Example sentences of "[verb] in the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unhappily there is a new breed of librarian who takes a different view , epitomised in the motto I have quoted ‘ If in Doubt , Chuck it Out ’ . |
| 2 | Just walking in the garden I was |
| 3 | If they fly in the area they will be well aware we are likely to attack . ’ |
| 4 | The originality of so much of Ashton 's and MacMillan 's choreography fur classical ballets lies in the way they follow the basic principles and rules in order to create an infinite variety of enchaînements from the traditional vocabulary of steps , and yet discard the conventions . |
| 5 | The strength of the F-Plan lies in the way it affects the calories you consume . |
| 6 | Its value lies in the way it opens up the issue for reasoned discussion . |
| 7 | In either case the relevance of the reformulation lies in the way it narrows down , or constrains , the interpretation of the original . |
| 8 | Rather its relevance lies in the way it constrains the interpretation of [ 14a ] so that hearers can see it as an interpretation of the speaker 's thoughts about the state of the pound . |
| 9 | That is , the relevance of the reformulation lies in the way it constrains the interpretation of the first segment so that it matches Carver 's own initial impressions . |
| 10 | It is clearly an undergraduate text ; its use lies in the way it introduces discourse stylistics to a primarily conventional undergraduate group . |
| 11 | If its greatest danger lies in the Israeli threat to push yet more Palestinians across the river Jordan and in a consequent revolution , Jordan 's greatest asset lies in the support it receives from the West , anxious to bolster Jordan as a ‘ moderate ’ in the Arab world so long as the Middle East conflict persists . |
| 12 | ( The secret of a good presentation still lies in the message you are getting across rather than the props that you use to help you . ) |
| 13 | For the genealogist , however , the principal value of the returns lies in the help they provide in tracing elusive ancestors . |
| 14 | When his plan is compared with Gandy 's ( Fig. 27a ) , the main difference lies in the care he has taken to consider what it might be like to live inside . |
| 15 | He believes a key to the projects ' success lies in the continuity it brings to children 's lives . |
| 16 | ( v ) There is no agreement on the set of descriptive categories required for an adequate account of a language such as English ; consequently different investigators are likely to differ in the way they identify linguistic features in a text . |
| 17 | The explosions were now occurring in the area they had just evacuated , probably inflicting casualties on the British troops who had taken over the German trenches . |
| 18 | She could feel the muscles of his arms jump where her hands were touching him and exulted in the power she seemed to have over him . |
| 19 | In the form in which the principles appear in the Act they relate clearly to a version which was included in the Council of Europe Convention of 1981 . |
| 20 | Most have interesting things to say , but why they appear in the order they do is explicable only on some deep theory of random numbers : the editors provide no justification for the selection or their order — or useful introductory remarks or guidelines . |
| 21 | That having been said , where gaps appear in the Code it would be better for them to be filled by a change in the Code itself rather than by judicial interpretation , for it must not be forgotten that breach of the Code is a disciplinary offence and it would be unfortunate if the officers in the present case , who were rightly not made the subject of any criticism by the court , should even in theory be liable to disciplinary proceedings . |
| 22 | Naive users sometimes assume that the computer can tell them anything that is worth knowing ; to quote from Erickson and Nosanchuk , ‘ when we plug in the computer we often ‘ unplug ’ our brains ' ( 1977 : 28 ) . |
| 23 | If Isabel can include in the time she spends with him developing his skills for a propensity for being slightly more economic in his travel and hospitality arrangements , I guess we 'd be even more pleased . |
| 24 | No-one left the school unless the Headmaster was throwing them out and Endill could n't remember that ever happening in the time he had been there . |
| 25 | When I 've been taking Paul to work in the morning they 've been giving me flashes and then if I , you know , flashed them back they have n't put their headlights on so I thought oh bugger yous ! |
| 26 | Well that 's what Breeze am keep telling me when I got to work in the morning it 's about the time of recession people should advertise more not less that maybe but the hard financial situation of the theatre finds itself in is to find that sort of money is very difficult at the moment . |
| 27 | Sorry , I 've been laughing in the kitchen you see , that 's what it is ! |
| 28 | The chief superintendent seemed to revel in the reprimand he issued to her . |
| 29 | Music giant Thorn EMI continued to revel in the support it received yesterday following its stunning profits rise . |
| 30 | The report should have said ‘ if war permits ’ for , by October 1915 when the Annual General Meeting was reported in the Standard it was only the third press account that year and it indicated the Club was in dire straits . |