Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has been the largest and longest sustained fall in unemployment in the history of this country . ’ |
| 2 | But that does not make it right to encourage disaster in search of diversion . |
| 3 | But it is important to be able to classify the different types of mechanically propelled vehicles in order to be able to prove to a court in which class a vehicle falls . |
| 4 | However , the bishop of Worcester normally paid £10 , while at Feckenham the fee was given as no less than £14. 16s. 10½d. , but this perhaps included services in connexion with the forest administration . |
| 5 | These and other findings discussed by Johnston and McClelland ( 1980 ) not only provide evidence in favour of their model of visual word-recognition , but also evidence against other types of model . |
| 6 | Each of the ‘ sentences ’ in the network only has meaning in terms of its relations to other sentences , and each of these sentences only has meaning in relation to others , and so on . |
| 7 | Private hire cars can only carry passengers in response to requests by phone . |
| 8 | Although the functionaries of Soviet society merely earn salaries in return for the functions required by the state , this does not give a complete picture of their privileges ; others derive from their control over the system of distribution . |
| 9 | This may not always be the case — for example , in rapidly expanding populations , selection may favour reproductive rate at the expense of lifetime reproductive success ( see Lewontin , 1965 ; Elliot , 1975 ) — but exceptions are probably rare , especially in long-lived species where variation in longevity greatly exceeds variation in age at first breeding . |
| 10 | On Sept. 17 the politburo of the ruling Kampuchean People 's Revolutionary Party ( KPRP ) appointed Hor Nam Hong , hitherto Minister Assistant in charge of monitoring Foreign and Judicial Affairs , as Foreign Minister of the SOC in place of Premier Hun Sen [ see p. 37655 for August government and party appointments ] . |
| 11 | The Law Society considers that the Law Commission 's proposals will have a significant practical application , not only to solve problems in relation to incapacitated people , but also to provide ways in which potential conflicts or disputes can be avoided . |
| 12 | We may enlarge our conceptions beyond all imaginable space ; we only produce atoms in comparison with the reality of things . |
| 13 | I do n't think , you 'd better have cards in front of you . |
| 14 | By May the play was almost complete — all that was necessary was the process of readjustment which would necessarily take place in consultation with director and actors . |
| 15 | Germany was constitutionally permitted only to send troops in defence of NATO territory , although following the December 1990 all-German election Chancellor Helmut Kohl had conceded that this rule would have to be changed . |
| 16 | Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has set itself the task of completely renovating a 55-bed long stay hospital in Iasi for children suffering from hepatitis and diabetes . |
| 17 | With the company having invested heavily in plant-specific training for a particular worker , and output from the plant not being directly related to the number of workers in the plant , firms operating these technologies will be reluctant to hire and fire such highly trained workers in line with fluctuations in product demand . |
| 18 | ‘ Last I heard , the Eiffel Tower had n't collapsed and neither had Rome been sacked by pagans because of money perhaps changing hands in return for playing rugby ’ , he says . |
| 19 | ‘ Melanie merely lost interest in marriage to a busy consultant . |
| 20 | It only seeks relationships in order to be loved . |
| 21 | I consider that I B M strives to be a good employer and that it 's long established belief in respect for the individual has shaped our personal policies to reflect these needs within our community , and for example , our equal opportunity principles prevent us from considering race , colour or sex , when offering someone employment or promotion . |
| 22 | When it is only a month or two old , the long dangling object in front of its face is obviously a puzzle to it . |
| 23 | You obviously have Therese in mind for Adele in the new production of Luxembourg — so much more suitable for her , an older woman — I would have thought you could let poor little Ingrid have her moment of triumph in Gypsy Baron . ’ |
| 24 | Like phonemes themselves , words only have significance in relation to other words and as part of a total system of classification . |
| 25 | Numbers only have meaning in comparison with other numbers . |
| 26 | Our chastity , indeed our whole life , only makes sense in relation to our love to God … |
| 27 | ‘ I feel sure that this will lead to many of the girls following courses in Technology next year and hopefully , eventually seeking jobs in technology in industry ’ |
| 28 | After a second operation in January 1945 he nevertheless visited Washington in connection with the Far Eastern war and , although dying , he wrote a scientific paper for the sixtieth-birthday tribute to Niels Bohr . |
| 29 | The council has however already collected £353,000 in cash plus another £856,000 by direct debit . |
| 30 | He had already made speeches in favour of European co-operation and even of a Franco-German union . |