Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CONVICTED Wall Street speculator Ivan Boesky , who once commanded a $1 billion war chest , is suing his wife for $1m a year in alimony to bolster his sagging finances . |
| 2 | The two times world champion , now rated No. 72 , trailed Stevens 5-4 overnight but , without having to produce his best form , he won the next six frames in succession to win their third qualifying round tie . |
| 3 | Lord Denning explained that ‘ There are some things which may be required to be disclosed in the public interest , in which event no confidence can be prayed in aid to keep them secret . ’ |
| 4 | If the answers to Q5 and Q9 were both Yes , indicating that the process is competitive without the 4BA load and that the supply Q&R ; is acceptable , buying would again be indicated via Q8 since buying small quantities of mass-produced items rather than investing in equipment to make them in-house must improve the company ROC . |
| 5 | We now just wish to be left in peace to live our own lives and be afforded the same respect as any other family in Passfield . |
| 6 | The foliage of the pulmonaria should be cut back in winter to allow its new flowers to come through unconcealed in spring . |
| 7 | To start the engine was a knack , and the choke once pulled out needed a matchbox slid in place to stop it sliding straight back in . |
| 8 | Under normal circumstances , the time-cues come as a package and is not particularly useful to separate out any one from the group ; all play a role and act in harmony to adjust our daiLy rhythms . |
| 9 | Johnny Winter 's in town to promote his new album ‘ Hey , Where 's Your Brother ? ’ , so called after the eternal question hurled from the audience at gigs . |
| 10 | The couple were guests at a showbiz party for movie tough-guy Arnold Schwarzenegger , in town to promote his new London restaurant . |
| 11 | Still able to see the problem , they no longer knew where to find its solution , and seemed happy in consequence to embrace their own annihilation . |
| 12 | Choose fruits in season to make our mouthwatering sorbet , and make sure your vegetables are really fresh for the tastiest ratatouille |
| 13 | Each of the group members presents one of the units , and takes it in turn to entertain their fellow travellers by talking about their interests in life or about their travels . |
| 14 | Through his determination and vitality Browning led Elizabeth Barrett from the sick-room in which she languished almost as a prisoner and ‘ carried her into the light and sunshine ’ , inspiring her finest poems and being inspired in turn to write his greatest works . |
| 15 | These natural physical advantages were but the basis upon which to build her technique , and on that in turn to develop her exceptional artistry . |
| 16 | Since trust in Hitler had owed a great deal to the belief that he would lead Germany to a rapid and glorious peace , since despair of an early end to the war was the essential reason for the waning morale , and since the failure of the Blitzkrieg in the USSR and the declaration of war on the USA made it difficult in logic to hold anyone other than Hitler responsible for the prolonging of the war , it is worth enquiring why the ‘ Hitler myth ’ did not collapse more quickly than was evidently the case . |
| 17 | ‘ After processing I mount the slides in glass to keep them safe , because they are more delicate than conventional slides . |
| 18 | It should be stored in the fridge , wrapped in foil to keep it moist . |
| 19 | Now he 's in line to miss his sixth successive club game at Sheffield United tomorrow . |
| 20 | Very late though it is , there is a formica-clad coffee or hamburger bar still open less than half a mile away and I have enough cash in hand to buy my first food of the day and my first hot drink . |
| 21 | It is here that each year graduating students resplendent in academic dress gather with their families and colleagues in attendance to receive their hard-won degrees . |
| 22 | With its partner in the venture , E I du Pont de Nemours & Co Inc , it has agreed in principle to sell its Ipswich-based BT&D Technologies Ltd joint venture to Hewlett-Packard Co on undisclosed terms . |
| 23 | The difference between a good thinker and an average thinker is often the difference in ability to extract something significant from where it is buried amongst other matters . |
| 24 | It was the availability of local steel and the advent of steam power that gave Glasgow the incentive to dredge and widen the river in order to transform its few old boatyards into one of the world 's great shipbuilding centres . |
| 25 | Though the generals were brought to some sort of obedience by the Cortes and the Regency , in the provinces they used the ‘ egoism ’ of the Juntas and their endless disputes with the relics of the old administration in order to extend their own power . |
| 26 | He finds no real evidence of any government attempting to hold down the rate of inflation in the short run in order to promote its own popularity at election time . |
| 27 | The Webbs , who had little sympathy with Liberal cosmopolitanism , were happy to come to terms with the imperialist agenda in order to promote their own brand of statist socialism . |
| 28 | It was therefore with a quickening of the blood that I read of a builder in Birmingham who has torn down his house in order to erect something bigger , and inadvertently left his neighbour 's previously attached semi teetering sideways . |
| 29 | They concern data which were not published in the original paper , but which Dr Imanishi-Kari gave to an NIH panel in order to support her published claims against Dr O'Toole 's criticisms . |
| 30 | Looking young is important to many women today in order to hold their own with confidence in the world outside the home , whether they are married or single . |