Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One would think that an old person would have to be living in an isolated cottage , in the heart of the countryside , to be so out of touch with the world ; but sadly we know from the frequent reports in the newspapers that such tragic loneliness can exist right in the heart of our towns and cities , and that the old have sometimes remained undiscovered for weeks and months after they have died in their own homes . |
| 2 | The problem can arise acutely in a situation where Y takes goods from X on ‘ sale or return ’ terms . |
| 3 | They competed to see who could eat most in the hotel restaurant and gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas . |
| 4 | ‘ Why did he disappear right in the middle of the fun ? ’ |
| 5 | She must remain discreetly in the background — in the wings as it were — being ever attentive to Anne 's requirements and reputation , and acting with prudence and discretion whensoever the need arose . |
| 6 | Planar proportions that are harmonic on the drawing board will remain so in the structure , provided effects of overlapping are taken into consideration . |
| 7 | As a basic point , you should enquire whether the scheme is contracted in or out of SERPS and whether the intention is that it should remain so in the future . |
| 8 | If you are returning to work after child or relative care , try to ensure that you can earn enough in the remainder of that tax year to take you above the lower earnings limit . |
| 9 | She could think better in the darkness , and Gay 's letter had effectively banished all desire to sleep . |
| 10 | Then looking at me , he said , ‘ But I do n't think you 'll stay long in the village . ’ |
| 11 | Could not stay long in the room with it , but the ice had been broken . |
| 12 | When challenged on this point , employers always produced a unanimous chorus to the effect that this was what women wanted , because they would not stay long in the trade before they married . |
| 13 | All in all a most intriguing debut and one that will stay long in the mind . |
| 14 | Being the casual criminals they were , they did n't persist long in the chase . |
| 15 | Owing to the changes made in the law of intestate succession ( see pp. 111–13 ) , coparcenary can exist only in the case of an entailed interest . |
| 16 | One thing seems clear , that such patterns did not exist only in the present largely abandoned marginal uplands , but also over great areas of the country . |
| 17 | These elements ( the equivalent of nerve cells ) may be tangible silicon chips or they may exist only in the cyberspace of a working computer program . |
| 18 | He let the question hang delicately in the air . |
| 19 | Innovation had to take place cheaply , since central government could not fund much in the way of capital projects . |
| 20 | Finally accepting that if they do n't hang together in the face of the threat from Microsoft Corp , their Unix efforts will hang separately , IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc and its Univel Inc unit , and Santa Cruz Operation Inc lined up at the UniForum trade show in San Francisco yesterday to announce a common desktop strategy for Unix vendors — but over time , the effort will extend beyond the desktop to embrace common networking , graphics , multimedia , distributed object technology and systems management . |
| 21 | Finally accepting that if they do n't hang together in the face of the threat from Microsoft Corp Windows NT , their Unix efforts will hang separately , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp , Sun Microsystems Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc , Univel Inc and Santa Cruz Operation Inc lined up at last week 's UniForum trade show in San Francisco to announce a common desktop strategy for Unix workstation vendors ( UX No 427 ) . |
| 22 | I 'll have a go — but I ca n't promise much in the way of results . " |
| 23 | A large proportion of the advertising in these markets , is , inevitably , in some sense , ‘ reminder ’ advertising — which , again , should not need much in the way of information , since it is preaching to the converted . |
| 24 | So the second attitude can flourish only in a climate where the first is general . |
| 25 | Agents often have authority to bind their principals in ways they should not , they can act wrongly in the exercise of their authority without forfeiting it . |
| 26 | The goal continued his recent run of form , making it 13 in 20 Combination appearances , but it was not a game that will linger long in the memory of a sizeable crowd . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , and it 's the same reason why the stars do n't clump together in the middle of the galaxy . |
| 28 | If Marcus , usually to be found in his bedroom , was sitting upon an upright chair , his back straight , his hands on his knees , staring into space , in a posture presumably connected with some technique of meditation , Ludens would wait outside in the hall , or converse quietly with Irina in the kitchen . |
| 29 | Most respondents said they felt secure and expressed a good deal of confidence that we would act calmly in an incident . |
| 30 | ‘ They say they 'll know more in the morning , ’ Paul says . |