Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Secretary of State not accept that our valley councils have lost more in rate support grant over the past 10 years than he has given them in new money in the latest package ? |
| 2 | However , even if they do not make the play-offs , the Chiefs have achieved a degree of respectability that has eluded them in past seasons . |
| 3 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 4 | Defender Ian Harold starts a three-match ban , while player-boss John Carroll is again doubtful with the Achilles injury that has sidelined him in recent games . |
| 5 | It is not clear if the Government 's tactics over the last few days are typical of the muddle that has beset it in recent months or if it is deliberately designed to throw its opponents into confusion . |
| 6 | Brook has not simply plonked the cameras in front of his original production : he has re-conceived it in filmic terms , making obvious concessions to cinematic literalism while retaining the sense of wonder . |
| 7 | I I 've got to say that it 's somebody that 's got a personal project that has done it in one force ai n't it . |
| 8 | So can you er look at it in that light and you will see of course that and I can understand why Mr has done it in this way , he has actually broken down er his the approach to this to looking at this criterion , under the three heads , road , rail and bus . |
| 9 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 10 | Wharton , right , says his new hobby , golf , has got him in par-fect shape to slug O'Toole — now known as Fidel Castro — and grab title glory at Elland Road later this month . |
| 11 | Where the old badger is coming from Bill Morrison 's motto in life is ‘ never volunteer , never refuse ’ , a policy which has landed him in some of the hottest seats in the profession , as he tells Julia Irvine |
| 12 | However , Mr Doe claims that the reply from the Minister has vindicated him in one of his other chief concerns , the future of the national rail timetable . |
| 13 | We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half . |
| 14 | We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half . |
| 15 | They could be joint bottom tomorrow if things go wrong and I know all about the Forest jinx that has haunted them in recent years . |
| 16 | This has put us in good heart for Leicestershire . ’ |
| 17 | ANNIE LENNOX 'S Spanish holiday has left her in bad spirits after discovering her villa was haunted . |
| 18 | Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods . |
| 19 | Her family 's history , although nobody has recorded it in such detail , seems to have been almost as adventurous as that of the Crankos . |
| 20 | His subsequent career in equipment and clothing has kept him in close touch with needs , and there is no PE jargon in his down-to-earth advice . |
| 21 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 22 | I believe that it was a good inheritance , and one that has stood me in good stead all my life . |
| 23 | In essence , what has stood me in good stead all these years in broadcasting is spotting good people and waiting for them to come forward with what interests them ; what obsessions , what passions they have in translating those into programmes . |
| 24 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 25 | Conran is convinced , too , that his experience of manufacturing in the early days has stood him in good stead as head of a retailing empire . |
| 26 | His background with the round ball has stood him in good stead in becoming one of the country 's leading goal-kickers . |
| 27 | It has stood her in good stead , for she has had to deal with very serious health problems and has never allowed these to depress or hinder her . |
| 28 | What we were talking about , or what I think is interesting is your experience from your early days in horse shoeing has stood you in good stead for the revival of interest in driving erm if you 'd like to tell us a bit more about that I 'd love to hear it cos I 'm never tired of that . |
| 29 | It is much more geared to the administration of personnel records than was the bureau system but the experience we gained using the bureau has stood us in good stead for our own system . |
| 30 | ‘ As we had maintained our large weighting in overseas equities and cash throughout the period of UK membership of the ERM , this cautious perception of the political and economic risks being run has stood us in good stead . ’ |