Example sentences of "[vb infin] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning to the argument in The Future of an Illusion an imaginary antagonist argues that civilization depends upon people continuing to believe in God , otherwise they will not act in a moral way . |
| 2 | GPs who volunteer to hold practice budgets will act in a similar way for those services for which they are responsible . |
| 3 | A pun can act in a similar way to metaphor , pointing to a coalescence of concepts normally distinct . |
| 4 | However , there is now evidence that the mechanism responsible for this can act in a similar fashion in some normal individuals ; as one would expect these are people high in schizotypal traits . |
| 5 | They 'll improve on it , or they might adapt it , see if they can change it in some way in that case , and they 'll act in a cohesive way . |
| 6 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 7 | Psychology usually assumes that psychologists can act in a neutral way . |
| 8 | The typical case is one in which a factual statement points out that a situation is one of the kind in which an ethical statement asserts that a certain obligation holds , that is , one in which it has expressed the wish that people should act in a certain way or meet the disfavour of others . |
| 9 | Love makes you act in a certain way even — and this is the crunch — when you are not feeling very loving . |
| 10 | A representative person is one who will act in a given situation in much the same way as those he represents would act in that same situation . |
| 11 | They will act in a facilitating role to help in focusing on more general social and economic need . |
| 12 | A legitimate expectation may arise when a government agency , by its words or conduct , leads a citizen reasonably to expect that it will act in a particular way . |
| 13 | There are certain other circumstances in which this problem of unduly encouraging an authority to reach a particular decision does not arise and in which a scheme of compensation might be feasible and desirable : where there is no question of a decision being re-made , notably where the time-limit for challenging an allegedly illegal decision has run out ( through no fault of the applicant ) ; or where a citizen has suffered loss by relying on a representation by a public body that it will act in a particular way , in circumstances where the law will not require the body to make good its representation because it has undertaken to act illegally ; or where a court exercises its discretion not to quash an illegal decision In such cases the problem of causation does not exist because the decision in question will not be reconsidered . |
| 14 | It is part of our collective political morality that such compromises are wrong , that the community as a whole and not just individual officials one by one must act in a principled way . |
| 15 | In the first three sentences , be obviously has its " activity " sense and one gets the impression of continuous efforts of the subject in order to make himself behave in a calculating manner , to make his followers act in an orderly way or to keep someone quiet . |
| 16 | Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way . |
| 17 | Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way . |
| 18 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 19 | is that a person who acts as a representative of another is in a conflict of interest situation if , either at the time when he accepts appointment or subsequently while he acts as a representative , there is a material interest of his own or of a third person for whom he also acts , and the pursuit or protection of that interest would create a substantial risk that he may not act in the best way to pursue or protect the interest of the person he represents . |
| 20 | A hill or valley can often act in the same way as an enormous sail and bend the wind over a large area . |
| 21 | But the steroids in the Pill are of a different sort — they are the female sex hormones ( or closely related chemicals ) and they do not act in the same way as corticosteroids . |
| 22 | He did not feel that he needed to apologize , and said that if similar circumstances arose he would act in the same way . |
| 23 | Where the employee is working on the employer 's premises , the employer must act in the same manner as a reasonably prudent employer . |
| 24 | Enough has been said , however , to make it clear that regulation need not necessarily act in the public interest . |
| 25 | Mr Hatton 's solicitor , Peter Quinn , said the DPP should act in the public interest and bring the matter to a conclusion . |
| 26 | They do not act in the full light of day but deal in subtle trickery , clever fetches , secret assassinations , and every filthy trick of the devil . |
| 27 | The most political job you could seek in a political party is probably that of chairman . |
| 28 | And strict interpretation of the ten miles and Mr reminded me would just pinch in a little bit erm of the of the West Yorkshire greenbelt . |
| 29 | This will be beneficial in the long run , but the EC must assist in the transitional period . |
| 30 | These will not affect the tank , which will then assist in the overall illumination of the room , rather than being drowned out by it . |