Example sentences of "[verb] in the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After defeating Brighton 's unseeded Julie Salmon 6–3 , 6–3 , the British No 1 wondered why younger players she beat in the past did n't ask her advice . |
| 2 | Quickly beat in the gelatine to form a smooth dough and knead well in the bowl . |
| 3 | The direction of the force is obvious , it can only act in the line connecting the two point charges . |
| 4 | The latter was in practice obliged to pledge that it would consult and inform governments at all stages of any initiative , that it would cooperate more closely with the Council of Ministers , and that it would not seek in the future to behave like a government . |
| 5 | The main objective of our visit was to climb Mount Kenya , Africa 's second highest mountain , but walking in the Leroghis formed an important part of our preparation . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , ’ now she understood , ‘ because I — was walking in the garden to clear my head and I happened to see — ’ |
| 7 | It is too early to estimate the value of this dog at stud in Scandinavia , but the litter sired in the UK has produced winners at Championship Show level , not only in the UK but also in Australia and Norway itself , for one of his sons Jagen Blue Brutally Handsome , was exported to Norway to the kennel of Mr T Lindstrome prior to Kolja 's arrival in Norway . |
| 8 | Every penny counts in the battle to save the forests . |
| 9 | Er and I suppose the great you know lesson of social sciences in , in some ways if it 's , if it 's for anything it ought to be to try and avoid that kind of disaster , because erm if we understood ourselves better we might you know in the future try and avoid that thing because we just would n't attempt if , if that was n't an attempt to be . |
| 10 | The answer largely lies in the music chosen , because music is usually , if not always , the source of the inspiration . |
| 11 | Despite its discursive nature the strength of the article lies in the emphasis placed on the dynamics of the communicative process in which the reader plays an active part and the text is the spring-board for the creation of the textual world . |
| 12 | Our interest , however , lies in the principles employed by the pupils themselves to fit the actions they describe into a meaningful framework . |
| 13 | Hemp anchor cables have certain advantages but their drawback lies in the space needed to stow them ; the enormous ventilated cable tiers in H.M.S. Victory are impressive . |
| 14 | Its real importance lies in the drive to refine the whole of physics into a single question . |
| 15 | The secret of criticism lies in the ability to depersonalize it . |
| 16 | The time taken by each set of words has to be very exactly calculated , and a large part of the skill of a voice-over expert lies in the ability to fit a set of words into a precise length of time while still getting the required clarity and intonation . |
| 17 | The answer lies in the part played by assumptions or presuppositions in knowledge . |
| 18 | The origin of the defect lies in the gene coding for haemoglobin which is 240 nucleotides long . |
| 19 | ‘ I imagine that your primary interest lies in the weapon used in the attack . |
| 20 | We believe that the novelty of our approach lies in the focus adopted for interpretation . |
| 21 | Efficient recovery from complex equipment failure largely lies in the hand osf the servicing personnel available . |
| 22 | The significance of the service lies in the attempt to take the process away from them and place it under the control of national and local welfare élites . |
| 23 | Part of the answer probably lies in the attempt to maintain a ‘ steady state ’ in the first year of the reforms . |
| 24 | He lies in the bath scented , marinated by the little sachets and ampoules of emollients he has tipped into the water . |
| 25 | Part of the answer lies in the $112m listed as ‘ negative and advances ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ When I have evenings off , I tend to stay in the club lurking in the shadows reading : I am disinclined to meet friends . |
| 27 | Small holes were drilled in the plywood making large circular patterns and there were panelled kicking boards under the seats . |
| 28 | In June the company admitted that initial results from boreholes drilled in the area showed that its knowledge of conditions was " not sufficiently firm " . |
| 29 | The company had admitted in June that initial results from boreholes drilled in the area showed that it did not have sufficient knowledge of conditions to guarantee safety of the repository . |
| 30 | The change in the orbit of the earth is too slow to be observed , but this same effect has been observed over the past few years occurring in the system called PSR 1913+16 ( PSR stands for " pulsar , " a special type of neutron star that emits regular pulses of radio waves ) . |