Example sentences of "[verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many Voices — One World and the movement towards a new information order have tried to concretise and apply the right to communicate in the real world , both on the national and international levels . |
| 2 | Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language . |
| 3 | This does not mean that national history and culture will not bulk large in the educational systems of particular countries , especially the smaller ones , or that they may not flourish locally within a much broader supranational framework as , say , Catalan culture today flourishes , but on the tacit assumption that it is Catalans who will communicate with the rest of the world through Spanish and English , since few non-residents in Catalonia will be able to communicate in the local language . |
| 4 | Soften the cheese , then beat in the soured cream or fromage frais . |
| 5 | Cream remaining margarine and sugar together , beat in the whisked eggs , and stir in the flour with sufficient milk to make a soft , dropping consistency . |
| 6 | Gradually beat in the sifted icing sugar , adding a little at a time and mixing until well incorporated . |
| 7 | cos there is n't no ventilator in it , and that 's the one we sleep in cos we 're frightened of people coming through the back door in the night , you know kicking in the back door , so we sleep in the other room . |
| 8 | During the week I 'd get home late and sleep in the spare room — ‘ so as not to disturb her ’ . |
| 9 | I have been dead for a long time and by day I circle the huge air above the hills and by night I sleep in the quiet rock , as quiet as the rock , and the little worms mean consolation as they eat me . |
| 10 | They are surrounded by " ifs " and " buts " — and they will be so surrounded in the social worker 's experience of them . |
| 11 | The photograph shows the first lifeboat boat to be lifted in the new hoist , the Watson class Joseph Soar ( Civil Service No. 34 ) , as part of the proving trials by the contractors , Laings . |
| 12 | She was half-turned from him , letting her eyes follow the beams and wishing she could drift through the open doors as easily as the nets lifted in the seasonless breeze . |
| 13 | If the adult plants are looking weary , then these can be removed , the severed stems picked over , the healthiest pieces bunched together with a strip of lead or piece of wire , and then replanted in the vacant baskets . |
| 14 | frank Connor , profiled in the Irish Times , relaxing at home with his wife Mary and his five-year-old daughter Kelly . |
| 15 | The wonderful thing about the USPGA Tour 's year-ending statistics is that a quick perusal leaves you with a crystal- clear picture of what transpired in the previous year : Which players improved the most ; which were at the top of their games ; who won what and where , and when , and how . |
| 16 | Herefordshire were the team to catch in the Eastern Division by winning their first two matches — just . |
| 17 | As I linger in the grassy cart tracks joining two fields that sleep in afternoon idleness , the smell of Rayless Mayweed crushed underfoot overcomes the other pleasant hay and pasture odours . |
| 18 | We do n't have to talk literature , y'know — I 'd as leave hear news of America , parts of which still linger in the Carboniferous Age , I understand . ’ |
| 19 | For the fifth time this year , he was made to struggle in the final round after being in a seemingly impregnable position . |
| 20 | If a status quo is preserved , Chelmsford seem sure to struggle in the new eight-team Premier League unless a number of quality players show a willingness to come to Essex . |
| 21 | Why ca n't you read involve in the English language I do not know . |
| 22 | Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way . |
| 23 | Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way . |
| 24 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 25 | Hence the state can act in the long-run interests of capital against the current wishes of short-sighted capitalists . |
| 26 | Enough has been said , however , to make it clear that regulation need not necessarily act in the public interest . |
| 27 | Mr Hatton 's solicitor , Peter Quinn , said the DPP should act in the public interest and bring the matter to a conclusion . |
| 28 | They do not act in the full light of day but deal in subtle trickery , clever fetches , secret assassinations , and every filthy trick of the devil . |
| 29 | Whilst it may be in the interests of the court and a ‘ fair result ’ for as much as possible to be disclosed in the early stages so that the matters really in dispute can be identified and the strength of the evidence assessed , it will often be in the interests of the parties to conceal what they know . |
| 30 | A truth of modern warfare , which was first disclosed in the Russo-Japanese War ( 1904–5 ) , had been underscored though leaders on neither side fully comprehended it as yet ; defensive weaponry was more than a match for charging infantry . |