Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uneaten food , and anything once living that dies or lies in the tank will break down in a similar fashion . |
| 2 | Telling a story means making what is false ( or at least largely invented ) seem true , so ‘ realism ’ ( a term hard to define but impossible to avoid ) becomes a crucial yardstick of success , a measure of whether the film wins or loses in the game of make-believe , which may also be the serious game of box-office success or failure ( though this in turn relates only erratically to the quality of a film in general or its SFX in particular ) . |
| 3 | If taxation finance is not available to cover public expenditure , governments must resort to debt finance or increases in the money supply to finance their activities . |
| 4 | The terms of the agreement were as follows : that political prisoners were to be released and the relevant ordinances withdrawn ; that civil disobedience was to be stopped ; that the boycott of British goods would cease , though ‘ peaceful picketing ’ could continue ; that there would be no change in the salt laws , though people living by the sea could make some for personal consumption ; and that Congress was to be represented at future sessions of the Round Table conference , the agreed agenda being federation , ‘ Indian responsibility ’ , and ‘ reservations or safeguards in the interests of India for such matters as , for instance , defence ; external affairs ; the position of minorities ; the financial credit of India , and the discharge of obligations ’ . |
| 5 | But he needs cuts to announce on Wednesday — an end to some bizarre farm subsidies to anyone running cattle on federal land , or cuts in the super-collider programme , but not the space station . |
| 6 | If there are any holes or dips in the cake , these can be filled in now with a little marzipan and glaze . |
| 7 | Sudden surges or dips in the mains supply are more common than blackouts , and you might not notice what 's causing the glitches in your work . |
| 8 | Postnatal problems can make breastfeeding difficult because sitting is so painful ; for example , if you have haemorrhoids from bearing down during delivery or long labour , or stitches in the perineum . |
| 9 | No anomalous migration is seen for the unbound fragments confirming the absence of intrinsic curvature or bends in the GMSA probes used . |
| 10 | Children born in the United Kingdom to students , visitors or illegal immigrants no longer automatically acquire British citizenship at birth , but they will still be able to register as British citizens if either parent later becomes a citizen or settles in the United Kingdom , or if the child has spent the first ten years of its life in the country . |
| 11 | ‘ Model number one , ’ the vendeuse said , as a mannequin appeared in a slate grey tweed suit , ‘ The Pennines ’ , an informal suit equally at ease for drinks at Claridges or walks in the hills . ’ |
| 12 | Whether we avoid certain foods because God has told us to , or whether it 's simply because of the E numbers ; whether our purification rituals are there to chase out demons in the name of spiritual purity , or germs in the name of hygiene … we all have a sense that beyond the boundaries of our lives lurks Chaos . |
| 13 | Volcanic lines are most abundant in the Pacific Ocean and comprise series of volcanic islands ( or seamounts in the case of submarine volcanoes ) which typically become progressively younger along a line and often terminate in an active volcano . |
| 14 | DELOITTE Haskins & Sells in the UK has firmly established itself as the Zsa Zsa Gabor of the accountancy profession . |
| 15 | The move follows Wednesday 's announcement of a merger between Coopers and Deloitte Haskins & Sells in the United Kingdom . |
| 16 | Mention is made of how in the viewing of the mountains " … it is to be seen how the very naturall working of those flood falling from the height in winter stormes have broken down & worn such rifts & slitts in the rocks as hereby the dead leaders or mettall finnes or vaine have appeared unto us above ground which before were hid by the earth & stones formerly covring the rocks some 2 or 3 fathomes deep … " |
| 17 | Everybody living in a country obtains the benefits ( or disbenefits in the case of pacifists ) of national defence and can not be excluded from them . |
| 18 | Organiser Pat Devey , of the Ferries Project , said : ‘ Anyone who lives or works in the area will be welcome . ’ |
| 19 | It 's the block that goes in the middle , when you put down the clamp pushes that along . |
| 20 | that piddling bit that goes in the ball of your foot . |
| 21 | The that goes in the chipper . |
| 22 | ‘ Someone with the right name is here and waiting in a special room to get on a big silver bird that flies in the sky to go to a place called Florida , ’ said the Thing . |
| 23 | The down-stream side is more sloping and covered with poles laid parallel to the sides of the valley , so giving the structure the strength to withstand the pressure from the water that accumulates in the lake . |
| 24 | On Nov. 7 a government spokesman in Khartoum complained that splits in the SPLA would make it difficult to resume the Nigerian-mediated Abuja peace negotiations which were due to take place in December [ see pp. 38901 ; 38952 for previous peace talks ] . |
| 25 | But we do n't need or love you as an organ gone sour that stinks in the wind . |
| 26 | Extraordinarily powerful and detailed American serial killer first novel that lingers in the mind long after it 's finished . |
| 27 | Their playing is the perfect foil for Chris ' ragged vocal , a sound that shimmers in the background one second and then roars into life the next . |
| 28 | These strict anaerobes are the final link in the food chain that develops in the gut ecosystem and use sulphate as a terminal electron acceptor during oxidative reactions . |
| 29 | It 's not the taking part that counts in the rush hour race it 's the winning . |
| 30 | But you 're the ones it 's not me it 's you that counts in the end . |