Example sentences of "[vb -s] in [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having considered the intrinsic nature of the problem presented in this appeal , and having consulted the relevant authorities , my conclusion … is that an action lies in negligence for damages in respect of purely economic loss , provided that it was a reasonably foreseeable and direct consequence of failure in a duty of care . |
| 2 | Underwater , their nymph is just as efficient a predator and unlike the roaming adult , it lies in ambush for other insect nymphs , and larvae , for other aquatic bugs , and even for young fish fry . |
| 3 | Earthquake experts like to talk about what lies in store for New York City . |
| 4 | It 's too early to tell what lies in store for The Cranberries . |
| 5 | TWO former Barnsley team-mates kicked off the new season with mixed emotions — wondering just what lies in store for them . |
| 6 | Whatever the entry says is what lies in store for the opener . |
| 7 | Accordingly , to deal with this situation , the Act provides that an ‘ action lies in conversion for loss or destruction of goods which a bailee has allowed to happen in breach of his duty to his bailor ( that is to say it lies in a case which is not otherwise conversion , but would have been detinue before detinue was abolished ) . ’ |
| 8 | This aggressive cruelty usually lies in wait for some provocation . |
| 9 | Once the trap is complete the little animal burrows into the bottom of the pit and there lies in wait for unsuspecting prey . |
| 10 | Disappointment , again , lies in wait for them . |
| 11 | It conceals , itself , and lies in wait for an unsuspecting moth . |
| 12 | Bedbug , which is a true bug , of the order Hemiptera , and which lies in wait for warm , still bodies . |
| 13 | Death or injury lies in wait for the imprudent in Brobdingnagian chasms below . |
| 14 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 15 | But the history of his life so far shows ( and he freely admits it ) that old John Barleycorn lies in wait for him with implacable patience . |
| 16 | Philip , perhaps , stands in part for his earlier carefree schoolboy self between the age of eleven and fifteen — the ‘ foolish years ’ was his later name for them . |
| 17 | Soak the apple rings in water for about 1 hour . |
| 18 | His tone had changed again , and now he spoke like a worried father who still lives in hope for his son . |
| 19 | The major Japanese computer manufacturers expect to report sharp declines in profits for fiscal 1993 , Associated Press reports from Tokyo : five companies — Hitachi Ltd , Toshiba Corp , Mitsubishi Electric Co , NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd are expected to report a combined 72% decline in profits , according to the Nippon Keizai Shimbun , the second consecutive drop in yearly earnings among the five firms , which collectively saw a 59% drop last year from the prior year ; NEC has revised its expected loss upwards to $370m from $77m forecast in November , Hitachi expects earnings to fall 33% to $733m , Fujitsu forecast its first loss at $8.6m , and Mitsubishi Electric expects a 30% fall in profit to $336m ; Sony Corp , NEC and Hitachi are considering raising export prices to compensate for a 6.5% appreciation of the yen against the dollar in the past month , which has begun to erode Japanese exporters ' profits . |
| 20 | Unlike previous polls , the latest survey shows the service sector joining the downward trend with significant declines in optimism for profits and employment . |
| 21 | ENGLAND made their expected landfall in the 1990 World Cup yesterday , leaving Scotland and the Republic of Ireland to drift towards whatever fate the draw has in store for them in Rome tomorrow . |
| 22 | ENGLAND made their expected landfall in the 1990 World Cup yesterday , leaving Scotland and the Republic of Ireland to drift towards whatever fate the draw has in store for them in Rome tomorrow . |
| 23 | With Kevin Costner planning a biopic of Michael Collins and gay black British film director Isaac Julien set to make a movie about Roger Casement one can only speculate at what else the film world has in store for Ireland 's heroes . |
| 24 | ‘ Who knows what the future has in store for us ? |
| 25 | And the Holy Spirit is given as a firstfruit of the harvest God has in store for us ( Rom. 8:23 ) ; |
| 26 | ‘ So you have n't seen what the day has in store for you ? |
| 27 | Old Mother Thames will be keeping mum about what she has in store for them … until the big day in April . |
| 28 | That is what conductor Matthias Bamert has in store for the audience tonight when he leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Paul Hindemith 's When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom 'd . |
| 29 | Nearly six years since Mr Gorbachev came to power , it is still unclear what sort of future he has in mind for the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | Wasting her time is precisely what he has in mind for her . |