Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bandicoots and the wombats are both diggers , excavating long burrows in search of their food . |
| 2 | It is clear that an element of contrast is intended , with a meaning something like " in writing Othello , Shakespeare becomes an exception , and so stands in contrast to other writers ' . |
| 3 | The degree to which ‘ internal ’ factors — as opposed to external pressures — lead to the emergence of a separate nationality obviously varies in emphasis between cases , and the first were possibly of greater significance in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the emergence of the first national groups in Europe . |
| 4 | But that Act only applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , that is to say 22 July 1976 . |
| 5 | The duty only applies in respect of dwellings and does not apply to commercial or industrial properties . |
| 6 | She was , however , able to describe and explain the scenario that would be repeated in most of Nicholson 's most spectacular films — where he personally falls in love with his co-star . |
| 7 | This leaves no room for the non-realization of the infinitive event since the action of producing an effect necessarily coincides in time with the appearance of the effect ( concurrent causation ) , and so both these verbs call for the bare infinitive . |
| 8 | The mosquito hovers a couple of centimetres from the trunk and suddenly alights in front of the ant . |
| 9 | These days , everyone just sits in front of the box for entertainment . |
| 10 | However , this will not be necessary if the bidder already has in place from its last AGM an authority to issue sufficient shares for the rights issue ( without , if necessary , complying with the strict requirements of s89 ) . |
| 11 | With slip stitch ( or skip stitch as Brother call it ) the needle selected to slip does n't move at all during knitting , but the yarn just passes in front of it . |
| 12 | ( 9 ) Nothing in subsection ( 1 ) ( b ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) , ( 7 ) or ( 8 ) above applies in relation to deeds required or authorised to be made under — ( a ) the seal of the county palatine of Lancaster ; ( b ) the seal of the Duchy of Lancaster ; or ( c ) the seal of the Duchy of Cornwall . |
| 13 | Liability of an effective supplier is envisaged under s2(3) as follows : ( 3 ) Subject , as aforesaid , where any damage is caused wholly or partly by a defect in a product , any person who supplied the product ( whether to the person who suffered the damage , to the producer of any product in which the product in question is comprised or to any other person ) shall be liable for the damage if ( a ) the person who suffered the damage requests the supplier to identify one or more of the persons ( whether still in existence or not ) to whom subsection ( 2 ) above applies in relation to the product ; ( b ) that request is made within a reasonable period after the damage occurs and at a time when it is not reasonably practicable for the person making the request to identify all those persons ; and ( c ) the supplier fails , within a reasonable period after receiving the request , either to comply with the request or to identify the person who supplied the product to him . |
| 14 | There 's no time for niceties , so we quickly dress and roll up our sleeping bags before the crowd outside invades in search of hot tea and coffee . |
| 15 | AIR AND ANGELS by Susan Hill Mandarin , £3.99 THE natural choice to be the next head of his Cambridge College , a bachelor philosopher in his fifties , sees a 15-year-old girl standing on a bridge and instantly , desperately falls in love with her . |
| 16 | Knowledge of their ontological status thus functions in Textermination as a trope for indeterminacy . |
| 17 | ‘ In charge of ’ means that once a person takes a vehicle on a road or public place he normally remains in charge of that vehicle until he has taken it off the road or public place again . |
| 18 | Conservation is incidental but the emphasis on encouraging traditional agriculture and other land management practices generally works in favour of maintaining the status quo , conserving wildlife habitats as a consequence . |
| 19 | For this , the physiotherapist usually sits in front of the patient on a stool , in order to stabilize his pelvis and prevent him from folding in the middle . |
| 20 | Since someone tried to kill him with a parcel bomb back in Lusaka , he 's moved several times and today still goes in fear of his life . |
| 21 | His tone had changed again , and now he spoke like a worried father who still lives in hope for his son . |
| 22 | This aggressive cruelty usually lies in wait for some provocation . |
| 23 | Glasser still stands in awe of this formidable , feckless man . |
| 24 | Business publishing had a tough year , with further declines in advertising at the Morgan-Grampian subsidiary in the UK and conditions in the US ‘ generally difficult ’ . |
| 25 | This reflects the collaborative nature of work in these areas , and like the situation described earlier with regard to the group projects in Redbrook Secondary , this nearly always happens in response to some form of shared performance , as in the following description of the process in the music department at the Pope John Paul Comprehensive : |
| 26 | In this case , domination is regarded as a universal and ineradicable feature of human societies , explained either by innate differences among human beings ( Pareto , 1915–19 ) or by the superior power which an organized minority always possesses in relation to the unorganized majority ( Mosca , 1896 ) , although in Mosca 's work some concession is made to the view that the progress of democracy reduces the gap between rulers and ruled . |
| 27 | The extraordinary generation of NO induced by endotoxin could explain the absence of motor activity that usually occurs in association with gall bladder infection . |
| 28 | The alder ( Alnus glutinosa ) is widespread on wet soils , although there are no large alder woods , and it usually grows in association with sallow ( Salix cinerea ) and downy birch ( Betula pubescens ) . |
| 29 | For a Chancellor looking to fill a £12 billion hole in the national accounts next year — further increases in duty on whisky now look plain irresponsible . |
| 30 | She still keeps in touch with friends made at that time and sends a copy of the Glenpatrick News to the retired Chief Industrial Engineer , Mr Wyffles . |