Example sentences of "[prep] [vb mod] [vb infin] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | An entirely polyphonic passage ( such as might occur in an orchestral fugue , for instance ) . |
| 2 | of let's look in my diary . |
| 3 | Scotmid 's transport manager , , was concerned that any item of the collection disposed of should stay in Scotland , and he approached the National Museums . |
| 4 | Hi-fi officianardos are already advising people not to be too hasty in relinquishing their black vinyl record collections for fear that the CDs that they are replacing them with will fade in sound quality after ten years of use . |
| 5 | Given 20 numbers to use , subjects may have assumed that the quantity the experimenter was interested in must vary in some way , if their own feelings did not , they may simply have based their responses on aspects of the environment which did vary , e.g. their speed , proximity to other vehicles etc . |
| 6 | ‘ Whatever future conclusion we may reach as to this , we can not deny that an object once attended to will remain in the memory , whilst one inattentively allowed to pass will leave no traces behind . ’ |
| 7 | Despite pop 's current cutting adrift of male homosexual signs , it is still possible for sexual analyses and critiques of consumer capitalism , such as can originate in the experience of gay men and women , to emerge from pop 's cultural discourse in order to point to the future : |
| 8 | Vibrations with very high frequencies , such as can occur in diamond , require such a large amount of energy that they are unlikely to occur at room temperature . |