Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his inaugural address , Garcia praised the informal workers as ‘ modern heroes ’ , who shun delinquency and terrorism to make a decent living , and are ‘ the expression of honest people that wish to work in equality and well being ’ . |
| 2 | Instead of measuring distance as " number of genes that have to change in evolution " , we are going to measure distance as " odds of happening to jump the distance , by sheer luck , in a single hop " . |
| 3 | These fibrotic processes are rare and tend to occur in isolation , although a number of overlap syndromes has been reported with multiple organ involvement . |
| 4 | He is the real man as none other ; for he alone is man as God intends man to be ; he alone has travelled to the uttermost limits of the ‘ far country ’ of man 's estrangement ; and in him alone has the judgement been passed , carried out , and overcome to issue in reconciliation . |
| 5 | They stay up late , are slow to get going in the morning , and seem to gain in strength as the day wears on . |
| 6 | NO MATTER how talented or hardworking you are , if you 're a woman it always takes extra effort and drive to succeed in business . |
| 7 | Nowadays all good authorities listen to residents and tenants and try to work in partnership with them |
| 8 | Pin and tack to hold in position . |
| 9 | Transgressors would see the enormous snake bearing down on them , so they would break camp and attempt to hide in water holes or caverns . |
| 10 | Remove from oven and leave to cool in tin for 5 minutes . |
| 11 | Pupils who have done well at Standard Grade and wish to specialise in computing may study for Higher Computing Studies or even Certificate of Sixth Year Studies Computing . |
| 12 | Many of the complaints emanate from judges rather than members of the public and relate to conduct in court . |
| 13 | There is much in the ordinary world that we do , and have to do in order to act within it , take for granted . |
| 14 | While your friends are giving you a hard time at present if you persist and refuse to indulge in drug taking they should eventually accept you as a non-user . |
| 15 | It plans to sell its franchises in those countries but continue to operate in partnership with Pepsico in Britain . |