Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That means you 've not only got to economise in manpower ; you 've got to bring new technology to bear on the problem . |
| 2 | The hearing admitted he had only agreed to appear in court if his wife and children were flown back to Britain with him at the cost of £4,000 . |
| 3 | She herself had long ceased to believe in Father Christmas and fairy-tales . |
| 4 | Then the doctrine common to all ages and nations had been that insolvency was a crime , and that the debtor might be properly made to pay in person the penalty for his offence . |
| 5 | Jane 's is now negotiating for new hangar space to house its eight engineers , a number which is shortly expected to increase in line with the company 's expansion . |
| 6 | Liz 's education was to take more than three years : she had already decided to specialize in psychiatry , and knew she still had a long journey ahead of her . |
| 7 | Dicey himself argued that it comprised " at least three distinct though kindred conceptions " : " That no man is punishable or can be lawfully made to suffer in body or goods except for a distinct breach of law established in the ordinary legal manner before the ordinary courts of the land " ; that " no man is above the law [ and ] every man , whatever be his rank or condition , is subject to the ordinary law of the realm and amenable to the jurisdiction of the ordinary tribunals " ; and that " the general principles of the constitution [ are ] the result of judicial decisions determining the rights of private persons in particular cases brought before the courts . " |
| 8 | BBC WILDLIFE readers are obviously easily persuaded to fall in love with any animal — and why not ! |
| 9 | This is another rasbora which is quite easily persuaded to breed in aquarium conditions . |
| 10 | Because gene frequencies are generally presumed to change in phylogeny , then it is suggested that genes must be doing the real work in ontogeny . |
| 11 | The effects have yet to be fully assessed , but there is some concern that , as bus companies are no longer allowed to engage in cross-subsidisation ( ie direct profits from profitable routes towards subsidising unprofitable ones ) , unprofitable routes and evening and weekend services may be forced to close . |
| 12 | Nomura , the biggest , took a 95% drop but just managed to keep in profit . |
| 13 | Negotiations to form a government had continued for more than three months , following the general election of Nov. 24 , 1991 [ see p. 38589 ] , before the four parties in the outgoing coalition eventually agreed to continue in office . |
| 14 | Yes , but they 've still got to keep in touch with the farmer concerned or farmers |
| 15 | And I 'm sure that when we go down the road we can Although i we 're always ready to look at erm car drivers and some of the stupid things they do and some of the stupid things that they do which annoy us , at the end of the day w you 've still got to bear in mind that erm there are people in our own fraternity , as it were , that er do n't do as they should . |
| 16 | When in 1665 Charles II complained that his ministers did not understand French the ambassadors sent to London by Louis XIV at once offered to negotiate in Latin . |
| 17 | Richard at once agreed to help in return for assistance in his immediate design , the conquest of Cyprus . |
| 18 | Even as distinguished a scholar as Karl Rahner loyally attempted to fall in line with papal doctrine , but only at considerable cost to his credibility . |
| 19 | That 's all I ever wanted to do in boxing after I 'd learned the craft and now I want to make a little bit more ’ . |
| 20 | Another had always wanted to work in landscape gardening , not manufacturing . |
| 21 | Ian always wanted to work in industry , and in April 1986 , he moved to the Legal Department of British Coal [ then still known as the National Coal Board ] , specialising first in property work in the Gateshead office , and the following year joining a team of commercial solicitors based in Doncaster . |
| 22 | Expert witnesses are usually allowed to remain in court during the testimony of other experts in their field , and sometimes throughout the hearing if it is important that they hear all the evidence . |
| 23 | Four years we 've been apart , and you 've never once tried to get in touch with me . |
| 24 | A person is no more entitled to sue in respect of loss which he suffers by reason of a tort committed against someone else than he is entitled to sue in respect of loss which he suffers by reason of breach of a contract to which he is not a party . |
| 25 | Washington has also decided to fly in emergency supplies of food and medicine . |
| 26 | Prostaglandins are also used to help in childbirth . |
| 27 | The reader is also asked to bear in mind that the strategic perspective covered is as described in chapter 4 . |
| 28 | They not only provided the president with enormous powers , but also served to freeze in office the ageing mainland-elected members of the various deliberative assemblies . |
| 29 | Some of the original brigadistas , the young literacy teachers , who mostly came from the urban areas , also continued to work in adult education , and others became teachers in the formal school system . |
| 30 | Interest was needed to obtain any office , but all too often it was also required to rise in rank thereafter , and something more than the ‘ ability and character ’ mentioned by Scott would be needed to take the junior clerk to the headship of a department . |