Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cohen and Uphoff ( 1 ) have shown that genuine participation happens only when there is involvement in decision-making and evaluation ; at a time when we often encounter a definite cynicism in many quarters concerning the whole matter of community involvement in health such examples are inspiring . |
| 2 | In March 1925 he beat a Conservative mediocrity in an election for secretary of the Union , in Michaelmas 1925 he was vice-president , in Lent 1926 president . |
| 3 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 4 | Fire crews spent more than two hours tackling a severe blaze in an empty Middlesbrough house yesterday . |
| 5 | To use an artificial lure to catch a hand-reared fish in a man-made lake seems a funny kind of sport to me . |
| 6 | So the criminals move freely around the galaxy , pursing their profession , and the FedPol must swallow its frustration and hope one day to be in the right place at the right time to catch a big-time wrong-doer in the act . |
| 7 | It has brought outstanding success on waters where anglers were quite happy to catch a single fish in the course of a whole season 's fishing . |
| 8 | There is no denying a basic sense in which this may be true , and yet the last chapter will surely be different . |
| 9 | There is no denying a basic sense in which this may be true , and yet the last chapter will surely be different . |
| 10 | I have I think it 's an addendum erm to rewrite a particular phrase in the statement to become he died on the cross for the sins of the world and by his resurrection as already in print . |
| 11 | This causes a sharp change in leaf orientation from mainly horizontal to mainly vertical . |
| 12 | One answer is to use a finer grid to achieve finer detail ( Walsh et al. 1987 ) , but this causes a corresponding increase in the size of the raster database . |
| 13 | So it is , say I in my simplistic fashion , that the plain , screaming absurdity of the statement that trade-union action causes a general rise in wages and prices escapes scrutiny . |
| 14 | New evidence also proves that it causes a chemical reaction in the skin , attacking and destroying collagen and elastin — which keep skin supple — and so hastening signs of ageing . |
| 15 | Clearly a zero near the imaginary axis gives a minimum in the frequency spectrum at a pulsatance equal to the imaginary part of the zero point , while a pole close to the imaginary axis causes a similar maximum in the spectrum . |
| 16 | It makes the heart pump blood faster ( we have all felt the pounding and racing of our hearts when we are roused ) ; dilates the airways of our lungs ( so we can breathe faster ) ; and causes a great increase in the release of energy — by breaking down glycogen ( the form in which glucose is stored ) for muscles , and fat ( from fat storage depots ) for the rest of the body . |
| 17 | According to one of them God drives back the waters of the sea by a strong east wind , and causes a mysterious panic in the Egyptian camp . |
| 18 | The Pittsburgh group incorporated a radioactive ‘ label ’ into the coat proteins of vesicular stomatitis virus ( a virus that causes a mild disease in livestock and is much used in interferon research ) . |
| 19 | This can now be explained by the fact that H pylori causes a selective increase in G17 , which is the form of hormone which rises most with eating . |
| 20 | But others have failed to find such quantitative increases , and suspect instead that in the course of translocation , the alene is altered in a way that causes a qualitative change in its product . |
| 21 | This view has been superseded by the concept of the thoracic pump , whereby sternal compression causes a generalised rise in intrathoracic pressure which is selectively transmitted to the arterial circulation because of closure of the venous valves . |
| 22 | They are equally aware that achieving the last few percentage points in performance of ten causes a disproportionate increase in costs . |
| 23 | The interest rate mechanism works as follows : ( a ) a rise in money supply causes money supply to exceed money demand ; interest rates fall ; ( b ) this causes investment to rise ; ( c ) this causes a multiplied rise in national income but ( d ) as national income rises so the transactions demand for money will rise , thus preventing quite such a large fall in interest rates . |
| 24 | This causes a severe response in the fish with inflammation and mucus production causing the decay of tissue and thus opens pathways for further infection by bacteria , usually myxobacteria . |
| 25 | ‘ The collapse of repertory causes a big problem in the training of actors . |
| 26 | Though H pylori also raises G17 several fold in the fasting state , this only causes a minor increase in fasting serum gastrin which consists predominantly of G34 . |
| 27 | Thus , using decimal numbers causes a steep drop in success rates in all three attainment bands relative to questions with whole numbers only . |
| 28 | Thus exposure to FGF-4 causes a significant increase in the number of cells initiating DNA synthesis . |
| 29 | We conclude that acute cigarette smoking causes a significant fall in gastric secretion ( Vg ) , and suggest that this results in raised gastrin values that have a tropic effect on the parietal cell , thereby accounting for the raised secretory capacity of chronic smokers . |
| 30 | The unleashing of the anger against the self causes a catastrophic fall in self-esteem . |