Example sentences of "in [adj] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let a draft go through for wages when Stevenson 's had no funds in that particular bank to cover it . |
| 2 | I belonged to that great multitude who could n't help liking Dick Crossman : he and I were always nice to one another , right to the day in 1974 shortly before his death when he came to the Birmingham Bull Ring in acute physical discomfort to hear me advise my fellow-electors to vote Labour if they wanted out of the Common Market . |
| 3 | Yes , you all laugh — who , all right , he makes — some of the things he says are valid , but because he 's watered his message down , if you , well ‘ watered down ’ is the wrong , popularized his message to make a political point , at the same time he 's alienated other people who he needs to rely on in this scientific community to help him go , go forward . |
| 4 | These had been used to good effect by the PRD in the presidential elections of July 1988 , when the PRD candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano had accused the PRI of indulging in blatant electoral fraud to deny him victory [ see pp. 36367-69 ] . |
| 5 | It is only a matter or time before they die … and there are few new sapling in these machine-cut hedges to replace them , even if farmers wanted them . |
| 6 | The Elves of Ulthuan maintain fortresses and watchtowers in these desolate lands to warn them against invaders . |
| 7 | This would make a tempting combination , but that does not mean Paddy Ashdown should be in any great hurry to accept it . |
| 8 | I do n't think he 'll be in any fit condition to do it every morning anyway . |
| 9 | The local authorities cited so far can be described as having assimilated the care programme approach , they take it into account and perceive opportunities to be gained , but they do not appear to have changed themselves in any significant way to accommodate it . |