Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Just as ideas of precedence between states could be adjusted in practice to cope with the growing importance of the Dutch republic or Savoy , so governments which really wanted to negotiate could always find ways of doing so which side- stepped difficulties of ceremonial and procedure .
2 He was the fifth Richard Gough in succession to live as a small freeholder and yeoman farmer at Newton .
3 All you have to do is raise £140 in sponsorship to qualify for a free full day introductory course at one of the club 's sites around Bristol .
4 Being trapped by such circumstances may well increase the individual 's likelihood of suffering a psychiatric disorder , because , by definition , they would become unable or restricted in capacity to deal with the developing difficulties .
5 But Scarlet was too far gone in disenchantment to look for a bright side .
6 Teams went out in advance to adapt to the special conditions .
7 I discussed the issue of neutrality in the previous chapter : the Commission has demanded that the Efta states agree in advance to abide by a common defence policy which is as yet unspecified , thus provoking some concern among the applicant Governments .
8 No matter what your business commitments , it is far more sensible to have one day at home in bed to recover from the worst of the virus than to struggle in to work , extending the recuperation period enormously and giving the virus to everyone else .
9 After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing .
10 Mick Tait is rated ‘ very doubtful ’ with a calf strain and Smith is in line to return after a three-match absence .
11 ITHINK if we are ever to see grand hokum in the Mac marketplace we 'll see it in the months ahead , as the M-word — multimedia — becomes the in thing to discuss in the 1990s .
12 With plenty of power in hand to act as a technical workstation , it also provides the flexibility to run all the usual 286 and 386 PC software .
13 We have a steady flow of new developments in hand to compensate for the declining production from our older North Sea fields , notably Forties ( BP : 83.1% ) and Clyde ( BP : 51% ) .
14 Colleges wishing to participate were asked to indicate their intention by submitting a ‘ Request for Approval in Principle to Participate in the 1989 Pilot Programme ’ ( Form HN1 ) .
15 ‘ 'Sergei Rozanov had made an unnecessary journey from Moscow to Gorky , simply in order to sleep with a young blind woman . ’ ’
16 The number of Council Tax administrative staff below Senior Assistant level have been arrived at in total by examining the Community Charge case load per member of staff , projecting this on the basis of estimated case load for Council Tax and increasing this by 20% in order to deal with the personal elements of Council Tax , which were previously dealt with by the Community Charge Registration Officer .
17 But there is no need to revert to these basic objections to functionalism in order to deal with the specific question of the functions of crime .
18 In order to deal with the latter , all carry with them a book of fixedpenalty tickets .
19 In order to deal with the first question , we need to begin with considering in what circumstances a modus of any kind , public or private , might be enforced .
20 The " battle of the plans " became public and dramatic from mid-June , with Yavlinsky presenting his proposals on June 17 to Gorbachev , to the Russian Republic president Boris Yeltsin and to the Khazakstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev , while on the same day Pavlov in remarks to the USSR Supreme Soviet ridiculed the " grand bargain " and called for wider executive powers for the Soviet Council of Ministers in order to deal with the economic crisis .
21 The head porter needs to have an exceptional memory for names and faces , and be a fountain of knowledge in order to deal with the numerous enquiries of the guests .
22 They cover mainly the period since 1950 in order to allow for the full return to peacetime economic conditions which occurred largely during the reconstruction period after 1945 .
23 In Northern Ireland , in order to prevent hordes crossing the border in order to reside on the qualifying date , three month 's prior residence in the constituency is required ( 1983 Act , s.1(2) ) .
24 Finally , it is quite in order to conclude with a brief mention of any potentially useful information that is lacking either because it is not available to you or because it has never been collected ( but could be ) .
25 We adapt and suppress our needs in order to behave in a civilised fashion .
26 The hajduks of popular legend were Robin Hood figures , robbing the rich Turks in order to give to the poor Serbs .
27 First , society may wish to take from the rich in order to give to the poor .
28 He knew just when , and how , to tap , in order to receive at a deeper level than he gave .
29 In order to cope with a wide variety of programming languages , data definition languages , and computers , the module header should be formatted as one comment ( or a series of comments ) in the language of the module .
30 In order to cope with the increased diversity of decision-making required in these circumstances , several companies have introduced a matrix-type of structure , incorporating a number of operational roles , as in Figure 36.5 opposite .
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