Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Physically , it can cause hangovers , disturbed sleep , vitamin deficiencies and inflammation of the gastro intestinal tract and , more seriously , severe liver damage eventually resulting in death . |
| 2 | Austen Chamberlain , despite his limitations , was an ally of a staunchness rarely seen in politics . |
| 3 | Northern Sakhalin was not evacuated until 1925 , when a series of sticky negotiations between Japan and various Soviet authorities eventually culminated in recognition of the USSR and the restoration of diplomatic relations . |
| 4 | The woods most used in construction were elm and ash , both very hard and durable . |
| 5 | A slightly different picture emerges if we sift out the figures relating to personal injury negligence actions alone — the category most discussed in relation to the efficacy of settlements . |
| 6 | The missing boy was n't really interfering with the progress of the Connon case , because the progress only existed in theory . |
| 7 | The story only waned in popularity when Mandela was released : why hang on to the book , if it existed , at the time when it was most likely to sell ? |
| 8 | Public perception eventually results in regulation , in media treatment , in planning consents , and in government decisions affecting industry . |
| 9 | Yet each in his own way sincerely struggled to impose order on a country where Lowlander and Highlander rarely met in friendship , and could rarely communicate in the same tongue ; where there was the continual threat of another English excuse for invasion , often abetted by self-seeking elements within the kingdom itself ; and where arrogant noblemen prolonged family feuds disruptive not merely to the families conceded but to the governance of the kingdom itself . |
| 10 | Tennis talent badly served in province |
| 11 | The neutrons thereby produced in turn produced 14 C by interaction with 14 N. This simulated natural cosmogenic production , albeit in large bursts , and roughly doubled the atmospheric 14 C content as measured in about 1965 . |
| 12 | Part of the supportive service for export participation is export knowledge and a well established export department properly educated in export and marketing procedures . |
| 13 | * But such doubts rarely appeared in print . |
| 14 | ‘ The consciousness secretly indwelling in matter , the occult inhabitant , is able to make its way upward from the lower to the higher gradations , taking up what it was into what it is and preparing to take up both into what it will be . |
| 15 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
| 16 | Though separated from his Guard , Napoleon apparently remained in company with Soult , Bertrand and Drouot who , together with a few officers and an escort , were seen at Quatre Bras at 1 a.m. on 19 June . |
| 17 | This leaves no room for the non-realization of the infinitive event since the action of producing an effect necessarily coincides in time with the appearance of the effect ( concurrent causation ) , and so both these verbs call for the bare infinitive . |
| 18 | The charges related to extra inducements made to players over and above their club wages , an area of football so steeped in secrecy and subterfuge , that the problem is unlikely to go away . |
| 19 | The bear apparently fled in terror , yelling and howling , but contemporary accounts tell a different story , where the bear in fact knocked Lambert down and he was so fat he could not get up ! |
| 20 | Furthermore , defences — mechanical or chemical properties such as tannins , which make digestion hard ( though the effect greatly varies in magnitude ) , or toxins such as alkaloids — are no deterrent to some animals . |
| 21 | ‘ OK ’ said God , ‘ granted ’ , and St. David suddenly materialised in front of our wounded warrior . |
| 22 | Because gap suddenly opens in traffic and … |
| 23 | The major parties all voted in favour ; those voting against included the Flemish Volksunie , the extreme right-wing Flemish Vlaams Blok and both the Flemish and Walloon Greens ; the Van Rossem list abstained . |
| 24 | Lettie , a smart and tweedy battleaxe suddenly glimpsed in flannelette nightie and a hairnet , is a figure of fun who would be utterly loathsome if she really existed . |
| 25 | Legislation by statute greatly increased in importance during the Tudor period . |
| 26 | Steps already taken in response to IMF recommendations included the regulation of banks ' capital-to-assets ratio ( January 1991 ) , the freeing of foreign exchange rates ( Feb. 27 ) , electricity and petrol price rises , and a sales tax levied at highest rates on luxury goods ( May 4 ) . |
| 27 | The chief functions of the short time-limit under Ord. 53 are to prevent public programmes from being unduly held up by litigation challenging the legality of such programmes ; and to prevent steps already taken in execution of challenged decisions having to be reversed long after the decision was acted upon . |
| 28 | Clearly , given the large amount of data already impounded in share prices , and that few well-informed investors will be induced to trade index futures who did not already trade shares , the increase in information reflected in share prices is likely to be small . |
| 29 | Many of the shapes that had been developed in the Early Minoan nevertheless continued in use , especially the one-handled cup and the jar with a short spout on its shoulder , bridged by the rim . |
| 30 | Faldo just stayed in touch thanks to putts of 15 and 30 feet at the 14th and 16th for a round of 69 , while Ballesteros felt he had been robbed when he came in with a 68 . |