Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [adv prt] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Glad of it anyhow , ’ he added as if caught out in some discourtesy . |
| 6 | Sarella felt her cheeks begin to burn , as if caught out in some way . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Father ran a butcher 's shop in which Fagg also worked until called up in nineteen thirty-nine . |
| 9 | It can leave the Tower if driven out in this way , but it must stay close to the outside walls . |
| 10 | In one period , all were placed together as if spelled out in full as ‘ MAC ’ . |
| 11 | In one period , all were placed together as if spelled out in full as ‘ MAC ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Or at any rate , with higher education as sketched out in this book ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Unlined curtains are ideal when made up in easy-care fabrics which can be laundered frequently , making them perfect for kitchens or bathrooms . |
| 17 | They will add a sumptuous air to your curtains , particularly when made up in soft , supple fabrics which drape beautifully . |
| 18 | And , as any football-mad kid knows , there is nothing as embarrassing as mucking about in last season 's kit . |
| 19 | It is settled law , as borne out in particular by Stanton v. Institute National d'Assurances Sociales pour Travailleurs Indépendants ( Inesti ) ( Case 143/87 ) [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 3877 , 3894 , para. 11 , that |
| 20 | It is also emphasised that in applying accounting standards it is necessary to be guided by the spirit and the reasoning behind them , as set out in individual standards and in the ASB 's Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting . |
| 21 | The basic objective of the I.D.P. as set out in that Regulation was to ‘ improve working and living conditions in the Western Isles ’ through a series of measures designed ’ .... to improve agriculture ; to improve the marketing of agricultural ( and fisheries ) products — including the afforestation of marginal land , operations to improve the marketing and processing of agricultural products and measures to develop fisheries , but also measures relating to tourist amenities , crafts , industrial and other complementary activities essential to the improvement of the general socio-economic situation of those isles ’ . |
| 22 | The advantages of cash planning , as set out in Economic Progress Report 139 , November 1981 , are said to be as follows : |
| 23 | We have discussed this in more detail in Chapter Three where we saw how the parameters of this debate as set out in these campaigns were seized upon by the Tory Party with little or no response from the Labour Party who seemed unable to cope with the authoritarian drift . |
| 24 | And er they took the decision erm to erm pursue the policies er as as as set out in this E I P . |
| 25 | The factual content of the advert should be confirmed and comply with the procedures as set out in Corporate Finance Bulletin ‘ Investment Advertisements ’ ( Section 7 ) . |
| 26 | The ‘ aim should be to use them for purposes compatible with the Green Belt as set out in Circular 14/84 which can include institutional uses ’ . |
| 27 | This letter is illustrative of the type to be used where the firm is leading an agreed public offer ( ie subject to the Takeover Code ) on behalf of a client and is ni addition to a deal management' engagement letter as set out in 1101.2 . |
| 28 | This is not supposed to suggest that events can not be said to occur straightforwardly in the real but rather that when set up in any series , narrative , or history they are constructed as such events retrospectively by the historian . |
| 29 | The quotation referred to by Professor Smith when set out in full , reads : |
| 30 | The existence of a firm strategy for continuing education may , in theory , preclude the need for re-entry programmes as they exist at present , and it is the job of the members of each National Board to align continuing education needs with the UKCC 's own policies regarding the maintenance and improvement of professional standards as laid down in current legislation . |