Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [noun] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He obviously changed the clock around — there are many filled in holes in the front — which implies it was a pioneering , experimental piece . |
| 2 | Similar facies may be expected further east in the subsurface . |
| 3 | All we can say is that girls do as well as boys at the mathematical skills which primary teachers value , such as computation , but that the APU surveys , and the analysis of other researchers such as Hilary Shuard ( 1986 ) , have picked up differences in the performance of girls and boys which mathematics educators regard as significant . |
| 4 | WISH you were here can so easily become ‘ wish we 'd never gone ’ when you arrive home to find that burglars have emptied the tool shed , the pipes have burst and the dog has picked up fleas in the kennels . |
| 5 | Never mind the crater in the window , never mind the tyres with several thousand miles scraped off their lives , never mind some brand new little glitch that had better be sorted out a.s.a.p. in the cab 's suspension . |
| 6 | PRINCESS Anne and the Queen Mother both carried out duties in the City of London yesterday . |
| 7 | Mining companies , including Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd ( MEG 4 ) and Noranda-Kerr ( MEG 74 and 115 ) have also carried out work in the area . |
| 8 | Lindsey reckons that he is the most shot down pilot in the world , after all , until the appearance on the UK airshow circuit of Spanish-built Messerschmitt ‘ 109s ’ ( Ha 1112MIL Buchons ) in 1988 , Lindsey had the only German ‘ fighter ’ available . |
| 9 | At Stanmer , the earlier Pelhams created a well-balanced ‘ Palladian ’ house in the 1720s ; in order to preserve a sense of proper grandeur , the village was moved further north in the downland valley to hide it from view . |
| 10 | The difficulty of choosing a unique line for the Front is again illustrated in this area , where two obliquely-striking reverse faults ( the Avon Thrust and Ridgeway Thrust ) are exposed further north in the area of partial Mesozoic cover and complex geology ( Kellaway and Hancock 1983 ) . |
| 11 | Cushendall police requested further assistance in the Glengariff area at 1345 where more livestock had become cut off by the flood waters . |
| 12 | As this demonstrated , the defection of Warwick had opened up gaps in the king 's authority and Gloucester was again an immediate beneficiary . |
| 13 | As this demonstrated , the defection of Warwick had opened up gaps in the king 's authority and Gloucester was again an immediate beneficiary . |
| 14 | It was a more acute problem by the time of 2 Peter : chapter 3 of that Letter is specifically directed towards those who have given up hope in the Return of Christ . |
| 15 | But it was no more than a consolation , and Bournemouth easily played out time in the monsoon to earn a second-round trip to Cheltenham . |
| 16 | Top up insurance can not be obtained with unlimited cover , and may be made subject to certain other conditions , eg the exclusion of indemnity in respect of claims brought in courts in the USA . |
| 17 | I notice she has brought in reinforcements in the person of Villette . ’ |
| 18 | General Philippe Morillon has set up headquarters in the town , which has been under Serb siege for 11 months , according to Laurens Jolles , of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 19 | The SIR in question is Systems Integrated Research which has recently set up shop in the UK . |
| 20 | A recent study by the University of Michigan suggests that 90% of the parts in Japanese cars built in America come either direct from Japan or from Japanese manufacturers which have set up shop in the United States . |
| 21 | With Syrian approval , the captain of the town 's ‘ defence committee ’ had set up office in the telephone exchange . |
| 22 | In particular , the rebels assert that waste from the open-cast mine , including mercury , has caused extensive damage to the island 's forests and has widened and silted up streams in the Jaba River system . |
| 23 | Relative concentrations of mitochondrial genomes with reference to the nuclear genome increased about 50% in the mutant strain . |
| 24 | During the later Middle Ages the turnover of names had been rapid , but afterwards an important group of middling farmers had put down roots in the parish and had given the community a sense of cohesiveness and continuity . |
| 25 | We agree that care should be taken over terminology in the interpretation of fluoroscein angiograms but contend that the use here was accurate . |
| 26 | Armoured carriers had taken up positions in the east of the city but the western approaches seemed to be still subject to heavy fighting . |
| 27 | IN THE wake of his suspension , French prop GREGOIRE LASCUBE has taken up refereeing in the hope that his six months ' ban will be reduced . |
| 28 | Already certain less-than-fashionable New Yorkers have taken up residence in the sewers and subway shafts . |
| 29 | It made her feel a little dowdy , as though she had taken up residence in the suburbs of morality . |
| 30 | Rumour has it that he has taken up residence in the port of Leith , near enough to Edinburgh but , should matters go wrong , the best place for his departure by land or sea . |