Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These , in turn , had derived from an experiment in wiring up 18 homes in Milton Keynes — hardly a representative scheme . |
| 2 | There is a dilemma in building up modular degrees , whether undergraduate or postgraduate , on a discrete unit basis where the studies should be integrative across subjects . |
| 3 | Furthermore rural unemployment rates are higher on average than those in towns , so that although it is less visible than urban unemployment , because the absolute numbers involved are so much smaller , rural unemployment has a significant effect in dampening down rural wage increases . |
| 4 | Perhaps the key figure in opening up that debate , and reviving the issue of the franchise , was John Bright , at least before Gladstone 's conversion to the cause . |
| 5 | Deng Xiaoping has shown his usual political skill in balancing off rival factions . |
| 6 | There seems to be an almost universal delight in trying out all the fonts on one page ! |
| 7 | A second variable is the syntactic relation which holds between individual atomic descriptions , so conjoining atomic individuals through the use of and , for instance , is taken as a very strong influence in bringing about felicitous plural reference . |
| 8 | In its wide range of forms , whether a road sign , a photographic image , or a subtle advertisement , visual communication is a constant influence in shaping out daily lives and colouring our attitudes and opinions . |
| 9 | One who had given me invaluable help in tracking down German sources and participants was a sixty-year-old cultural attaché at the German Embassy by the name of Herbert Sulzbach . |
| 10 | It might also include more state help in opening up foreign markets . |
| 11 | The role of migration in bringing about these rural changes was decisive . |
| 12 | The Bill , which has now received Royal Assent , will review all the Nature Conservancy Council 's previous work in setting up hundreds of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Scotland . |
| 13 | The other point is as well , if you do n't know the , what the outcome of your capital programme 's going to be , you do n't do a lot of work in working up specific projects , otherwise it 's going to be abortive work . |
| 14 | The idea was prompted by commercial interests and , valuable as money is in the game , it has no place in setting up these gimmicky matches . |
| 15 | He felt some shame in digging up long-dead ghosts to torment Vologsky , and a sense of moral wrong in telling him such a bundle of blasphemous untruths . |
| 16 | Her motive in taking up this particular post had no purpose now that she realised that Luke would never go back on his story . |
| 17 | It suggested that probation services took the lead in drawing up local initiatives for young adult offenders at risk of custodial sentences . |
| 18 | I have asked to take the lead in setting up Commercial Division . |
| 19 | Despite the dangers , however , there seems some point in setting out such information as can be given about the terms and even if the results are ultimately inconclusive , in order to help to define the problem . |
| 20 | There is no point in sending out actual photographs with every press release , but a clear photocopy will give the reporter a good idea of the building and may persuade his editor to send a photographer to take special pictures for the newspaper . |
| 21 | I do n't think there 's any point in thinking up any more daft plot-lines , since we 're already in Monty Python country . |
| 22 | How I wished I could buy him a record-player for all those useless records , but there was no point in thinking along those lines , so in the end I got him a belt , made of different coloured woven leathers , very gay and rather spivvy , only of course it would n't look spivvy on him . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's no point in picking up small fry . |
| 24 | ‘ No point in raking over all that . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do not see the point in raking over old coals , ’ he said philosophically . |
| 26 | The A G M , the last two years people have said well there 's not a great deal of point in coming along other than for a drink because er the committee 's got it all sorted out , you know , beforehand as regards who 's doing what . |
| 27 | Indeed , there is little point in paying out good money from hard-earned income merely for a name . |
| 28 | There was n't any point in going over all that again . |
| 29 | One can only admire Lucie-Smith 's confidence in taking on such an undertaking , but wonder why Laurence King Publishing were keen on this project . |
| 30 | This is followed by frenzied activity on the part of the band in setting up some sort of show , usually in London with all the expense that that entails , only for the big day to arrive to find that A&R have sent a tea boy ( resplendent in his raincoat ) and not the ‘ man ’ . |