Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if researchers home in on the record as the first level of access , ignoring the surrounding administrative context and archival structure which forms part of its meaning , will understanding be fostered or impaired ? |
| 2 | That the services they provide are relevant to environmental groups , and in that way to help environmental groups plug in to the kinds of advice on fund raising and er , management and all sorts of other aspects of running a voluntary organisation , which , at the moment , of , er a lot of , er social service organisations plug into , but so many environmental groups . |
| 3 | When proper gentlemen start in with the fists there 's usually a woman at the bottom of it . |
| 4 | One example of this is on page 156 when Scout and Jem have discovered that Atticus is sitting outside the county Jail on one of his office chairs and as they cross the square to get nearer to him , four dusty cars come in from the Meridian highway , moving slowly in a line eventually stopping outside the Jail . |
| 5 | More voices join in on the radio circuit . |
| 6 | At Crackington Haven , flanked by the soaring cliffs of Cambeak and Pencannow Point , Atlantic rollers crash in on the tide . |
| 7 | ‘ Parents give in to the moaning , and sometimes ignore you , giving you the silent treatment . ’ |
| 8 | But more complex emotions creep in at the fringes of the tale , where the grandfather 's ostracism of the man his daughter loves leads to several fraught emotional scenes . |
| 9 | Three backlist titles tie in with the television and are reissued in April . |
| 10 | And when I say rock , this is the dynamic blues-Clash-U2-alternative type , not the stuff stadium/metal bands make in between the pubs opening . |
| 11 | If you are having a mains garden lighting circuit installed , it makes sense to have power points suitable for power tools such as mowers and hedge trimmers put in at the time . |
| 12 | In previous years the banks have been lined with marquees offering hospitality as riverside farmers cash in on the regatta … even though they have virtually nothing to do with it . |
| 13 | Yet understanding where older customers fit in to the scheme of things is very important if discrimination is to be avoided , because it will influence both the products and the marketing approach . |
| 14 | The study aims to present a descriptive account of election campaigning in Britain , considering in particular the use of new technology , and to assess the extent to which the outcome of the election was affected by the efforts put in by the parties and their volunteer workers in the constituencies . |
| 15 | As the child gets older , other agencies get in on the act . |
| 16 | For centuries merchant seamen from all over the world have mingled with the local population and now , in addition , for three months every year , holidaymakers flood in like the tide . |
| 17 | The fifteenth hole is short but dangerous ; its plateau green is ringed by bunkers at the front and sides and the trees press in at the back in a claustrophobic way — a nightmarish hole if you are playing badly . |
| 18 | Other oddities creep in with the attempt to harmonise plurals of French compound words . |
| 19 | Her scream whirled across the waves like debris in a tornado ; she pelted over the sand and through the trees like a creature when hunters close in for the kill . |
| 20 | In battle scenes the villainous attackers move in from the right and the valiant defenders , usually the good guys obstinately rejecting defeat , are on the left . |
| 21 | Most secondary market transactions in eurobonds occur in over the counter ( OTC ) trading , i.e. not on a recognised exchange ( partly for historical reasons but also due to the non-standardised nature of the instruments ) . |
| 22 | Police refused to intervene as protesters attempted to drive their cars to the point on the Atlantic coast where conservationists yearly attempt to count the birds before the hunters move in for the kill . |
| 23 | Bees fly in through the windows on hot afternoons , zig-zag across the house , and disappear through the open front door . |
| 24 | Then the electric fields due to the two sheets add in between the sheets |
| 25 | The pump is connected through the outer tray and draws water in through the gravel or charcoal , and then through the filter elements into the pump for discharge as a fountain or waterfall . |
| 26 | And , by Royal Appointment … the Russian swans fly in through the fog . |
| 27 | Clouds blow in from the Pacific laden with moisture . |
| 28 | If Soviet soldiers get in to the parliament there will be a bloodbath . |
| 29 | The material , long hidden in KGB files or in the memories of intelligence operatives , is up for grabs as ageing ex-KGB agents come in from the cold to trade in their undercover pasts for over-the-counter assets . |
| 30 | He had a full scrip of the small white flowers when he made the journey for the seventh time , and saw the three riders pace in at the gatehouse , and stood unobserved to watch Tutilo dismount , part amicably from his guards , and come wearily towards the gatehouse door , as if he would himself take the key and deliver himself dutifully back to his captivity . |