Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of significant changes have occurred in British society since 1979 , and the one centred on in this book has been the emergence of an underclass . |
| 2 | There was always this idea that people lived on in some form after death , looking after you . |
| 3 | There is no reason to suppose that what goes on in one domain is necessarily relevant to what goes on in another . |
| 4 | The Learning that goes on in higher education justifies the label ‘ higher ’ precisely because it refers to a state of mind over and above conventional recipe or factual learning . |
| 5 | The media through which the sharers of a culture refine their insight into what goes on in each other 's heads are the arts in general , through which the most aware evoke in their audience the look and feel of things from their own viewpoints ( in the case of the drama and novel , of multiple interacting viewpoints ) , in fixed forms available to be explored at our leisure . |
| 6 | This field , again , is important , since without it , as we shall see , great harm to living creatures could occur as a result of what goes on in outer space . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what goes on in that head of yours . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's knowing what goes on in that place that 's the thing , General . |
| 9 | Something goes on in that room on a Monday and a Wednesday . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
| 11 | Well I think really what one must look for now is more detailed research on what actually goes on in mixed ability classrooms . |
| 12 | Well I think really what one must look for now is more detailed research on what actually goes on in mixed ability classrooms . |
| 13 | We 're supposed to know what goes on in this country , and the PM 's health is a national asset , so … |
| 14 | ‘ I ought to have found this out before , especially as I usually know everything that goes on in this village , but they 've managed to keep it secret . |
| 15 | Also , the local MP has taken it upon himself to look personally into what goes on in this prison . ’ |
| 16 | This centre looks like a huge barracks in the hills and no one knows what goes on in this place . |
| 17 | I know he talks to you about what goes on in this office , but I get a feedback about you . ’ |
| 18 | Fig. 1.2 shows the essentials of the system design process but since feed-back paths are omitted this figure does not indicate either the repetition and iteration which goes on in operational design or the different possible priorities and variability in the order of decision-making . |
| 19 | It goes on in more detail but that is the basis of it . |
| 20 | We can therefore interpret our findings as evidence that what the community agrees on in this case is a pattern of stable differentiation over two generations between male and female usage . |
| 21 | The doctors said they did n't know how I managed to carry on in such pain . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Insulting , then , ’ she agreed quietly , determined not to lose her temper , although if he was going to carry on in that vein the chances of her keeping it for very long were absolutely nil . |
| 23 | Photojournalism and the birth of photography are briefly touched on , Context and Ambiguity expanded on in some depth , ethics briefly considered and a fair selection of illustrations from the exhibition are included , including Robert Capa 's The Last Man to die , Leipzig , Germany and Chris Steele-Perkins Famine in Karamoja Province , Uganda , images that are almost commonplace today . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think he will stay on in that role , ’ Mr Smith added , ‘ but we will consider the future in our own time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's hardly fair I should be required to go on in this way . |
| 26 | The normal way of classifying a child is by his Or her father 's profession , and this is essentially all we have to go on in this case . |
| 27 | I refuse to sit on in this house and be treated like Christopher Robin by her . ’ |
| 28 | A State exercising a right by a provision of a treaty to which it is not a party is bound to comply with any conditions laid down in that provision , or elsewhere in the treaty for the exercise of the right . |
| 29 | Our understanding of the vertical ( as opposed to the horizontal ) movements of the lithosphere during continental rupture is largely derived from the interpretation of the sediments laid down in passive margin basins . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he takes to enforce procedures laid down in national health service circular No. 1975 ( GEN ) 46 . |