Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [pron] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , now they 're both ethers try and name them first in naming them take the biggest hydro-carbon chunk that you can find and pretend that that was an alkane so the smaller chunk then becomes the substituant . |
| 2 | The paradox is that while mathematics appears to be based on axioms rather than empirical knowledge ( although some have argued that it is rooted ultimately in the ‘ one-twoness ’ of things ) , it has nevertheless turned out to be remarkably fruitful in enabling us to understand the physical and to a lesser extent social world ; it is as if we had invented a game which turned out to be real . |
| 3 | Just as selection via the 11-plus , was the decisive influence , the gaining of school-leaving qualifications is now crucial in deciding who gains the best jobs . |
| 4 | And Dearle claimed that in addition to the small scale of their work and the inexperience of their members , the committees also suffered from a difficulty in gaining the support of employers , especially in persuading them to grant the young worker time off for further education . |
| 5 | But in terms of turnover in staff I would I would be fairly confident in saying we have the lowest one of the lowest if not the lowest in any direct sales operation . |
| 6 | They see no problem in joining us to visit the elderly of the village ’ . |
| 7 | The injunction that Churchill gave Hugh Dalton , in asking him to oversee the Special Operations Executive , was ‘ to set Europe ablaze ’ . |
| 8 | In Bejing he met the Chinese President , Yang Shangkun , the Prime Minister , Li Peng , and other senior officials . |
| 9 | There is no point in arguing who cast the first stone or threw the first bomb , destroying a church hall or a GAA club . |
| 10 | In covering its spending the Central Bank had fuelled inflation by printing " trillions " of australs . |