Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Identification is a process which occurs when the ego , in part abandoning its awareness of itself as a separate entity , equates itself , or some aspect of itself , with some external thing . |
| 2 | The daily ritual of meal-times , for example , may often contain a wealth of deliberately and non-deliberately imparted information for the child , in part confirming his status as a child ( children should be seen and not heard , children should finish their cabbage because it is good for them ) , in part defining the stages of growing up ( older children sit on ‘ proper ’ chairs , drink out of ‘ proper ’ cups , and use knives and forks ) , and in part defining and reinforcing certain adult identities ( father carves the joint , mother brings food from the stove ) . |
| 3 | The forty or so girls , dressed in mufti to mark their status as sixth-formers , stood up on the arrival of the speaker and his escort . |
| 4 | ( Nigel Stanley ) ; ‘ Sunseekers sprinting through Gatwick in attempt to catch their flight to Spain . ’ |
| 5 | Green-eyed , bemasked , conjuring up the ten-foot plus boards that could conquer the peaks of Waimea , Ken Bradshaw reminded me of Dr Rotwang in Metropolis instilling his robot with beauty and life . |
| 6 | BIG COUNTRY 'S rebirth as a major force in rock has its roots in the band 's darkest hour . |
| 7 | The brains in rock wear their disdain on the top deck , a glimpse of the ivories to warn off the unwary and make it clear that they are outsiders . |
| 8 | The brains in rock wear their disdain on the top deck , a glimpse of the ivories to warn off the unwary and make it clear that they are outsiders . |
| 9 | And it is fatuous for Mr Paddy Ashdown to claim that he stands in readiness to preserve our democracy with a more moderate alternative to Labour . |
| 10 | Government will work in partnership to secure our heritage for the benefit of future generations . |
| 11 | The US airline Pan American , which had filed in January for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the US insolvency code [ see p. 37953 ] , saw its prospects improve with an acceptance by the United Kingdom government ( confirmed on March 11 ) that it could in effect sell its rights to routes into London 's Heathrow airport to United Airlines for $290,000,000 ; United began its Heathrow services on April 5 . |
| 12 | To do so would suggest that the Bank were in effect guaranteeing their payment at maturity . |
| 13 | The Bank , by rejecting offers at r 1 , is in effect reducing its demand for bills ( D 1 to D 2 ) , and thereby drives up the rediscount rate to r 2 . |
| 14 | The exception is , of course , in the pronouncement that shareholders have in effect surrendered their power to professional management , a pronouncement which does not so much face the central question of the rights of ownership as to try to pass it by . |
| 15 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 16 | The King was also widely criticized for in effect putting his conscience above his role as head of state . |
| 17 | Clearly he is a man who , on the night in question allowed his enthusiasm for sex to overcome normal behaviour . ’ |
| 18 | The phenomenon depends upon an exchange of benefits and not upon the fact that , as in Hamilton 's theory , the gene in question benefits its duplicate in another organism . |
| 19 | The Dale Farm Olympic Youth Camp , held earlier this month in Antrim , dealt with topics that would have left old timers in sport shaking their head in disbelief . |
| 20 | Canon Spence said : ‘ We are delighted that Kenneth Clarke has made it absolutely clear that Catholic parents have the right in law to send their children to the local Catholic school . |
| 21 | A regular brisk walk will improve muscle tone , but in winter protect your cheeks with a generous application of moisturiser and a soft woollen scarf pulled up round your face . |
| 22 | The Soviet and East European participants , however , were obliged in return to give their agreement to the so-called ‘ Basket 3 ’ , which concerned the movement of people and ideas between East and West in areas such as tourism , the reunification of families and access to printed and other media The Final Act also committed its signatories to a series of follow-up meetings , designed to monitor the fulfilment of the agreement ; the first of these was held in Belgrade in 1977 , and the second in Madrid in 1980 . |
| 23 | Something inherent in maleness necessitates its expression in systems of oppressive hierarchies . |
| 24 | Many people in business mark their correspondence with a series of letters and numbers which are instructions to the typist to compose a letter from previously composed standard paragraphs . |
| 25 | The course is designed to enable students who have taken a first degree in German to increase their knowledge of modern German literature and to extend their competence to the medium of film . |
| 26 | The Criminal Justice Act 1991 allows child witnesses in court to give their evidence-in-chief of video , though they must still be cross-examined ‘ live ’ . |
| 27 | Defence barristers for people charged with riot asked police officers in court to justify their behaviour at Orgreave — the details of which had appeared on television screens across the country . |
| 28 | Within eighteen months McCartney was in court dissolving his connection to Apple and the other Beatles . |
| 29 | Few new species were added to his oceanic collection , but Gould was delighted to spend his time recording again in minute detail his encounters with familiar acquaintances . |
| 30 | ‘ We certainly do n't want to alarm anyone , but it is important for people to know what they can do in advance to prepare their homes against damage . ’ |