Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Myra is a dear , but she 's also a gossip … my reputation will be in shreds by the time I get back . ’ |
| 2 | In discussions with the child it is often possible to plan a course of work to meet the individual 's needs so that the learning process is negotiated rather than dictated . |
| 3 | Suppose we show that in a present-day vernacular there is structured variation in verb-forms of the type he does/he do ( see Cheshire , 1982 , for a relevant study ) , with one form perhaps being preferred in formal styles and the other in casual styles : we may also — by comparing the speech of different social groups and age-groups — show that one form is progressing at the expense of the other . |
| 4 | The walls are painted a pale , clear Christmas green mixed by Veronica in tones of a colour she copied from Chinese lacquerware . |
| 5 | In comments at the time they were described as a kit of parts . |
| 6 | In a culture more and ore unified by the mass media , it is more absurd and anachronistic than ever to separate the middle-class from the working-class , the potentially academic and scholarly from the rest , in terms of the teaching they will receive at school . |
| 7 | But a lot of these things come quite naturally er I hope we 'll see on when we look at the video that really I do n't think anybody had a major problem with the voice er and the words as well when you 're talking about two million pounds so in terms of the voice I do n't believe anybody has any major problems . |
| 8 | A further step , or rather a great deal of research , would be greatly more significant in terms of the question we are considering . |
| 9 | In order to gain an understanding of the synthesis procedure , consider first the elementary problem of designing a first-order Butterworth filter for which , from equation ( 12.2 ) or in terms of the parameter It is required to find the physically realisable transfer function which will yield the first-order , Butterworth , amplitude-squared response represented by equation ( 12.3 ) or ( 12.4 ) . |
| 10 | ( 4 ) The following passage contains some inconsistencies in terms of the register it adopts . |
| 11 | But as well as having a novel structure , the theory has an explanatory power quite unlike that of classical economics : for while the latter attempted to explain economic systems as a response to individual needs , Marx accounted for a much wider range of social phenomena in terms of the part they played in a totality . |
| 12 | I would n't mind if those blasted slightly longer life in terms of the music they played . |
| 13 | We have tried to set our sights high in terms of the response we believe is essential in the wake of the Earth Summit . |
| 14 | In terms of the doubt we are discussing , the long-term habit of faith is particularly necessary because the constant drive of our fallen natures is toward idolatry . |
| 15 | Leaks can have very serious consequences in terms of the damage they cause to your home — especially if they occur on the central heating system . |
| 16 | I mean I want to start with , with pensions pay and er , basically what 's happening is that everyone 's suffering pay cuts er and er th th what the government is doing is , first of all is attacking the State pension scheme er , and it 's allowing , er , employers to continue to rip-off occupational pension schemes and er since it 's pay , and it 's our pay , we wan na make sure we control it and I do n't see why the employers should be allowed to continue to exploit er , us both at one , both in terms of the pay we get now and the pay we get when we retire , whether it be at sixty whether it be er , whenever we wish to er retire and er , I think it 's very important if the government is er committed to crime prevention , that it actually starts doing something about those for , those , those employers , and Maxwell has , has been er referred to already , he 's just the tip of this very big iceberg er , and er , up and down the country , people are suffering substantial thefts of pay er employers are systematically organizing wages snatches , that 's what this er pension fraud is all about , and it 's about time that our government actually got round er and tackled this very important corporate crime issue that 's actually going on at the moment and er , I think that it 's very important that we ensure that we 're involved in er managing our own pension sch p pension funds , and therefore we should be pushing through demands of the er th the , the charter for pension fund democracy , and ensuring er that the government actually listens to what we 're saying , and actually er comes up with answers why we can not have the right to control our pay cos I can I ca n't see an any reason that they come back and say why democracy , why they ca n't , why , why they wo n't allow us to have a greater say and control our own pension funds and that 's I think is a legitimate demand that we should be campaigning for , up and down the country . |
| 17 | Well I , I think to t we could try and make an assessment of the case load , special needs post sixteen case load in ter and we 'd have to do it in terms of the work we actually do . |
| 18 | I think that really speaks volumes in terms of the support we get within the school and within the community ’ . |
| 19 | It is priceless in terms of the knowledge it will give us ’ . |
| 20 | And whether it 's nasty shouting arrogant Kenneth Clarke or lovely perfumed Virginia , they 're all the same underneath in terms of the way they look at the Health Service . |
| 21 | We can give descriptions of a photon in terms of the way it behaves , but it is very hard for us to imagine what a photon actually is . |
| 22 | One complication that we see raised with Samson Agonistes , is that a text 's success in fulfilling the conditions of its chosen genre , in this case classical tragedy , may help to render it unsuccessful in terms of the way it was originally envisaged as intervening aethestically in its contemporary history . |
| 23 | The lure of big money was on the way and director Bob Rafelson had fortunately obtained Jack 's signature for another BBS film before the price went up and put him back on track as a counter-culture player , a route which Nicholson analysed in terms of the way he wanted his career to go . |
| 24 | ‘ Many parents of premature babies and people with disabilities must be horrified at this report which seeks to cheapen their lives by measuring their value solely in terms of the money it costs to provide for even the most basic human rights such as education . ’ |
| 25 | I did not want Jean-Claude to think I thought of his work only in terms of the money it might earn . |
| 26 | I 'll tell you what I 'd rather be Intercity than Central Services in terms of the market we 've got . |
| 27 | The increasing complexity of everyday business life has led many firms to recruit full time administrators whose status matches ( if indeed in terms of the power they wield it does not exceed ) that of the partners themselves ; or indeed one partner may be seconded to administrative duties on a permanent basis . |
| 28 | In achieving this end , essays follow certain general patterns of development and direction , which are definable in terms of the focus they give to their subject matter and the different modes of argument they adopt . |
| 29 | Well one of way doing it is actually to expand , be very up front in terms of the information you 're supplying and the way you actually supply it . |
| 30 | In terms of the weight you have to carry around , it is a light fuel . |