Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] in [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The circumstances in which a break with the past and the need for a fresh start come about vary from country to country , but in almost every case in modern times countries have a Constitution for the very simple and elementary reason that they wanted , for some reason , to begin again and so they put down in writing the main outline , at least , of their proposed system of government . |
| 2 | One either is or is not legally entitled to an American passport , or to benefit from a will ; difficulties , if any , crop up in satisfying the qualification . |
| 3 | And then by the time you get round in cleaning the inside , the outsides dirty . |
| 4 | This theory — proposed by P.F. Strawson ( op. cit. ) — rests on the premiss that we possess the idea of a single spatio-temporal system of material things in which every such thing , at any time , is spatially related in various ways to every other similar thing , and that this is in fact the " conceptual scheme " we use and rely on in making the world intelligible to ourselves . |
| 5 | In an earlier section of this chapter , a great range of activities which individuals carry out in maintaining a safe environment were mentioned in relation to preventing accidents in the home , at work , at play and while travelling . |