Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While programs already exist for many of these topics it is sometimes more satisfying if one has sufficient ability in computer programming to modify existing simulations or create alternative programs . |
| 2 | Travellers ' tales , especially from traders , had in addition begun to circulate fictitious images of African peoples with bizarre physical features ( no mouths or noses ! ) ; accounts of the supposed promiscuity and general beastly immorality of African societies mingled with more accurate descriptions of the wealth and refinement to be found on the continent ( Walvin , 1973 ; Jordan , 1974 ; Husband , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | Suppose a seller with just 12 bottles of port in stock agrees to sell 12 bottles of port to a particular buyer . |
| 4 | This was nowhere more true than on the northern border , where the nobles who held office as Wardens of the Marches , a system that had reached full development by the end of Edward III 's reign , were in effect allowed to maintain permanent standing armies at the Exchequer 's expense . |
| 5 | From that mistaken belief springs the evil of social engineering , which , at its worst , results in bureaucracy seeking to manipulate entire populations . |
| 6 | I thought that was terrific , but the sergeant in charge had to take 5 months over paperwork to get them into court . |
| 7 | Those in charge need to impose some objective , explicitly or implicitly ( for example , by imposing a breakeven constraint ) in order for the size of the business to be determined . |
| 8 | Constitutions are infected with dynamism ; they will develop , willy-nilly , and if the necessity for development becomes obvious to courts , as to other law-creating agencies of the constitution , and the steps which they take in consequence come to enjoy widespread acquiescence , it is pointlessly academic in the worst sense to argue that such steps are , in some technical sense , wrong . |
| 9 | The Rules of the Supreme Court were in consequence changed to allow general use of documents read in open court — an ironic example of how the European Convention can still be necessary to enforce a principle which derives from , and should be fundamental to , British domestic law . |
| 10 | A life in art began to make real sense . |
| 11 | Instead , I shall draw on some of what has evolved over the last half century as ‘ curriculum theory ’ in education to try to suggest some frameworks and perspectives for analysing the wealth of detail which the system displays . |
| 12 | But the libertine who turned to religion in maturity seemed to get undue credit . |
| 13 | And that old theory that animals ca n't see colours is just not true because any vehicle which is black or red in colour appears to get more attention that any other . |
| 14 | For a moment , the centuries seemed to roll away , and she could visualise grim-faced men in chain-mail racing to answer some alarm , while women in wimpled head-dresses leaned down from the Gothic windows to bid them Godspeed . |
| 15 | Some very early work in AI attempted to model parallel processing , but the machines available were so primitive that little was learnt from this exercise . |
| 16 | By the end of the month Israeli leaders were reported effectively to have withdrawn their controversial request for some US$10,000 million in loan guarantees to finance immigrant absorbtion programmes , in the face of persistent US demands linking the loans with a cessation of settlement construction in the occupied territories . |
| 17 | This contrast in rhyming helps to emphasise important points in each stanza as this difference makes these lines stand out . |
| 18 | A report from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate , claiming that at least five per cent of pigs are contaminated with drug residues , has resulted in government moves to prosecute offending farmers . |
| 19 | Newson ( 1979 ) has argued that process studies in geomorphology seek to quantify three systems ; the mechanical sediment system , the chemical system , and the hydrological system , and it is notable that progress towards the quantification of these systems has been achieved by greater cooperation of physical geographers with scientists in other disciplines and in response to requirements of engineers and planners for resource information . |
| 20 | Then he remembered something and knew he was in duty bound to take that risk . |
| 21 | Even writers working in solitude try to form some idea of the receiver of their work and adjust to it — the meaningfulness of what they say can be viewed as a measure of the success of that prediction and adjustment . |
| 22 | Savimbi had earlier cut short a European tour after a visit to Portugal [ see p. 37176 ] in order to return to direct military operations from Jamba . |
| 23 | A complete review of what is now a vast , varied — and sometimes idiosyncratic — literature would take us well beyond our available space and our aim here will be to summarise the main approaches to the topic , in order to try to disentangle some arguments in the debate and draw some general conclusions from it . |
| 24 | It is therefore sensible to set out fully in the lease , for the purpose of clarification , the rights to be granted in order to try to avoid subsequent disputes . |
| 25 | He started attending regularly in order to get to know more people . |
| 26 | In order to learn to master this sort of mismatch , simple context drills must be prepared such as the following one , in order to become accustomed to the way the word is used in German : N.B. ( to me ) indicates that it is implied in the English sentence , but not usually stated ; if stated , it would be followed by the preposition " in " , as in " Bring the books to me in the library " . |
| 27 | Councillor did in fact try to take some credit for one or two things in his speech . |
| 28 | Preobrazhensky was in fact trying to analyse Soviet economy without reference to the specific historical features of that formation . |
| 29 | This research challenges the assumption of net creation of new jobs with the hypothesis that local authority aid may in fact serve to displace existing jobs , even leading to a net decrease in employment opportunities . |
| 30 | In a statement on Oct. 8 , the government implied that the RPF in fact sought to re-establish Tutsi domination . |