Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not my intention to describe in detail a particular course at a particular institution . |
| 2 | I did n't , in fact , comment on this letter and I do n't see it as my job to stand in judgement or to moralise — though I 'll fervently agree it 's sad that a young girl takes such an apparently casual view of life : her own and her unborn baby 's . |
| 3 | I have tried all my life to live in Truth . |
| 4 | I lay silently , expecting my grandfather to materialize in front of my eyes at any moment . |
| 5 | Not too long ago I bought an Amstrad 2286DD for my son to use in connection with his school work . |
| 6 | For example , in forensic contexts phoneticians and linguists have for some years now used their expertise to assist in voice identification ; academically this is a highly controversial enterprise . |
| 7 | Beating drums and sticks and piping , with dancers and tumblers leaping ahead of them , the grave band of three old men and four younger ones in cloaks of feathers and aprons of leaves had approached him and they had parleyed , as far as their inability to communicate in language allowed . |
| 8 | Scarborough 's Champers night club has won its fight to stay in business after magistrates over-ruled police objections to the licence being transferred to new owners , Pat Shannon and Ian Winton . |
| 9 | Messrs Fiddle and Perks have indicated their willingness to continue in office as auditors and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the forthcoming annual general meeting . |
| 10 | Stoy Hayward have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 11 | Stoy Hayward have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 12 | Ernst & Young have expressed their willingness to continue in office as auditors and resolutions proposing their reappointment , and authorising the directors to fix their remuneration , will be submitted at the Annual General Meeting . |
| 13 | Touche Ross & Co have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to reappoint them will be prosposed at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting . |
| 14 | Most inmates progress to this second stage immediately after conviction and sentencing , depending upon their willingness to join in work programmes and education ; |
| 15 | Equally important in deciding their progress is their willingness to join in work schemes . |
| 16 | The earliest opera on an historic subject , it is compact with characters more substantial than those of Ariosto , Tasso , or classical mythology and fully realized in their music : Poppea and Nero and their unfortunate spouses , Seneca , even subordinate characters like Poppea 's nurse ( who has the most purely beautiful song in the whole opera when she sings her mistress to sleep in Act II , SC.12 ) , and the maid and page who flirt so deliciously in Act II , SC.5 ( ‘ Sento un certo , non so che ’ ) and provide the comic relief like Iro in Ulisse . |
| 17 | In May 1688 Ken was urgently summoned to London by Sancroft , the Archbishop of Canterbury , to consult with his fellow bishops in response to an Order in Council requiring them to instruct their clergy to read in Church a Declaration of Indulgence ; under this , Roman Catholics and Dissenters would no longer be required to subscribe to oaths under the Test Acts . |
| 18 | The council would like anyone who feels they can make a regular committment to visit their homes to get in touch with its social services department . |
| 19 | After qualifying in 1979 , Alison made up her mind to stay in accountancy . |
| 20 | Police are appealing for anyone who thinks they 've seen Mrs Probyn or her car to get in touch with them immediately . |
| 21 | Some of them may be men like John , forced by their male pride and their self-image to suffer in silence . |
| 22 | But he was so close , his other hand pulling her hard against his naked chest , his face so near to her own that it was difficult for her to breathe — so difficult that she had to open her mouth to draw in air only to find that he 'd taken advantage of the opportunity to deepen his kiss into one of familiarity . |
| 23 | In a sign of discontent within the National Party over economic policy and particularly over the budget , two backbench MPs , Gilbert Mylesand Hamish MacIntyre , resigned on Aug. 15 , stating their intention to remain in parliament and to found a new party " that brings honesty back into New Zealand politics " . |
| 24 | The loco is 45106 which was to become the last of its type to remain in service . |
| 25 | DETECTIVES investigating the murder of pub landlady Denise Johnston today appealed for the father of her child to get in touch . |
| 26 | Our results indicate that epidermal LC express functional cadherins and suggest that cadherins may be responsible for certain biological properties of these highly specialized bone marrow-derived cells , including their propensity to persist in epidermis . |
| 27 | She had spent most of her own childhood trying to persuade her parents to fall in love with each other and known how little they really cared for each other or for her , but until recently she had not realised how little real love there had been in her own marriage . |
| 28 | Cheshire lost their battle to stay in Division One when they lost 38–27 to Middlesex . |
| 29 | One might have expected that at least some of the Labour members would welcome this opportunity to save the airport entrusted to them , but it appears that the ordinary members are unable to use their right to vote in accordance with their wishes , however strongly held . |
| 30 | These points may also explain their failure to grow in culture media but do raise the possibility that another , as yet unidentified organism , may be involved . |