Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can not possibly have played better despite tiring in the second half of a patchy but exciting final . |
| 2 | The count found Držić a witty and entertaining companion , and Držić , a poor cleric , benefited greatly from sharing in the cosmopolitan life of his master . |
| 3 | When he returned they lived together before marrying in a quiet register office ceremony in December 1986 . |
| 4 | If one looks at the international scene — as any university or special librarian must — the range of choice is further amplified , especially since publishing in the Third World is expanding very quickly . |
| 5 | Much RE writing in the past 20 years or so has centred on the raising of ultimate questions , and there has also been an insistence on developing in pupils skills of understanding and of handling these questions . |
| 6 | This stronger sense of learning also carries with it the idea that ultimately the student is able to evaluate it for him or herself , and form a personal view about its validity ( by reading the relevant articles , by listening to the different views of the authorities on the topic , and perhaps by assisting in a clinical trial ) . |
| 7 | Perhaps by joining in the public disapproval of surrogacy , and seemingly sharing the moral universe of ‘ Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells ’ , the Committee may have increased their sphere of influence . |
| 8 | Is it not then possible that Satan , in his opposition to Christ and man , and wishing to destroy all that God has given , could do so by appearing in a godly angelic light ? |
| 9 | Luca Cumani 's well-related filly figured prominently until fading in the closing stages . |
| 10 | Luca Cumani 's well-related filly figured prominently until fading in the closing stages . |
| 11 | One of his mentor-girls in Scotland had told him once , in all seriousness , that it was against the law to use a rubber johnny then throw it away without knotting in the dangerous efflusions . |
| 12 | When I first realised that most of the bites were not simply ‘ line ’ bites ( and you can test this easily by casting in a baitless hook ) I tried every conventional trick in the book to hit them . |
| 13 | Remember , thermal soaring is more about staying in the strongest area of lift than flying at an ‘ efficient ’ angle of bank ; it usually pays to turn steeply , as the small turning circle enables you to keep in the narrow cores of strong lift . |
| 14 | Dyeing beings after the wool has been cleansed , usually by washing in a weak solution of soda and soap , when it is immersed in an alum-bath for about 12 hours . |
| 15 | The pair celebrated the news yesterday by parading in the lavish costumes specially designed for them for Dick Whittington at the Empire Theatre . |
| 16 | He is one of the few first-class players who make a point also of drinking in the public bar at grounds rather than cocooning himself away in the players ’ or sponsors ' lounges . |
| 17 | I shall not forget how your husband helped a new and inexperienced Head to see what was wrong with the school 's Art Room , helped also in pressing in the right quarter , for its improvement — all of which resulted in a much-needed tonic for the Art teaching in the school . |
| 18 | It is the agency 's job to establish a good working relationship between employers and agency staff , and it is in your interests to promote this by fulfilling your obligations to both by working in a professional and reliable way . |
| 19 | However , far from responding in an organised manner , ‘ the police broke ranks and used their batons indiscriminately ’ ( ibid.:29 ) . |
| 20 | As yet there is no other body to undertake this task , and even tentative moves to remove the problem from the cell block and into the detoxification centre foundered in the entrepreneurial 1980s ; for there is little immediate profit to be made from reclamation of this kind of scrap material ( although the long-term value of a humanitarian return might be thought to be well worth pursuing in a civilized society ! ) . |
| 21 | Far from encouraging local authorities and private developers to build more rural houses as in the 1930s , there has been an active discouragement , involving the imposition of strict planning controls , particularly over housing in the open countryside and in other sensitive areas such as Green Belts and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty . |
| 22 | Would n't it be wonderful if you could melt away the flab simply by smoothing in a special cream , or break down fat by rubbing away at your wobbly bits ? |
| 23 | The ‘ Auxiliary ’ section has three jacks : ‘ Tuner ’ , which can be used either for plugging in an electronic tuner or as a non-effects direct out ; ‘ Phones ’ which is self-explanatory ; and ‘ Mastercontrol ’ , a special socket for use with a volume pedal — very useful for electro-acoustics without onboard volume controls , or even violins or mandolins . |
| 24 | It is because young people of both sexes are increasingly seeking work on the mainland , instead of participating in the precarious agricultural island economy as their elders continue to do . |
| 25 | As you improve , instead of riding in a straight line along a wave you start manoeuvring by footsteering on the wave just as surfers do . |
| 26 | Instead of riding in the Fun Minister 's Rover limousine , he climbed into a C-reg VW Golf . |
| 27 | For these and other reasons more useful information about molecular structures can be obtained by photoelectron spectroscopy , where the excited electron is ejected completely instead of remaining in a higher-energy level of the molecule . |
| 28 | A deal of debate centred around her decision to defend her title in the English Girls ' Championship at Edgbaston instead of playing in the British Women 's Open at Ferndown . |
| 29 | A noun phrase in the X-position interacts semantically with see in a different way from a noun phrase in the Y-position ( the exact nature of these interactions can be considered part of the meaning of see ) . |
| 30 | That made people feel that their least effort was rewarded and they looked forward to participating in the next organizational improvement . |