Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter the appellants never took steps to discharge their obligations under the agreement which was the subject of the Tomlin order , either in relation to the matters to which I have referred or indeed in relation to any other of the terms . |
| 2 | I cried all day long and although Bessie tried hard to tempt me with nice things to eat or my favourite books , I took no pleasure in eating or even in reading . |
| 3 | There is no denying that even in summer Ben Nevis is a magnificent peak , and a winter ascent for those well equipped and prepared will be a doubly stirring experience . |
| 4 | Washington was also disappointed to find that once in office Labour was determined to oppose any proposals , however ingenious , to give West Germany access to nuclear weapons . |
| 5 | We found that neither in theory nor in practice need the net effect be one of disincentive . |
| 6 | The rural population today is better housed , better educated and generally in receipt of a higher standard of living than at any time in the past . |
| 7 | Where space is at a premium , bulbs which are given a prominent position can be lifted while still in leaf , labelled and planted elsewhere in the garden . |
| 8 | And you you will know as well in relation to Policy H one that it was said that if fact development housing development in particular 's kept pace more or less with the er the policy of er the the policy set out in the structure plan . |
| 9 | To choose one of many examples , I can point to the case of Nottingham-born Herol Graham , whose parents came from Jamaica and gave him no support in his sporting endeavours , at first in sprinting and then in boxing where he made his mark as a light-middleweight . |
| 10 | All the functions for children were well attended and much in demand . |
| 11 | The appeals were made as often in sorrow as in anger . |
| 12 | In part this was a reflection of the great strain on small financial resources which building , maintaining and perhaps in time enlarging workhouses imposed , but it also reflected the greater difficulty in an effective and controlled administration of out-relief in the more anonymous and densely populated towns . |
| 13 | This argument , which is based on grounds of natural justice and procedural fairness , is resisted by counsel for the Secretary of State , partly because the statutory structure does not require that the information should be given and partly in reliance on the decision of this court in Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 . |
| 14 | The designs were by Hanns Ebensten , his last collaboration with John , because he gave up his ambitions to make a career in stage design after he had visited the homes of two other ballet designers , both highly regarded and much in demand , but both living in very modest circumstances . |
| 15 | " The curriculum has been completely revised and especially in English has been brought up to date . |
| 16 | This was so in Bedfordshire , for example : in 1952 the District Council carried a motion deploring ‘ the withdrawal of the services of a full-time officer of the WEA from Bedfordshire when so large a proportion of branches in the area are so recently formed and still in need of assistance and encouragement that only a full-time organiser or tutor-organiser can give ’ . |
| 17 | While magazines celebrate the return of hollywood glamour , with glossy pages dedicated to the super model who is immaculately coiffed and beautifully in control , you may feel your hair would be more suited to a bit part in a disaster movie ! |
| 18 | ‘ All costs charges and expenses incurred hereunder by the bank or by the receiver in perfecting or otherwise in connection with this security or in respect of the property hereby charged including ( without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing ) all costs of all proceedings for the enforcement of the security hereby constituted or for obtaining payment of the moneys hereby secured or arising out of or in connection with the acts authorised by clause 7 hereof ( whether or not such costs charges and expenses and moneys or part thereof would be allowable on a party and party or solicitor and own client taxation by this court ) shall be recoverable from the companies as a debt … and shall be charged on the premises comprised herein … |
| 19 | But if these strong women have been suppressed in soaps , it 's reassuring that elsewhere in television they 're erupting and ‘ coming out ’ as it were . |
| 20 | However research has shown that even in copper objects containing no deliberately added lead , the small amounts of lead present in the original ore ( and transferred to the finished metal during smelting ) contain a ‘ signature ’ in lead isotope ratios of the copper ore body . |
| 21 | On that basis of the civil law , the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held in Montreal Tramways v. Leveille [ 1933 ] 4 D.L.R. 337 , that when a child not actually born at the time of an accident was subsequently born alive and viable , it was clothed with all the rights of action which it would have had if actually in existence at the date of the accident to the mother . |
| 22 | It was finally agreed while still in Teesside that it would have to be done , and the only way was by explicit reference to the role of the Director , quoting the Articles of Government . |
| 23 | Surely no-one expects Coyle , Billy Hamilton , etc to apply while still in employment elsewhere . |
| 24 | And so we still see separate departmental systems growing up and central I S groups not necessarily well integrated and well in control of this new generation of client server systems . |
| 25 | His only chance of escape from that prospect is by opting to give and then in fact giving a replacement specimen of whichever kind the constable requires of him , subject only to his right to object to giving blood on medical grounds , and , if they are accepted by the doctor , then to give urine instead . |
| 26 | 8 Each party is " disciplined " and possesses sufficient internal cohesion , so as to ensure that once in office it is able to carry its programme through the House of Commons and into law . |
| 27 | Set an example by requiring all engineers entering and already in government service to follow best practice in risk management , and in it role as a customer , to require suppliers to follow best practice . |
| 28 | Holiday brochures go to press before flying programmes are finalised and well in advance of the international scheduling committee meetings which allocate ‘ slots ’ to airlines . |
| 29 | And there she was , a bit dented and definitely in need of a coat of paint , a Peterhead prawn fishing boat , nudging her way into the topmost lock . |
| 30 | At the School of Art I attended and earlier in school , it was rare indeed to see colourful collections of objects , still-life groups etc . |