Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It becomes possible to envisage a sequence of shots in which real pieces of connected action are linked together by shots which are included to fill in the continuity gaps . |
| 2 | Worked examples help the people who are going to fill in the survey . |
| 3 | They will be used to bring in the rock crushing plant , the industrial chemicals and the explosives . |
| 4 | The seller should also be asked to fill in the fixtures , fittings and contents questionnaire and the property information form . |
| 5 | Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them . |
| 6 | Only after it is decided that company collection agencies are unsuitable for the job should outside agencies be contracted to fill in the gaps . |
| 7 | But the Chancellor is now believed to be planning to bring in the full rate straight away . |
| 8 | To his credit , Lord Whitelaw having been forced to bring in the short sharp shock , dropped it when it was proved not to work . |
| 9 | Patients were instructed to fill in the two diaries for 14 days , but were not told that the computer automatically records date of data entry , nor were they given instructions of what to do should they have forgotten to make the daily entry . |
| 10 | In isolation from these underlying realities , we are tempted to fill in the explanatory gap with imagination : |
| 11 | Then in chronological order came the following : Hemel Hempstead ( 1947 ) replacing Redbourn as proposed in the Abercrombie plan , was designed to fill in the area between Harpenden , St Albans and Remel Hempstead itself ; Harlow ( 1947 ) , 23 miles north-east of London , expanded a small settlement of 4,500 people ; Crawley ( 1947 ) , a town of 9,500 population , lay astride the Brighton Road , 30 miles south of London ; Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City ( both 1948 ) lay very close to each other 18–20 miles north of London ( Welwyn was already a sizable town of 18,500 inhabitants ) ; Basildon ( 1949 ) met rather different objectives , planned not only to accommodate overspill but to tidy up an untidy area of shack development between London and Southend ; Bracknell ( 1949 ) replaced Abercrombie 's proposal for White Waltham , three miles south-west of Maidenhead , west of London . |
| 12 | This was sold to us , please , this was sold to us on the basis that it was going to bring in the baddies and sort out the baddies , and we 'd all live happily ever after . |
| 13 | After 23 days , the government was threatening to send in the army to clean up the streets . |