Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] in the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that the USA was " a Pacific nation and we intend to remain in the Pacific for the long haul " . |
| 2 | Can you be more explicit about what it is you want to see in the North Yorkshire structure plan ? |
| 3 | He was encouraged to assume this double burden by Arthur Ponsonby , the younger brother of Fritz , who after nine years in the Diplomatic Service had resigned to sit in the Commons as a Liberal ; finding his colleagues inadequately radical , Ponsonby had then joined the Labour Party and in January 1924 was installed at the Prime Minister 's elbow as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs . |
| 4 | The machine is expected to ship in the US from the middle of the month , with an entry price of $3,000 . |
| 5 | This afternoon , the Government is expected to announce in the Commons proposals to reform radically the funding of college student associations and unions , which are currently fully financed through individual college funds . |
| 6 | Boris Becker has withdrawn from the Australian hard-court tournament in Adelaide , the first event on the new ATP tour , but is still expected to play in the New South Wales Open starting in Sydney on January 8 . |
| 7 | Mooney was left out of the derby game against Middlesbrough on Monday and would have been expected to play in the Pontins Central League game . |
| 8 | From those who long to study in the Warburg Library ] |
| 9 | He was picked to run in the London Schools at Crystal Palace but withdrew , so I had my first opportunity to run outside the immediate neighbourhood of school and borough , in a new environment on an international track . |
| 10 | For all that he could be expected to stay in the Lorrimores , car for at least fifteen more minutes I felt decidedly jittery , and I left the door open so that if he did come back unexpectedly I could say I was merely checking that everything was in order . |
| 11 | Nature of operations The Bank operates on a non-profit-making basis , and so its interest charges are close to the average rates it has to pay in the EC and international capital markets . |
| 12 | Wendy ( played by Maggie Smith plus wrinkly make-up ) has to stay in the Wendy house , while grown-up Peter forgets all about his kidnapped daughter , and concentrates instead on the more important business of bonding with his kidnapped son . |
| 13 | The kind of place where you can quite easily forget the day of the week — unless you want to take in the Friday disco — let alone the time of day . |
| 14 | Linkage may get Mr Hussein out of Kuwait , but recovering Kuwait , though welcome in itself , is only part of what the world needs to achieve in the Gulf . |
| 15 | Whilst wanting it to do well , they mistrust single-party government , and they want the FOP to continue to serve in the Bundestag as a restraint on possible extremism . |
| 16 | Sometimes famous musicians came to perform in the Lake District . |
| 17 | ‘ I used to envisage difficulties when I came to socialise in the Bangor area and would meet pupils . |
| 18 | Finally Theodora came to rest in the Dersingham chapel which formed the south transept looking towards the altar at right angles . |
| 19 | The Vimy came to rest in the Derrygimla bog , Clifden , Ireland , June 15 , 1919 . |
| 20 | Buddhists of the Northern school of China and Japan evolved their own theory of grace and came to believe in the Buddha as a Saviour , though in the earliest Scriptures he himself claimed to be nothing more than a teacher , a shower of the way . |
| 21 | Ricardo Ellcock , the Middlesex fast bowler , plans to study in the United States for a career as an airline pilot after confirming yesterday that he is to retire from first-class cricket , as reported in Monday 's Daily Telegraph . |
| 22 | The Glasgow and West of Scotland team just selected to compete in the Girvan three-day race over Easter is : Paul Coats ( Cumbernauld CC ) , Chris Thomson and Steve Russell ( VC Astar ) , Neil Cameron ( Erskine Cc ) . |
| 23 | Four horse trials riders from Northern Ireland have been selected to compete in the Heineken Punchestown three-day international championships which begin this week outside Naas in County Kildare . |
| 24 | The University Chamber Choir , who have been selected to compete in the Sainsbury 's Choir of the Year Competition , and sing at the installation of Sir Trevor Holdsworth as Chancellor will be joined by the Chamber Orchestra for a concert in Bradford Cathedral on May 20 at 7.30pm . |
| 25 | If I am transferred to jail in the US I am a dead man . ’ |
| 26 | However , sources say the job 's more titular than real with Waxman wanting to stay in the Boston area . |
| 27 | Brett cited SERC 's announcement that the nuclear structure facility at Daresbury is to be closed in December 1992 , as evidence of the damage being done to research in the UK by underfunding . |
| 28 | The plant was taken over just two months ago , and now the new owners have decided to relocate in the Midlands . |
| 29 | What the corporate finance community would like to see in the USM 's place is the subject of Bill Millar 's article in Corporate Finance . |
| 30 | There was a marked increase in enquiries during the quarter as signs of a recovery begin to appear in the UK housing market . |