Example sentences of "in [art] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little in the West to compare with the fanaticism shown by Eastern monks or lay people as well as bishops over the minutiae of dogma . |
| 2 | There would be no point in designing software to control access to the video disc , unless suitable interfaces are also available to make it possible for the computer in the system to communicate with the video disc player and control its operation . |
| 3 | In the rush to get to the tail of the pool , I stumbled over a rock , and in putting out a hand to save a bad fall , dropped the rod and line into the water . |
| 4 | Back in the 10th century they would scoop out holes in the sand to get at the crude for medicinal purposes . |
| 5 | Since , in the view of the Board , there was no general obligation in the contract to disclose to the plaintiff Mr. Perot 's interest in Vertigo , the only question is whether , when the defendants became aware of Mr. Perot 's interest in both properties , they came under some other duty to take some step to resolve the difficulty or cease to act . |
| 6 | If attention and eyes are on the washing-up , it is unwise to try to speechread as well and frustrating to stop in the middle to look at the speaker ( possibly expensive in breakages too ! ) |
| 7 | The Royal Scots were the third infantry battalion in the Army to convert from the older FV 432 to Warrior . |
| 8 | Rakhmanov appealed on Nov. 21 to leaders of armed factions in the country to come to the Supreme Soviet . |
| 9 | ‘ Every year I say I am optimistic , ’ he added , ‘ but there is the political will in the council to agree with the new scheme and they would like to get Liss ' problem out of the way and a new school built . ’ |
| 10 | The school secretary was looking for other jobs to supplement her pay packet , there was n't enough money in the budget to pay for the books to teach the new curriculum , tests for seven-year-olds were bringing their own problems . |
| 11 | The situation became so drastic that one leading club , Botafogo , played a midweek game in the afternoon to save on the bill for floodlights . |
| 12 | Simon , however , would n't hear of it , and had joined her in the kitchen to help with the dishes . |
| 13 | And yes , a district general manager should 've resigned because he had an interest in the decision to go for the Trust status . |
| 14 | A good many herbs have coloured leaves , and such plants can be distributed in the border to blend with the colours of flowering herbs and to provide a display when they are not in bloom . |
| 15 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 16 | Arber et al argue that some important issues have been clouded by a failure in the literature to distinguish between the two different types of household structure : old living with old , and younger living with old . |
| 17 | He posits a difference in the attitude to risk on the part of management on the one hand and shareholders on the other , the former being much more risk averse than the latter , given the effect of insolvency on managers ' jobs and on the value of their shareholdings in the company ( which often constitute a considerable proportion of their total wealth ) , together with the possibility of personal liability in the event of winding up . |
| 18 | The greatest contributory factor , however , in choosing to settle in the city was their confidence in the ability to walk in the streets at night in safety . |
| 19 | I advised him in the meantime to send for the leaders of the other two parties & have them report position from their points of view . |
| 20 | I advised him in the meantime to send for the leaders of the other two parties and have them report position from their points of view . |
| 21 | Released in the US to coincide with the presidential elections , Robbins 's movie demonstrates that we get the politicians we deserve and that democracy is easily eroded . |
| 22 | Some , contemplating that north-south gap , would hold that the answer is to use whatever autonomy Labour has in the north to retreat into the past and reaffirm the public ownership tenets of Clause IV of its constitution . |
| 23 | Often groups can be given a " familiarisation visit " , going behind the scenes in the archives to learn about the range of documents and the methods of preserving and caring for them . |
| 24 | To achieve or succeed we have to climb over others in the struggle to rise to the top . |
| 25 | As well as the thrill of danger there was the considerable intellectual satisfaction of taking part in the very sophisticated artillery barrages on closely defined targets which distinguished the assistance the gunners gave to the gallant infantry in the struggle to break through the defences of Tunis ; and his unit supported the epic fight of the Gurkhas , the Rajputana Rifles and the Essex Regiment on Garci . |
| 26 | There was no one in the apartment to turn on the electric blanket . |
| 27 | Some jellyfish beat the edges of the bell rhythmically and thereby rise in the water to remain near the surface . |
| 28 | That talent was presumably the main reason for his appointment , and that 's only right and proper because if there 's one thing England can learn from Bob Dwyer , it is that you sometimes have to be prepared to let a young side lose in the short-term to gain in the long-term . |
| 29 | They 'd planned to go with Sinatra to his home in the desert to see in the New Year . |
| 30 | The first heroes in the battle to adapt to the damage are the referees at all levels who have sat down amongst themselves , worked out interpretations , decided what to ignore in the letter of the law ; and because the superior team can no longer launch sustained driving to sap the opposition , you find that inferior teams are still fresh as daisies at the end . |