Example sentences of "[vb base] in [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The science that children encounter in school sometimes introduces domains of which children have little or no everyday experience . |
| 2 | The socialisation process pupils encounter in schools therefore involves not only the acquisition of formally defined skills , but also the gaining of many other social skills , such as learning how to live in a group and how to respond to those in authority . |
| 3 | Pollution taboos linger in Catholicism even for laywomen . |
| 4 | His papers illustrate that many living creatures and their parts grow in magnitude only , suffering no actual change in form or overall configuration as they become larger . |
| 5 | Bergamot ( Monarda didyma ) is a well-known border flower , which has all sorts of herbal attributes ; the clove pink or gillyflower ( Dianthus caryophyllus ) is the highly scented forerunner of the modern garden pinks and border carnations , and its single-petalled , rosy purple or white flowers grow in clusters late in the summer . |
| 6 | Crystals and gems grow in cavities far beneath the earth 's surface , when magma — molten rock from the earth 's hot core — forces its way into cracks in solid rock , such as granite . |
| 7 | Assertiveness training courses and the pop versions that appear in magazines routinely recommend that women consciously attempt to lower their pitch and moderate their ‘ swoopy ’ intonational range . |
| 8 | Covenants also appear in leases where the person letting the property includes terms in the lease which restrict the person renting the property as to the use he or she can make of the property , e.g. the premises are to be used only for storage , not for retailing goods . |
| 9 | Where hedges become very interesting , and suggest a huge meadow of fresh research , is when they appear in contexts where a priori we would expect total precision , such as in scientific lectures . |
| 10 | Novæ generally appear in regions close to the Milky Way , and anyone who knows the sky really well has a chance of finding one , though beware of artificial satellites and even planets . |
| 11 | A shift in emphasis back to the rural areas was manifested by what might be termed an urbanization of the countryside . |
| 12 | Fit in periods away from people , giving yourself the opportunity to renew your energy and rest your eyes . |
| 13 | What that means is the extra numbers who die in winter rather than summer months . |
| 14 | Exercise one , put in apostrophes where they are needed in these sentences . |
| 15 | ‘ As it is — ’ put in Forest gleefully ‘ — yours truly 'as not done such a bad job after all ! ’ |
| 16 | Speak in sentences rather than individual words . |
| 17 | The Balinese talk of the great dalangs who , when " possessed by light " beyond the shadow screen , are occasionally seen to glow with a flickering nimbus , as they speak in voices not their own . |
| 18 | Roll the cake up towards that end and hold in place just for a few minutes . |
| 19 | FAVOURITES Barcelona were upset by Sao Paulo in the world club champions match in Tokyo yesterday . |
| 20 | A multitude of memos circulate in organizations simply to justify our behaviours in the event of a breakdown . |
| 21 | This meant a four-hour wait in Boaventura where we were observed by amused barefooted children , obviously unused to foreigners . |
| 22 | On this robust eminence you can walk , climb about on the slopes or the scree , or look in amazement across at the Pic du Midi d'Ossau and down into the pale green waters of the Lac de Fabréges in its harsh , glaciated valley directly below . |
| 23 | The court went on to record that the issues thus created had been narrowed by the acceptance on the part of the applicant 's counsel that the right of silence could not be invoked against the Director prior to the charge of the suspected person , and by counsel for the Director that if , as he submitted , the power to require information did not cease at the time of charge then it did not cease at all ( save in cases where the charge was not pursued ) until the investigation came to an end on the conviction or acquittal of the person charged . |
| 24 | They played against a team of east of Scotland women in Edinburgh last night , and will pit themselves against a Scottish team select in Glasgow tonight and a West of Scotland select in Glasgow tomorrow . |
| 25 | They played against a team of east of Scotland women in Edinburgh last night , and will pit themselves against a Scottish team select in Glasgow tonight and a West of Scotland select in Glasgow tomorrow . |
| 26 | Stand in clumps alone . |
| 27 | They and we have common problems which vary in degree rather than in kind : |
| 28 | They vary in standard enormously but the one thing that shines through them is the enthusiasm of people for their railways . |
| 29 | Now Ascension Day is a movable feast in the Church calendar , and hence John 's regnal years vary in length so that , for example , his eighth year contains both 12 May 1206 and 12 May 1207 . |
| 30 | The bristles vary in length so some separate the lashes and others comb and curl . |