Example sentences of "[verb] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Many Voices — One World and the movement towards a new information order have tried to concretise and apply the right to communicate in the real world , both on the national and international levels .
2 Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language .
3 Different horses communicate in different ways , although those that live together or are of the same family are more likely to communicate in the same way .
4 This does not mean that national history and culture will not bulk large in the educational systems of particular countries , especially the smaller ones , or that they may not flourish locally within a much broader supranational framework as , say , Catalan culture today flourishes , but on the tacit assumption that it is Catalans who will communicate with the rest of the world through Spanish and English , since few non-residents in Catalonia will be able to communicate in the local language .
5 Soften the cheese , then beat in the soured cream or fromage frais .
6 Cream remaining margarine and sugar together , beat in the whisked eggs , and stir in the flour with sufficient milk to make a soft , dropping consistency .
7 Gradually beat in the sifted icing sugar , adding a little at a time and mixing until well incorporated .
8 cos there is n't no ventilator in it , and that 's the one we sleep in cos we 're frightened of people coming through the back door in the night , you know kicking in the back door , so we sleep in the other room .
9 During the week I 'd get home late and sleep in the spare room — ‘ so as not to disturb her ’ .
10 I have been dead for a long time and by day I circle the huge air above the hills and by night I sleep in the quiet rock , as quiet as the rock , and the little worms mean consolation as they eat me .
11 " It should be obvious that in the crowded habitations of the poor , who live , cook , eat , and sleep in the same apartment and pay little regard to the washing of hands , the evacuations of cholera victims which are almost colourless and without odour can be passed from one person to another .
12 They sleep in the same room with each other , and look beautiful when I am putting them to bed , jumping and hopping about quite naked , rejoicing in the freedom of no clothes .
13 Even if you live and sleep in the same room , try to stay active .
14 They are surrounded by " ifs " and " buts " — and they will be so surrounded in the social worker 's experience of them .
15 The photograph shows the first lifeboat boat to be lifted in the new hoist , the Watson class Joseph Soar ( Civil Service No. 34 ) , as part of the proving trials by the contractors , Laings .
16 She was half-turned from him , letting her eyes follow the beams and wishing she could drift through the open doors as easily as the nets lifted in the seasonless breeze .
17 Its reputation was lifted in the sixteenth century , when Marguerite de Navarre came here and ( perhaps ) wrote some of her Heptameron , as a respite from the rigours of the cure , before the atrocious weather — in the prologue she quickly complains of the rainfall in Cauterets — drove her down to Sarrance .
18 If the adult plants are looking weary , then these can be removed , the severed stems picked over , the healthiest pieces bunched together with a strip of lead or piece of wire , and then replanted in the vacant baskets .
19 frank Connor , profiled in the Irish Times , relaxing at home with his wife Mary and his five-year-old daughter Kelly .
20 Because of what transpired in the latter part of 1989 , seldom has your insight been so penetrating and accurate , and between now and August is a time of unrivalled opportunities for you to make your mark .
21 The wonderful thing about the USPGA Tour 's year-ending statistics is that a quick perusal leaves you with a crystal- clear picture of what transpired in the previous year : Which players improved the most ; which were at the top of their games ; who won what and where , and when , and how .
22 Herefordshire were the team to catch in the Eastern Division by winning their first two matches — just .
23 As I linger in the grassy cart tracks joining two fields that sleep in afternoon idleness , the smell of Rayless Mayweed crushed underfoot overcomes the other pleasant hay and pasture odours .
24 We do n't have to talk literature , y'know — I 'd as leave hear news of America , parts of which still linger in the Carboniferous Age , I understand . ’
25 For the fifth time this year , he was made to struggle in the final round after being in a seemingly impregnable position .
26 Why ca n't you read involve in the English language I do not know .
27 Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way .
28 Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way .
29 But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so .
30 Hence the state can act in the long-run interests of capital against the current wishes of short-sighted capitalists .
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