Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Distance from Shanariah , coupled with enormous tithes to the Church and the fact that many of the Ixmarite hierarchy owned estates in the district and were therefore friends and neighbours , guaranteed the residents a certain freedom of belief . |
| 2 | He made patterns in the space , first up and down , then diagonally across , always within the open area between the stream and the thicket . |
| 3 | Suzi made patterns in the sugar with her spoon . |
| 4 | Our ‘ Aspects of Landscape ’ series , for example , continues on pages 15–17 with Martin Taylor describing how acrylic colours can be used with watercolours to achieve a convincing representation of landscape details such as grasses and tree branches , while on pages 18–21 Peter Partlington demonstrates how to simplify drawing birds in the start of a fascinating new series . |
| 5 | Indeed , can legislation , of itself , change attitudes in the way that clearly is intended ? |
| 6 | The government agreed , at the end of talks with Prince Sadruddin , to extend by six months a " memorandum of understanding " , due to expire in December , permitting UN relief agencies to continue operations in the north and south of the country . |
| 7 | The relationship between use of linguistic variables and various other speaker characteristics is illustrated in table 5.2 , which summarizes patterns in the realization of the vowel variable ( ai ) by Belfast working-class speakers . |
| 8 | Hugh Gaitskell countered by promising that the Labour Party would make improvements in the Welfare State and increase pensions without increasing taxation . |
| 9 | The most useful section of the book is the detailed and exhaustive list of suppliers , which points artists in the direction of the cheapest yet most reliable materials . |
| 10 | There 's footmark , footpaths all over the heath you know , where people can walk , and they keep sticking sticks in the heath now , but they knock 'em down . |
| 11 | Last month 's PFK introduced you to some of my ideas for using herbs in the treatment of ill-health in fish . |
| 12 | Sometimes the Moors sell prisoners in the slave markets . |
| 13 | This issue applies particularly in highly differentiated products in the consumer area . |
| 14 | National Westminster has announced four thousand redundancies and yet you still have to wait ages in the queue at the bank , why is that ? |
| 15 | If one writes and asks — or begs — British Rail to include improvements in the Bill which it could easily have done by extending part III , one gets the same treatment . |
| 16 | Mr Muawad , a pro-Syrian Maronite Christian , met deputies in the village of Ehden in the Syrian-controlled north to consult them about forming a cabinet , due to be announced this week . |
| 17 | Okay , so you ‘ consulted experts in the field ’ before delivering your judgments . |
| 18 | Editor , — In recent months dermatologists have been under increasing pressure from fundholding general practitioners to conduct clinics in the community . |
| 19 | When carrying out levelling operations in the garden always be sure to keep the fertile topsoil and infertile subsoil separate , if necessary disposing of the latter . |
| 20 | However , much of this work is heavily weighted towards the study of individual words , even though it is widely recognized that most vocabulary growth comes from encountering words in the course of reading . |
| 21 | The guests ' lounge is comfortable , with a wood-burning stove used for cooking chestnuts in the winter . |
| 22 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |
| 23 | Oh oh oh not really , but it was when this chanting came in that the young fellas seemed to like gangs in the crowd and this when all the trouble started |
| 24 | This school is now using databases in the history ( 51-56 ) , science , English and music curricula , while further databases are being planned for English and art . |
| 25 | TWO officers from the German police at Dusseldorf will be visiting North Wales today to learn about policing methods in the region as part of an international exchange scheme . |
| 26 | ‘ You develop eyes in the back of your head . ’ |
| 27 | Using handholds in the wood to steady herself , she crept back along the beam , hauling Simon along with her . |
| 28 | Some theatres had to close , though the opening of the Barbican Centre in the city of London provided yet another boost to musical and dance performances in the metropolis — which hardly needed it . |
| 29 | The teacher developers are distinguished from the teacher users by the fact that they must already be well acclimatized to using computers in the classroom . |
| 30 | We can expect , in the next decade , to see more sophisticated hardware and software produced as users become more expert and practised in the best ways of using computers in the learning process . |