Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [adv] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguments over the validity of the notice and justification of the motives of the partners serving it are better left to an appropriate tribunal ( judge , arbitrator or mediator ) than carried on in acrimonious correspondence . |
| 2 | But it is also uplifting to find a course charted for a better world that combines environmental protection , civil liberties and economic development as three sides of a single strategy , rather than bolted together in disjointed and contradictory declarations . |
| 3 | Although set up in 1974 in response to outcries about huge increases in domestic rates , it never came near to recommending their abolition or even their substantial replacement with another tax . |
| 4 | These developments are , quite naturally , producing fears in government circles that alliances are no more than cartels designed to restrain competition , albeit dressed up in new and more attractive clothes . |
| 5 | Gardeners are an inquisitive breed and when they 're on holiday , there 's nothing they enjoy more , than snooping around in other people 's gardens . |
| 6 | Glad of it anyhow , ’ he added as if caught out in some discourtesy . |
| 7 | Sarella felt her cheeks begin to burn , as if caught out in some way . |
| 8 | This low-level theory , if spelt out in more detail , amounts to the claim that if wheat is grown in the normal way , converted into bread in the normal way and eaten by humans in a normal way , then those humans will be nourished . |
| 9 | Father ran a butcher 's shop in which Fagg also worked until called up in nineteen thirty-nine . |
| 10 | It can leave the Tower if driven out in this way , but it must stay close to the outside walls . |
| 11 | In one period , all were placed together as if spelled out in full as ‘ MAC ’ . |
| 12 | In one period , all were placed together as if spelled out in full as ‘ MAC ’ . |
| 13 | Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems . |
| 14 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 15 | If the file is small , the cylinder index may be partly or entirely held in main storage , as explained earlier in this chapter ( see p. 228 ) . |
| 16 | It also carries a risk of perforation and haemorrhage and , when undertaken repeatedly in low-risk people , this risk may exceed the benefit . |
| 17 | Mesalazine has structural similarities to aspirin and phenacetin and is nephrotoxic when given intravenously in high doses to rats . |
| 18 | Increasing calcium in the diet as recommended earlier in this chapter is another , along with vitamin D — both needed to aid bone metabolism . |
| 19 | Or at any rate , with higher education as sketched out in this book ? |
| 20 | In western Germany in 1990 the building industry produced more than five times as much rubbish as turned up in municipal solid waste — and most of it was simply tipped into Germany 's scarce landfill space . |
| 21 | Devoting a section of your garden to a particular type of plant can be very effective and attractive indeed , as seen here in this collection of shrub roses . |
| 22 | As seen earlier in this Chapter , services in this church were conducted by deaf people themselves in sign language . |
| 23 | Unlined curtains are ideal when made up in easy-care fabrics which can be laundered frequently , making them perfect for kitchens or bathrooms . |
| 24 | They will add a sumptuous air to your curtains , particularly when made up in soft , supple fabrics which drape beautifully . |
| 25 | Charles had decided on battle as the only way to cut through the competing loyalties and quite literally , reduce the number of Carolingian competitors : thus , as the only way to secure himself a kingdom that included Aquitaine along with the lion 's share of Francia ( as promised originally in 837 ) ; but also , as the only way to secure an outcome all would accept as definitive — a Judgement of God . |
| 26 | While ordinary motive power generally became more standardised , and again as told later in these pages the difference between locomotive-hauled and multiple-unit stock less marked , the variety still remains impressive and just as many notebooks and cameras record the passage of trains at the end as at the beginning of the eighties . |
| 27 | During the infusion , the animals were kept in semirestraining Bollman type cages as used also in secretory studies . |
| 28 | The rules would normally specify that the completion accounts are to be prepared in accordance with : ( a ) generally accepted accounting practices or the statements of standard accounting practice ( SSAPs ) in order to give a true and fair view ; ( b ) the same accounting practices as used consistently in previous accounts of the business , normally over a period of several years ; ( c ) specific accounting rules legislated for in the sale agreement . |
| 29 | Occasionally , when pulling away in first gear , the engine in my 1971 Series III will die unless the clutch is depressed quickly . |
| 30 | As noted elsewhere in this book , such group action requires small numbers or the use of selective incentives to avoid the free rider problem . |