Example sentences of "[adj] in [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I know that my hon. Friend is interested in switching it to the autumn , we have no plans to do that because there are different views about it . |
| 2 | This will equip those who are interested in developing themselves with the tools to reach greater responsibility and promotion , and of course greater rewards . |
| 3 | Well , we 'd like to think that er people , once they 've been introduced to these different sorts of drinks , and become a bit more aware about different sensible levels , would actually be interested in buying them in the future and trying them out themselves . |
| 4 | He was more interested in telling me about the tactics of the attorney general . |
| 5 | He said a small group of people who were interested in doing something about the issue would be interested to hear from people who had views or experiences on the subject . |
| 6 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 7 | So far as the old , mutually dependent carers are concerned , this work is valuable in reminding us of the substantial numbers of men who perform these functions for their wives . |
| 8 | Cross-examined by William Dunlop , defending , Mr O'Donnell agreed that it was possible one of the men had not become involved in attacking him at the quarry . |
| 9 | Although the case for commitment accounting improving budgetary control is a good one , there is a real problem involved in adopting it in the financial accounts . |
| 10 | If we are right in regarding it as the single most important area in which independence is prized and which also causes major distress for carers , it seems clear that it should be a priority in health and social services provision . |
| 11 | Helen Gardner was aware of the problem , observing that the pursuit of image patterns , or of the ideas in a poem , can be useful to the interpreter , but can not ‘ be more than auxiliary in leading us to the true ‘ meaning' ’ of the work , which is the meaning which enlarges our own imaginative life . ’ |
| 12 | His sincere and careful counselling was ineffective in introducing them to the life of the church . |
| 13 | Molloy and Carroll suggest that while Access courses equip students with whatever is necessary for the completion of a degree course they may be less successful in preparing them for the higher levels of academic performance . |
| 14 | First , the bishop had been enthusiastic in inviting him to the new work and had been wide open to the initiative . |
| 15 | Their problems are not likely to be solved unless this aspect of them is dealt with and some skill may be necessary in drawing it into the light . |
| 16 | Tennis players are notoriously bad in preparing themselves for the season — and especially the ‘ off ’ season . |