Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [to-vb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | If ‘ The Hollow Men ’ traces the degeneration of ritual to a final babyish ‘ whimper ’ , then Sweeney Agonistes attempts to reconstruct the most basic rituals only to end in a bang . |
| 2 | As regards the public perception of the term ‘ antique ’ , I think it would be fair to say that a great many of today 's most eminent collectors , particularly in America , and public institutions , are definitely beginning to interpret the word far more loosely than its previously accepted definition of ‘ a hundred years old ’ and , it is clearly a great shame that two of the most original and internationally influential artistic styles ever to emerge in Britain are almost entirely excluded from the Fair : the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau , on the basis of age . |
| 3 | Luke , 23 , left the bungalow in Camberley , Surrey , nine months ago to live in a rented house five miles away . |
| 4 | Twelve hours just to get in the right position |
| 5 | She has even suggested that a little less fishing might deplete the shoals enough to squeeze in a few vegetables . |
| 6 | To supplement , strengthen or , as some think , to contradict the legislation of 1986 , the 1988 Education Reform Act made it possible for parents directly to intervene in their children 's schooling through a complaints procedure ( Maclure 1989:22 — 3 ) : In terms of a market ideology , this gives the consumers ( i.e. the parents , who throughout the Act are seen as surrogate consumers for their sons and daughters ) a chance to act if they believe there is a failure to deliver the curriculum to which they are , by law , entitled . |
| 7 | It also appears that dormant L3 in the muscles of both bitches and dogs can recommence migration months or years later to mature in the host 's intestine . |
| 8 | Joyce joined the advertising department as secretary in 1979 and moved to special projects eight years later to work in the department setting up the in-store coffee shops . |
| 9 | She also spent some time in her home country , Romania , which she left 20 years ago to live in the United States . |
| 10 | A variant would partly ’ privatise ’ social security by cutting benefits ( and payroll taxes ) and getting workers instead to invest in private pension funds . |
| 11 | After that there are ever greater distances still to conquer in 48 hour , 6 day and the ultimate 1,000 mile races . |
| 12 | BT has developed a range of new software , including both packages that will help customers either to type in the data for the returns and tailored solutions to retrieve the data automatically from existing accounting systems . |
| 13 | And if a boy did … well , I 've the knowledge here ’ ( and he tapped his head ) ‘ of where that boy comes from and where there 's brothers and sisters a-plenty to take in his place and use as I used Squit and the others before him . |
| 14 | Constitutional amendments formally to set in place a multiparty system were still pending , however : they were passed unanimously by the Federal Chamber on Aug. 8 , and it was hoped to secure the necessary ratification by the assemblies of the republics and provinces by Sept. 20 . |
| 15 | Throughout the Seventies and Eighties — following his final return from postings abroad to work in Poland — he was a determined champion of human and civic rights for all his fellow citizens , regardless of political or religious affiliations , and an untiring advocate of political and economic reform . |
| 16 | Gooch will return with Richard Blakey dropping out , but DeFreitas , Michael Atherton and John Emburey are players yet to appear in the Test series who could all come under consideration . |
| 17 | John Henry was retired in July 1985 after a racing career over eight seasons which made him one of the most popular horses ever to run in the USA . |
| 18 | The historians , confronted by a situation where history is spread across three schools have contrived a formula which allows students virtually to specialise in history … . |
| 19 | Several have recently set up services specifically to deal in repossessed properties . |
| 20 | What is going on when we get our students seriously to reflect in this way ? |
| 21 | We had bought Rudge Biframe folding mountain bikes specifically to go in the back of the 172 , and trips to the Norfolk Broads , Dartmoor and west Ireland had allowed Anne and I to refine our planning so that not only the flying but — just as importantly for our holiday — the non-flying sections of the trip would be practical and highly enjoyable . |
| 22 | This is perverse dance floor music — miles better to hear in a club than 90 per cent of those insipid remixes and cover versions — but sadly it is only in the ‘ elite ’ establishments that you will hear this at the decibel level that it demands . |
| 23 | This is perverse dance floor music — miles better to hear in a club than 90 per cent of those insipid remixes and cover versions — but sadly it is only in the ‘ elite ’ establishments that you will hear this at the decibel level that it demands . |
| 24 | Crewkerne , the nearest post town , was the frequent destination of other walks , and on one occasion Wordsworth and Dorothy continued a few miles further to take in Hinton House , the home of Earl Poulett . |
| 25 | Another first for Leese was that Stamford was the only place in the country where Fascists fought and won an election , for in contesting an election Leese broke the cardinal rule of the British Fascists never to intervene in the despised democratic system . |