Example sentences of "[noun] in [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senior managers do not want things to go wrong , and will not take what they consider to be unnecessary risks in recommending one supplier as opposed to another . |
| 2 | This research aims to determine the relative importance of ‘ area ’ and ‘ personal ’ characteristics in explaining local variations in school-leaver employment and unemployment within Dundee , Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1981 . |
| 3 | In 1936 he served on the committee organizing the spectacular international surrealist exhibition in London , and in 1937 he was involved with Tom Harrisson [ q.v. ] and Charles Madge in founding Mass Observation . |
| 4 | Explicit in the design of the projects was the attempt to achieve these aims without diverting traffic to other areas — in other words there was to be a genuine experiment in calming existing traffic in situ , not simply exporting the problems to other districts . |
| 5 | Such was not apparently the view of the bulk of the membership however , and the chance was lost to try an experiment in creating greater unity while the numbers of women were still comparatively low . |
| 6 | I found the authors ' expert discussion of the role of the electroweak force in promoting optical activity in biopolymers quite fascinating . |
| 7 | Scattered later evidence suggested that Wealden superstitions died hard ; indeed , it may have been as potent a force in determining local beliefs as organised Christianity at least until this present century . |
| 8 | The poem highlights two important twelfth-century developments : the use of force in punishing aristocratic crime ( the fruit of princely peace-keeping ) , and the increasing significance of siege-engines in warfare . |
| 9 | A final declaration favouring " representative democracy " and respect for human rights , and denouncing the use of force in resolving political conflicts was signed by all 19 leaders . |
| 10 | Francis ' account of his methods in administering anabolic steroids to his athletes is factual and detailed and there is no reason to doubt that he is telling the truth . |
| 11 | BILL SMITH , who has died aged 68 , was the first man in Britain to adopt aggressive American-style methods in retailing remaindered books . |
| 12 | These factors have to be considered in order to improve the reliability of serodiagnosis because of the potential advantages of these methods in identifying active H pylori infection . |
| 13 | Fleming 's colleagues most concerned were Ronald Hare ( 1899–1986 ) , a St. Mary 's graduate with a scholarship to do bacteriological research , F. Ridley , an ophthalmologist working on lysozyme , S. R. Craddock , another research scholar working under Fleming 's direction on staphylococcal variants , and C.J. La Touche , a mycologist investigating the role of fungi in precipitating asthmatic attacks and the development of vaccines against them . |
| 14 | We are firm believers in using appropriate technology and if the title is being put together by one person with no experience of word processing , let alone typesetting , there is quite likely to be disaster rather than a success ! |
| 15 | Given the substantial investment in developing that technology over many years , this form of working is now probably the most efficient way of running this industry . |
| 16 | Perhaps 20 cases , for a population over 15,000 — a useful investment in making sure justice is seen to be done . |
| 17 | Mandela himself , on the day of his release , described de Klerk as " a man of integrity who is acutely aware of the dangers of a public figure not honouring his undertakings " , and who had " gone further than any other Nationalist president in taking real steps to normalise the situation " . |
| 18 | The Supreme Soviet had on Nov. 13 passed a bill strengthening the legislature 's role at the expense of that of the President in making ministerial appointments . |
| 19 | The fast readers were more efficient than the slow readers in using grammatical predictability and in integrating different ideas in a sentence , but the factor accounting for the largest difference involved word-recognition processes . |
| 20 | Even so , there was a dreadful sense of loss in hearing these stories of her ancestors ; there was an ache and a feeling of bereavement . |
| 21 | Apply cream blusher in a soft terracotta shade , or powder first , then apply a powder blusher in glowing earthy tone . |
| 22 | However , previous studies in the sociology of policing stress that , irrespective of the management 's goals in introducing some innovation , there is often a disjuncture between official organizational policy and its implementation by ordinary constables . |
| 23 | Alternative approaches are reviewed by Franco Bianchini , who points to the potential role of an adequately funded arts programme in fostering civic pride and countering alienation , and Doreen Massey who emphasized the need for a combination of progressive national and local economic strategies . |
| 24 | By the end of the century many were moaning that ‘ the pulpit can never again be what it was once — the chief organ of information to the people , the great agent in moulding public thought ’ . |
| 25 | It will , however , remain to be seen what practical effect is achieved by this legislation , given the central role of the senior judiciary in determining this issue and in the light of judicial criticism of such a measure . |
| 26 | Legislation to increase the powers of the police and the judiciary in combating organized crime received final parliamentary approval , with strong cross-party support , on Aug. 7 . |
| 27 | The studies tentatively suggest that such union organisational factors are more important influences in promoting internal democracy than are national , contextual characteristics such as the political and industrial relations systems , or the existence of competing union federations . |
| 28 | It succeeded at a stroke in reducing tenanted land from over 45 per cent of the cultivated area to under 10 per cent . |
| 29 | The second related to the difficulties experienced by deaf and dumb school-leavers in finding suitable employment and particularly in entering skilled trades . |
| 30 | There is an inevitable tension in applying this maxim to schools — the notion of collegiality based on a community of professionals may inhibit the scope for individual leadership . |