Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These peoples can not allow themselves much investment in fixed assets they would need to defend , but just as importantly they can not allow themselves much investment in social ties to specific others . |
| 2 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 3 | In view of the increased prevalence of osteoporosis and high rates of bone loss in some patients we feel that all postmenopausal women with inflammatory bowel disease should be considered for HRT , particularly in those with extensive disease of those requiring longterm corticosteroid treatment . |
| 4 | By setting realistic goals and tackling your weight control programme in easy steps you will learn to control your eating behaviour in a way that pleases and satisfies you . |
| 5 | On its side in large letters it bore the legend INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SYNDICATION . |
| 6 | After making his plans for the safekeeping of funds in several banks he started off on his travels once again . |
| 7 | Er but as I say , I was n't very long at that so er when I came back to the , the motor trade , and bicycle trade , motor trade , cars in these days you get a variety of er all sorts of cars . |
| 8 | ‘ Much as I admire your unstructured lifestyle , on the evidence of the knees in those jeans I 'd think twice before I traded bank accounts with you . ’ |
| 9 | By the " permanence " of true-kin relationships in both models I refer to the fact that if two individuals consider themselves to be true kinsmen their kinship will persist in latent form even if they do not interact with one another at all for years on end . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure I will have the support of Mr McWhirter in any representations I may feel called upon to make to the Board , ’ said the headmaster . |
| 11 | Despite their increasing equity stake in capitalist enterprises they provide relatively little new investment finance and for much of the time act as passive collectors of dividends . |
| 12 | Cooker was all electric , th they 'd got no gas mains up into the into the old village in those days you see . |
| 13 | In the first century A.D. Pliny wrote that it was discovered in Spain in the previous century , where it was used to spice drinks , and in England in mediaeval times it was known as " sops-in-wine " , being mixed with wine and ale as a substitute for the costly cloves from the Far East . |
| 14 | The first one is methoxy propate in other words you 're saying , effectively , this group here was n't the longest chain you can get is a propate . |
| 15 | Even though her motive may have been a desire to manipulate the situation , her wish was supported by Dr. M. and , initially at least , by Dr. D. In those circumstances I entertain grave doubts that if Thorpe J. had directed himself in the way I have suggested , that W. 's wishes should be respected unless there were very strong reasons for rejecting them , he would have reached the decision which he did . |
| 16 | To prove his point he has taken on the legal profession and , with no legal training whatsoever , tied judges in such knots they have overruled each other . |
| 17 | It also could not afford the $100m in annual costs it would face to keep the programme going . |
| 18 | Then at least we would avoid the congestion of bus traffic along there and if townbound traffic was limited to one stop on the museum side of Tubwell Row instead of two stops in 100 yards we might get somewhere in more senses than one . |
| 19 | ‘ If you 're not on your feet in five seconds I 'll open your leg to the bone . |
| 20 | And then erm mother of course , I can always remember was in the Guild and erm she would , the Guild in those days I 'm always telling the er people today , were very , very active women , very active erm and you 'd got them as councillors , magistrates erm come forward to all these positions . |
| 21 | Well sort of well well you see er when I say that I mean erm er er insurance men , postmen , and postman was a very good job in those days you see . |
| 22 | In 1846 Turner patented the use of deck beam for use in buildings and later incorporated different depths of deck beam in other buildings he erected . |
| 23 | Such testimonies could be repeated over and over again as team members have had to take the lead in new areas they have found quite frightening . |
| 24 | So , in their capacity as workers in those factories they were not Co-operators at all , though they may very well have been members of consumers , co-operative societies owning an interest in those factories . |
| 25 | A second objection is that where both parties carry on business in Contracting States they can reasonably be subjected to the Convention automatically since it forms part of their national law , whereas parties carrying on business in different non-Contracting States who agree that their contract is to be governed by the law of a third State which is a Contracting State may well have in mind only the domestic law of that State and arguably ought not to be bound by the Convention unless they contract into it . |
| 26 | There are fish in such numbers you might think you are dreaming , until you start catching . |
| 27 | Thus it was hoped that they would seize any opportunity of increasing awareness and understanding of mental frailty in old age , among professionals , lay carers and local people in such a way as to increase people 's sympathy and confidence in any contacts they might have with elderly mentally frail people . |
| 28 | I 've got a picture of the way I want us to play , and if I can get that picture in 15 heads we 've got a chance of playing the way we want to . |
| 29 | If we try to describe this process in structural terms we will have to say that this externalization of forces of control leads to a marked deterioration and dissolution of the superego and , to a lesser extent , of the ego too . |
| 30 | Although for practical purposes in ordinary situations we use language as if it were transparent and as if meanings and intentions existed prior to it , literature , in its freedom from any referential obligation , demonstrates the supremacy of language over all other activities . |