Example sentences of "in [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This programme may be successful in helping a small nation to emerge from the grip of imperialism even though under considerable economic domination ’ . |
| 2 | There 's a certain poetry for the couple in using a giant refrigerator to boost their adopted cause . |
| 3 | Britain has the support of other nuclear states including the US , Japan and France in opposing a Danish proposal to turn the current 10-year-old moratorium on sea dumping of radioactive waste into a permanent ban . |
| 4 | The lesson which can be learnt from South Africa regarding professionalism then seems to be that , as I pointed out last month , there is a contradiction in allowing a mercenary spirit to dominate an amateur game . |
| 5 | I would wish to emphasize that our ‘ normal ’ ‘ adjusted ’ state is too often the abdication of ecstasy , the betrayal of our true potentialities , that many of us are only too successful in acquiring a false self to adapt the false realities . |
| 6 | Last week the more go-ahead Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced that the New York Mercantile Exchange would be its partner in developing a new system to clear trades . |
| 7 | Most of its energies and resources however , are concentrated in the areas of Clubs and Societies and student welfare services , improving communications between students ( there are five student publications ) and in developing a social programme to suit the tastes of members across the four campuses of the University . |
| 8 | Most of its energies and resources however are concentrated in the areas of Clubs and Societies and student welfare services , improving communications between students ( there are five student publications ) and in developing a social programme to suit the tastes of members across the four campuses of the University . |
| 9 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 10 | The pressure was on — add a new chat-up line was born : ‘ Would you like to join me in testing a new way to prevent childbirth and other medical misfortunes ? ’ |
| 11 | The commodore , having just tacked in from Pin Mill , says that while he recognises the accomplishment of an ancient mariner there in teaching a grey parrot to recite the complete works of Shakespeare in Urdu , and could see that this might help international relations in some way , he is far from certain this was the sort of thing Mr Major had in mind . |
| 12 | But then they also see exactly what is entailed in having a newborn baby to care for , who does not sleep all day , but cries and is sick and needs constant attention . |
| 13 | Whether Martin ever went to the lengths of Turner in inviting a practising architect to check his buildings for stylistic accuracy is not recorded . |
| 14 | There are even special joys for women : the pride in learning a guaranteed way to keep the boots dry which , if performed behind waist-high bush , means ‘ you can casually and with dignity intact carry on a conversation with the rest of the camp ’ ; no more of the old ‘ search for a place to hide ( God forbid anyone should know we have to pee in the first place ) . ’ |
| 15 | What do we have in mind in taking a causal circumstance to explain an effect in the given sense ? |
| 16 | Leicestershire won by 133 runs IN MAKING a laudable attempt to sustain interest in a foreshortened contest at Fenner 's , Leicestershire learnt something of long-term disadvantage : their spin-bowling is not of county championship quality . |
| 17 | She discovered she was a split second too late in making a hurried scramble to get off the bed , because , in the next instant , Naylor was there with her , pinning her down with his body . |
| 18 | On 11 February 1987 the plaintiffs succeeded in raising a sufficient sum to meet the liabilities and the receivers were discharged . |