Example sentences of "[verb] in [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that they reserved me a front row seat in the Big Top of their felicity did assist in throttling back the glooms . |
| 2 | With these people the remedy lies in pointing out the responsibility that faith requires . |
| 3 | But they do not believe the solution lies in taking up the 15,000 tonne haddock quota available off the west of Scotland . |
| 4 | One of the major difficulties faced by many firms which post- audited their investment projects lies in separating out the cash inflows and outflows directly attributable to the project from those of existing activities . |
| 5 | Aware of German determination to maintain control over the currency , the Commission gave Pöhl a decisive say in drawing up the draft statutes of the proposed European Central Bank . |
| 6 | This follows the realisation that if the hunters succeeded in wiping out the goats the vegetation might swiftly regenerate , making it impossible to see the wary pigs . |
| 7 | The London County Council had found that it simply was not worth trying to recover the cost of milk from the 25% of London parents whose income was high enough to make them liable for the full billeting contribution , since ‘ the few pounds they had succeeded in recovering over a period of several months were far less than the cost of its collection ’ . |
| 8 | Borders Regional Council has sought to listen and to respond to its electorate and has succeeded in drawing up a document that is widely supported in the area . |
| 9 | We have recently succeeded in bringing in a number of new projects but to put it in perspective we need something like 250,000 hours of work a year and a major project like Tencel was about 50,000 in total . |
| 10 | These succeeded in bringing out the noble , Edwardian character of the music ; but failed to convey adequately its restless , questioning and sometimes despairing elements — as Elgar 's performances did so clearly . |
| 11 | By the time the boat reached the island Sven Hjerson had still not succeeded in shaking off the ample , daisy-sprinkled form of Arabella Buckley . |
| 12 | These would have been largely overcome had a similar approach to that used in setting up the " persons " system been adopted . |
| 13 | The new guidelines aim to give added protection to the countryside while at the same time promoting In drawing up the guidelines , planners accept that golf can have a major impact on countryside amenities , which , they claim , must be weighed against considerable economic and recreational benefit . |
| 14 | It may not be certain , as Ken Landon says , that Ho and Co will succeed in setting up a Communist State if they get rid of the French , but let me suggest that from the stand-point of the security of the US , it is one hell of a big chance to take . |
| 15 | It was utterly beyond comprehension that , mistrusting him as she did , she could never quite succeed in damping down a tiny frisson of physical response . |
| 16 | They did improve in carrying out the correct sequence of treatment ( assessment , open airway , check breathing , check pulse ) . |
| 17 | But Louis was prepared to take a much tougher line with the count of Nevers to resolve his dispute with the abbey of Vézelay : although relatives of the count were allowed to participate in drawing up the terms of settlement , Louis insisted that , if it failed , further aggression against the abbey would be treated as aggression against the king and punished accordingly . |
| 18 | It is recognized that any programme of improving information management will cost money , in the form of staff and equipment , but any money spent will result in opening up the wealth of our information resources to larger numbers of people . |
| 19 | Will the right hon. Gentleman join me once again in congratulating Mr. James Baker on the notable and indispensable part that he played in bringing about the Madrid conference ? |
| 20 | It commented in the same year that , ‘ while recognizing the considerable contribution that Mr Hornby has made in building up the Council to its present position of eminence within the colleges , it was now time for the CNAA 's influence to be more widely felt ’ . |
| 21 | He stressed that the meaning was to be contrasted with an error made in carrying out the testator 's intentions by the draftsman 's words , and also with a mistaken choice of words because of a failure to understand the testator 's intentions ( a matter covered by s 20(1) ( b ) of the Act . |
| 22 | F. Many skilled workmen and parts are needed in fitting out a ship , particularly a passenger liner . |
| 23 | Consequently , there are many ‘ floaters ’ — unhappy beginners who , having no local habitation , are gravely handicapped in building up a practice . |
| 24 | Yet the great mystery of schizophrenia remains — it is still unclear precisely what role , if any , such factors have had in bringing about the first onset of the disorder . |
| 25 | Among these , according to Fedor Polenov , Head of the Russian Delegation and Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet Commission for Culture , is the intention on the German side to give Russia a number of works from the Bremen Collection for Russian museums , and also to give financial and technical aid for the restoration of the Novgorod Museum and Park , and to help in making up the museums collection which was destroyed during the war . |
| 26 | We in the North owe him a considerable debt for the enthusiasm and perception he has shown in building up the schools ' collection of works of art now owned by the County Council . |
| 27 | The time scale involved did not allow the adoption of the methods and proven practice used in setting up the " persons " system . |
| 28 | Actually the railway should be more correctly named the ‘ Presteign [ sic ] , Clun and BCR ’ , for that was the name used in drawing up the Act . |
| 29 | The tasks will be clearly defined by the tutor and the tutor will provide instruction in the methodology which is to be used in carrying out the investigation . |
| 30 | A subject 's performance on an experimental task may depend not only on the way which he encodes the stimuli but also on the strategy he adopts in carrying out the task . |