Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have always been a minority of wealthy older people and a majority struggling to survive in poverty . |
| 2 | Imagine for a moment attempting to describe in detail the difference in shape between a milk bottle and a sherry bottle , or the taste of cod as against haddock , or the design of some wallpaper . |
| 3 | All in all , Bobby Robson must have found it about as fruitful as a day trying to get in touch with Brian Clough . |
| 4 | A woman wanting to work in construction will find it difficult to enter ‘ a man 's world ’ , and most employers will be taken aback to find a man attending for interview as a secretary or child-minder . |
| 5 | It decided to question the validity of the Regulations in proceedings for judicial review but to avoid adverse publicity which might arise if it was the only building society failing to pay in accordance with the Regulations and to avoid the danger of being charged penalties , it paid three instalments as required by the Regulations but without prejudice to its right to recover those sums if it was correct in its contention that the Regulations were void . |
| 6 | ‘ And we are at the Albergo di Risorgimento , ’ said Father Branche , his voice seeming to rise in triumph at the noble word . |
| 7 | B ( secondary pupil ) on bench outside Office refusing to work in class and otherwise being totally uncommunicative . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) Provided that where by the partnership contract an option is given to surviving or continuing partners to purchase the interest of a deceased or outgoing partner , and that option is duly exercised , the estate of the deceased partner , or the outgoing partner or his estate , as the case may be , is not entitled to any further or other share of profits ; but if any partner assuming to act in exercise of the option does not in all material respects comply with the terms thereof , he is liable to account under the foregoing provisions of this section . |