Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of significant changes have occurred in British society since 1979 , and the one centred on in this book has been the emergence of an underclass . |
| 2 | There was always this idea that people lived on in some form after death , looking after you . |
| 3 | Photojournalism and the birth of photography are briefly touched on , Context and Ambiguity expanded on in some depth , ethics briefly considered and a fair selection of illustrations from the exhibition are included , including Robert Capa 's The Last Man to die , Leipzig , Germany and Chris Steele-Perkins Famine in Karamoja Province , Uganda , images that are almost commonplace today . |
| 4 | A State exercising a right by a provision of a treaty to which it is not a party is bound to comply with any conditions laid down in that provision , or elsewhere in the treaty for the exercise of the right . |
| 5 | Our understanding of the vertical ( as opposed to the horizontal ) movements of the lithosphere during continental rupture is largely derived from the interpretation of the sediments laid down in passive margin basins . |
| 6 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he takes to enforce procedures laid down in national health service circular No. 1975 ( GEN ) 46 . |
| 7 | The standard of care laid down in this case has been doubted in subsequent cases . |
| 8 | ( I ) The desirability of contesting the constituency for parliament shall be considered by the Executive Committee of this party in consultation with the National Executive Committee or its officers prior to the procedure laid down in this clause being set in motion . |
| 9 | If you deviate substantially and importantly from the conditions laid down in this letter of engagement , we will be free to terminate the engagement by immediate notice at any time and to engage additional and/or alternative directors to perform some or all of the functions set out here . |
| 10 | If you deviate substantially and importantly from the conditions laid down in this letter of engagement , we will be free to terminate the engagement by immediate notice at any time and to engage additional and/or alternative directors to perform some or all of the functions set out here . |
| 11 | If you deviate substantially and importantly from the conditions laid down in this letter of engagement , we will be free to terminate the engagement by immediate notice at any time and to engage additional and/or alternative directors to perform some or all of the functions set out here . |
| 12 | The job description shall be consistent with the contractual duties laid down in this agreement . |
| 13 | The 1947 Electricity Act laid down in some detail procedures for matters such as capital authorisations from the Ministry and the relative spheres of interest of Central Authority and Area Boards , but on the major questions of business policy the industry had a relatively free hand , subject only to a requirement to consult the Minister on matters of broad policy . |
| 14 | At night when I lay awake in bed , vast processions passed along in mournful pomp ; friezes of never-ending stories … ’ |
| 15 | She grumbled on in this vein as she prepared the food and I ran about as the scullion . |
| 16 | The research reported on in this book consisted of semi-structured , tape-recorded interviews with ninety-six students ( forty-eight male , forty-eight female ) , and twelve members of academic staff , in three different institutions . |
| 17 | The man peered down in mock confusion . |
| 18 | When exiting from the stage , a first violinist bent down in fake adoration to kiss her feet . |
| 19 | Suddenly the issue was resolved with terrible finality for them both , as the inner floors gave way and crashed down in flaming ruin . |
| 20 | The Greeks may have called the angle the sun moved through in one day 1° , which is unc of a full turn … |
| 21 | He realised this would be Springfield 's cordon of beaters driving the escaping sect heavies towards the highway , and he moved off in that direction himself . |
| 22 | The van drew up in Pretty Street and Miss Poraway and Mrs Abigail got out , Miss Poraway still talking about the cartoon , saying it would tickle her brother when she told him about it . |
| 23 | cloacal curl coiled up in bloodied alabaster , |
| 24 | La Principessa drew back in mock horror . |
| 25 | We therefore laid our plans and moved out in good order over a long period of time . |
| 26 | Have ready a piece of butter muslin wrung out in warm water , doubled , and laid in a sieve standing over the bowl or deep wide jar in which the butter is to be stored . |
| 27 | To have a dual occupation was an ancient way of life that lingered on in this area well into the Victorian period . |
| 28 | The other nomes trudged along in weary silence . |
| 29 | A whole thicket of broom bushes came down in that slip , as you saw . |
| 30 | Two more came along in quick succession , 1lb 7oz and 1lb-11 , then all activity ceased . |