Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [vb pp] in [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A secured creditor may , with the agreement of the trustee or leave of the court , at any time alter the value which he has , in his proof of debt , placed upon his security , but if he is the petitioner for the bankruptcy order or has voted in respect of his unsecured balance , he may revalue his security only with the leave of the court ( r 6.115 ) . |
| 2 | Judicial review does lie to the visitor in cases where he has acted outside his jurisdiction in the sense that he did not have the power under the regulating documents to enter into the adjudication of the dispute , or has abused his power , or has acted in breach of the rules of natural justice ( post , pp. 1114F–G , G–H , 1125H , 1126C–D , 1129H — 1130A ) . |
| 3 | It went against all biological sense to suggest that the receptors and the elaborate physiological adaptations which they set in motion had no purpose , or had evolved in response to taking opium . |
| 4 | You or your husband or wife must either think of Scotland as your permanent home or have lived in Scotland for at least one year immediately before you apply for divorce . |
| 5 | A document published by a committee of the Justice Ministry on May 20 claimed that as many as 40,000 people might have been executed or have died in detention under the previous regime of former President Hissène Habré . |
| 6 | He expects profits this year of £135m and has pencilled in £150m for next year . |
| 7 | He was born in South Africa and he studied at the universities of Cape Town and Cambridge , and has taught in universities in Britain , in America , in West Africa and France and Germany . |
| 8 | Apart from Waqar and the excellent Wasim Akram , Aqib Javed is also a fine bowler , and has gained in experience after playing for Hampshire last summer . |
| 9 | Price , who lives at Gresford and has worked in Oswestry for several years , is waiting for the outcome of tomorrow 's Alliance meeting before contacting players . |
| 10 | He comes from the South and has worked in Middlesbrough for five years , his job proving that numeracy and literacy can go hand-in-hand . |
| 11 | Soccer : Hearts ' hustle and bustle held in check by Airdrie 's muscle |
| 12 | The boys were with Mrs Titcombe and young Thomas reported that his father was concerned about Rhoda and had gone in search of her . |
| 13 | I had left Jamaica when I was seven years of age and had lived in England for nineteen years . |
| 14 | They had moved together and had stood in front of a monument , seemingly absorbed . |
| 15 | On the real occasion , Comfort had arrived back from the river and had stood in front of them both , her blonde hair a mass of tangled curls , each curl spangled with water . |
| 16 | This Commission had undertaken an immensely detailed study of poverty and poor relief and had ended in conflict between the majority of its members and a minority composed of Beatrice Webb , George Lansbury , Frances Chandler and the Rev. Russell Wakefield , Dean of Norwich . |
| 17 | By the time Fred was 16 he was on the books of Aldershot and had played in friendlies against the Army and Clapton Orient . |
| 18 | He had helped Isobel sort out her father 's tangled financial affairs and had fallen in love with her quiet , fragile beauty . |
| 19 | Perhaps he 'd met her when she was pregnant , and had fallen in love with her ? |
| 20 | Hobson had been associated with the UN Trust Territory since 1963 , and had served in Belau until 1977 when he was transferred to Saipan ( Northern Marianas ) . |
| 21 | They had of course heard of the ‘ Vallar plan ’ , and had joined in discussions of it at various stages . |
| 22 | This failed to meet the demand for the forcible removal of the barricades , as advanced by the 7,000 white residents of the Chateauguay suburb adjacent to the Mercier bridge ( some of whom had regularly assembled during the siege to burn Mohawk effigies , and had participated in attacks on Indians fleeing the adjoining Kahnawake reservation ) . |
| 23 | It was ten years since Eliot had been interested in Ecstasy and Dance Hypnosis among the American Indians , and had read in King about the lively ‘ moonlight dances ’ of Bushmen . |
| 24 | His close associate Klaus Barbie had been sentenced for crimes against humanity in 1987 [ see p. 35417 ] and had died in prison in 1991 [ see p. 38459 ] . |
| 25 | Table 5.1 shows that the manufacturing sector led fixed investment in 1978 , but that ‘ financial and business services ’ overtook it during the recession ( and had doubled in amount by 1986 ) . |
| 26 | Erm , er , the funding for that project which I understand has a total cost in excess of a hundred and sixty thousand pounds , has been met from a variety of sources , er , primarily local , but with a contribution from the County Council through the Leisure Services Committee , and also through the Resources Management sub-committee , and in a , indirect sense , in that the , the , the land transferred to the County Council from the District Council for a particular sum , when the project did n't go ahead , the land went back to the District , and had appreciated in value in the intervening time . |
| 27 | Thirty-two years old , Anderson had been born in Suffolk , but had spent his life in Australia and had graduated in law from Sydney University . |
| 28 | He had not forgotten that he was a Jew , but had recognized the power of the gods of his masters and had acted in accordance with their orders . |
| 29 | The police anticipated trouble and had drafted in reinforcements from neighbouring forces . |
| 30 | Wishart Scientific are agents for Olympus microscopes in Northern Ireland and have expanded in personnel from two to twelve in five years . |