Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] the [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Negative reinforcement is something unwelcome that happens before or during the behaviour in question has occurred . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) A statement as to whether the firm will undertake transactions with or for the customer in investments which are not on-exchange or which are not readily realisable investments . |
| 3 | Rabah Kebir , a senior figure in the Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) who had reportedly escaped from house arrest in August and was said to be attempting to form an Islamist government in exile , said in an interview with Le Monde of Sept. 18 that the FIS wanted a dialogue with the government , and denied that the party had been responsible for the Algiers airport bombing , or for the assassination in June of the former HCS President , Mohamed Boudiaf [ see p. 38981 ] . |
| 4 | Are props/costumes ( for children or for the teacher in role ) needed ? |
| 5 | The normal ‘ use ’ is to go for a joyride , to get home after missing the last bus or train or for the use in crime . |
| 6 | 8.4 The Publisher shall keep full and proper books or accounts and records showing clearly all transactions and proceedings relating to this Agreement and in particular all transactions undertaken by or through the Publisher in relation to the Work . |
| 7 | A retired solicitor will not be treated as continuing to hold himself out as a partner merely because he has neglected to ensure that revised letterheads are used by the firm from the date of his retirement , but there could be more of a problem when he has been party to a lease of partnership property and steps have not been taken to replace him as one of its lessees/trustees. ( e ) Sureties Section 18 of the Partnership Act contains a special provision which applies , in the absence of contrary agreement , whenever there is a change in the membership of a firm : A continuing guaranty or cautionary obligation given either to a firm or to a third person in respect of the transactions of a firm is , in the absence of agreement to the contrary , revoked as to future transactions by any change in the constitution of the firm to which , or of the firm in respect of transactions of which , the guaranty or obligation was given . |
| 8 | Half the men were already straggling back into the Residency building or into the hospital in order to form a new position while the remainder did their best to hold off the sepoys who were already swarming over the ramparts . |
| 9 | It was revolting to see these half-starved creatures snuffling around behind the houses or along the river-bank in search of excrement . |
| 10 | Finally , since the buyer is also anxious not to exclude any of his rights implied at common law or under the SGA in addition to the express rights which he has included in the contract , he makes it absolutely clear that all such implied rights will also apply to the contract . |
| 11 | It is a truism to say that we have not yet come to terms with it , or with the changes in relationships it has brought . |
| 12 | ‘ Save a life ’ means literally that — what would you do if someone collapsed in your class , or in the street in front of you ? |
| 13 | The second group has shorter seed longevity and rarer seeding , germination in the open in some or in the shade in others , trees living for 100–300 years and producing light to dark woods of medium weight . |
| 14 | She was sleeping , or in the room in bed anyway . |
| 15 | The times allowable are given in Ord 8 , r 2(3) ( a ) and ( b ) or in the table in Vol 2 of The Supreme Court Practice , para 902 . |
| 16 | We gain little from minute attention to the manufacturers ' congratulations for our choice of car , or from the swearing-in in court , and , on a first reading of a novel , it may be more important to follow those parts which forward the plot than those which set the scene . |
| 17 | So , if anybody saw me on the morning after , either hobbling up or down the stairs in St Swithin 's or leaping up and down ( very slowly ) , with an ‘ ooh , ah ’ , accompanied by much frantic rubbing of calf muscles , you know why . |
| 18 | The time difference between pulses emitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver with or without the specimen in place can be measured to the order of 1 ns . |
| 19 | To avoid problems the drafter should make clear whether the reference in the terms is to the definition current at the time of drafting or to the version in force from time to time . |
| 20 | Do you regard yourself to the left or to the right in politics ? |
| 21 | It may be — although we can not be sure because our knowledge is so uneven — that many of the frequently expressed fears of the effects of expanding leisure opportunities on the countryside are exaggerated , that well-publicized cases of overcrowding and ecological damage in the Lake District , in parts of the Derbyshire Peak District or on the Downs in Kent and Sussex are localized and atypical rather than the shape of things to come elsewhere . |
| 22 | Cast iron superseded lead as the main material used for gutters and downpipes but cast iron systems are now likely to be showing signs of leaking at the joints between lengths of guttering or at the joints in downpipes . |
| 23 | Buy them in advance from the Enquiry Desk , Chambers Street , or at the door in Queen Street on the night of the event . |
| 24 | But the royal power of veto over the legislation of the colonial assemblies was still active at a time when it was dying out in Britain , and it could be exercised either by governors on the spot or by the government in London . |
| 25 | It could have been avoided by having the same verb in ss.18 and 20 or by the Lords in Wilson deciding that " cause " and " inflict " covered the same ground . |
| 26 | The whole operation was for Reagan 's sake , as well as the hostages ' ; it was a present for him , preferably one to be delivered by Christmas , or by the State of the Union address in January , or by the elections in November . |
| 27 | Allocation decisions are made by the Librarian , or by the Librarian in conjunction with the library committee ( largely comprised of academics ) , or by the library committee alone . |
| 28 | They did not determine the actions of the Ministry of Home Affairs nor of the RUC in Duke Street . |
| 29 | In its treatment of matrimonial conveyancing , this book is not concerned with the merits of the spouses ' respective claims nor with the proceedings in connection with those claims . |
| 30 | Accuracy is cited both in percent error and as the shortfall in ohms . |