Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pron] [noun] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theory of the second-best says that it is allocatively more efficient to spread inevitable distortions thinly over many markets than to concentrate their effects in a few markets . |
| 2 | We did little planning other than booking our accommodation in a chain of well positioned youth hostels , but the holiday was memorable . |
| 3 | Over all , you 'd have fared much better than keeping your money in a bank or building society . |
| 4 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |
| 5 | We consulted the acknowledged experts in the field , many of whom were not known to the general public ; and for the most part we did little more than synthesise their conclusions in a readily digestible fashion . |
| 6 | Cairn is also considering merging its interests in the United States with Omni Exploration , a quoted American company , where Cairn acquired a 64 p.c. stake in December . |
| 7 | A hegemonal class may be more or less ingenious at furthering its political interest while maintaining its position in the power bloc ; the working class may make better or worse use of a revolutionary situation . |
| 8 | Consideration will be given to seasonal dwellings ( such as the shielings where members of rural communities lived while tending their animals in the upland summer grazing ) and to the temporary nature of much Scottish housing in the past . |
| 9 | She can lie on her back like an inverted cockroach while waggling her legs in the air . |
| 10 | While conceding her part in the enterprise was not as extensive as her paramour accomplice , Judge Kenneth Rubin did say , ‘ Quite clearly you were not a passive person . ’ |
| 11 | Oliver Gregory , who set High Street trends as co-founder of the Habitat chain , might have slipped on wet grass while carrying his shotgun in the garden of his home at Collingbourne Ducis , Wilts . |
| 12 | Ferguson celebrated his 21st birthday while negotiating his months in the wilderness and watched Eoin Jess , who has a much sounder temperament , make a sizeable impact on the national coach at the same time . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Theodora finding no difficulty at all in launching straight into theological discussion whilst arranging her fruit in a bowl . |
| 14 | and then while he was upstairs seeing and helping his wife , then the the stove blew up downstairs , now that might have been the house saving from a real disaster whilst attacking his wife in a minor way , or it might have been pure coincidence . |
| 15 | The president is taking the key decision as to whether to increase his forces in the Gulf and to switch from a defensive to an offensive posture . |
| 16 | By this time I was on my knees trying to make up my mind whether to bow my head in the direction of Japan , Taiwan , Singapore , Eindhoven or the US . |
| 17 | Similarly , he celebrates the great house at Allington , which is early Stuart and built next to the road , with the comment : ‘ To be near the village , so as in some way to afford comfort , protection , and patronage , and perhaps also with a view to the pleasantness of neighbourhood for its own inmates , seemed to be the object of a gentleman when building his house in the old days . ’ |
| 18 | The central figure , St Cecilia , seems rapt in such inspiration as produced her image in the painter 's mind ; her deep , dark , eloquent eyes lifted up ; her chestnut hair flung back from her forehead — she holds an organ in her hands — her countenance , as it were , calmed by the depth of its passion and rapture , and penetrated throughout with the warm and radiant light of life . |
| 19 | Asclepiodatus can , therefore , be seen as beginning his career in the service of Guntram , for whom he acted as referendary , transferring to Childebert in 593 , and then becoming patricius of Provence under Childebert 's sons . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) An institution shall not be regarded as conducting its business in a prudent manner unless it maintains or , as the case may be , will maintain net assets which , together with other financial resources available to the institution of such nature and amount as are considered appropriate by the Bank , are — ( a ) of an amount which is commensurate with the nature and scale of the institution 's operations ; and ( b ) of an amount and nature sufficient to safeguard the interests of its depositors and potential depositors , having regard to the particular factors mentioned in sub-paragraph ( 3 ) below and any other factors appearing to the Bank to be relevant . |
| 21 | Not so foolish as to put your head in a noose . |
| 22 | When the band stopped they were both on a tide of pleasure ; yet , she stepped away from him as though evading her share in the pleasure . |
| 23 | Marx 's contribution is to see ideology as having its origins in the social relations characteristic of the mode of production and not the result of prejudice in the individual . |
| 24 | Archaeology is usually regarded as having its beginnings in the mid 16th century with the work of topographers such as John Leland ( 1506–1552 ) who was employed by Henry VIII as ‘ Keeper of King 's Libraries ’ and so travelled extensively . |
| 25 | He even goes so far as to fabricate his signature in a way similar to Pound 's , so that it forms a kind of hieroglyph . |
| 26 | In Wheeler it was held that while section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976 allowed the council to consider the best interests of race relations when exercising its discretion in the management of a recreation ground , it could not , in the absence of any infringement of the law or improper conduct penalise a rugby club for failure to support the council 's policy of condemning a tour of South Africa . |
| 27 | Human beings are seen as constructing their actions in a process of interaction with others via the use of symbols , such as language — hence ‘ symbolic interactionism ’ . |
| 28 | So we tried to look deeper , particularly for a way of applying our money where its unique lack of strings could help add most the eminent scientists on the Venture Research Advisory Council — the Chairman Sir James Menter , Sir Rex Richards , Sir Hans Kornberg and Professor John Cadogan — contributed their expertise to this slow painstaking process as did my colleagues in the Unit . |
| 29 | This implies , as does its appearance in the Chronicle , that the Oxford assembly was important , and that the payment of tribute and the departure of part of Cnut 's fleet had prepared the way for an accommodation between the two sides . |
| 30 | But it was the same as drying her hair in the nude , with an electric hair dryer . |