Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] in [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wynne-Jones eventually succeeded in starting a small fire . |
| 2 | Richmann and his remaining man ran a few yards after the departing car , blazing away with a frustrated volley which only succeeded in blowing a few holes out of the bodywork and setting fire to the rear-mounted spare wheel . |
| 3 | Trying to power it out he only succeeded in finding a fairway bunker . |
| 4 | Wright , attempting to clear a cross , only succeeded in sending a powerful header from 15 yards past a startled David James in the 68th minute . |
| 5 | It 's always been a Dark Force , and you 've only succeeded in harnessing a minuscule aspect of it . |
| 6 | The prolonged procedure of appeal which the parents are entitled to embark upon in such circumstances can consume time and energy that would be better used in effecting a workable solution to placement problems . |
| 7 | If the overall effect is to increase profit but not volume the resources may be better utilized in creating a new product . |
| 8 | If the overall effect is to increase profit but not volume the resources may be better utilized in creating a new product . |
| 9 | My question is to , that er , police officer or to the Chief Constable , or to anybody who can answer , how much is it gon na cost that , for that paper to be produced , and would it not be better spent in putting a police officer in Stratton St Margaret , where there has n't been one on the beat for the last six months , to help us reduce the number of er , of crimes committed in Stratton . |
| 10 | In countries that have not yet achieved high immunisation coverage with OPV , resources would be better spent in raising a population 's immunity through a combination of improved routine services and the initiation of mass campaigns . |
| 11 | In an Aug. 12 interview he referred to a split in the Polisario leadership dating back to 1988 and said that he was " rallying against those who are stubbornly persisting in imposing a disastrous situation on our people … a dead-end solution " . |
| 12 | This section covers reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses necessarily incurred in obtaining a replacement passport are payable in the event of loss or theft of a passport whilst abroad . |
| 13 | The medieval warrior was what some today would call a drone : however necessary his protection might be or might seem to his peasant tenants and neighbours , and however much the enterprise of individual warriors may have fertilized the economy , he was not personally engaged in making a livelihood for himself and his family . |
| 14 | The First Division of the Court of Session so held in refusing a reclaiming motion by property valuers against the Lord Ordinary 's decision that a mortgage application form containing a disclaimer in respect of their liability to Derek and Margaret Melrose constituted a contract . |
| 15 | Progress is made slowly in Northern Ireland but people of goodwill will eventually succeed in constructing a peace . |
| 16 | Many parents would be shocked by rap songs about men mutilating female genitalia , with graphic descriptions that we would not reproduce in reporting a criminal trial let alone an article on popular culture . |
| 17 | The Government will not assist in finding a purchaser . |
| 18 | And the University of Tokyo has already succeeded in developing a practical self-repairing photocopier — good news for anyone who is frequently frustrated in their attempts to use one . |
| 19 | Although the Mulroney government had generally succeeded in maintaining a tight rein on federal spending , the country 's budget deficit had remained stubbornly high at around Can . |
| 20 | Braverman quotes the editorial of a 1918 edition of the International Molders Journal , noting that ‘ A half-century of commentary on scientific management has not succeeded in producing a better formulation of the matter ’ ( Braverman 1974 , 136 ) : |
| 21 | I have not succeeded in finding a clear-cut English instance [ excluding Swift ] in which a satirist , on an economic issue , was attacking a social group clearly higher than the one he belonged to or had been hired to serve . |
| 22 | The upper class in Western societies have normally succeeded in maintaining a high degree of social closure , and show very distinct values and patterns of behaviour . |
| 23 | Meanwhile in West Germany , Grundig has finally succeeded in building a video recorder with auto-reverse . |
| 24 | The 1910 dispute , when the male compositors finally succeeded in putting a stop to the recruitment of girl apprentices to the trade , was not simply a battle of the sexes . |
| 25 | Second , they agree on the conclusion that the solipsist 's charade of concentrating on an experience and pronouncing a word , no matter how fervently , can not succeed in establishing a rule which the solipsist can follow in a new case . |
| 26 | Another of Mr. Talbot 's activities was the loaning of money at a fair old rate of interest but he did not believe in spending a penny to smarten his premises from which the paint was peeling so badly that bare wood was revealed . |
| 27 | He did not believe in imposing a common blueprint across the country ; local circumstances would be taken into account . |
| 28 | If quality control is up to scratch and this kind of general finish is maintained throughout the range , then I would not hesitate in recommending a Rockwood to anyone looking for a good , all-round , budget guitar . |
| 29 | The word ‘ pointer ’ is not a reserved order in Pascal ; ‘ pointer ’ is not used in defining a pointer variable . |
| 30 | However , we have already noted in passing a complication in the case of psychological facts . |