Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now doubtless to some people this is an everyday situation and so they have no problems in tackling it as a mathematical exercise . |
| 2 | They can get so much more out of it if you encourage them to approach it in the way a real production would be approached — as an exercise in communicating something to a specific audience . |
| 3 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 4 | What 's the point in saving everything for a comfortable old age if you 're suffering hardship now ? |
| 5 | De Gaulle was more interested in exploiting the process of change ( in the interests of France and of his regime ) than in forcing it to a fixed end-point . |
| 6 | Unless it does so , however , it is inevitable that , in presenting itself as a general theory of conduct , psychology will come to embody a certain idea of man . |
| 7 | I moved the reliquary from its altar , after it had been swathed well for safety in moving it to a higher place . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't see any sense in subjecting him to a hard race in the Gold Cup when I know that his blood has been wrong , ’ he explained . |
| 9 | Knowledge of English literature is also of value in providing us with a common range of reference , and is of great importance in developing linguistic skills in Standard English . |
| 10 | ‘ I was wondering , ’ Brassard confided-to his wine glass , ‘ whether you 'd be interested in joining me in a new agency . |
| 11 | Scudamore said : ‘ This has paid us dividends for our gamble in running him in a big handicap for the first time . |
| 12 | We do know that responses by women members of the Legitimation League were cautious and ambiguous , highlighting the tensions felt by feminists in committing themselves to a libertarian politics . |
| 13 | The Directors of Craigendarroch Country Estate have great pleasure in inviting you to a luxury weekend in Royal Deeside . |
| 14 | If you are to get the maximum enjoyment from growing roses , just as much care is needed in choosing one as a hundred , and it is to selecting what to grow — and where to buy — that we now turn . |
| 15 | The second movement was just ending , and had succeeded in stabilising her to a certain extent . |
| 16 | This is not part of the project plan but an aid to the project leader in creating one with an adequate safety margin . |
| 17 | There are at least two other central issues that must be discussed before we can obtain a clearer insight into what is involved in regarding something as an ontological existent . |
| 18 | Again , like Marx and the elite theorists he conceives the state largely , if not wholly , in terms of domination ; and this ‘ realist ’ view distinguishes him sharply from those social scientists who , while differing about what the role of the state should be ( how interventionist or laissez-faire ) , agree fundamentally in regarding it as an autonomous and neutral body , which arbitrates among competing claims and expresses the real consensus in society that underlies particular conflicts of interest . |
| 19 | Finally retrieval is a separate process because of another familiar phenomenon that it is possible to know something , that is it must be in storage , but not actually succeed in retrieving it at a particular time . |
| 20 | Some of it you know just to ignore , but if it is from someone who knows what he is on about , then it can be helpful in making you into a better player . |
| 21 | Says an Expo spokesperson : ‘ Ultimately , the entire operation cuts the real cost of recording to approximately £160 , half that of most demos and provides the band with a public profile , reviews , recording experience , a high quality product and experience in marketing themselves on a small scale . ’ |
| 22 | If shaft flexibility is not important dynamically there seems little point in introducing it as an unwanted variable in the swing . |
| 23 | If they see , some advantage in putting something in a particular way , they 'll do that . |
| 24 | Just as mainstream Surrealism made a point of emphasising the intuitive powers of women , and delighted in portraying her as an earthbound sorceress , so many women artists also presented their image as subject to the cycles of nature and magical forces . |
| 25 | It is then not so much the distinction between names and descriptions as the distinction between the function of naming and the function of describing that gives some indication as to what is involved in positing something as an ontological existent . |