Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large number of forms in circulation made it difficult for the authorities to keep track of them . |
| 2 | It can also in effect make it impossible for them to participate in the community and thus deprives them of an important aspect of citizenship . |
| 3 | The plot of each book is built on the physical fact of impersonation : the emotional content depends on character , as the Englishman in effect proves himself worthy to be a king in more than mere appearance . |
| 4 | On an application for any interim relief under subsection ( 1 ) the court may refuse to grant that relief if , in the opinion of the court , the fact that the court has no jurisdiction apart from this section in relation to the subject-matter of the proceedings in question makes it inexpedient for the court to grant it . |
| 5 | Many who subscribed to COS principles in theory found it difficult in practice to abandon to destitution or the Poor Law many who were in desperate and immediate need . |
| 6 | The realisation that this is a racist society , a society which wishes them dead for the colour of their skin , accentuates their loneliness , and their isolation in turn makes it harder for them to fight against racism . |
| 7 | The difference between a good thinker and an average thinker is often the difference in ability to extract something significant from where it is buried amongst other matters . |
| 8 | Looking young is important to many women today in order to hold their own with confidence in the world outside the home , whether they are married or single . |
| 9 | Our cautionary comments and suggestions are offered to ease the transitional processes of attachment and detachment in order to improve them both for the individual and the organisations involved . |
| 10 | Hayek thus seems open to the criticism that he skews his account of moral and social development in order to render it harmonious with his ideological preference for a particular conception of liberty . |
| 11 | I was frequently told of the necessity for study overseas in order to do anything worthwhile in the academic field because facilities in China were so ‘ backward ’ . |
| 12 | Presumably the programmers cut down on frills in order to cram it all into a single load , though I do n't know why they bothered — no-one will ever get past Level Ten anyway ! |
| 13 | Haldane , according to Drummond , had assured him that he might ‘ depend on all his interest in order to make me happy in every opportunity , in the event on my giveing him my vote & intrest ’ . |
| 14 | The cliffs themselves are banted back in order to make them safe from rock falls and so forth , but they , they do still suffer from weathering attack by rain , by frost , and the combination of salt from spray and frost is quite damaging , so that anybody who walks along the undercliff knows that in winter , for example , you tend to get a sludge of erm white erm finely divided wet chalk which sledges off erm cliff , particularly those people in recent years who 've walked behind the marina , where it no longer gets washed off by the high tide erm where Brighton Corporation have to keep trying to remove it . |
| 15 | Serious attempts were made to level up the resources for secondary modem schools , in order to make them comparable with grammar schools , and so achieve that parity to which Ellen Wilkinson was openly committed . |
| 16 | Jean Alesi is said to be trying to disentangle himself from his 1993 Ferrari contract in order to make himself available to Williams . |
| 17 | In order to make myself comprehensible to them , I have taken particular pains with the style and clarity of the exposition … " |
| 18 | Even in situations where there is a published list covering the requirements of the type of library or the subject area to be indexed , this list is likely to require adjustment in order to make it compatible with local requirements . |
| 19 | They and the school together planned ahead in order to make it possible for pupils to feel that they , too , knew themselves better . |
| 20 | In order to make it worthwhile for people to buy bills , therefore , they must be sold below their face value ( i.e. at a discount ) . |
| 21 | As we noted in Chapter 10 , oligopolists have an incentive to carry out socially unproductive advertising in order to make it harder for new entrants to meet the fixed costs of breaking into the industry , thereby leaving more of the market and the profit for existing firms . |
| 22 | I understand that this particular problem may be dealt with in the near future , and it is quite obvious that the Rules need urgently to be reconsidered in order to make it clear to circuit judges and to magistrates , who have the problem of dealing with these snatches , that they can deal with it in an appropriate way which is in the interests of the child concerned . |
| 23 | His naturally long strides , she suspected , he was deliberately making even longer in order to make it difficult for her to catch up ! |
| 24 | The bill also made permanent changes in the system in order to make it easier for more people to qualify for extended jobless benefits in the future . |
| 25 | He had been made mayor by the Germans during the Occupation , and had in fact done his best for the villagers . |