Example sentences of "[coord] in [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Independently of climbing over rocks and fallen stumps of trees , the sportsman has to creep and crawl beneath and among the branches with the utmost caution , taking care only to advance when the bird 's attention is occupied in singing , or in scratching up the leaves in search of food ; to watch its actions it is necessary to remain perfectly motionless , not venturing to move even in the slightest degree , or it vanishes from sight as if by magic … |
| 2 | Whereas people once felt that there must be a certain desperation in answering magazine ‘ lonely heart ’ advertisements or in going along to a dating bureau , nowadays these channels are seen as a practical way of finding a new friend or suitable lover . |
| 3 | Nicholas 's experience abroad enabled him to assist the Company in many ways , such as in starting the cultivation of vines and the silk industry , and in sending out skilled artisans from Germany . |
| 4 | And in picking up these old connections it helps greatly that Greece now belongs to the European Community . |
| 5 | Of course , a man may have more than one razor , and in tidying up for departure he may forget that he has left pyjamas under his pillow , but the impression of the bedroom and the bathroom conflicted with the kitchen . |
| 6 | The Japanese police proved as zealous as they were in Japan in investigating communist activities and in rounding up suspects . |
| 7 | In spite of the social dislocation and consumer privations that Stalinism wrought , it must be said that the ruthless and heavy-handed mobilisation of human and economic resources did succeed in achieving impressive growth rates and in building up a solid industrial infrastructure in what , with the exceptions of Germany and Czechoslovakia , had been largely agrarian countries . |
| 8 | If they had been chatting , no matter how lightly , she would have been so absorbed in carefully listening and in getting out a reply through a nervously constricted throat that she would n't have been able to enjoy this wonderful drive . |
| 9 | He or she had taken trouble over the arrangement of the facts and in getting in as much relevant information as possible . |
| 10 | They had faith , their faith was in themselves and in bailing out , and they could n't bail quick enough , and so their faith was not realizing anything it was n't producing the goods . |
| 11 | Whatever action is taken on the final report of the Buea project ( and I have fears that the heavy reliance on expatriate experts in the project and in drawing up the report may not contribute to its being widely read and followed in Cameroon ) there can be no question that the project marks an important landmark in curriculum planning in Africa . |
| 12 | The art , therefore , is in determining which staff need to be relocated and in drawing up a compensation package which will encourage most , if not all , of the key people to move . |
| 13 | Cohesiveness found expression in open discussion about needs and in drawing up a training plan : the boards had recognised a problem and done something to resolve it . |
| 14 | Many gregarious species obviously co-operate with others of their own kind , to the benefit of all : lionesses co-operate in hunting , and in bringing up the cubs ; meerkats stand guard over the colony . |
| 15 | This case study is also in three parts : a brief introduction to the school and the review procedure : a descriptive account of the review procedure and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the review procedure in validly determining what were the salient strengths and weaknesses in the work of the department and in bringing about changes . |
| 16 | Anomalies are important in evaluating rivals and in bringing about scientific change . |
| 17 | I do n't like , just , I could n't be like Deirdre and , put me overall on and in go in without collecting me thoughts getting myself together Deirdre never arrives till about three minutes before she gets in the door , she 's putting her overall on saying come on ladies , its time were , but she 's putting her overall and on , and they all sit there looking at her and so |
| 18 | In injuries and accidents , the injury remedies can be of great value , and even when surgery is indicated they can be helpful in shortening the post-operative period and in speeding up the recovery process . |
| 19 | Acheson , at least , had practically made up his mind as soon as the French had promised to ratify the Elysee agreements ; and in setting out the arguments to the US Embassy in Bangkok no alternative to recognition was in fact suggested . |
| 20 | In " managing " the system at crucial moments ; in neutering the discontent of the working class ; and in holding out the prospect of socialism via Parliament , the Labour Party is seen as part of the problem blocking transformation and so has no part to play in securing socialism . |
| 21 | Additional benefits of tree-lined streams , in reducing the effects of nitrates and phosphates in the water and in shading out the choking growth of summer weed in a river bed , which may otherwise necessitate further expensive dredging , have been recognized by Dutch and German scientists for over a decade . |
| 22 | Thus there is enormous difficulty both in defining precisely what we mean by expertise and in marking out what decisions will be considered to be taken for personal or other non-organizational ends . |
| 23 | The governments going to Washington next month understand that ; and in working out what to sign up for , they will know more about the likely costs of taking action than about the benefits . |
| 24 | Burroughs anticipates Pynchon with his scientist spokesman for control , Dr Benway , the surreal city called Interzone and in sketching out commercial networks . |
| 25 | We are all in the business of making people laugh — and in Carry On films there is only one way to do that — good old slapstick humour . ’ |
| 26 | In the rush to get to the tail of the pool , I stumbled over a rock , and in putting out a hand to save a bad fall , dropped the rod and line into the water . |
| 27 | The verderers also co-operated with the foresters in supervising the exercise of customary rights within the forest , such as taking wood for fuel , fencing and house-repair ; in making arrangements at the swanimote for the agistment of the king 's demesne woods ; and in carrying out various inquiries in the forest into such matters as the rights of the Crown and the perquisites of the Forest officers . |
| 28 | Intellectual processes are involved in learning about maintaining a safe environment and in carrying out the many activities involved . |
| 29 | The second is to act as the government 's agent , both as its banker and in carrying out monetary policy . |
| 30 | It was very successful , both in appearance and in standing up to the wear small children give their clothes . |