Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outer leaves are very important for the effect of the painting , especially against the sky , whereas it is possible to lose myself in the inner masses to some extent . |
| 2 | That is why you have someone with a clapperboard at the start of each take : to make it possible to find everything in the whole length of film . |
| 3 | He should understand that ‘ the story of Christ is simply a true myth : a myth working on us in the same way as the others , but with this tremendous difference that it really happened : and one must be content to accept it in the same way . ’ |
| 4 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 5 | Because of the passage of the st'lyan along the road there was a cloud of dust and it was hard to see anything in the failing red light . |
| 6 | However , those in the manufacturing sector and , more particularly , those in more highly skilled positions , are more likely to place themselves in the latter category . |
| 7 | I always said if I won the 100 it would be very hard to beat me in the 200 . |
| 8 | Sarah asked the nanny , standing on tip-toe to see herself in the gilt-framed mirror in the hall . |
| 9 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 10 | Your GP may be able to point you in the right direction , and it 's worth finding out if the psychology department of your local hospital takes referrals . |
| 11 | Your dealer should be able to point you in the right direction . |
| 12 | You will then be able to soak them in the medicated solution for maximum effectiveness . |
| 13 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 14 | He knew he had performed well and he was able to present himself in the best possible aura , that of self-satisfaction , because Hopper gave him carte blanche to edit his own part on film . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , PW has welcomed the report , not least because it allows the firm to tell its side of the story without being hindered by the confidentiality rules which have left partners unable to defend themselves in the 16 months since the bank collapsed . |
| 16 | With the sun below the horizon it was only by a perceptible lightening of the sky in that direction that it was possible to place themselves in the great ocean of trees . |
| 17 | It is very encouraging to know that so many institutions are keen to establish themselves in the important area of advanced IT training and that a significant contribution to costs came from industry . |
| 18 | He knows , though , that with first choice Bruce Grobbelaar approaching full fitness after his hamstring trouble and James eager to impose himself in the top flight , that Souness faces a difficult choice . |
| 19 | He smiled and opened it , surprised to find it in the original Mandarin . |
| 20 | But even that performance is only sufficient to put it in the middle ranking of the world 's stock markets . |
| 21 | The last two made her suspicious of Russia , and even ready to fight her in the 1870s . |