Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Then he remembered something and knew he was in duty bound to take that risk . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He started attending regularly in order to get to know more people . |
| 9 | 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 " . |
| 10 | Councillor did in fact try to take some credit for one or two things in his speech . |
| 11 | It is suggested that the tenant should in fact attempt to delete this clause on the ground that the landlord is already protected by the other covenants contained in the lease and can take such action as may be necessary either for breach of contract or in tort . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , I think you will understand that to one not accustomed to committing such errors , this development was rather disturbing , and I did in fact begin to entertain all sorts of alarmist theories as to their cause . |