Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb -s] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In which case the non-verbal concomitants of the various utterances are improvised as if for the first time , and in the best of all possible productions an unforeseeable Lear , Macbeth or Rosalind emerges in performance , and the speeches come across expressing meanings which would have been hard to foresee from reading the bare text . |
| 2 | Even Marks & Spencer stands in awe . |
| 3 | The tradition of distancing oneself from knowledge or research begins in school , and the horror of emotional interference or personal feelings is , I submit , a very masculine approach to the study of our world — whether the physical or social world . |
| 4 | From Laxford Bridge to Lairg is thirty-seven miles , still on the A.838 , and nowhere on this long drive through the Reay Forest and alongside Loch Shin is there a public road branching off until the outskirts of Lairg are reached , and only an occasional shooting lodge or farmstead appears in sight against the background of mountains . |
| 5 | The continued addictive use of any substance or behaviour tends in time to lead to problems and to damaging consequences of use . |
| 6 | Computer contracts sometimes provide for experts to determine technical issues such as whether the computer equipment or software performs in accordance with its specification , or the interpretation of specifications or other related technical documentation . |
| 7 | Death or injury lies in wait for the imprudent in Brobdingnagian chasms below . |
| 8 | If the terms of reference you have in mind are not precise , or if they are not explicitly stated , you may not go far enough in your investigations or you may stray outside the limits that your boss or client has in mind . |
| 9 | America offers another reminder : that neither fairness nor effectiveness exists in vacuo . |
| 10 | More information on continuing education programmes organised by the HVA and other professional advice and activities appears in chapter 4 . |
| 11 | The Soviet emphasis on simple materials and technologies ensures in contrast long production lines , low unit costs , and an ability to turn spare capacity over to military production with a minimum of retraining and re-tooling . |
| 12 | The piece 's unity and momentum derives in part from the reappearance between each section of versions of the riotous opening fanfare , a set of hidden variations of their own , and in part from recurrences of thematic material . |
| 13 | And Rozario looks in trouble at the moment he is just er limping around he 's sunk back to his er hands on his knees again and well look at that he you do n't really need words to describe how he must be feeling at the moment . |
| 14 | The product development will have been carried out during summer 1992 ; sales material will have been ready by Christmas 1992 , and subscribing begins in earnest in January , continuing into spring . |
| 15 | A submarine trench has been postulated to accommodate the thick piles of Manx and Skiddaw slates in north-west England , perhaps superimposed on an earlier Cambrian island arc . |
| 16 | There are so many different types of tills and cash registers in use today that it would be impossible to describe them all ; they range from the old ‘ press button ’ type to modern , computerised systems . |
| 17 | Beginning in June , the old sterile growth is picked off and hoeing starts in earnest . |
| 18 | It has not taken IBM Corp long to admit informally that its target of 25,000 job cuts this year is on the low side , and the company now says that it expects at least 6,000 jobs to be cut at its three main operations in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York , where previously it had forecast between 3,000 and 3,500 : IBM told Reuters that the job cuts , which will likely include layoffs , will come from the company 's mainframe business in Poughkeepsie and Kingston , where at least 2,000 jobs will be cut , up from the company 's previous expectations of between 600 to 800 , and it also sees bigger staff cuts at the East Fishkill chip facility , which now expects to lose about 4,000 workers , up from about 3,000 — IBM is phasing out semiconductor operations in East Fishkill , moving some of the work to Burlington , Vermont , some to Essonnes , France ; advanced semiconductor research and packaging remains in East Fishkill ; the company says that despite the increased cuts , it believes that the charges it took in the fourth quarter will still be sufficient . |
| 19 | Some two dozen of his tenants were re-housed in new brick , thatched houses , each with its own garden , and he was careful to look after their employment , health and education needs in return for steady work , church attendance and sober habits . |
| 20 | Authoritarian statism carries the ‘ seeds or certain scattered elements of fascism ’ and Poulantzas asserts in conclusion that ‘ All contemporary power is functional to authoritarian statism ’ ( 1978 , p. 239 ) . |
| 21 | However , jewellery may be stolen , cattle may die and grain deteriorates in quality with the passage of time , thus wealth in these forms is inherently risky and to a certain extent illiquid , i.e. not usually suitable for instant transfer or use . |
| 22 | Perhaps the first point that needs to be made is that the relationship between use and learning differs in respect to first and second language situations . |
| 23 | EAST Germany 's embattled government resigned last night in a surprise step foreshadowing important changes in the make-up of the Communist Party 's powerful politburo and policy shifts in response to continuing popular pressure . |
| 24 | His moral superiority over this ‘ damned door-keeper ’ re-established , Lysimachus leaves , and Marina remains in danger . |
| 25 | The gold letters M O R S encircle the globe , and ultimate judgement is depicted in the heavens above where angels blow the last trumpet and Christ reigns in glory . |
| 26 | It monitors all local and remote elements in a computer system , including attached devices such as printers , terminals , administrator consoles and communications links in addition to cost-system functions . |
| 27 | Most spectacular of all were Burlamachi 's services as a sort of unofficial paymaster , notably of English and English-financed expeditions abroad , which provided the occasion for a multitude of ways and means advances in anticipation of slowly and irregularly mobilized government funds . |
| 28 | Suprematist , constructivist and dadaist works in newspaper , wood , glass and fabric are successfully combined with smaller sculptures by Jeff Beer , assembled from pieces of scrap iron . |
| 29 | In a statement confirming the ban , first imposed in October 1991 [ see p. 38553 ] , Yeltsin said that it was a response to recent French and US cuts in testing [ see pp. 38890 ; 39121 ] . |
| 30 | By contrast , the number density of the ions and electrons falls in proportion to the square of the distance from the Sun , because roughly the same number of ions ( and electrons ) is being spread over a growing spherical area centred on the Sun . |