Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The Japanese , who once provoked riots , tend to invest in higher-tech operations and are seen as relatively generous . ) |
| 2 | ‘ We will not develop the business where there is no emphasis on quality , and we intend to continue in that framework . |
| 3 | Clovers , being of prostrate habit , tend to thrive in close-cropped swards . |
| 4 | D-i-y kits tend to come in separate sections , forming two sides of each arch , one on each side of the wall , sometimes with a separate soffit section which can be used for wider walls . |
| 5 | Cones tend to come in two shapes — some , either cardboard or plastic , with a pointed top and others with a gap of about one to one and a half inches at the top . |
| 6 | They tend to come in large groups , but there are singletons and couples as well . |
| 7 | Simply nervous trainers tend to stand in one spot , feeted feet rooted like a tree to the ground . |
| 8 | Slugs tend to concentrate in such refuges , presumably because they give protection from desiccation . |
| 9 | ‘ We have to get back to a position where investors want to invest in unquoted companies and believe they 're still getting a good return , but I do n't think that will be the 30% they might have been promised . ’ |
| 10 | the only one I want to know in this area is a , you can |
| 11 | er I 'm sorry to produce the problems er erm we can not this time for large sum of money which er the labour group in particular er want to provide in this area er to spend on rights of way . |
| 12 | The neutrinos appear to come in three varieties , one associated with each of the electron , muon and tau . |
| 13 | Any one else want to participate in this discussion ? |
| 14 | It is no accident that in all the great religions , people who want to engage in this kind of contemplative activity have organised a monastic life to cater to their needs . |
| 15 | There are so many avenues I want to explore in that respect . |
| 16 | That distinction , shockingly banal though it is , has been hard to shake from my mind , and its persistence is one of the things I want to explore in this article . |
| 17 | You just meaning that someone else is gon na sort them out , so you wo n't need to change the procedure unless you want to cover in that procedure this alternative route . |
| 18 | We want to grow in those areas where we are strong and our growth in the 1990s will outpace that of the 1980s by a significant amount . |
| 19 | Your Royal Highness , it is , it is , it is interesting that when I attended the Annual General Meeting last year of the Boats Organization , the fact that I said that yachtsmen was a Con Conservation Body as well surprised them and since that time we have having collaboration with them er more and more and this is to be welcomed because we all want to sail in nice surroundings . |
| 20 | The stark juxtaposition of these two statements sums up the whole dilemma facing arts teachers , and consequently illustrates the central issue I want to discuss in this chapter . |
| 21 | We want to specialise in high-reliability systems . |
| 22 | Keeping the pencil in your hand you may feel that you want to shade in certain shapes . |
| 23 | ‘ I want to put in some shells and seaweed first . ’ |
| 24 | What we want to do in this session as I said it will only take about twenty minutes , there are three key things we want to do . |
| 25 | Now what I want to do in this lecture is to finish off the er introductory part of my , of my remarks and take us up to the point where beginning at twelve o'clock the real part , the real er core of this course begins when we start to look at social theory . |
| 26 | It is precisely that exclusion that I want to address in this chapter . |
| 27 | I 'll say , Fine you want to start with us you want to start in this company here 's your date for your course fully expensed . |
| 28 | They want to share in big-match atmosphere . ’ |
| 29 | We want to settle in one school for a good period of time , because we have discovered how important are relationships , with both colleagues and classes , that have been built up and stood the test of time . |
| 30 | I also want to argue in this chapter , however , that there is more than one view of physics ( in particular ) and science ( in general ) , and that there are some within the discipline who do not accept the dominant perspective of the subject , but put forward powerful alternative views . |