Example sentences of "[verb] in [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of uncertainties about the design and monitoring of these trials , the GUSTO study ( Global Utilisation of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded coronary arteries ) has been undertaken in over 40,000 patients . |
| 2 | The going will be a bit tough , not because I shall use sophisticated techniques ( I shall not ) , but because I can not avoid producing in fairly quick succession a sequence of ideas which will be new to many of my readers . |
| 3 | The promotion , with the banner ‘ Fresh Talent ’ , will run from 20th January to 10th March and will be backed by a major nationwide author tour , and p.o.s. , front-of-shop and window displays in nearly 500 branches of the WHS chain . |
| 4 | Author Michael Holden warned that common species such as cod , plaice and haddock could disappear in under five years , unless drastic measures were taken to limit catches . |
| 5 | Two and one half inches of rain had fallen in about two hours , the sky clearing just before sundown . |
| 6 | This knowledge evolves in only one way : by close contact with the technology ( technical local knowledge ) or with the customer ( local market knowledge ) . |
| 7 | Second , they have to work harder than in the past to find out how they are faring in quite basic parts of the curriculum . |
| 8 | It is puzzling why this happens year after year and the only feasible reason I can come up with is — there seems to be far too many players competing in too many leagues in and around the Belfast area . |
| 9 | ‘ You got in over two hours ago . ’ |
| 10 | This enables the air to flow in just one direction in an improved exchange of gases between air and blood . |
| 11 | Only a few molecules thick , how did they build in so much padding ? |
| 12 | It is the function of the cognitive analyser to perform in exactly this way and thereby to relate the organism more closely to environmental and social change . |
| 13 | So far as the B T U Tax is concerned , erm it 's really a political issue as to where the administration or the Congress in the end decide to place the tax , I mean in very simple terms the nearer you place it to the consumer , the more effective it is , but the less politically palatable it is which because consumers vote and oil companies do n't an and so er I think it will be political pressure to push it nearer to the well head which will be less good for the oil and gas producers . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not feeling well ’ , she whispered in somewhat imperfect French , and the woman moved hastily out of her way . |
| 15 | It must relate to my first sight of my mother 's genitals — but not the last — for we lived in just one room . |
| 16 | She lived in just four rooms including the bathroom and kitchen , which left six rooms disused and very run down . |
| 17 | In the report Dr Forwell pointed out that half the population of Greater Glasgow lived in extremely disadvantaged conditions , with the health of adult men deteriorating markedly compared with the rest of Scotland . |
| 18 | Certainly the only reasonable explanation for some of these occurrences ( such as those of Peregrinella ) seems to be that the organisms concerned lived in very restricted environments that did not normally get preserved , though this hardly explains their sudden appearance without obvious ancestors , with a wide but discontinuous distribution . |
| 19 | ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage . |
| 20 | It has always been common for students of literature to imitate their teachers ' styles , including in seemingly incidental respects . |
| 21 | More than 100 people have already been caught speeding in just 2 days . |
| 22 | Guinness brands are brewed in 44 countries and sold in over 130 countries . |
| 23 | With more than three-quarters of our sales made overseas and our brands sold in over 50 countries , we are one of the U.K 's top 100 exporters . |
| 24 | It differs in just one step : Instead of add C to the back of OPEN it reads : add C to the front of OPEN |
| 25 | Under warranty I have had two replacement gearboxes , a clutch assembly and a complete transmission change in under 5,000 miles , due to a rattle , seemingly in the gearbox when running light . |
| 26 | When completed in about 18 months time , the stations , which are about four miles apart , will stop raw sewage from three outfalls that serve 42,000 people being discharged on to the foreshore . |
| 27 | The Los Angeles-San Francisco drive can be completed in about nine hours , but to digest the scenic delights fully and sample the occasionally bizarre sights along the way will take take two or three leisurely days , stopping on a whim at one of the hotels or bed and breakfast inns that proliferate along the way . |
| 28 | Data collection and interpretation will be completed in about 2 years after which a decision will be made on whether to drill . |
| 29 | The updating task can be completed in about 15 minutes . |
| 30 | The two plots unfold in quite similar ways . |