Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lasswell ( 1960 , p. 195 ) sums up this scepticism about the rule of law : ‘ The number of statutes which pass the legislature , or the number of decrees which are handed down by the executive , but which change nothing in the permanent politics of society , is a rough index of the role of magic in politics ’ . |
| 2 | I should like to thank everyone in the Division for all the hard work which has gone into making 1990 a year of significant progress . |
| 3 | Our attitude is that we want to see everyone in the six counties , whether Protestant or Catholic , active in the movement to attain civil rights for the people there . |
| 4 | Husameddin offers nothing in the way of specific evidence to support his statement either about Molla Yegan 's resignation or about Molla Fenari 's appointment , however , and is indeed at pains to say that in spite of much research he has been unable to find any signatures of Molla Fenari 's dating from this second kadilik . |
| 5 | Regardless of what company is involved in such matters and of whether it has a socialist supporter , a Conservative supporter or no political supporter at all , it is our duty as a House to enable everyone in the country to feel that his or her pension is well protected . |
| 6 | One of the effects is that a survey of a range of prep school publicity material revealed nothing in the way of knocking copy aimed at other schools within or outside the private sector . |
| 7 | That has since happened in England and Wales , although the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities said it had heard nothing in the past year from the Scottish Office . |
| 8 | MAKE everyone in the house agree to breakfast at the same time so you ( a ) get a clear kitchen , and ( b ) know you can get some help . |
| 9 | We 've already checked everyone in the piazza once . ’ |
| 10 | He pulled Carla into his arms and closed his eyes , feeling a vast , directionless violence , as if his task were to kill everyone in the world and the problem was how to start . |
| 11 | But on the other side , it is not necessary to interview everyone in the club if the proper statistical sampling rules are obeyed and if proper tests of significance are applied to results obtained . |
| 12 | There were three poor brothers living at that time who owned nothing in the world but one pear tree . |
| 13 | Earlier in the day the spokesman had forecast that talks of some form could take place this week after the first week of the strike produced nothing in the way of dialogue . |
| 14 | To make people think someone in the Martin family was the informer . |
| 15 | To flash a badge was to risk someone in the crowd remembering his face and in the future , on another job , he could fingered as the stoolie he truly was . |
| 16 | I had needed to break our journey north int he capital to see someone in the tourist board 's head office . |
| 17 | I was a student in London but I was at home on this occasion when I met someone in the park . |
| 18 | They would prefer someone in the age range 25 — 45 . |
| 19 | ‘ — I want everyone in the centre of the chamber — ’ |
| 20 | We note that the court found nothing in the wording of section 2 which persuaded them that the course taken in A. v. H.M. |
| 21 | ‘ It has devastated everyone in the organisation . |
| 22 | The company 's ability to adapt to new opportunities and capitalize on them depends on its capacity to share information and involve everyone in the organization in a systemwide search for ways to improve , adjust , adapt , and upgrade . |
| 23 | Denethor clearly will not submit to the Enemy , as Saruman did , but he also cares nothing in the end for his subjects , while his love even for his sons would take them both to death with him . |
| 24 | Back in the cottage she found everyone in the kitchen . |
| 25 | Charity workers have recently returned from Romania after completing a survey of the hospital and Mr Paul Stage , chairman of the organisation , said : ‘ It has nothing in the way of modern conveniences . |
| 26 | They caught someone in the Bazaar just the other day . |
| 27 | ‘ Harry said he was due to meet someone in the boathouse , so we went over there . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You could n't possibly have realised how big a task you 'd set yourself , trying to find someone in the whole of London . ’ |
| 29 | I want someone in the square tomorrow , Alan ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I expect someone in the village will tell — ’ |