Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember opportunity costs : in coughing up the money for one project , investors are still comparing it with other possible projects . |
| 2 | Obviously every record company in Britain wasted no time in sniffing out the possibilities of picking up the band . |
| 3 | There are of course problems in bringing up a Down 's child which are not present , at least to the same degree , in bringing up a child without Down 's Syndrome . |
| 4 | There are of course problems in bringing up a Down 's child which are not present , at least to the same degree , in bringing up a child without Down 's Syndrome . |
| 5 | Many gregarious species obviously co-operate with others of their own kind , to the benefit of all : lionesses co-operate in hunting , and in bringing up the cubs ; meerkats stand guard over the colony . |
| 6 | Rather than bringing about increased skills portability , YTS has proved instrumental in bringing about a sharpening of labour market segmentation , as the conditions surrounding entry to jobs at all levels has become more formalized and rigidified . |
| 7 | The trick in bringing about a change in attitudes towards marketing is to go after the easy stuff first , there is nothing to be gained from knocking your head against a brick wall . |
| 8 | More important in bringing about a change of direction in government policy were changes in the top government positions . |
| 9 | The process of formally stating aims can be instrumental in bringing about an examination of assumptions if undertaken in a self-searching way . |
| 10 | ‘ Sincerely believe that RR can be instrumental in bringing about an end to Iran/Iraq war — a la Roosevelt w/Russo Japanese War in 1904 , ’ North wrote to Poindexter in September 1986 . |
| 11 | Each of the factors known to have importance in depression are therefore seen to be contributory and not capable of acting alone in bringing about an episode of depression . |
| 12 | I made clear in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield ( Mr. Winterton ) the importance that we attach to manufacturing and the success , which was acknowledged by the CBI , in bringing about the resurgence and renaissance in manufacturing . |
| 13 | We say that he has done enough damage in bringing about the birth of this child , in giving him a father who does not know he is his father , a mother who is so ice-cold a scientist that she willingly abandons her own child to the researcher in the laboratory , where he will inevitably be regarded in the same light as any other laboratory animal . |
| 14 | These directions were in complete contradiction to his old habits and Alexander found they were successful in bringing about the change that he had sought for so long . |
| 15 | There was a rumour that it was all a Tory plot to ruin the Liberals ' celebration of the success of their MP 's in bringing about the repeal . |
| 16 | Question B — focuses on assessing the role , power , part , importance of the Anti-Corn Law League in bringing about the repeal of the Corn Laws . |
| 17 | Modern scholars have tended to see the Revolution in a more conservative light , stressing the key role of the Tories in bringing about the Revolution and maintaining that the powers of the Crown were not significantly redefined in 1688 – 9 . |
| 18 | It is difficult to reject the view that he was genuinely anxious , first not to appear to profit from his own actions in bringing about the downfall of the Coalition , and second to strengthen the new Government , which he thought , probably mistakenly , that Mckenna would do . |
| 19 | The Eikon Basilike was a powerful factor in bringing about the restoration of the King 's son in 1660 . |
| 20 | During both April and July 1981 vigorous exchanges took place in the press and in Parliament about the role that deteriorating social conditions and unemployment may have played in bringing about the riots . |
| 21 | Will the right hon. Gentleman join me once again in congratulating Mr. James Baker on the notable and indispensable part that he played in bringing about the Madrid conference ? |
| 22 | In Eastern Europe the opposition movements which began to grow rapidly in the 1980s were finally successful in bringing about the collapse of the communist regimes , but they have not yet been able to create an acceptable and stable new order ; nationalist movements have proliferated , and a new labour movement has emerged which contests the policy of restoring free-market capitalism that has so far produced only economic disaster . |
| 23 | While exaggerating some of the successes of the South Korean forces , the report was correct in bringing out the decline of guerrilla activity and the difficulties of transforming guerrilla operations into a major threat to the existence of the government in Seoul . |
| 24 | In bringing out the imbalance , therefore , it should appear in progressively lower and more superficial regions of the body . |
| 25 | The Labour Party 's part in bringing down the Chamberlain Government in May 1940 was recognized by the central roles allotted to Labour Ministers in Churchill 's Coalition Government . |
| 26 | And he angrily denounced the Labour Party amendment demanding a delay in bringing back the Bill as a ‘ fraud ’ . |
| 27 | It is at least disconcerting and sometimes painful to have the memories flooding back to spoil the enjoyment of success , and what could be more effective in bringing back the memories than the sight of an unknown stranger receiving an honorary degree apparently for no good reason . |
| 28 | We have recently succeeded in bringing in a number of new projects but to put it in perspective we need something like 250,000 hours of work a year and a major project like Tencel was about 50,000 in total . |
| 29 | Later in July it was reported that factories in some regions , facing the unaccustomed pressure to make a profit , were refusing to lend out their workers to provide the usual help in bringing in the potato and vegetable harvests . |
| 30 | The London County Council had found that it simply was not worth trying to recover the cost of milk from the 25% of London parents whose income was high enough to make them liable for the full billeting contribution , since ‘ the few pounds they had succeeded in recovering over a period of several months were far less than the cost of its collection ’ . |