Roethke and Richard Wilbur . |
| 29 | Even the poorest of us have some money in our pockets some of the time . |
| 30 | That 's fine , for those with the courage to do it , but most of us have enough shocks in midlife when we catch sight of ourselves fully clothed . |