Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there was a grievance the students would refuse to eat their evening meal , and parade and make noises , or sit in a solid wall of silence . |
| 2 | Instead of pitting the small firms against large firms , specialization by technique or process in a pervasive network of subcontracting forges a partnership which seems to have maintained the widely dispersed structure . |
| 3 | Instead of pitting the small firms against large firms , specialization by technique or process in a pervasive network of subcontracting forges a partnership which seems to have maintained the widely dispersed structure . |
| 4 | Whether doctors should concentrate solely on the clinical aspects of general practice or act in a wider capacity to tackle the underlying causes of ill health is a subject often discussed . |
| 5 | Celtic students , if not native speakers of Gaelic , are similarly required to attend summer schools or reside in a Gaelic-speaking community in circumstances approved by the department . |
| 6 | Perhaps other people do n't suffer from my nightmares or waken in a cold sweat in the middle of the night , confronting fragmented episodes from their distant past , floating by them as if the detritus of a forgotten shipwreck in an Arctic sea . |
| 7 | Sit or lie in a comfortable position , read through the exercise and then follow these steps . |
| 8 | While many visitors are simply content to unwind on the beach or indulge in a little holiday sport and activity , others have the opportunity to gain a better insight into the history and customs of this beautiful region . |
| 9 | Rake or hoe in a top dressing of rose fertiliser . |
| 10 | Doors with wood or aluminium frames are widely available from builders ' merchants and timber yards , and you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to do it for you . |
| 11 | Wood , steel and aluminium frames are widely available from builder 's merchants and timber yards in a range of traditional standard patterns and sizes , and you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to do it for you . |
| 12 | If they have experienced difficulties similar to the client , or live in a similar social environment , they are more likely to be able to foster the client 's own coping skills and to achieve a friendship on equal terms . |
| 13 | Loam-based composts are more limey , so if you use rainwater or live in a soft water area , using John Innes compost is especially important . |
| 14 | Underline , or write in a different colour , the bit of the word that causes the difficulty : cf. strategy " A " , number 4 ( page 9 ) . |
| 15 | Some warrens are so extensive they can range over as much as 50 acres or take in a complete gravel working . |
| 16 | Enjoy the shops , museums , historic houses , parks and gardens , or take in a public exhibition at the NEC . |
| 17 | Wether you 've decided to treat yourself to that trip of a lifetime or invest in a valuable antique , an Abbey National Personal Loan offer you real freedom . |
| 18 | Or invest in a foundation-and-powder compact which can be whizzed over the face first thing and used to touch up a shiny nose or chin during the day . |
| 19 | If neither solution is practical , try burning a joss-stick or invest in a large aerosol spray . |
| 20 | Whatever the description the result for such individuals who take up this role is that their lives are beset by disappointment and frustration because the remainder mobilise in their own defence of their egos the kinds of myths I have indicated , or withdraw in a schizoid way . |
| 21 | It would , therefore , make sense if axons played a part in controlling the number of oligodendrocytes that develop in a myelinated tract . |
| 22 | If I want group members ' approval , I will accept the dictates of the group about my role , even though I might not accept that influence in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 23 | Many other chemicals that act in a similar way to acyclovir are under investigation . |
| 24 | Access to the inter-dealer brokers in gilts ( to be distinguished from the different IDBs that act in a similar capacity in the equity market ) is restricted to GEMMs . |
| 25 | This supposition is , I think , based on the simplistic idea that the natural conditions of language learning through use that obtain in a first language setting and in naturalistic contexts for second language acquisition can be directly replicated in foreign language classrooms . |
| 26 | … basic assumptions and beliefs that are shared by members of an organisation , that operate unconsciously , and that define in a basic ‘ taken-for-granted ’ fashion an organization 's view of itself and its environment . |
| 27 | The number of pregnancies that do not produce a viable infant but end in miscarriage , induced abortion or stillbirth or , of those that result in a live born baby with serious health impairment , can not be reliably assessed but it may be put at a much larger figure . |
| 28 | The fundamental point that you have to grasp is that parents want any transfers between their siblings that will result in a net gain for the , a , sorry , parents want any transfers between their offspring that result in a net gain for reproductive success . |
| 29 | From a policy perspective , it may be considered propitious that the patterns of fertility that impair the health of infants and young children are the same reproductive characteristics that bear in a maleficent sense upon the well-being of mothers . |
| 30 | Besides the statistics discussed above , there is a rich source of data available to sociologists among the many personal and public documents that exist in a literate and record-keeping society . |