Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a bank purchases such bills it can hold the bills to maturity or sell them in a secondary market to any other bank(s) . |
| 2 | They form a component of some social stratification systems simply because members of those systems select certain characteristics and evaluate them in a particular way . |
| 3 | We will now develop these themes and combine them in a systematic way to construct an improved understanding of the relationship between daily life and the nation state . |
| 4 | Place them in a warm dry position away from draughts or you 'll lose the lot . |
| 5 | Bureaucracies are often credited with a monopoly of expertise which place them in a superior position to lay politicians . |
| 6 | Rinse the lentils in a sieve under running water , then place them in a large saucepan with all the remaining ingredients except the salt . |
| 7 | Cut the mackerel fillets into cubes and place them in a large bowl . |
| 8 | For the strongest plants and best-sized flowers , grow them in a good loam . |
| 9 | McAllion ) very seriously and I suggest that we debate them in a sensible manner . |
| 10 | Women 's exemption from these time-geared precepts was the result both of their extensive periods of ritual impurity and of their designated role as closeted homemakers — though of course in making such a statement , we immediately involve ourselves in a greater degree of circularity . |
| 11 | Someone may jump onto you or grab you in a lonely street . |
| 12 | If a stranger , or a bully , or even someone you know tries to harm you or touch you in a frightening way , RUN AWAY and get help . |
| 13 | Take three potatoes of the same variety and place one in a cool dark place , expose one to daylight and one to fluorescent light . |
| 14 | Suppose that our best guess of the SGP is some very very small number , say one in a billion . |
| 15 | Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him . |
| 16 | These become almost like rituals as the cat grows older — little routines that reward the animal because they involve it in a social interaction with its owners or their guests . |
| 17 | No , they send it in a bloody big one . |
| 18 | They have been left behind by the economic restructuring of the 1980s , shunted off on a branch line of history and left back in the twilight of the 1970s along with flares and skinheads , a time when demagogues made last-ditch efforts to salvage working-class pride and channel it in a fascist direction . |
| 19 | These choices inevitably narrow its vision and place it in a certain niche in the media market . |
| 20 | If the trouble has started and does not look like stopping , the best solution is to provide an immaculately clean tray of fresh litter , place it in a quiet corner , and then shut the animal up in that particular room , releasing it only when it has used the tray in the approved manner . |
| 21 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 22 | Take a cat and place it in a special room with a circle of passages and doors . |
| 23 | It can and will work , but only if heads and governors involve themselves in a true partnership based on mutual trust , respect and understanding . |
| 24 | Mr Browning paced about and then said , ‘ You place us in a difficult position , Wilson , and one we can hardly approve . |
| 25 | Put them in the top half of a double saucepan with the sugar , and steam them ( or if it is easier bake them in a covered jar in a low oven ) until they are quite soft . |
| 26 | Take out the chicken and meat , put them in a deep dish and sprinkle them with olive oil and salt while they are still hot . |
| 27 | Dispose of dirty nappies by flushing them down the toilet , or put them in a sealed plastic bag . |
| 28 | Put them in a heatproof dish . |
| 29 | Make them up beforehand and put them in a cool bag — or take boiled water in a sterile Thermos flask and mix feeds as you go . |
| 30 | If you put them in a hot room they do n't do so well . |