Example sentences of "in [adj] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In vain she may cry , as Gregor Samsa does to his parents , sister and employer , that the same person is there inside , looking out in the same way at the world . |
| 2 | In private it would seem that he was becoming increasingly fixated on the idea of a Third World War . |
| 3 | On the one hand you could give it your best shot on the decriminalisation of homosexuality , on the liberalising of legislation in relation to condoms and on the introduction of divorce legislation — all of which in private you would acknowledge as being desirable if not essential . |
| 4 | In warm I might give my hair a wash . |
| 5 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 6 | In abstract they may admire and be excited by them , but their day-to-day preference is for women who want to please them and do n't make too much of a fuss . |
| 7 | But he warned that if pensioners on income support and others in real need were not compensated in full he would vote against the VAT imposition at the committee stage of the Finance Bill or when Peter Lilley , the Social Security Secretary , makes his announcement uprating benefits in the autumn . |
| 8 | But he warned that if pensioners on income support and others in real need were not compensated in full he would vote against the VAT imposition at a later stage . |
| 9 | In short it should foster acceptance of a single data exchange medium for each broad category of device ( e.g. exchangeable disk , cartridge tape ) . |
| 10 | In general we may assume that , in a particular social context , only one role is taken by an individual at one particular time . |
| 11 | It may happen that the indifference curve is tangent to the c 1 c 2 frontier at G ( the golden rule ) , but in general we would expect to find a situation such as P in Fig. 8–3 where ( as drawn ) . |
| 12 | In general we could surmise some possible causes : lack of clear guidance either in ‘ help routines ’ within the program or as printed instructions in the documentation accompanying the program — lack of preparation , ie , reading the documentation , which may suggest the demands are too high for most teachers ( teacher 's guides are rarely read ) — poor ‘ driving system ’ within the actual program , ie , the central organization of the system does not match teachers ' needs — poor ‘ driving system ’ that either confuses the teacher through its complexity or , at the other extreme , is not flexible enough for him to achieve the flow of his planned lesson — poor ‘ driving system ’ that interrupts the presentation of relevant displays with detailed control instructions on the screen . |
| 13 | In general we can write where n is the amount of substance in moles ( or more simply the number of moles ) , m is the mass of the substance in grams and M is the molar mass . |
| 14 | In general we should ask ourselves whether we are happy with our responses to the following questions : |
| 15 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |
| 16 | The lives of articulate people can be more interesting than fiction , but in general they would bore viewers more than the new vogue of delving into every aspect of sexual behaviour in discussion programmes . |
| 17 | Well er in general I would say that erm and this goes back to my earlier discussion o of , of the pleasure principle . |
| 18 | In general I shall recognize what is , not what ought to be ; but certainly I ought to be aware of what I am trying to do , why I want it , how to do it , whether it can be done . |
| 19 | Therefore the chances are , and this is statistical , it 's a statistical chance , in general I can expect any mutation in me to be passed on to half my offspring complete . |
| 20 | Perhaps in general he should ease up , get a little lower in the mix . |
| 21 | It would indeed have defined a biological category of criminals , but as an explanation of crime in general it would have been virtually irrelevant . |
| 22 | In general it would seem that the now-extinct Alderney was fairly similar to today 's Guernsey but smaller ( in 1800 bulls stood at 119cm , cows 112cm and oxen 140cm ) and with short , ‘ crumpled ’ ( curled ) horns , fine bones , a long , thin neck and protruding , raised hips . |
| 23 | In general it would seem that keys a minor third apart have just the right degree of conflict , and are well suited to this technique . |
| 24 | Often it will be completely identical , but in general it will tend to end with finality and with an added touch of interest ( e.g. quicker movement , reaching a greater height , using larger leaps , etc . ) . |
| 25 | In general it can leave children with their natural curiosity expressed by the neverending ‘ why ’ questions of childhood , being squashed by the inability of adults to discuss in any other way what has really happened , and so the child learns that whatever has really happened is just too awful to be talked about . |
| 26 | There is , of course , much argument about what is ‘ normal ’ , but in general it should mean that every adult person lives in a home of his or her own or with chosen friends or family members , that he or she has daily purposeful occupation , whether in paid employment or not , and that the person has social contacts and interpersonal relationships which are emotionally satisfying . |
| 27 | So you always like conversation and in general you would like to speak . |
| 28 | In particular they may need to be assured that the data will not enable the identification of individuals to take place . |
| 29 | In particular they would study how this is affected by labour market institutions ( such as unions and payment systems ) . |
| 30 | In particular they would study the process by which entrepreneurs are produced , and how unemployed people once more become productivity workers . |