Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] in " in BNC.

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1 Retailing employment has been a traditional refuge for those workers most exposed to redundancy in other sectors , and as such higher consumer prices ‘ provides a form of social security for the retired and unemployed ’ ( Hills 1983 p.65 ) .
2 As between themselves the authority of individual partners to bind the firm can be properly circumscribed by agreement in effective variation of the basic principle set out in this section .
3 Everett was duly interviewed for suitability in a hall in Shepherd 's Bush on a Sunday afternoon .
4 During this syndicalist period the ‘ official ’ movement was wholly committed to participation in the programme of modernization in which it participated with regional capital and the associated regional élite ( see Ben well CDP , 1978 ) .
5 I sat on a log among the shadows of creatures now extinct and others long since departed for pasture in the south .
6 Other important casting centres have since come to light in Nigeria and some hundreds of castings have been analysed .
7 This basically refers to success in spreading genes to later populations ; even if this means damage to an individual organism 's success .
8 From this base he mounted a successful practice executing public works and speculative building on the grandest scale , only halted by bankruptcy in the financial crash of 1793 .
9 Further Cabinet changes followed the resignation in mid-September of Minister of State for Finance , Economy and the Budget Said Ali Kemal , hitherto regarded as second in the government only to Djohar .
10 Again , the 103/4 conveyed a perfectly tangible image , with the sound literally hanging in space in the room .
11 It is precisely because of this view that we discover the highest purpose of PATTERN PRACTICE : TO REDUCE TO HABIT WHAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO HABIT IN THE NEW LANGUAGE , so that the mind and personality may be freed to dwell in their proper realm , that is on the meaning of the communication rather than the mechanics of grammar .
12 However , it was agreed at the outset of this appeal by Mr. Leonard that these two latter matters would only arise for consideration in the event that his contentions upon his first and principal ground of appeal were upheld in this court ; and in the circumstances we heard argument from both sides upon that ground separately and distinct from the remainder of the matters raised in this appeal .
13 Members experience less work-related stress and are better adjusted to life in the organization .
14 As the conditions changed to the more temperate climate we know today , so the proportion of reptiles had decreased — but there was no overall trend of the kind that would be implied if the mammals had only come into existence in the later geological periods .
15 ‘ The procedural issue on which the appeal turns will naturally fall for decision in the light of the principles expounded in the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Diplock , in O'Reilly v. Mackman [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 237 in which judgment has just been delivered .
16 When an influential purity deputation petitioned the Home Office , Herbert Samuel , then Under-Secretary of State , expressed himself personally committed to legislation in the interests of national honour , but he refused to pledge the government to introduce proposals in the house , or even to support them publicly .
17 Each canister of Actomite reliably reduces the threat of House Dust Mites in an average sized room and is especially recommended for use in bedrooms .
18 The measure was condemned by some economists as crude and ill-conceived , particularly since it threatened to wipe out the personal savings of many ordinary people : Soviet citizens were generally disinclined to place their money in accounts with the state savings bank , either because of mistrust , or because the low interest rate provided little incentive , or because it was necessary to carry a large amount of cash in case of chancing upon a scarce commodity which had suddenly come into stock in a state shop .
19 Either will do , but the present confusion has only added to uncertainty in the financial markets .
20 The man who is validly baptised or rightly instituted into office in the Church is assured that he has the Holy Spirit .
21 Discourse discharges energy through the transformation of the external world , while ‘ figures ’ are perceptual memories through which psychic energy is straightaway discharged by investment in them .
22 It was a world beyond my wildest dreams ; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato .
23 This lack of discrimination suggests that the general knowledge required is not highly related to attainment in mathematics .
24 Some people love the excitement of the most innovative styles in furnishings ; others can only feel at home in settings with a warm traditional feeling or a breath of country air .
25 The crimes only came to light in 1990 when one of Oldfield 's victims , then an adult , was himself charged with indecency to children .
26 ( Details only came to light in 1972 , when London Transport received a compulsory purchase order , in connection with a further rebuilding of the bridge . )
27 Although Trusts only came into operation in April ninety one , the evidence suggests that many , that many have improved patient services in many w many areas waiting lists have been cut through greater efficiency and increased use of day surgery .
28 The argument that , quite apart from the question of recklessness , the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 ( which only came into force in the UK in December 1986 ) does as a matter of law override the limitation provisions of both the Hague-Visby Rules and the Athens Convention ( for passenger claims ) will not be easily accepted by Norton Rose .
29 Its marbled , fine-grained beef is of very good quality and taste and it is well worth the rather long wait for maturity in spite of the lack of size .
30 They said Nicola had been found brutally stabbed to death in her office although neither newspaper disclosed that the murder weapon was a pair of scissors .
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