Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the broadest level , the Course contributes in a major way to the achievement of the Polytechnic 's overall aims . |
| 2 | If so , it could be that the impact of that experience parallels in a sharpened and intensified form the impact on women of the experience of child-bearing — a potent , personal experience that , however sanitised , brings a woman face-to-face with these three realities . |
| 3 | The larger processor fits in the main processor slot the smaller in the coprocessor slot . |
| 4 | But there are fears that any hiccup in Christmas trading could lead to it having problems maintaining its banking covenants in the new year . |
| 5 | Hegemony evolves in an extensive but temporary form , equilibrium is only relative . |
| 6 | Printing plays in a cheap , unbound , quarto format indicates that the drama was commonly perceived as on the same standing as almanacs , joke books , pamphlets , and other popular writing which appeared in the same form . |
| 7 | That 's the theory … here 's the practical … first the course … they 've mapped out the 26 miles … the beauty of the route lies in the cobbled squares of ancient towns like Bhaktapur … the beast is the city … traffic and smoke is a major problem … the other unknown factor is altitude … |
| 8 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 9 | The pathos lies in the characteristic early English understatement — ‘ so seldom ’ means ‘ never ’ or worse still ‘ just this once ’ — and also in the last phrase 's suspense between precision and vagueness . |
| 10 | The power of Chaos lies in the far north of the Warhammer World far beyond the borders of the Empire . |
| 11 | His black hair lies in a hundred casual curls . |
| 12 | Although physiologically naive to suggest , as some have , that the seat of creativity lies in the right hemisphere , the latter 's contribution must be considered of unique importance , given what is known about its style of cognitive processing . |
| 13 | This colonial-style bungalow stands in an elevated position , set back from the main road , with fine views of the small Somerset town of Crewkerne and the surrounding hills . |
| 14 | All radiation in the spectrum lies in the visible region , so glass optics can be used , and this offers an important advantage over the IR region , where glass is unusable , and mechanically weaker salt optics or front-silvered mirrors must be employed . |
| 15 | The importance of the case lies in the general discussion of the principles of natural justice , especially that given by Lord Reid . |
| 16 | As the story unfolds in the immediate aftermath of the 1976 Soweto Uprising , we see how two families , one black and one white , are destroyed — and the black actors are all South Africans themselves rather than US imports . |
| 17 | The intervention is extraordinary , and to think of it otherwise risks ignoring how the interest of the play lies in the psychological , in the testing of our sympathy and understanding of the Macbeths . |
| 18 | And its advantage lies in the particular enzyme by which it is transcribed into RNA . |
| 19 | SCOTTISH Tories , awaiting their election counts in the early hours of Friday , were prepared for the worst . |
| 20 | Their resistance lies in the tiny glandular hairs which cover the foliage of the wild potato , but not that of cultivated species . |
| 21 | The main area of weakness lies in the political arena . |
| 22 | The weakness lies in an apparent inability to translate sufficient of these achievements — especially from government-funded work in the universities and national laboratories — into successful commercial products and services . |
| 23 | His statue stands in the delightful Place Royale , above the possessive caption of ‘ Lou Nouste Henric ’ , or ‘ Our Henry ’ in the local Gas con patois . |
| 24 | In particular , I am pleased to note a number of important developments stemming from action points in the first Plan . |
| 25 | The other valve sits in the thick one like a lid , and the whole animal is curved so that the margins of the valves were kept clear of the sediment . |
| 26 | Also , my machine 's QVision card sits in a slow 8MHz ISA expansion slot , which restrains it considerably . |
| 27 | That weapon 's yet to be found and police have been searching through the gardens of nearby houses and lifting drains in the surrounding area looking for the knife . |
| 28 | For example , the target sentence The beer was warm was preceded by the context We got some beer out of the trunk in the direct antecedent condition and by the context We checked the picnic supplies in the indirect antecedent condition . |
| 29 | To install the card , you must , of course , open up your system unit casing as the card fits in a spare expansion slot . |
| 30 | Thus , by measuring the proportions of the carbon isotopes in an organic sample , the age of the sample can be calculated . |