Example sentences of "[verb] in a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed . |
| 2 | This is surely a general result , that if the management left to itself would act in a socially optimal way along the lines represented in ( 4.1 ) , it is fatuous , indeed counterproductive , to constrain it . |
| 3 | Stretching above the organizational base of Fordist enterprises was a pyramid of control , designed in a classically bureaucratic fashion . |
| 4 | But the point is at the end of the day they 've got to be approached in a just giving them a bit of paper |
| 5 | Today , women 's development planning is approached in a more aware manner and the two approaches used aim to give the women control . |
| 6 | It certainly contributed in a more direct manner in that most of the food we ate had a high carbohydrate content and , although I was unaware of it at the time , I put on a lot of weight . |
| 7 | Cover with buttered paper and a lid , and cook in a very slow oven , gas no. 1 , 290°F. , for about 2 hours . |
| 8 | Gamma , Lambda , and Tau are orange ; Lambda lies in a particularly rich field , best seen with × 7 . |
| 9 | The real danger lies in a too enthusiastic recording of very doubtful features as marine terraces . |
| 10 | There is , however , a strictly positive probability that the long term player 's type lies in an arbitrarily small interval around the dominant strategy type . |
| 11 | Still , one little slip in an otherwise faultless performance … |
| 12 | The toxicity of EAP is considerable with grade 3–4 myelosuppression occurring in an unacceptably high proportion of patients . |
| 13 | Immediately on his return from Gosol , while Gertrude Stein was still in Italy , he repainted the face , using the conventions of Iberian sculpture , although , since he was anxious to achieve a likeness , they appear in a slightly modified form . |
| 14 | Goody suggests that written language has two main functions : the first is the storage function which permits communication over time and space , and the second is that which ‘ shifts language from the oral to the visual domain' and permits words and sentences to be examined out of their original contexts , ‘ where they appear in a very different and highly ‘ abstract ’ context' ( 1977 : 78 ) . |
| 15 | Shot through with sermonising , piety , and concern for good government , they are ostensibly valuable sources on the law- giving activities of these kings , who appear in a very favourable light . |
| 16 | The singers appear in a suitably concert platform balance ( not always the case , even in live recordings ) and the orchestra are set in a natural spread , only occasionally seeming to be boosted a little by the engineers . |
| 17 | There is no necessary connection between community activism and progressive or radical politics : indeed , quite the reverse may well be the case , as is to be expected in a predominantly conservative society ( cf. working-class racism ) . |
| 18 | The end result is curiously close to the situation which might be expected in a much more left-wing administration and with a high degree of efficiency and accountability . |
| 19 | ‘ The results were much as we had expected in an extremely tough year , ’ said Mr Heath yesterday . |
| 20 | The horrors of eighteenth-century madhouses engender disbelieving revulsion in the twentieth century , yet throughout the last thirty years scandal after scandal has been reported in the press with depressing regularity and without the concern that might have been expected in an apparently liberal and caring society . |
| 21 | Victoria gulped in her throat , drew in a long sniffing breath up her nose , then said , ‘ My mother 's face ; that was the greatest surprise of her life , I 'm sure it was . |
| 22 | To the conventions of the romantic historical novel , then , Anthony Hope added the colour of society in his day and the pattern of love and courtship which appear , in a far less interesting way , in his novels of his own London society , and he drew in a more general way from the Victorian version of medieval chivalry , with its idealisation of woman and its desire for service to an ideal . |
| 23 | A granite crag for all seasons , Bosigran is located in a particularly beautiful part of Cornwall — the north coast of West Penwith . |
| 24 | The Tirolerhof is located in a most attractive position on the quiet outskirts of Kitzbuhel , and is a comfortable and well run establishment . |
| 25 | What had really occurred was that the Hollywood style had been updated and a large number of films had been located in a more contemporary urban setting . |
| 26 | Located in a very attractive part of Bray , the Studio and control room together cover more than 400 sq . |
| 27 | The Geurrero Centre for Rehabilitation is located in a comparatively deserted , rugged area of the mountainous region some thirty to fifty kilometres from Acapulco . |
| 28 | I share my hon. Friend 's analysis of the issue and later this afternoon I shall be announcing in a more detailed answer an increase in the RUC manpower establishment of 441 extra policemen . |
| 29 | Chief Black Moon and a thousand braves attacked the station at Huntly , Montana , only a few years before they were appearing in a more peaceable guise there . |
| 30 | There had been no previous tradition of visiting or decorating these wells , so it is interesting that here is an example of an old custom appearing in an entirely new location . |