Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From one point of view it might not matter , for the paragraphs are in part devised to give the reader information . |
| 2 | Although the centre-right Alliance handsomely won the East German election , it does not have the two-thirds majority in parliament needed to change the constitution to allow unification to go ahead . |
| 3 | The ruling United National Party does not have the two-thirds majority in parliament required to change the constitution . |
| 4 | He subjects these bonds to rigorous empirical testing using the standard techniques of positivist criminology ( survey , statistical analysis ) , while in addition attempting to avoid the problem of the selectivity of ‘ official ’ definitions of criminality by using alternative sources of data ( ‘ self-report ’ data ) . |
| 5 | that how that erm landlords in practice had to reduce the level of taxation |
| 6 | The Irish selectors were out in force preparing to pick the Northern Ireland bowls team for the Commonwealth Games in Canada next year and no doubt the young Portrush man could feature in their plans . |
| 7 | These two systems working in opposition seem to give the locust very fine speed control . |
| 8 | African heads of state will in future have to explain the origins of any large sums of money they deposit in Swiss banks . |
| 9 | By ‘ contract ’ , I mean an educational contract , in which the institution is in effect undertaking to provide the student with the kind of programme that he or she wants , in return for the student 's active participation . |
| 10 | In that case the appellant who was , and is , serving a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for murder , sought a declaration against the Parole Board and the Secretary of State that he was in effect entitled to know the reasons for refusing to release him on licence . |
| 11 | The two worked unstintingly to obtain the DM 3 million ( £1,034,000 ; $1.8 million ) in sponsorship needed to bring the exhibition to Berlin . |
| 12 | Although the evidence for Lothar 's having studied under Huguccio is far from conclusive , the overwhelming weight of the pope 's own utterances , turn of mind and passionate interest in law seem to endorse the statement of the Gesta that he did indeed study at Bologna . |
| 13 | The middle years of the fourteenth century saw the change from mail armour to plate , while the coming century or so witnessed many improvements in design , so that arrows , bolts , and pikes were met with glancing surfaces which , like the changes in architecture intended to counter the effect of the cannon ball , caused the deflection of the missile away from its target . |
| 14 | Special arrangements involving both North Wales police and a private security firm will be in place to try to prevent the sort of terrorist bomb attack which devastated the Tory conference in Brighton nine years ago . |
| 15 | CERTAIN PARTIES in pop seem to have the idea that the '70s were all glory . |
| 16 | The drugs used are highly toxic and those in charge have to learn the dangers both to themselves and to patients . |
| 17 | The drugs used are highly toxic and those in charge have to learn the dangers both to themselves and to patients . |
| 18 | For example , if the economy is in the deflationary gap situation illustrated in Fig. 9 , but is also suffering from a 15 per cent rate of inflation , an increase in government spending or a cut in taxation designed to combat the unemployment is likely to worsen the rate of inflation . |
| 19 | The Government has been relying heavily on a pick-up in consumer spending to provide the basis for recovery but worries about job security and unemployment have encouraged saving rather than spending . |
| 20 | Prep schools , in particular , were in trouble trying to match the State sector 's 7½ per cent pay rise for teachers . |
| 21 | She became one of those women reporters whose listening ear and less judgemental approach to people in trouble helped to make the distillation of news the more respected practice it is today . |
| 22 | Behind all this was discernible the dim outlines of an even grander vision — a vision of an Anglo-Saxon world state , in which Britain , the white dominions and America ( realigned with Britain after what Curtis referred to as the ‘ schism ’ of 1775 ) would in concert undertake to ensure the peace and prosperity of the world : Curtis was not called ‘ The Prophet ’ for nothing . |
| 23 | and McNeill J. , had to consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus , where justices had refused bail on the ground that there was likely to be interference with witnesses and had at an application for a further remand in custody declined to hear the defendant 's counsel who wished to renew the application for bail on the basis that there had been a material change of circumstances . |
| 24 | Those in authority need to share the problems of those by whose grace that authority is exercised . |
| 25 | This change in definition helps to pinpoint the essence of the idea of ‘ measurement focus ’ as well as the main problem with the idea . |
| 26 | " The second phase of EMU will start on Jan. 1 , 1994 , after ( i ) the single market programme has been achieved ; and ( ii ) the treaty has been ratified , and by its provisions : ( a ) a process has been set in train designed to ensure the independence of the members of the new monetary institution at the latest when monetary powers have been transferred ; ( b ) the monetary financing of budget deficits has been prohibited and any responsibility on the part of the Community or its member states for one member state 's debt been precluded ; and ( c ) the greatest possible number of member states have adhered to the ERM . |
| 27 | BRITISH Petroleum is to press Chancellor Norman Lamont for a reduction in North Sea taxes and is making additional cuts in capital spending to avoid the risks of further cash and dividend pressures . |
| 28 | By the middle of the month , over 350 arrests had been made and six newspapers banned in government moves to disrupt the opposition campaign . |
| 29 | Speeding up cellular turn-over ; zapping free radicals ; strengthening intercellular cement , all in turn seemed to hold the key to a younger , fresher complexion . |
| 30 | They are designed to stimulate the circulation which in turn helps to eliminate the toxins and fatty particles . |