Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brookes introduced the concept of ‘ periodical utility ’ , which he defined as the number of references a paper could be expected to attract in its particular library context during the period it remained in the library . |
| 2 | To be a highly visible minority of two in communities which were often as expressive as they were antagonistic was an abrupt reversal of the roles we had so unthinkingly come to accept in our British prep schools . |
| 3 | If you say , ‘ Well , of course , yes , I can easily explain that , but basically we 'll transfer the the , the handling of the enquiry to A Department , which of course has responsibility to B , but B ca n't do that without C , ’ you have to know in your own organization that that 's the way the procedure works , but it will mean nothing to the listener . |
| 4 | He has , therefore , to know in his own mind how much power he can harness into a technique and what he is capable of . |
| 5 | And the command is in four parts erm and you 're expected to write in what those four parts are . |
| 6 | As a student at Columbia University , New York — where he took a degree and a doctorate — and subsequently as a teacher of biochemistry at Boston University , he continued to write in his spare time . |
| 7 | Each author has been allowed the freedom to write in his own style and provides a large set of references promoting further study . |
| 8 | WE have concentrated up to now on ways of starting to write in our own voice : through calling up early memories , waking up the senses and developing an ear for the rhythms of speech . |
| 9 | Equally , there may well be things that concern you that have been left out , so use the blank spaces to write in your own ideas . |
| 10 | The best thing to bring it all out , would be to write in my own African language , but I have to write in another language . |
| 11 | She also had to work in her spare time to help pay for her studies . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , having had far too much to drink , Clare woke up the next morning in James 's bed , saw that it was nearly nine o'clock , fled to work in her crumpled clothes but arrived late again . |
| 13 | Additional allowances that can be paid include a constant attendance allowance , exceptionally severe disablement allowance , and reduced earnings supplement , which is paid to those who are unable to work in their normal occupation as a result of industrial accident or disease , and can be claimed either in addition to or separate from disablement benefit , payable where appropriate . |
| 14 | Most of the uniforms and CID from all over the county are offering to work in their spare time . ’ |
| 15 | Popularly , it is attributed to social philanthropy , and to successful campaigns to relieve people from the need to work in their old age . |
| 16 | The programs are designed to enable students to work in their own time and at their own pace . |
| 17 | Most ministers tended to face similar tasks : their primary work was to lead the church or , if a Methodist , to work in his assigned circuit and to supervise the ‘ stations ’ with their local preachers . |
| 18 | Having chosen Ernulf , Anselm allowed him to work in his own way . |
| 19 | How might your boss react if you turned up to work in your best disco gear ? |
| 20 | This is always a surprising development from the point of view of those close to her , but if you are faced with this reaction in your elderly parent , or any other that seems strange but harmless , tread softly , and accept the fact that she must be allowed to grieve and to adjust in her own way . |
| 21 | It was over 150 years ago that he saw the need for working men to have somewhere to meet in their spare time , to talk and relax . |
| 22 | And now , Brian , you expect us to trust in your psychic powers concerning the entertainment level of a second half that had n't even started . |
| 23 | Europe remains the big hole to plug in its international strategy . |
| 24 | Or , at most , they allow you to plug in your own cassette tape-recorder , but that 's a very slow and not very erm professional way of looking after for example your customer records . |
| 25 | Gradually , I learnt to live more comfortably with a ‘ foot in both worlds ’ , and to revel in my new way-of-being . |
| 26 | Berowne almost seems to revel in his own discomfiture here , in his desperate last stand for freedom -he clearly enjoys the sensation of falling in love , even though he presents the experience as a disaster ! |
| 27 | It is an imaginative reaching out to grasp the reality of God , to encounter and respond to his will , and to find in him living truth . |
| 28 | I am pleased to see the porpoise , because they too have been affected by the general shortage of food recently , and have not been easy to find in their usual haunts . |
| 29 | Delighted to find in her Venetian exile someone else who had spent the war in London , Julia sat down beside Mrs Suvarov . |
| 30 | An interesting additional observation was to find in my front-room data nonce nonsense formations , such as thingummycallit , and several idiosyncratic items , such as gobsocket and jiminycricket . |