Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [adj] [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tit for Tat won in this climate , and Tit for Two Tats would have won in this climate if it had been submitted . |
| 2 | SSAP 18 requires that ‘ a material contingent loss should be accrued in financial statements where it is probable that a future event will confirm a loss which can be estimated with reasonable accuracy at the date on which the financial statements are approved ’ ( para 15 ) . |
| 3 | Although water is far less compressible than air , the aquifer holds a lot of water compressed in this way because it is much larger than a tyre . |
| 4 | In addition to the splitting there has occurred some penetration of very thin plates of bone such as occur on the scapula ( Fig. 1.4N ) and some breakage of the borders of such bone ( the scapula illustrated here was not modified in any way before it was exposed for weathering ) . |
| 5 | Its street frontages are mostly of glass , separated by stone mullions designed to look like cast iron , and the windows are constructed as oriels in very slender iron frames ; it is included in this book because it was a pioneering metal-framed building . |
| 6 | How can opposition to reform be contained in other countries if it is so strong in more successful Poland ? |
| 7 | Register-shifting , while a possibility in certain sorts of text , is discouraged in academic texts because it can often have the effect of ironising your writing , something which is undesirable if you have to demonstrate clearly your knowledge and ideas . |
| 8 | Does he accept that not only that youth 's family but many other people have a total lack of comprehension as to how someone could be hanged in this country when he was in police custody when the gun was fired and the unfortunate police officer was killed by another person ? |
| 9 | The sexual aspects of adult life are immensely varied and will be considered in more detail as we come to think of the client groups with which social workers deal . |
| 10 | On 3 June last the painting was badly slashed in five places when it fell from the wall and caught on the scaffolding used by the restorers ( see The Art Newspaper No.20 , July-September 1992 , p.1 ) . |
| 11 | In many cases a natural spray does not seem nearly as attractive when it is presented in two dimensions as it does when seen growing naturally in the wild , when of course it is viewed in three dimensions . |
| 12 | Her finely shaped brows met in dark disapproval as she watched him pick at the lock with a thin piece of wire that he had produced from somewhere in the depths of his pocket . |
| 13 | This sequence is typical of what can be done in such surroundings once you have got your eye in and have begun to link your shots together visually or by association of ideas . |
| 14 | Never get anything done in this life if you do n't chance your arm . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But one thing I do n't want to happen as time goes by is to sit down and say that I did n't do as well as I might have done in another tournament because I did n't put in enough effort . |
| 16 | ‘ He was shot in cold blood because he knew too much and was about to blow the whistle , ’ a detective said . |
| 17 | They 're , they 're built in remote places so you 've got all the , the er wild life around them and then you 've got er farmland which uses pesticide and stuff like , which kills off the insect life and to birds all young and stuff like that . |
| 18 | Versions of the traditional hornpipe danced by sailors of many nationalities are featured in many ballets because it is so descriptive of the very particular way in which seamen walk and do the many different jobs that have to be done on any kind of boat . |
| 19 | Ye get bombed in this country if ye show a light . |
| 20 | NOESY distance constraints were not imposed in these cases since they contribute little towards the determination of the dodecamer conformation once the sugar puckers have been fixed . |
| 21 | This is a problem whether the transsexual is operated on or not , but is seen in greater relief if he is not . |
| 22 | Women lived a different cultural , economic , and political life from men in the 1920s , as will be seen in more detail when we return to this area and topic in 1926 . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , much of the investment that took place was never evaluated in this way because it was regarded as " inescapable " , that is , necessary to supply a satisfactory service level , rather than the level of service supplied being part of the decision-making procedure . |
| 24 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 25 | He could n't help thinking of something that she 'd said in all seriousness when they 'd left the apartment building behind and a lack of any interest from a passing night patrol on the motorway had told him that no , the police did n't seem to be keeping an active watch for his car ; she 'd looked at him and she 'd said , Promise me , Peter . |
| 26 | Bulk minerals are needed in substantial amounts as they are used for the formation of the skeleton . |
| 27 | Strings must be enclosed in double quotes if they have leading spaces or contain commas . |
| 28 | Their obsessive story is told in graphic detail as they sail merrily along on an ocean liner . |
| 29 | Many a time he had slept in worse quarters when he had attended David on his seasonal progresses in Gwynedd . |
| 30 | Its coat colour and pigmented skin are valued in hot climates where it has proved resistant to eye cancer and also , to some extent , to ticks . |