Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] in the [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Luca Cumani 's well-related filly figured prominently until fading in the closing stages . |
| 7 | Luca Cumani 's well-related filly figured prominently until fading in the closing stages . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The pair celebrated the news yesterday by parading in the lavish costumes specially designed for them for Dick Whittington at the Empire Theatre . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Instead of riding in the Fun Minister 's Rover limousine , he climbed into a C-reg VW Golf . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | That made people feel that their least effort was rewarded and they looked forward to participating in the next organizational improvement . |
| 18 | Lime burning had expanded considerably at Halling in the second half of the eighteenth century . |
| 19 | Expansion to north Italy brought into play the gold of the Val d'Aosta and south Piedmont , but it was the Second Punic War ( 218–201 B.C. ) which first increased the supply of gold significantly by taking in the alluvial deposits of the Guadalquivir . |