Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of the prophecies was solved albeit in a way he had scarce expected . |
| 2 | Therefore you will need to rewrite that in a way which mean something to modern erm , readers . |
| 3 | Phizacklea and Miles show some sensitivity to the contradictory nature of working-class consciousness and emphasize that in a number of workers high levels of class consciousness nevertheless coexisted with considerable hostility towards local blacks . |
| 4 | A PART FROM a few dedicated individuals who preferred to do it the ‘ hard way ’ ( we 'll discuss that in a moment ) , the flying of a model helicopter upside down became possible with the introduction of the ‘ invert switch ’ . |
| 5 | And I say that in a right of some statistics that appear in today 's agenda . |
| 6 | I say in interesting , if you built that in a model , people would n't believe you . |
| 7 | Purchases are up more than I thought people purchasing all the time is , that 's fine , they 've got a system , we can describe that in a paragraph here and that 'll satisfy them but there 's more of a problem when we 're buying in the software , more than a one off thing . |
| 8 | It is reported that in a number of countries that are regionally , culturally and socio-economically heterogeneous , malnutrition has been found to be more common among children born after short than after long intervals ( Rinehart , 1984 , p. 686 ) . |
| 9 | Similarly , in obese patients receiving weight reduction , Broomfield and colleagues found that in a dose of 1300 mg/day , aspirin inhibited ( albeit to a non-significant extent ) the development of microcrystals , microstones , and gall stones — which developed with high frequency in untreated patients . |
| 10 | Nicola Woods found that in a business setting , gender was a better predictor than status of who would interrupt whom . |
| 11 | Contrary to these expectations , Rose found that in a group of 36211 men followed from 5 to 23 years , two thirds of those who developed colon cancer had initial serum cholesterol values below the age sex specific values for each respective cohort . |
| 12 | Veblen took pleasure in representing that in a society as dedicated to practical efficiency as the United States emulation should have been directed to the pursuit of objectives as conspicuously useless and therefore wasteful as gold or precious stones . |
| 13 | However , as discussed in the introduction , one could also predict that in a recognition test situations inconsistent with the schema might be remembered best since schema-inconsistent information would be more likely to have been noticed when initially viewing the stimuli . |
| 14 | Money set aside by Borders Regional Council to keep the delicate equipment mothballed and in a state of good repair runs out next month . |
| 15 | In this last stage self evaluation is included and in a commentary on the White Paper on teaching quality ( DES 1983a ) , John Elliott 's characterization of three levels of professional development through self-evaluation was quoted as an argument against assuming that government policies of dealing out more doses of in-service education would improve teaching quality ( Slater 1985 ) . |
| 16 | In a way it was challenging and in a way it was totally natural . |
| 17 | They say and in a hall which |
| 18 | The tallest Turk has resigned and in a fit of unparalleled generosity the Commander has ruled that his uniform should be sent instantly to a fast dry cleaners . |
| 19 | They decline to be interviewed but in a statement to us said , this year , productivity has increased while the accident rate has fallen . |
| 20 | I wandered as in a dream through the gate and across the road . |
| 21 | Mrs Hollidaye had pointed out how one could see creatures even more clearly when they were silhouetted as in a shadow cut-out . |
| 22 | They moved as in a dance . |
| 23 | The pines grew spaced as in a plantation . |
| 24 | You may think that in a democracy you too can flick idly through ice-screws and ropes , but the moment you prod anything with an inquisitive finger , an assistant will leap on you with a quiz as to your standard of rock-climbing . |
| 25 | It would be wrong to pretend that in a booklet of this size , we can do any more than raise some of these issues and give an overview of the way in which the company tries to deal with them . |
| 26 | For smaller cities tight inner ring roads were advocated , Tripp suggesting that in a city of 100,000 population the radius of the inner ring road would probably be a quarter to half a mile , while in a city of a million , the radius would be a mile or more . |
| 27 | We can not exclude them from our notion of property or deny that in a sense , at any rate , he is the owner of them . |
| 28 | We contend that in a democracy predicated upon the rule of law and public accountability , the enforcement of penal legislation should be the undiluted responsibility of the state . ’ |
| 29 | Although evidence is accumulating that in a number of birds females prefer long-tailed mates , the role of natural selection in tail elaboration has been largely ignored . |
| 30 | Many have been taught that in a relationship they have no right to make demands on a partner ; to say clearly what they want may lose his affection . |