Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Today , the medical establishment , in both Britain and America , is of the opinion that dietary fibre is of value in protecting us from the diseases of modern Western civilization . |
| 2 | Richard was quite correct , as technically speaking they were all in harbour , in addressing them by the names of their craft . |
| 3 | This will equip those who are interested in developing themselves with the tools to reach greater responsibility and promotion , and of course greater rewards . |
| 4 | If Mr. Howell 's argument is correct , the school , even though over-subscribed , could not have adopted these sibling and proximity criteria in deciding which of the applicants ' parental preferences were to succeed and which fail . |
| 5 | In directing it at the targets they did , however , they produced effects that feminists such as Josephine Butler might have eventually found abhorrent . |
| 6 | Since none of the available usages are politically neutral , I see no value in prescribing one over the others . |
| 7 | In concerning ourselves with the needs of pupils , we may too long have ignored the need to give our teachers services and support and help them to feel adequate to cope with the demands that education in the modern world is making upon them . |
| 8 | Strength and independence are useful prerequisites in de-fending ourselves against the effects of stress , but they need the support of a communal sense of responsibility , of sharing a load , and of sharing it fairly in order to make the load feel lighter . |
| 9 | There may in fact be some differences in these time intervals and in other pathogenetic factors between Kock pouches and pelvic pouches , but in view of the general clinical similarities between the RP syndromes in these two forms of pouch ( Table V ) , we have felt justified in combining them for the purposes of our analysis . |
| 10 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |
| 11 | The applicants accepted that the justices had jurisdiction to make such an order but contended that they had erred in law in making it on the facts of this case . |
| 12 | He was more interested in telling me about the tactics of the attorney general . |
| 13 | The people who conceived this film and the people who applaud it take certain masochistic fascination in casting themselves as the martyrs , poor innocents slaughtered by barbarians . ’ |
| 14 | Sentencing McPherson , the judge , Lord Cameron , said he accepted that McPherson had been in some part less responsible for the violence to Mr O'Donnell that evening , but added : ‘ Nevertheless you played a full part in luring him into the hands of those who were responsible for repeated acts of a bizarre and terrible character upon him . ’ |
| 15 | In the case of the elder James Stephen 's commitment to antislavery , it came after the experience of working in the West Indies as a lawyer , but more precisely , that experience helped direct into antislavery the expression of his gratitude ‘ for the infinite mercy of God ’ in extricating him from the depths of sin brought on by sexual passion and setting him on the path of prosperity and happiness . |