Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CIS states agreed to act in concert on food imports from abroad , an agreement which was also signed by Georgia , but again Ukraine demanded the right to negotiate separate food credits for itself . |
| 2 | By this , is meant the failure of large cities to continue to grow in population and indeed , gradually , to lose population . |
| 3 | In relation to the association of District Council 's erm proposition , that was a development package , and obviously groups want to meet in time to look at that , so we 'll see if we can find some more information on that one . |
| 4 | In real life , we move our heads , and foreground objects appear to move in front of background objects because of parallax . |
| 5 | In 1967 the Earl of Antrim and a number of other surviving Irish peers sought to set in motion the machinery for a fresh election of 28 of their number , and petitioned the House to this end . |
| 6 | In a democratic system political parties expect to alternate in office . |
| 7 | The waves seemed to increase in size as we passed the first section of headland , continuing to smash with awesome power to our right , too close to our right ! |
| 8 | As he did so , his eyes began to widen in astonishment . |
| 9 | Instantly an uncontrollable tremor shook his mouth and his legs began to shiver in sympathy . |
| 10 | Where conditions of poverty and dependency and harmonious and pervasive personal relationships continue to predominate in agriculture then a source of ambiguity is present in the farm worker 's perceptions of the world around him . |
| 11 | The massive increase in the number of GCSE candidates opting to continue in education is being trumpeted by the Tories as a success story . |
| 12 | Half the kids stay to wait in line . |
| 13 | There has always been criticism , much of it unjust , that lecturers in colleges and polytechnics fail to keep in touch with school-based initiatives and developments and that college programmes are all too often divorced from the real world of school . |
| 14 | Throughout the conference young people carrying olive branches continued to demonstrate in support of Palestinian participation . |
| 15 | Fifty-six shaikhs agreed to live in peace within their historical frontiers ( Ajdabiya to Egypt , Sudan , Chad : approximately 900,000 km² ; ) . |
| 16 | When 5,000 miners tried to march in protest to the capital last August , troops halted them , the government declared a state of siege and workers ' leaders were arrested under emergency powers . |
| 17 | At the starter 's box , beside the 1st tee , ‘ casual ’ golfers began to gather in hope of a game . |
| 18 | Having opened the doors an hour late , the stewards proceed to examine in detail every bag and every pocket of Pop Will Eat Itself 's thousand-strong audience , wasting a further 45 minutes of everyone 's time while they play at being customs officers . |
| 19 | Having opened the doors an hour late , the stewards proceed to examine in detail every bag and every pocket of Pop Will Eat Itself 's thousand-strong audience , wasting a further 45 minutes of everyone 's time while they play at being customs officers . |
| 20 | The urban areas continued to grow in population and as they did so they claimed an improvement in their status within the local government structure . |
| 21 | One of the major improvements bankers wish to see in respect of financial information is an improvement in the timeliness of information . |
| 22 | The charity says New College uses the most up to date technology to help youngsters learn to cope in everday situations . |
| 23 | Users can visualise the interaction of the various program elements intended to operate in parallel , and reconfigure parallel programs to obtain optimal performance . |
| 24 | Lecturers vote to strike in support of colleague |
| 25 | Pups tend to lengthen in body as they grow . |
| 26 | In academic psychology , black psychologists tend to work in administration , counselling , and ‘ race'-related research , areas which traditionally lack status . |
| 27 | Two early Christians chanced to meet in Heaven . |
| 28 | In 1670 , Richard Baxter 's book , ‘ The Cure of Church Divisions ’ was published in which he argued that it was good for Christians to continue to worship in parish churches despite the bitter hostility against Nonconformists . |
| 29 | Even the dogs seemed to hush in expectation . |
| 30 | The second-hand boat market is saturated ; yachts seem to drop in value to a level that lasts for decades , never entirely disappearing from the market . |