Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that all hon. Members representing Northern Ireland will take the opportunity to invest in the economic future of the Province . |
| 2 | Tonics , restoratives and health remedies provide an opportunity to invest in the non-toxic remedies of the future . |
| 3 | Skill descriptions are generalisable in that human operators have characteristic abilities and limitations and therefore have tendencies to perform in the same way . |
| 4 | But at the same time , if there is a God , it is perfectly plausible to argue that He would desire the discussion of His existence to proceed in the argumentative , confused and doubting way in which it currently does . |
| 5 | It would undoubtedly cost a lot on money to implement in the short run , as would some of the more conventional changes proposed by that Frenchman who claims to run the sport with an impartial hand . |
| 6 | amd next week we 'll be back on the football trail to see in the new season |
| 7 | Then the Shah persuaded the Carters to see in the New Year at the palace and the Queen sent the Crown Prince into the Library to organize a smaller party . |
| 8 | There 's even more ammunition for the Limited driver to unload in the performance-over-a-pint discussion at the local pub . |
| 9 | All peers of England have retained entitlement to sit in the appropriate House of Lords throughout . |
| 10 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the barrister 's preserve . |
| 11 | The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the preserve of barristers . |
| 12 | The festival is pleased to provide an opportunity for audience and musicians to meet in the beautiful 12th-century church known as the Spurriergate Centre which serves a wide range of delicious foods and is renowned for its vegetarian dishes . |
| 13 | I 've got two essays to write in the next fortnight . |
| 14 | Some used this expertise to work in the private sector as consultants advising on urban policy ; in one case a firm that employed no Black people was selected for its ‘ inner city expertise ’ to evaluate the Handsworth Task Force in inner Birmingham which it had previously also been paid to advise but which was now being shut down to make room for a newly fashionable Urban Development Corporation , this time in the Birmingham Heartlands ( sic ) . |
| 15 | Floy remembered what Nuadu Airgetlam had said about the Robemaker taking sacrifice from the ordinary Irish people and putting the sons to work in the Dark Workshops and guessed that the people had simply lost heart . |
| 16 | So I think if you 've got the creativity to write in the first place , you just need to change , not so much the instrument , but maybe change the tuning or the pitch . |
| 17 | Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language . |
| 18 | Ideally one needs to subdivide the original low-ROI businesses into those at the beginning of their life-cycle and those at the end , because one would expect ROI to increase in the former but to fall in the latter . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm going to Alès to work in the municipal library , ’ she replied . |
| 20 | Down was one of the outstanding medical students of his generation , and his decision to work in the neglected and perhaps despised field of mental deficiency was courageous . |
| 21 | Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to meet in the near future the chairman of British Coal to discuss the state of the Welsh coalfield . |
| 22 | General Council 's action in support of the miners and wool textile workers signaled a turn in the tide , the beginning of a definite stand against the policy of wage reductions which economic conditions have enabled the employers to impose in the last four and a half years . |
| 23 | Nor was this resistance to diminish in the post-war period , as will be seen in the next chapter . |
| 24 | To create more of an atmosphere , you could invite some of your ardent fans to indulge in the free drinks and snacks which are generally provided for the guests , along with a band publicity pack . |
| 25 | The tendency is , then , for professional/client relationships to continue in the existing mode — even , as suggested earlier , pushing their interpretation of normalisation principles into line with their established practice in order to reduce the dissonance they might otherwise experience . |
| 26 | The first missionaries to preach in the Muslim north of Nigeria were greeted by a handful of people who were already believers in Jesus and claimed to follow him . |
| 27 | In spite of the inclement weather there were opportunities to stroll in the beautiful grounds , and some people visited the salmon leap in the River Kent . |
| 28 | Each faction seems prima facie to have chosen a different side to support in the Arab-Israeli conflict . |
| 29 | Indeed , the Soviet press supported a query by the Indian Foreign Minister , N. Rao , in May 1981 about whether to permit Pakistan to remain in the Non-Aligned Movement with the assertion that ‘ Islamabad 's policy of all possible military rapprochement with Washington and the huge shipments of American arms that have been promised can not help but raise legitimate doubts among many member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement as to whether Pakistan is legally entitled to remain in their ranks ’ . |
| 30 | But they are being forced to do it by fragrant Virginia , who 's actually trying to reduce the ability of dentists to perform in the National Health Service as they want to do , and as they always have done . |