Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In answering this criticism Prince Charles would have been of impeccable good manners in employing the seven degrees of retort by Touchstone outlined in Shakespeare 's As You Like It . |
| 2 | No less devotion was brought to four songs by Joseph Marx , and although the rather overheated style of Nocturne elicited a few smiles ( Parsons performing prodigies in representing the burgeoning June night ) there was a touching ecstasy in Hat dich die Liebe beruhrt which was delivered absolutely from the heart . |
| 3 | What we have is them merely following awful Bunnymen in playing the ridiculous Albert Hall . |
| 4 | It differs from most kouroi in having the right foot forward and the arms raised from the elbow , something ( probably a bow ) grasped in the left fist and something lying on the open right palm . |
| 5 | Statements from both the BCP leadership and the UDF implicated local BCP organizations in provoking the nationalist protests . |
| 6 | An NVQ co-ordinator , Gill Murdoch , was appointed in May to carry forward the challenging work of developing assessment strategies for level 4 qualifications and informing and helping potential centresand candidates in implementing the new qualification system . |
| 7 | Moreover , the leading multinationals have been able to gain critical efficiencies in financing the whole system . |
| 8 | Prima facie , it seems likely that princes joined with other laymen and ecclesiastics in encouraging the extensive forest clearance that characterized the French countryside ; but proof is lacking . |
| 9 | This tight-knit society functions much like a multi-celled organism whose individual cells must remain sensitive to their respective roles in ensuring the continuing health of the whole . |
| 10 | In May 1874 over 3,500 troops under General Saigó Tsugumichi landed on Formosa and suffered serious casualties in occupying the southern tip of the island . |
| 11 | The dispute had escalated into rabid anarchy ; and the local garrison of the Planetary Defence Force suffered heavy casualties in suppressing the wilder excesses of this social spasm . |
| 12 | A senior partner of the defendants endorsed the articled clerk 's advice : the wife later went to other solicitors , and proceedings were issued claiming damages for negligence against the defendants in handling the financial provision side of her divorce . |
| 13 | A sea change in labour attitudes was indicated by the cooperation of shop stewards in developing the new localized bargaining processes . |
| 14 | The troubled programme has been bedevilled by the tardiness of some countries in implementing the 278 proposals required to remove all internal frontiers to business , and Mrs Thatcher found herself in the slightly unusual position of being praised by Mr Jacques Delors , the president of the European Commission , for being in the vanguard of the reform process . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're a grand little worker , ’ he observed , watching her vigorous movements in washing the long table where the rafting party would sit . |
| 16 | It is , moreover , debatable whether the dynamic , competitive stimulus of the rivalry between the two industries also had good effects in sharpening the commercial edge of both of them . |
| 17 | Recently , however , it has also been recognized that surface-water hydrology and climate variations can influence the evolution of individual silicic caldera-hosted geothermal systems , although it is difficult to judge the general importance of such effects in controlling the long-term behaviour of continental geothermal systems . |
| 18 | Tom King claimed that the proposal could generate two to three thousand jobs , especially in the construction industry , as well as having other beneficial effects in expanding the local economy : ‘ The injection of £400 to £500 million of private capital would be a major demonstration of confidence in the province and the largest private investment ever made ( sic ) ’ . |
| 19 | Functionalism analyses social phenomena in terms of their functions — that is , their positive effects in helping the entire social system to continue operating . |
| 20 | Figueres had become President of a ruling junta ( 1948-49 ) after leading the Caribbean Legion of exiles in overthrowing the autocratic government of Rafael Calderón in the civil war of 1948 . |
| 21 | Support the American Institute of Constructors in developing the Certified Constructor qualification . |
| 22 | In addition to the factors considered by the investigators in using the 1980 data , the role of the Marshallion Laws of Derived Demand will be investigated using the information on market structure , product price sensitive , labour cost ratios etc . |
| 23 | Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries landscape artists were attracted to Bristol and found the perspectives in drawing the natural wonders of the Avon Gorge a considerable challenge . |
| 24 | The Pogues playing terrorists in Eat The Rich |
| 25 | In recent years there have been some significant advances in studying the auditory system , especially in the analysis of computational maps that recode intensity and phase differences in the two ears into the representation of auditory space ( Knudsen , DuLac , and Esterly 1987 ) , but this work has focused on subcortical mechanisms . |
| 26 | Progress , as always , in the practical discovery of new drugs depended on basic advances in understanding the chemical identity of the living system . |
| 27 | We can all learn to derive satisfaction from exerting ourselves , mentally and physically , to the utmost of our abilities in giving the best performance of which we 're capable . |
| 28 | It is the result of conscious planning by multinational corporations and banks and it results from the conscious actions taken by the US and UK governments in building the post-war world . |
| 29 | What this case also illustrates is that there are different possibilities in using the new technology and there may be a conflict of interests between workers and management in the way it is used . |
| 30 | In a further move , Mr Lamont said legislation will be introduced to allow tax relief for employers who voluntarily contribute towards a charitable agency 's costs in running the payroll-giving scheme . |