Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key political battles in Parliament centred around issues on which there were distinctive Whig and Tory positions , such as the question of the security of the Church , the nature of England 's role in the European wars , and diverging attitudes towards the Glorious Revolution itself . |
| 2 | The publishers , therefore , are in practice holding back booksellers by their adherence to a restrictive price agreement , but are laying off their bets by going around the traditional book trade and growing their market elsewhere , with patchy controls . |
| 3 | You must get used to waiting in this sport as it 's so dependent on weather conditions — it 's unsafe for beginners to fly in wind speeds over 15mph . |
| 4 | Biggins in bid to turn back years |
| 5 | Rover in bid to buy out jobs |
| 6 | The crowds were out in force to cheer home Jodami as he reached the neighbouring village of Stillington . |
| 7 | Experts in pure shear involve only G. Experiments in tension involve both G and K by the relation for Young 's modulus : For this reason measurements on polymers are usually conducted by experiments using shear ( torsion ) rather than tension . |
| 8 | OK fair enough we disagree — perharps we could compromise that he should in future include both players at least in the squad if not the team . |
| 9 | Mr Jeffrey Bayes , a solicitor , specialising in criminal law , commented : ‘ It is obvious that the judge has it in mind to stamp out acid house parties right now . ’ |
| 10 | A full blood count , measured in blood taken on admission , however , showed a leucocytosis of 36.9×10/l ( 89% neutrophils ) . |
| 11 | YOUTH TEAM IN PLAN TO STUB OUT CIGARETTES |
| 12 | In fact the market fell and the mare in foal fetched only £1,085 at those sales . |
| 13 | In the short term , the prospect of deaccessioning $20 million-worth from the Society 's extensive collections of silver , decorative arts and European paintings has created panic , which the Society 's financial adviser Wilbur Ross has tried to calm , cautioning that the sales in question represent only 2% of the collections . |
| 14 | Well I do n't think ehm , she and , daughter in law saw exactly eye to eye for a start . |
| 15 | ‘ the whole object of the section is to assimilate the practice in winding up to the practice in bankruptcy , which was established in order to enable assignees , who are now called trustees , in bankruptcy to find out facts before they brought an action , so as to avoid incurring the expense of some hundreds of pounds in bringing an unsuccessful action , when they might , by examining a witness or two , have discovered at a trifling expense that an action could not succeed . |
| 16 | Corresponding times for the same band in second take only 0.5secs or so more , and even by using third they are barely lengthened by 1sec . |
| 17 | Ultimately , if a journal editor is to be a gatekeeper of scientific knowledge , procedures must be in place to assure both readers and authors that their work is to be taken seriously . |
| 18 | Fellow director Eryl Morris underlined the need for productivity improvements : ‘ We have to put programmes in place to drive down costs and push up return on sales . ’ |
| 19 | They therefore tend to assume that after two years the firm ( if it is not a supernormal growth firm ) simply grows in line with GDP , on the grounds that , in the long run , the share of dividends or earnings in GDP does not trend in any significant way . |
| 20 | At December 1981 prices , every ton of copper lost in waste represents around £900 in foreign exchange : comparable figures for lead and aluminium are £360 and £580 respectively . |
| 21 | Bargaining theory is used in economics to explain how terms of exchange are determined in small-number settings , such as negotiations between a union and a large employer . |
| 22 | Even though equity together with rescission gives an indemnity , this is limited in scope to cover only expenditure necessarily incurred as a result of entering into the contract ( Whittington v Seale-Hayne ( 1900 ) 82 LT 49 ) . |
| 23 | At some museums interpretation is offered , in whole or in part , through people in role carrying out craft work or demonstrations , or talking to visitors . |
| 24 | When planning a rotation , it is very helpful to draw up a long-term scheme and dovetail the various crops into the seasons , at the same time ensuring that each field comes into the rotation in its turn and is then put back in grass to build up fertility for the requisite period . |
| 25 | When we try to ascertain whether climate and geophysical turbulence could have affected evolution , we have to ask whether the changes in environment killed off species or whether there was simply a gap in the record . |
| 26 | Concern is growing that there is no-one in sight to take over Novell should Noorda become incapacitated . |
| 27 | Investment no longer flowed into manufacturing companies , which in turn cut back production . |
| 28 | Higher rates of discount on bills would in turn drive up interest rates on other types of borrowing and lending that compete with bills ( e.g. short-term bank loans ) . |
| 29 | Baby deaths will always be referred to the local victim Support team , which can in turn bring in specialist help . |
| 30 | Left to itself , however , a vine ( grafted or ungrafted ) would concentrate all its energies into sending out suckers , which would in turn push down roots to start the cycle all over again . |