Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] in [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church 's attitude to Lynch stands in marked contrast to its harbouring of some Catholic priests who have in fact been guilty of child abuse . |
| 2 | ‘ Sebastian believes in living life to the full . |
| 3 | Moreover , when Dickens alludes in Bleak House to ‘ a hemmed-in churchyard , pestiferous and obscene , whence malignant diseases are communicated to the bodies of our dear brothers and sisters who have not departed ’ , he is not being metaphorical . |
| 4 | South Africa stands in apparent contrast to the rest of the states considered here : a regional military superpower with a relatively strong and diversified economy , built on its mineral wealth and on the exploitation of the cheap labour of its black majority . |
| 5 | The rather weak response of Sir Robert Megarry stands in sharp contrast to the decision in Kennedy v. Ireland , where the High Court of Ireland was faced with a much more difficult question , also in the context of telephone-tapping . |
| 6 | A huge dome of moorland-covered granite , Dartmoor stands in stark contrast to the mild coastal area of South Devon . |
| 7 | ‘ But the success of the US stands in marked contrast to developments elsewhere . |