Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [pron] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rare to find in his writings any acknowledgement of the possibility that Britain 's dominion overseas might have had a less than immaculate conception . |
| 2 | and my dad had you know the stuff he used to find in it cutlery all the tea towels and plates and everything else . |
| 3 | And if you hold a signing session — provided it is n't for a politician , a game-show host or some other nonentity — then the collectors will be out in force , perfectly happy to buy a new copy of Julian Barnes ' The Porcupine , though eager too to slip in their mint first of Metroland ( worth up to £80 ) or Flaubert 's Parrot ( £40 ) . |
| 4 | On the other hand we also have the ability to remember past events and situations , to visualize these and to create in our imaginations future possibilities . |
| 5 | Wahler has tried to identify in which families these problems are more likely to occur and has suggested that ‘ insular ’ families are at greater risk for producing non-compliant and aggressive children . |
| 6 | You are by means obliged to cast in your lot one hundred percent with any critics-made category , though it is well worth while when your book is still an idea vaguely moving in your head to decide what sort of a book it is on the whole . |
| 7 | Parties in actions other than the lead actions shall be at liberty to incorporate in their pleadings such part or parts of the pleadings in the lead actions as they may wish to adopt . |
| 8 | And he got upset , so I ended up having to bring him downstairs , give him his lunch first and then I put him to sleep in his pram this is all since the weekend this |
| 9 | Well , he 'd have a flea or two to put in her ear next time they met . |
| 10 | It is up to you to select how much you want to invest in your TESSA each year or each month , without putting any undue strain on your finances . |
| 11 | It had been further modified to include in its membership all four university resident tutors and six education officers from participating LEAs . |
| 12 | The 22 NorthEast Rotaract Clubs are looking for worthwhile charities to support in their September fund-raising week . |
| 13 | It is true that , as the term is commonly used , a representative , as opposed to a delegate , is not mandated to speak or vote in particular ways ; but it has always been a puzzle to me to understand in what ways such a person can then be said to represent , or speak for , those who sent him/her there . |
| 14 | To understand the events in question , it is also necessary to consider in whose hands political power was concentrated . |
| 15 | You work your way through it word by word , sentence by sentence , paragraph by paragraph , trying to hold in your head some idea of the totality to which these bits are contributing . |
| 16 | Ursula stubbed out one cigarette and lit another while Charlotte stared straight ahead , trying to assemble in her mind all the consequences of what she had heard . |
| 17 | ‘ The court may , on the application of the office-holder , summon to appear before it — ( a ) any officer of the company , ( b ) any person known or suspected to have in his possession any property of the company or supposed to be indebted to the company , or ( c ) any person whom the court thinks capable of giving information concerning the promotion , formation , business , dealings , affairs or property of the company . |
| 18 | We went to stay in their house one weekend . |
| 19 | Few , if any , Members of Parliament who voted , as I did more than once , for the abolition of the death penalty , can have failed to revolve in their minds many times since then both the reasons for their vote and what cause there might be to repent of it or to vote otherwise on a future occasion . |
| 20 | These four categories admittedly overlap in theory and in practice , but I use them since they correspond to real differences of approach in the study of literary language , and help to show in what way stylistic and linguistic studies differ . |