Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before death , the drug accumulates in the heart muscles , the kidneys and the liver . |
| 2 | Cyclic fluctuations in population numbers occur in many species of small mammal , and the exact role predation plays in the rise and fall of population numbers is not yet agreed upon ( Southern , 1979 ) . |
| 3 | the lessons the RIC 's experience offers in the context of current policing problems in Ireland . |
| 4 | On the surface , to prevent further incursion of slurry from the subsidence , burns and field drains in the area were dammed or diverted . |
| 5 | Findings that eating pathology persists in the absence of intervention suggest the need for prevention programmes aimed at identifying potential cases early and then offering remedial advice or referral . |
| 6 | For the next two chapters we are going to look at the special role that money plays in the economy . |
| 7 | There are skylarks and foxes and an owl sits in the apple tree staring at us by the fire in winter . |
| 8 | A gilt harp sits in the bay window of the sitting room . |
| 9 | ’ I spend most of my time working so most of my money goes in the bank for a rainy day or for my children 's education . |
| 10 | They will not be named until publication of details in an academic journal , but the second one belongs with the lesser dung flies in the Sphaeroceridae family : ‘ a lovely little group , ’ he added . |
| 11 | Freedom retreats in the face of laws that are constantly emerging , evolving , and accumulating — but very rarely disappearing . |
| 12 | The greater part of the grant has in the past been to help finance our teacher training . |
| 13 | The story starts in the middle of the last century when Darlington was expanding rapidly . |
| 14 | For our purposes the story starts in the dining-room at No. 10 on 26 July 1956 . |
| 15 | The mare stands in the rain , cold and shivering , with no thought of going into the comfortable stable that is in her yard . |
| 16 | This particular linguistic pitfall has in the past led to a vast amount of anthropological confusion ; it still does . |
| 17 | We will work closely with Infolink Decision Services to ensure that we provide solutions to all our customers ’ risk assessment needs in the future . |
| 18 | Part of the difficulty lies in the developments which have taken place in the ordinary common law of judicial review . |
| 19 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the edges are blurred and no one is sure just when youth may be said to be past and the second stage of adult life begun . |
| 20 | The chief cause of difficulty lies in the fact that confessions are typically obtained from reluctant suspects by officers who , on their part , believe in the suspects ' guilt . |
| 21 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the governmental authorities , however highly principled and dedicated to the welfare of the citizenry , are essentially a vested interest running an organization which , to a greater or lesser degree , is designed to preserve and promote the continuing control of those same authorities . |
| 22 | The real difficulty lies in the fact that CD-ROM can only process one type of data at a time . |
| 23 | The difficulty lies in the machinery for reporting incidents . |
| 24 | A second difficulty lies in the uncertainty in our knowledge of the topography of Venus ; the precision is only ± 1500 m which leads to an uncertainty of 10 µs in timing . |
| 25 | The manner in which the board lies in the water . |
| 26 | A gilt harp stands in the bay window . |
| 27 | Discrimination against women is still , of course , to be found in law , and it is codified in other institutional practices determining sex-differentiated rights and opportunities ; but a more fundamental source of discrimination lies in the realm of social attitudes and beliefs . |
| 28 | TIME has run out for the Angus family whose cottage stands in the way of a multi-million pound dual carriageway on the Dundee to Aberdeen road , writes James Rougvie . |
| 29 | The contrast between work experience schemes and informal work experience lies in the fact that the latter is taken by employers as evidence of initiative , an interest in earning money and the ability to sustain regular work discipline ( getting up early , etc . ) . |
| 30 | Another source of future friction lies in the failure of the congress to elevate Mr Pozsgay above other presidium members , some of whom had never been elected to a top party position . |