Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 45-minute classes infants grapple with walking in time to music , marching , pony-trotting ; facial expressions and gestures are tested , too . |
| 2 | Alternatively , what chance does a white , yellow or orange fish have of lurking in wait for prey ? |
| 3 | One of the many unusual facets of Hannah Hauxwell is her reaction to certain situations which would daunt much more apparently sophisticated people and which one would expect to be overwhelming for a simple soul from the back of beyond , such as meeting , on level terms some of the famous and mighty , or appearing in front of milling crowds and even standing up to address them . |
| 4 | There 's a lot of new things happening in school with GCSE and the National Curriculum . |
| 5 | Keeping in touch through Convocation 's lively newsletter CONTACT . |
| 6 | Small mammal species ( voles , lemmings ) dig or burrow in snow , isolating themselves from environmental extremes and keeping in touch with food at the ground-snow interface . |
| 7 | Patients newly admitted to the hospital environment will naturally be anxious about keeping in touch with family , friends and work associates . |
| 8 | By the second week most people have sufficient confidence to sail in pairs or independently , just keeping in touch by radio . |
| 9 | The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour and this is worth keeping in mind as part of the assessment of risk . |
| 10 | Words ending in tion like station a railway station or see how many you can but punctuation . |
| 11 | In the interim , Smith has at least acknowledged the constitutional agenda by pronouncing in favour of devolution , regional government and a Bill of Rights . |
| 12 | While harm may sometimes be direct and visible in the regulatory arena , it may also be vague and amorphous , gaining in severity by accumulation . |
| 13 | One day , waiting in the car in Albion Street to pick up my brother-in-law from work ( he looks like Norman Lamont , incidently , but she loves him dearly ) , she suddenly saw me , her brother who 's supposed to be living in exile down south , walking along the road in the company of a glamorous lady . |
| 14 | Young people with no job lose confidence and it is easy for them to slide into living in reversal of night and day . |
| 15 | Assessments of individuals along any of these scales is an element of the shared local knowledge which develops out of living in face to face ( or often back to back ) communities . |
| 16 | As a man with agricultural interests you will appreciate the importance of living in harmony with nature and of conserving the environment . |
| 17 | Sybil Myerson , of London 's Royal Free Hospital , who has studied violence against GPs , said : ‘ Living in fear of attack is a terrible stress and one which GPs could do without . ’ |
| 18 | He said Catholics had been living in fear of attack by the IRA and loyalists for over 20 years and called on Mr Taylor to withdraw his comments . |
| 19 | Many people never break through this barrier to faith , but carry on living in fear of self-abandonment . |
| 20 | Saving in dialogue of compliment , |
| 21 | Distribution : Worldwide Gross : Small to medium sized ( { 1.5 cm in length ) bursate nematodes ranging in colour from white to dark red , the majority being visible on close inspection of the large intestinal mucosa or contents . |
| 22 | Mary in a pretty pink dress out of which stuck yellow claws and a head and face made by plastic surgeons of grafts ranging in colour from vellum to grape-purple . |
| 23 | In these circumstances it is just as reasonable to assume that political elites or administrative officials are acting autonomously as to assume that they are acting in accordance with society 's preferences . |
| 24 | Only unhappiness is gained by acting in accordance with duty , or obligation , or guilt , or the desire to please others . |
| 25 | But the union , which has nearly 4,500 teachers in the two counties , says it is acting in accordance with trade union law . |
| 26 | Autonomy is defined as acting in accordance with desire ( or intention ) . |
| 27 | Claims that the President is acting in excess of power would allow individuals to interfere in the conduct of foreign affairs : a successful domestic legal challenge to an agreement reached with Iran would have undermined the negotiation process and cast doubt on the efficacy of future negotiations with the United States . |
| 28 | There is thus no doubt that on the older authorities the courts have refused to review by way of certiorari the decision of a visitor even though they were prepared to grant mandamus to require him to act or to prohibit him from acting in excess of jurisdiction . |
| 29 | Reports indicated that the Awami League had also opposed some provisions of the government 's earlier bill abolishing presidential rule , including the disqualification of MPs acting in defiance of party mandates and the induction of one-fifth of the Cabinet from outside parliament . |
| 30 | Acrow Ltd. obtained an injunction to restrain an American company , S.I. , from acting in breach of contract so as to impede Acrow 's manufacture of machinery under licence from S.I.S.I. purported to ignore the injunction and instructed Rex Chainbelt , suppliers of components for Acrow 's process , to cease supply . |