Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What beckons me forward is a faith in God 's Hand in history , the conviction that He means these lands to speak to the world with an answer , and the decision to support in any way I can those — black , brown and white — in whose lives I see God 's power working . |
| 2 | Theoretically you were as free as the common snipe to go in any direction you pleased . |
| 3 | However , this record has been marred by the UK 's relative lack of money to invest in new housing and public works and to maintain the existing stock . |
| 4 | ‘ BHP should have used at least part of the money to invest in new technology and upgrade and improve its competitive standing in Australia . ’ |
| 5 | She told the judge that she now believed that Mr Ahmed , a Pakistani national , used the passport copy and subsequent marriage certificate to remain in this country . |
| 6 | Yet although culpable for serving him , Jax can not take responsibility for the three further moral crossroads through which the boy drove against the red lights — namely the decision to get drunk ; the decision to drive in that state ; and the decision to drive recklessly . |
| 7 | And it is not unusual for The Independent and The Guardian to indulge in unofficial lobbying of this sort . |
| 8 | In addition , whilst in the ward , the learner has the opportunity to work in close contact with specialists in all fields . |
| 9 | 15.33 Pupils working towards level 4 should , where possible , be given the opportunity to work in single sex and mixed groups of various size , with and without direct teacher supervision . |
| 10 | I do not find that the refusal as made evinced a settled intention on her part to persist in that refusal even if it is injurious to her health and when the best interests for her health require that blood be transfused to her . |
| 11 | EUROPE : Under single market rules EC citizens do n't need permission to work in any member state . |
| 12 | He was executed in 1535 , the first of seven Chancellors of the university to suffer in this way , and canonised in 1935 . |
| 13 | The poet begins by disclaiming any intention to indulge in Gothic suspense and relate a tale ‘ packed with thrills ’ : |
| 14 | But the five dockers ' case was about the ‘ very simple issue ’ of punishment for men who had defied the order of the NIRC and had expressed their intention to continue in that defiance . |
| 15 | Your recordings of Strauss 's orchestral works have become something of a legend , including works like the Sinfonia Domestica and the Alpine Symphony , which you have done a great deal to rehabilitate in public esteem . |
| 16 | ‘ Our intention to ballot in this way was already known , but we hoped to get the assurances we wanted from British Rail . |
| 17 | In the light of the accountability angle of the LEA scheme , to have avoided subjecting school policies and personnel to critical scrutiny whilst at the same time taking advantage of the appraisal to engage in special pleading over staffing and resources , seems to have been a sensible and shrewd strategy . |
| 18 | Alternatively , an apparent readiness to change may conceal an intention to resist in concerted action with others . |
| 19 | Ronald Reagan , with his crude , moralising attacks on Russia 's ‘ evil Empire ’ , his readiness to engage in military action ( such as the invasion of the Caribbean island of Grenada in 1983 ) , and his massive increase in military spending ( which helped drive America deeply into debt ) seemed disturbing to many Europeans . |
| 20 | Nor is it an attempt to engage in extended analysis of Nizan 's texts as self-justifying autonomous products . |
| 21 | Nobody could figure out that you could get the switch to stick in that position . ’ |
| 22 | Evidence in favour of Honey and Hall 's interpretation comes from examining the conditions that are necessary for the overshadowing effect to emerge in latent inhibition . |
| 23 | The evidence given to the Select Committee showed that in Norway and Belgium it was the practice to keep in solitary confinement prisoners ( whether sentenced for murder or for other crimes ) who had not a criminal record , but this method was adopted for reformative purposes and for protecting such prisoners from contamination by other prisoners . |
| 24 | Officials at Faro Airport said the three-engined plane crashed on its second attempt to land in heavy rain and crosswinds of up to 40mph . |
| 25 | The aircraft came down during an attempt to land in bad weather . |
| 26 | The relationship between Sophia and the monarch was never free from tension , and the succession also created difficulties between Sophia and her eldest son George , a particularly serious crisis occurring in 1706 , over Sophia 's attempt to intervene in English politics . |
| 27 | It is nothing for 50 trucks of Canadian pea-fed bacon to arrive in one day , or as many as 2,000 barrels of apples . |
| 28 | Cripps ' objection to sanctions was based on distrust of the National Government rather than on complete opposition to force in any form . |
| 29 | Genetic Engineering : This is a first attempt to legislate in this area , currently dealt with by voluntary codes of practice , because science has been moving quicker than the law makers . |
| 30 | really a continuous , strongish wind to blow in one direction for quite a few hours . |