Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is comparatively easy to accept that in the primary years children have particular and specific qualities and that effective learning is most likely to take place in an environment which meets their intellectual , physical , social and emotional needs , it is much more difficult to define the components which make the learning environment effective . |
| 2 | Outside legal doctrine itself there has been a greater willingness to accept that in the large public company the shareholders may not perform the task of monitoring and controlling the management of the company , so that the managers are potentially left in a position of unchecked power . |
| 3 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
| 4 | It is a valuable piece of equipment , and my hon. Friend may like to know that in the next two or three years we shall proceed with some large modifications to it which we estimate will bring about £4 million worth of work to PBN on the Isle of Wight . |
| 5 | Indeed , we always try to give the benefit of the doubt , and the hon. Gentleman may be interested to know that in the last three years we have received 577 claims and have settled 372 of them . |
| 6 | I was happy to find that in the scholarly ( 237 references in 1991 ) introductory chapter written by the editors most of the territory was familiar . |
| 7 | It is easy to guess that in the general case one would have , instead , the potential due to all other charges . |
| 8 | That 's the bit that people fe find a bit hard to er to accept because in the real world it does n't actually happen because there 's always some other force like air resistance , friction , road resistance from your tyres and , and it grad it always stops eventually . |
| 9 | I was pleased to see that in the 1992 World Cup team there were four Afrikaners in murg en beens ( in marrow and bone ) who had Afrikaans as their first language of fluency — Wessels , Cronje , Bosch and Sonald . |
| 10 | Yes , I welcome the substantial orders that have been received and I was pleased to see that in the past few days a number of them have come here . |
| 11 | I am glad to report that in the past few months we have made real progress with the car manufacturers . |
| 12 | The Opposition refused to answer that in the recent debate , and they have refused to answer it again today . |
| 13 | Folk are beginning to remember that in the late 1950s the Philippines was the wealthiest country in the region . |
| 14 | But while he captured the headlines with his anti-Soviet warnings and his proposals for Anglo-American co-operation , it is important to remember that in the short run his call for " a fraternal association " between the Anglo-Saxon powers was poorly received by a majority of Americans . |
| 15 | The Teessiders seemed to sense that the Rokermen were starting to wilt and in the 62nd minute it looked as though Middlesbrough had finally found a way through . |
| 16 | It will be interesting to see if in the long term the claims that this product prevents damage to valve seats etc. from using leadfree fuel are true . |
| 17 | That way , the conference gets off to a good start because people are raring to go and in the right frame of mind . |
| 18 | It is this evidence that led West to the cautious conclusion that ‘ it is reasonable to assume that in the nineteenth century education played some part in economic growth . ’ |
| 19 | Soon afterwards one of the tourists attempted to escape and in the ensuing battle one Israeli and a guerrilla died . |
| 20 | Moreover , it would be quite wrong to conclude that in the above examples only the tones given would be appropriate ; it is , in fact , almost impossible to find a context where one could not substitute a different tone . |
| 21 | It is a tremendous satisfaction to record that in the following years this changed . |
| 22 | But on 21 July , Edward I ordered Jean de Grilly to obey Philip III 's summons and to make ready to perform military service ; but in his reply to the king of France he was to stress that in the 1259 treaty ‘ the certainty of the said service has not yet been found ’ . |
| 23 | Conversely the make-up girls had less to do than in the black-and-white days . |
| 24 | Poor passing gave Cardiff several reprieves , but something had to give and in the 15th minute , Julian Williams sent Lewis over from a five-yard scrum , Stephens adding the conversion . |
| 25 | Poor passing gave Cardiff several reprieves , but something had to give and in the 15th minute , Julian Williams sent Lewis over from a five-yard scrum , Stephens adding the conversion . |
| 26 | Its very existence arises from failures in established economic systems : in the West the failure to provide enough jobs for people to do and in the Soviet bloc the failure to provide enough goods for people to buy . |
| 27 | Prussia was the weakest of the victorious powers in 1815 , and posed no threat to Britain , as France seemed to do when in the 1860s Napoleon III appeared to be following the ambitions of Napoleon I , and contemplating invasion . |
| 28 | A better solution to female patients being hostile to middle aged male obstetricians , of course , is to ensure that in the coming generation of doctors 87% of obstetric consultants are female . |
| 29 | Incidentally , I ca n't be with you because I 'm trying to ensure that in the next general election Labour will win more seats . |
| 30 | For example , Vivian de Sola Pinto ( a regular contributor to the Review during the 19305 ) had come to consider that in the post-war world liberally-educated persons , whether schoolmasters , civil servants , or business administrators should have the capacity to contribute to the revitalization of a " soulless bureaucracy " , and that the main object of English studies should therefore be " the provision of a truly liberal education " for such " non-specialists " . |