Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] in [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed , nevertheless , early in 1956 that Washington and London were drawing together in opposition to Nasser . |
| 2 | It also reflected a government preference for not pursuing a vigorous anti-monopoly policy or examining whether existing legislation in this sphere was operating successfully in relation to agreed criteria for business , and more general economic , performance . |
| 3 | Section 68 states , in essence , that if the Secretary of State is satisfied that any local education authority is acting unreasonably in relation to any power conferred on it , the Secretary may give directions as to the exercise of that power . |
| 4 | The use of computers within taxonomy is developing rapidly in response to these perceived limitations . |
| 5 | The Act regulates the use of automatically processed information about living , identifiable individuals ( personal data ) which is held on computers and other ‘ equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose ’ . |
| 6 | The Act is very wide ranging particularly in relation to the adjective ‘ identifiable ’ and subjects have considerable rights of inspection and amendment of their own records . |
| 7 | She cradled the whisky glass between her breasts , the amber surface of its contents trembling faintly in time to her breathing . |
| 8 | The number of injuries is actually going down in proportion to the increased number of skiers . |
| 9 | Owing much in design to S. Vitale in Ravenna but on more elaborate lines , it was originally symmetrical and had a western entrance with atrium and two-storeyed gallery ; the courtyard here was large and had a capacity of 7000 . |
| 10 | Consequently , there was a constant danger of those Moorish princes owing allegiance to El Cid calling upon him for aid , or simply reneging on their agreements and going over in force to the Almoravid leader . |
| 11 | But the world may end up with both projects , a waste of resources that will stunt other science — and might well hold back particle physics , as generations of physicists find themselves growing up in thrall to the vast machines , with no alternative experiments to pursue . |
| 12 | Although the great ice sheets which covered much of North America and northern Europe in the recent past had largely disappeared by 10000 a BP , the landsurface in these regions is still rising rapidly in response to the removal of this load . |
| 13 | So come Sunday morning will another National winner be riding home in triumph to Central South ? |
| 14 | The size and the number of actuarial firms is expanding rapidly in response to the demand for their services . |
| 15 | The analytical solution does not , however , allow for objects breaking up in response to aerodynamic forces . |
| 16 | As we have already mentioned , it makes no difference whether you are flying visually in relation to the natural horizon , or , solely by reference to the Artifical Horizon and Performance Instruments ; the control of your performance is exactly the same , a combination of performance and power . |
| 17 | For Simon , it was like stepping back in time to the turn of the century . |
| 18 | For Simon , it was like stepping back in time to the turn of the century . |
| 19 | For instance , someone who expresses her opinion of a friend 's appearance very vaguely may be suspected of doing so in order to be polite ( saving others ' face is a common motive for vagueness , untruthfulness and withholding information ) . |
| 20 | I 'm not saying necessarily in response to that resolution , but at least in the direction that we were hoping . |
| 21 | This article explains how you can rapidly increase your finds rate by putting yourself on the saddle of an imaginary bicycle and travelling back in time to the turn-of-the-century . |
| 22 | For Beccaria 's conception of punishing purely in proportion to harm done failed to distinguish between ‘ crimes ’ committed intentionally , under duress or provocation , or even by accident . |
| 23 | Set off at a good pace , with the longest stride that is comfortable , your arms swinging naturally in opposition to your legs . |
| 24 | And is rote learning necessarily in opposition to discovery learning ? |
| 25 | When sailing downwind in light to medium winds , it is important to remember to sail the boat higher until the optimum boat speed is reached , at which time you can begin to work the boat down . |
| 26 | Whether one defines a conductance or introduces a friction term they are just two different ways of expressing the empirical fact that the electrons ' velocity does not go on increasing indefinitely in response to a driving electric field . |
| 27 | Text organisation is an area of study very much in its infancy , yet interesting pointers are emerging both in relation to reading and to writing ( see , for instance , Byron et al. , 1981 and Hoey , 1983 ) . |
| 28 | He had half-expected that the response would be a thrust of the long spurs and a head-down gallop for the open , and those ahead had orders to bring down the horse if Isambard tried it ; but instead he stirred gently in the saddle and brought his mount edging forward in obedience to the order , dancing restively past the quivering arrow , and almost abreast of Owen 's hiding-place . |
| 29 | For instance , although close relationships are usually protective , they can sometimes interfere with an adaptive mode of defence such as denial , which a person might be setting up in response to a particularly threatening event . |
| 30 | Equally , there would be nothing to prevent private social work companies setting up in opposition to local authority and voluntary agency workers ; private training companies are already emerging . |