Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is reminiscent of the hypothetical primal horde where the tribal father kept the women to himself and allowed the sons to remain in the family on sufferance ’ |
| 2 | Skill descriptions are generalisable in that human operators have characteristic abilities and limitations and therefore have tendencies to perform in the same way . |
| 3 | For our purposes , however , enough has been said to describe how the institutional setting can cause expenditure patterns of local authorities to deviate in the direction indicated by empirical work of Gramlich . |
| 4 | They contract with hospitals to buy services on behalf of patients and can use any surpluses to invest in the practice . |
| 5 | Fourteen cities around the world are sending teams of young artists to perform in The Ark — designed by bOb ( sic ) van Reeth , the city 's leading architect — during the course of the year . |
| 6 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the barrister 's preserve . |
| 7 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the preserve of barristers . |
| 8 | The festival is pleased to provide an opportunity for audience and musicians to meet in the beautiful 12th-century church known as the Spurriergate Centre which serves a wide range of delicious foods and is renowned for its vegetarian dishes . |
| 9 | I 've got two essays to write in the next fortnight . |
| 10 | Floy remembered what Nuadu Airgetlam had said about the Robemaker taking sacrifice from the ordinary Irish people and putting the sons to work in the Dark Workshops and guessed that the people had simply lost heart . |
| 11 | The Video Guide gives advice on how to use the video and exciting ideas for activities to try in the classroom . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm going to Alès to work in the municipal library , ’ she replied . |
| 13 | Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to meet in the near future the chairman of British Coal to discuss the state of the Welsh coalfield . |
| 14 | General Council 's action in support of the miners and wool textile workers signaled a turn in the tide , the beginning of a definite stand against the policy of wage reductions which economic conditions have enabled the employers to impose in the last four and a half years . |
| 15 | Most shaikhs collected contributions ad hoc and sent out messengers to gather in the money . |
| 16 | To create more of an atmosphere , you could invite some of your ardent fans to indulge in the free drinks and snacks which are generally provided for the guests , along with a band publicity pack . |
| 17 | The tendency is , then , for professional/client relationships to continue in the existing mode — even , as suggested earlier , pushing their interpretation of normalisation principles into line with their established practice in order to reduce the dissonance they might otherwise experience . |
| 18 | Travkin had been involved in the talks on founding the DRM , but had withdrawn his support when it was decided not to form a separate party , thus allowing DRM supporters to remain in the CPSU . |
| 19 | When he was king he was normally accompanied by the clerks of the royal chapel so he had plenty of opportunities to indulge in the pleasures of ritual . |
| 20 | The first missionaries to preach in the Muslim north of Nigeria were greeted by a handful of people who were already believers in Jesus and claimed to follow him . |
| 21 | In spite of the inclement weather there were opportunities to stroll in the beautiful grounds , and some people visited the salmon leap in the River Kent . |
| 22 | How does the discourse analyst decide which discourse subjects to include in the presupposition pool for a particular piece of conversational discourse ? |
| 23 | The driving simulator at the Applied Psychology Unit allows subjects to sit in the shell of a car and watch videos of driving situations projected at near life size . |
| 24 | But they are being forced to do it by fragrant Virginia , who 's actually trying to reduce the ability of dentists to perform in the National Health Service as they want to do , and as they always have done . |
| 25 | Then in 1960 Arthur Andersen came to Japan with the intention of setting up an office and wanting to hire young Japanese CPAs to train in the US before the office was opened . |
| 26 | It included funding to employ 414,000 teenagers to work in the summer of 1992 in jobs administered through the Department of Labour . |
| 27 | Dacourt , angry that Benjamin had gone to Sir Robert , slurped noisily from a wine cup , then threw the dregs to hiss in the flames of the fire . |
| 28 | Over these last nine years , I have had opportunities to participate in the exercise of more power than I ever imagined I would have . |
| 29 | They wanted opportunities to participate in the decisions that were going to affect their country 's future . |
| 30 | Parliament , of course , is not limited to the enactment of laws where there is a prior obligation on the subjects to behave in the required way . |