Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only after years of dogged activity by tenants backing up their own experiences with systematic surveys , did local authorities bring in the experts , and the tenants were right all along : they were living in leaking , sweating , unstable structures . |
| 2 | While soccer 's purists quake at the thought of Graham Taylor bringing in the long-ball game , Ferguson insists Dublin 's arrival will not mean a switch to Route One football at Old Trafford . |
| 3 | The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence . |
| 4 | Just because yours is n't as good , her mind fills in the blank space . |
| 5 | The means given beside each item are taken from Reason , Manstead , Stradling , Baxter & Campbell ( 1988 ) who had 520 drivers fill in the 50 item questionnaire . |
| 6 | In recently enclosed country we have instead an open regular mesh of by-roads , and a few field-paths and bridle-roads to fill in the larger spaces between the villages . |
| 7 | I welcome the Secretary of State 's intention to fill in the student gap , but I am bound to say that I can see no logical reason for attempting to collect the 20 per cent . |
| 8 | This may be by consulting a specialist in the field or by doing some research to fill in the gaps in knowledge , as part of the project . |
| 9 | This may be by consulting a specialist in the field or by doing some research to fill in the gaps in knowledge , as part of the project . |
| 10 | They heard and then stopped heading the wind breathing in the trees overhead and the stream rustling in the valley . |
| 11 | Acceptance and usage of techniques pioneered by the economist J. M. Keynes ushered in the managed economy . |
| 12 | However , by January of last year Scott was involved in arrangements with Chorley and Walker to bring in the second load , alleged Mr Burke . |
| 13 | Mr Glavisky thinks people probably recalled German prisoners filling in the water-logged tank traps in Speke , which were a danger to children . |
| 14 | According to the Guardian : ‘ the rector of St Tudy filled in the questionnaire for them . |
| 15 | The effect , therefore , of only the first limb applying , ie before the change in the law bringing in the second limb , could be seen by the following example . |
| 16 | Industry is the main way countries bring in the money they need for food , education and health . |
| 17 | A determination to rein in the president also lay behind the Case Act that became law in 1972 . |
| 18 | She went off to attend to her cultures , and Reynolds handed in the form and the catalogue to the copy clerk . |
| 19 | Having said that , the book could be useful as a guide if the student were to read other texts to fill in the gaps . |
| 20 | The head of each household , which includes people who are in charge of residential homes , hotels , etc. , is required by law to fill in the questionnaire on behalf of everybody in the household , or at least to ensure that they fill in one for themselves . |
| 21 | She had put the mug by his bed and gone to the window to let in the light . |
| 22 | There was a hole in the ceiling to let in the rain but just to be safe he returned every day for a week to water them and was walking back one afternoon when , turning a corner , he felt a hand on his shoulder . |
| 23 | Cheshire County Council brought in the new day centre charges on April 1 to a furious reception by carers . |
| 24 | We were still going slowly and painfully round the room when Estella brought in the relations who had been waiting downstairs . |
| 25 | So Weyl brings in the mathematical term ‘ automorphism ’ to denote any transformation that leaves a given figure invariant . |
| 26 | Paint , varnish , more varnish and a blow-drier hastened the effect and old brown shoe polish filled in the cracks . |
| 27 | This involves no outside observer but simply asks the teacher to fill in the teacher 's report form ( i ) above . |
| 28 | Even if unemployment is only part of the problem , it seems to me that the man who can busy himself cutting peats , or growing crops , or handling stock , is less likely to be depressed , less likely to feel that his life has no meaning , than a man who has empty days to fill in the back streets of an industrial town |
| 29 | The 2nd violas fill in the middle of the harmony by means of very easy double-stops . |
| 30 | The United States would request its allies to fill in the ‘ vacuum ’ created by such cutbacks — this would increase the so-called burden sharing . |