Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , how valid are the company 's assumptions about : customer sensitivity to price changes ( price elasticity of demand ) ; the effectiveness of its advertising in stimulating customer demand , and in maintaining its share of the total market ; the relationship of per capita real income to demand for its products ( for instance , people with increasing incomes tend to eat a wider variety of foodstuffs than hitherto , yet their per capita expenditure on food tends to decline as a proportion of their total personal expenditure ) . |
| 2 | The project has caused schools to give priority consideration to their libraries , to invest their own time , resources , and energy in bringing their institution to the threshold of project involvement , to establish appropriate committees , and to undertake the difficult business of planning and producing a proposal . |
| 3 | In bringing its fight to the streets of New York , Virgin also hope to win an injunction restraining B A. B A say there 's no basis for the claim . |
| 4 | However , of its contemporaries , your soaraway NME was undoubtedly the most diligent in bringing you news of the latest teen pop sensations . |
| 5 | In exile and under attack … the princess Draupadi in The Mahabharata The realm of grand illusion TELEVISION : Hugh Hebert and Michael Billington consider Peter Brook 's achievement in bringing his production of The Mahabharata , the longest poem in the world , to the screen . |
| 6 | Roxburgh felt that Nicol , as an integral part of a superb club side , had difficulty in realising his potential in the wider arena , but ‘ you keep hoping and hoping , because you know he has it to give . ’ |
| 7 | On leaving school at 14 , young George was ‘ put to the printing ’ , as was the term , but he was more interested in helping his father with the flicks and , with developing a business of his own . |
| 8 | These reflections upon the character of the new vision of contracts may assist teachers in organizing their teaching of the modern doctrine . |
| 9 | It would be able to cut costs and raise capital for investment in building its share of the market . |
| 10 | Teachers are also represented , and many find marking helpful in shaping their approach to the subject ; they are not involved , of course , in the setting of question papers . |
| 11 | He lost no time in stamping his mark on the School : in his first report to the Governors he noted that |
| 12 | Even given good behaviour between ladies and gentlemen , spending departments have evolved some relatively effective tactics and strategies in pressing their cause with the Treasury or Cabinet ( Glennerster , 1975 ) , as follows : |
| 13 | None can work well in isolation and for that reason it is reassuring that the CBI , in pressing its case for the TECs to be the local regulators of vocational training , stresses the importance of the young person 's ( and the adult worker 's ) " personal file " , building on the existing good practice of records of achievement in schools . |
| 14 | You will need , too , on a broader scale to be deft in matching your plot with the general style you have chosen to work in . |
| 15 | After briefly getting lost in the fog , he finally succeeded in groping his way to the headquarters of Liechtenstein 's cavalry . |
| 16 | Having risen from Ukrainian coal mines through the party ranks as a tough and brutal Stalinist , once he achieved personal power he wasted no time in opening his mind to the ways of the rest of the world . |
| 17 | In this sense , the DUP has succeeded in establishing its view of the constitutional crisis and the proper reactions to it . |
| 18 | In expressing his regret at the violence Roman reinforced the Romanian government 's commitment to minority rights , at the same time pleading for an understanding of the views of Transylvanian Romanians , who had suffered greatly between 1940 and 1944 when northern Transylvania had been under Hungarian rule . |
| 19 | Simon was not reticent in expressing his dislike for the Jaguar-driving members who had previously snubbed him . |
| 20 | On behalf of the Ulster Unionist party , I join other hon. Members in expressing our sympathy to the families of those who have been killed and to all who were injured in the incident at the Musgrave Park hospital at the weekend . |
| 21 | BP is to spend $340 million in developing its share of the first phase of the Mars oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 22 | If we are going to win , and win again , we must be as vigorous in promoting our cause as the Labour Party . ’ |
| 23 | I have pleasure in enclosing your copy of the Memorandum of Agreement for the above tape , which has been signed and witnessed on behalf of the Press . |
| 24 | I have pleasure in enclosing your copy of the Memorandum of Agreement for the above tape , which has been signed and witnessed on behalf of the Press . |
| 25 | Since his privateering interests encouraged him to favour the continuance of war , they may have balanced the pension from Spain in forming his attitude to the peace negotiations . |
| 26 | The conference was helpful in aiding my understanding of the great mass of information that I am faced with in my volunteer role . |
| 27 | Each of the groups has an obvious , competing , interest in maximising its share of the surplus generated by the company 's business activity . |
| 28 | No one just passes through Baldersdale , and this clearly played a major part in preserving its isolation in the days when it was a full and vibrant community , as , indeed , it certainly was . |
| 29 | Today , service , seniority , and experience do not appear to be considered at all , your religion or creed appear to be an important factor in regulating your progress in the Service … ’ |
| 30 | Linnaeus considered the American collector to be ‘ the best natural botanist in the world ’ and was no doubt instrumental in securing his election to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1768 . |