Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tucker , who is due to retire in the autumn , said : ‘ I regard the honour as a tribute to the work of Navy News staff past and present , and I 'm particularly proud of the fact that ours has always been virtually an in-house production . |
| 2 | This does not automatically mean that the provision will be made , but it does make it possible to plan in the light of solid knowledge rather than guesswork . |
| 3 | It was strange to see in the flesh a man whose name and face had since 1939 been almost as familiar to me as those of Churchill or Hitler . |
| 4 | And the Pioneers were right to see in the dispossession by the consumer interest of the rights of the workers in the Manufacturing Society as a fundamental change of Co-operative purpose and as implying the acceptance of a much more limited expectation for it , but wrong not to recognise that that change , that limitation inhered in the idea of a dividend itself : for that , more than anything else , activated the potential conflict of interest created by the differing functions — that of workers making things for sale and that of consumers buying them to use . |
| 5 | It is possible to include in the wording of the Deed that the covenant will cease if certain conditions occur — for example , if you become unemployed or your income falls below a certain level . |
| 6 | With the economy predicted to be on the upturn it is perhaps the right time for Allied to invest in the Firkin chain and cash in early on the next consumer boom . |
| 7 | I find the Préludes disappointing , too brightly lit and stated rather than suggested : to take examples from Book 1 , the opening of ‘ Le vent dans la plaine ’ is not pp and surely not aussi légèrement que possible for this pianist , while the ‘ sounds and perfumes ’ of the next piece are too solid to float in the evening air . |
| 8 | Regulars from several Hartlepool pubs are due to gather in the Park Hotel today for a 12-hour charity quiz to raise money for the Telethon appeal . |
| 9 | It is certainly possible to see in the charter deeds of the denomination ( which is what the Book of Common Prayer seems to be for many ) this vision to reach those outside the church . |
| 10 | As well as making it possible to see in the dark , thermal imagers penetrate mist , smoke and the lighter fogs . |
| 11 | Because of popular music 's ubiquitousness and vast scale of production , it has been possible to establish in the collective mind a set of conventional musical ‘ colours ’ — ‘ Spanish ’ , ‘ pastoral ’ , ‘ cowboy ’ , ‘ blue ’ , ‘ hip pie ’ , ‘ punk ’ , and so on — and arrangers and producers can simply lift the technical devices needed for these ready-made veneers off the shelf when needed . |
| 12 | In an article due to appear in the Cato Journal this autumn , Clark Wiseman of Gonzaga University in Washington state offers some similarly ruthless calculations . |
| 13 | In the meantime all those due to appear in the FA Cup third round in the New Year have received a letter from Lancaster Gate reminding them that the FA has the power to throw them out of the competition if their players become involved in mass brawls . |
| 14 | The most aggressively anti-environmentalist farmers are probably the agribusinessmen who allow little to stand in the way of enhanced profit margins and who are largely indifferent to aesthetic considerations . |
| 15 | It is therefore normal to provide in the Articles that the consent of the equity investor or its director will be required before the payment of any dividends . |
| 16 | A coastguard spokesman said the other two ‘ undoubtedly survived because they were wearing lifejackets , which also made them easier to spot in the water . ’ |
| 17 | It is their custom , even on their largest ships , to show no lights at night — on the principle that it is better to see than to be seen , and that it is easier to see in the dark without the distraction of lights . |
| 18 | Less than an hour later , at Bath , the strain of running the campaign as party chairman only to lose his own seat is painful to see in the face of Chris Patten , who bites his lip . |
| 19 | I was quite sad to hear my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food say that he was prepared to sit in the negotiations for months . |
| 20 | And an increasing number of people are willing to kill in the name of causes which they find holier than the discredited law of the land . |
| 21 | He says that as well as being the major sponsor of the game , the Midland is the largest private sector employer in Sheffield , and the game provided another opportunity for the bank to demonstrate that it is prepared to invest in the city . |
| 22 | Always save your file before you sort it and be careful to include in the Data Range all the rows and columns that you want to sort but no others . |
| 23 | She knew he was fobbing her off , but she accepted it ; she was willing to sit in the back seat and let him do the driving . |
| 24 | Until now , we have divided the world 's abundance into ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ — it was OK to revel in the beauty of nature , but not to take pleasure in wealth . |
| 25 | In accordance with this concept incorporation was , for example , much easier to obtain in the case of transport and utility undertakings , such as canals , railways and waterworks , than for ordinary trading ventures . |
| 26 | The employers did however wish to keep the door open for the future , and proposed a ban of five years on women entrants — something which the union was prepared to accept in the hope that " natural reductions " over this period would leave the men in a commanding position . |
| 27 | Were British workmen to show themselves willing to suffer in the pursuit of the Peace Terms or War Aims which Labour had laid down ? |
| 28 | ‘ Stories are much easier to write in the sense that you do n't have to retain interest for 500-odd pages . |
| 29 | Some of these will be regular users , that is they may make daily or weekly access to particular parts of the system and they may be willing to train in the use of particular facilities . |
| 30 | The successful trial of the system requires that the teachers understand and accept the intentions , and that they are able and willing to engage in the processes implied . |