Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilful and wasteful of such innocent , joyful music , Mordkovitch wrenched at the tempi , disregarded the dynamics and , showing a wanton unfeelingness for the orchestra 's commendable attempts to accommodate her in a notey accompaniment , trailed Yuasa reeling in her wake . |
| 2 | He quotes the view of Aristo , who produces two arguments : first , that by analogy with relegatio dotis and the stipulatio emptae hereditatis the word ‘ sums ’ should be held to include objects as well as money ; second , that intention is particularly important in trusts , and it appears to be the testator 's intention in first speaking generally of ‘ sums ’ and then mentioning certain objects to include them in the expression too . |
| 3 | Consequently it has sometimes been difficult for the new patterns to establish themselves in the face of combined resistance from programme committees , established departments , and professional senior officers . |
| 4 | The way was thereby opened for English merchants to establish themselves in the island , and William Bolton came to Madeira as an agent for Robert Heysham of London , who had a brother in Barbados to whom Bolton shipped a large quantity of wine . |
| 5 | Part of the process of gaining control over our lives involves us in resisting their attempts to box us in the pigeonhole of ‘ client ’ — and to expose their self-styled , self-seeking efforts to elevate their second-hand knowledge about disability into a ‘ profession ’ . |
| 6 | And there are no collectable power-ups to help you in the battle to shoot first and ask questions of the flaming wreckage later . |
| 7 | marketing director for Prontaprint , sets out a few simple guidelines to help anyone in the hotel industry who is commissioning design and print . |
| 8 | Although there is much in these three books to put them in the category of Ruritanian adventure , Scott may be a stronger influence . |
| 9 | They return in delight but with sadness too , for even the memory fades because there is nothing in the rational mind with which the ideas may be linked and there are no images to fix them in the memory . |
| 10 | It is a sunset on the Atlantic , after a prolonged storm ; but the storm is partially lulled , and the torn and streaming rain-clouds are moving in scarlet lines to lose themselves in the hollow of the night . |
| 11 | For around 500 years , man and dog have pitted their wits against ducks to trap them in a decoy net . |
| 12 | ( b ) having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm . |
| 13 | More significantly , Anderson 's hesitancies undermine his attempts to assert himself in the situation . |
| 14 | I talk to them about the choices they 've made which led them to offend , and help them to find strategies to avoid it in the future , ’ she explains . |
| 15 | We dragged the man free and Warren drove the car at the dogs to box them in the alleyway so they could not escape . |
| 16 | Simmel effectively extends Marx 's concept of rupture to account for the inability of modern individuals to recognize themselves in the world of goods . |
| 17 | Er , it 's very difficult , yes you all laughed when I asked a question last year from over there to get a capital P in Pearson because you all laughed it took twenty weeks to get it in The Times , do you remember ? |
| 18 | General Elio offered the support of his troops to maintain him in the fullness of his rights ; at the same time the Manifesto of the Persians , signed by 96 ‘ servile ’ deputies , reached the king at Valencia . |
| 19 | Next time a stranger tries to stop you in the street , perhaps you should think twice about looking at the pavement and brushing past . |
| 20 | An oilman offered me fifty petrodollars to blow him in the lift . " |
| 21 | With all of its efforts to establish itself in the Unix marketplace , DEC has sometimes been in danger of convincing its own VMS customers that the traditional VAX lines have not been keeping up with Unix in the price/performance race . |
| 22 | Lomnitz has shown how squatters manipulate social networks to establish themselves in the city ( Lomnitz 1977 ) . |
| 23 | They had had accountants to help them in the past but , as a group , Laura never trusted them . |
| 24 | The meeting was held as advertised and Kinloch addressed it in a wordy speech in which , after pleading with his audience to keep the peace , he criticized the government for excessive taxation , and declaimed : ‘ In short , the whole of our misfortune as a nation , the whole of our misery , the whole of our distress , can be clearly traced to the circumstances of the people being deprived of their share of the British Constitution by not having a voice in the election of persons to represent them in the House of Commons . ’ |
| 25 | Here are 10 New Year resolutions to get you in the mood . |
| 26 | As she reached the bottom of the stairs , Araminta herself waylaid her , coming out of the shadows to place herself in the companion 's way . |
| 27 | But in order to justify termination of your services on this basis , the employer would certainly have to go to great lengths to treat you in a caring and reasonable manner . |
| 28 | At the House of Commons he could at least rely upon one of the whips to put him in a cab , and pay the driver . |
| 29 | I always ask shareware users to put themselves in the place of the author . |
| 30 | Powell has earned , the hard way , the respect that prompted a dozen jockeys to telephone him in the week before the race . |