Example sentences of "in [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of Halton Friends of the Earth have been urging people in Runcorn to call for a public inquiry into ICI 's plan for an incinerator there . |
| 2 | I could n't understand why I should want to leave the relative safety of the house in Fulham to walk into a hornets ' nest of horrified disapproval and rejection . |
| 3 | She also travelled to Japan in January to compete in a half-marathon and came very close to beating McColgan 's world record of 67:11 , Meyer winning the race in 67:22 . |
| 4 | counselling er , and it follows directly from what was said , erm , Judy has referred in her talk about the importance of communications with members , and I 'm delighted to note , that erm , the Health and Disability Group , is to have a meeting in January to look at a variety of issues including the health work of N C V O. This is the first meeting for I think , two years , and if it new era in communications , I for one am delighted . |
| 5 | New uses are emerging for that space and new governmental and administrative forms and processes are being created which facilitate its reordering in a way which is analogous to the use of enclosure to expel a surplus peasantry , of the New Poor Law in England to dispose of a surplus of rural proletarians , of clearance to reorder the Highlands of Scotland for capitalist sheep farming , and of the Poor Law , eviction and the failure to relieve famine which was intended to transform the congested districts of Ireland from peasant to large-scale landlord-led capitalist farming . |
| 6 | We stopped for half an hour in Reading to wait for a connection . ’ |
| 7 | She and her husband bought a house in Victoria Park Road in Hackney to convert into a hostel for twenty girls . |
| 8 | When I was due to arrive in Tasmania to stay with a geologist colleague , Penny Green , you can imagine that I was n't too displeased when I was asked if I minded going on the odd fishing trip as the whole family was ’ into ’ it ! |
| 9 | We were in Bath to stay for a couple of weeks with my parents , in time for Christmas and ‘ New Year 's ’ . |
| 10 | Mains went to Training College in Dunedin to develop as a schoolteacher and his first adult rugby was with that club . |
| 11 | A campaign by Stirling University students association — while officially non-political — to persuade those living elsewhere in Britain to register for a postal vote , has been a big success . |
| 12 | Patricia , 17 , goes to a sweatshop in Rio to work for a less than minimum wage . |
| 13 | Diabetes may not be one of the high profile diseases , but we continue in Darlington to feel like a poor relation as far as treatment at our hospital is concerned . |
| 14 | NEW crime-beating initiatives are to be introduced in Darlington to coincide with a nationwide campaign . |
| 15 | When the bankruptcy decision was issued yesterday , he was in Perth to appear before a specially appointed Royal Commission investigating possible irregularities in business-government relations in Western Australia . |
| 16 | Dr Mitchell has spent the last five months getting people to write to the Royal Mail Stamp Programme Manager in London to lobby for a set of stamps honouring his father 's work . |
| 17 | Dozens of police descended on a lay-by at Moreton Valence in Gloucestershire to move on a small convoy of New Age Travellers who 'd parked overnight . |