Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Already established as a meticulous organizer , a good platform speaker , and an activist with a flair for publicity , he was instrumental in October 1920 in bringing together representatives of unemployed groups in the capital into a London district council of unemployed with himself as organizer .
2 The Coolin Mountains have a mighty power in drawing forth emotions of admiration and awe , and the appreciation of John MacWhirter 's pictures of ‘ Coiruisk ’ in all its stern sublimity , by all classes of people , discovers a much more general appreciation of the grander aspects of nature than we would credit the ordinary picture-loving public to possess .
3 Wales ............ 1 The Netherlands .. 2 EVEN without Ruud Gullit and with Marco van Basten on the bench , The Netherlands looked polished and stylishly effective in brushing aside Wales on their way to the the top of Group Four at Wrexham .
4 Changes of scribal hands , the use of short forms , the actual layout of the documents , all help in piecing together fragments of knowledge .
5 Thinking about it carefully in a practical way rather than just muddling through makes a great deal of difference in coping successfully day by day .
6 Investment is required to tackle existing problems , but in doing so scope for new development will be created .
7 One of the major achievements of the journeymen in the nineteenth century had been to succeed in having both kinds of work paid at the same rate .
8 Similarly , it can be anticipated that a judge investigating a disaster at a football ground in which ninety-five people have been crushed to death will reach out into public policy in putting forward ways of avoiding such tragedies in the future .
9 After all , there must have been many comfortable nursing homes in Sydney where her father , who had then been having difficulty in telling even night from day , would have received the sort of care and attention which he had needed .
10 Talking of money , the Social Secretary succeeded in raising nearly £50 in sponsorship at the Bishop 's Castle Carnival Triathlon and a stall manned by willing preservation group members raised a further £30 at the Carnival , so not a bad start for our fund raising efforts .
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