Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There never were 6,000 knights in England ; and it was rare in the twelfth century for more than a thousand knights to gather in answer to a feudal summons . |
| 2 | Since May 1977 Labour no longer had an overall majority in the House of Commons , depending on Liberal or Nationalist support to remain in office . |
| 3 | Without prior purchase there was little opportunity to invest in land , except for those " professionals " tapping its rising value indirectly through offering mortgages . |
| 4 | That 's that remains our intention , we would n't want this article fourteen direction to remain in force indefinitely , even though g the G D O said that we can do that . |
| 5 | Praise God for the opportunity to minister in Corntonvale Prison and for favour with the Governor . |
| 6 | Of the 11,923 people whose applications were processed in 1990 , 6,643 were given permission to remain in Switzerland and 883 were granted asylum status . |
| 7 | The freedom to invest in South Africa means the money to invest there so you can make even more . |
| 8 | There were two meetings to attend in Ghent , the second one lasting into the evening , and Merrill 's notebook filled rapidly , predicting several busy days when she got back . |
| 9 | A MOSCOW dating agency claims couples need three minutes to fall in love . |
| 10 | One Opposition MP , whose constituency includes Cowley , is calling on Aerospace to invest in car-making the money it would have spent on paying back the Government . |
| 11 | NCR CHAIRMAN TO RETIRE IN MAY |
| 12 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 13 | Although justifiably most famous for the coast path there are plenty of other outdoor activities to enjoy in Pembrokeshire . |
| 14 | The Transport and General Workers ' Union was the first domino to fall in Walsh 's strategy . |
| 15 | Also the Personal Equity Plans ( PEPs ) introduced initially in 1986 have encouraged small savers to invest in UK companies through unit and investment trusts . |
| 16 | Messrs Fiddle and Perks have indicated their willingness to continue in office as auditors and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the forthcoming annual general meeting . |
| 17 | Stoy Hayward have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 18 | Stoy Hayward have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 19 | Ernst & Young have expressed their willingness to continue in office as auditors and resolutions proposing their reappointment , and authorising the directors to fix their remuneration , will be submitted at the Annual General Meeting . |
| 20 | Touche Ross & Co have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to reappoint them will be prosposed at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting . |
| 21 | The latter , fully engaged in this process , has little opportunity to go in pursuit of relevant insights from the informing disciplines . |
| 22 | An inept clearance by Wright , who was in the left-back position , gave Celtic an unexpected opportunity to go in front . |
| 23 | By running a £5 million overdraft , the court could in a way be construed as borrowing money to invest in works of art . |
| 24 | The decision to agree in principle came at a Labour group meeting at the start of COSLA 's annual conference . |
| 25 | Resistance to flow in polymer systems is even greater , because now the molecules are covalently bonded into long chains which are coiled and entangled and translational motion must , of necessity , be a co-operative process . |
| 26 | LAIRD Group , is making a £41.4m one-for-five rights issue at 220p to invest in acquisitions and the expansion of its motor components businesses . |
| 27 | Initially , we assume that there is only one basic factor , labour , with perfect competition and constant returns to scale in production . |
| 28 | Knowledge of findings like these are an example of the kind of insight-promoting information which often helps to give teachers new heart to proceed in spite of seemingly overwhelming obstacles . |
| 29 | social phenomena exist because they have some positive function to perform in society ; |
| 30 | In general , however , GIS surely has a function to perform in simulation and role-playing exercises . |