Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The immunity of Swiss companies to unfriendly or foreign takeovers came in for a pounding in 1988 after Nestlé took over Rowntree , a British confectioner , causing noisy British complaints about the lack of reciprocal opportunities . |
| 2 | Kossack met Highlander in combinations of tunic , kilt and breeches , with a touch of monkey fur or fake chinchilla thrown in . |
| 3 | Severe atrophic or hypertrophic scarring occurs in at least 2% of adults and up to half of children . |
| 4 | They need a site with plenty of old compost or humus-based fertiliser worked in . |
| 5 | It is simply not safe to have radios on the side of the bath , or electrical heaters plugged in to the bathroom in winter , or to sit in the bath while shaving with an electric razor . |
| 6 | Blue Cross staff say they do still want to see sick or injured animals brought in for treatment . |
| 7 | She did n't want Clare or those others to come in . |
| 8 | However , the guaranteed harmony of economic activity resulting either from a mechanistic or biological analogy fits in awkwardly with a Christian view of man and work . |
| 9 | Up till recently , ceilings , walls and woodwork were either done in gloss , eggshell or flat paint , with perhaps the odd contrast border or super graphic thrown in as an added bonus . |
| 10 | Again their voices rose in hostility , neither one relenting , and when violence was threatened , four or five men stepped in , restraining them . |
| 11 | And she said he 'll probably take four or five months to settle in |
| 12 | A radio station was in operation , and a number of mobile film units , which were only able to show news or educational films brought in from outside . |
| 13 | ‘ One or two people came in , but nothing I could n't cope with . |
| 14 | Erm a and f at first we had one or two people coming in , but then it , it , it dr it dropped off very quickly , and after about three months , I think , we decided we were n't getting enough take-up , w that we would not have the sessions in the flats any more , but that we would encourage people to come to the Law Centre if they had any problems . |
| 15 | It 's hard sometimes to describe people one only meets casually , one 's observations , thoughts even , especially when interrupted by people serving drinks , or other guests barging in . |
| 16 | Through current vital statistics or special studies conducted in statistically more developed countries it has long been observed and well demonstrated that childbearing patterns , such as maternal age , parity and the interval between consecutive births have a characteristic effect upon the probability that a child will survive infancy and early childhood . |
| 17 | For example , one might propose that the mental lexicon is divided into a semantic and a phonological system , rather than being a unified whole , and that priming occurs in only one of these systems . |
| 18 | How are cross-curriculum themes such as equal opportunities and multicultural issues built in ? |
| 19 | Mr Salem said there was an enormous increase in French , Dutch and Spanish shoppers cashing in on favourable exchange rates . |
| 20 | If we add an edge from I to J , we will create a cycle ( a sequence of distinct edges , each having a node in common with its predecessor , and each node appearing in exactly two edges ) by adding the edge I to J to the edges of the path from J to 1 . |
| 21 | 650 , won the most valuable player award for his play-off record of eight runs , two home runs and eight runs batted in . |
| 22 | The combination of high precipitation , water surpluses , large number of wet days and low insolation experienced in highly oceanic areas is thought to increase the rate of growth and the competitive abilities of bryophytes , notably Sphagnum species , hypnoid mosses and Racomitrium ( Poore & McVean 1957 ) , all of which are very conspicuous in plant communities in the Western Isles . |
| 23 | In Sheffield in the first stage , when annuals and short-lived perennials move in , Oxford ragwort ( Senecio squalidus ) , knotgrass ( Polygonum aviculare ) , orache ( Atriplex hastata ) and fat-hen ( Chenopodium album ) are common . |
| 24 | At first annuals and short-lived perennials move in ( above left ) ; fat-hen ( Chenopodium album ) is typical of these ( left ) . |
| 25 | Why did n't Japan 's ever-prudent and oh-so-dominant bureaucrats step in to prevent it ? |
| 26 | They found that £15 or £20 a week went as far in an erstwhile fishing village on Spain 's Costa Brava as it did at an English seaside hotel or holiday camp , with cheap wine and reliable sunshine thrown in . |
| 27 | The radio plays continually , and some folk come in just to check the hourly news . |
| 28 | It starts with a multicoloured starfield and some text fading in and out . |
| 29 | Ponds and lakes , too , benefit from their surroundings , as leaves and insects perish within them , and some nutrients run in from the surrounding land . |
| 30 | And this feller caved in then and admitted it . |