Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then fill in the estimated figures by the relevant items on the schedule enclosed with this brochure . |
| 2 | He is the one with the knowledge and power to bring in the right instruments at the right time , of ten just by raising a hand to reach for his telephone . |
| 3 | The ten-year programme represents not so much a strategy for growth ; it is more a guess at the government 's ability to rein in the booming provinces of the southern coast and the Yangtze delta . |
| 4 | Perhaps the essential task of bringing in the new democracies of eastern Europe will founder on economic collapse , ethnic unrest and social upheaval . |
| 5 | It was strange to be filling in the two forms at the same time . |
| 6 | Patients were instructed to fill in the two diaries for 14 days , but were not told that the computer automatically records date of data entry , nor were they given instructions of what to do should they have forgotten to make the daily entry . |
| 7 | Kalchu had brought in the two calves from their separate pen and they were pumping their mothers ' udders , bracing their hooves and thrusting with the whole length of their sketchy bodies . |
| 8 | Filling in the two charts on page 32 gives the best indication of what you can afford . |
| 9 | The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence . |
| 10 | It is hoped delegates attending the franchising events will also attend the second seminar , as these will provide an effective overview on how to bring in the various sections of the Practice Management Standards at firm level . |
| 11 | The hotel was a shell , the roof having collapsed completely , but a few yards of the verandah ceiling remained intact and under it I spent the most wretched night of my life , standing in a dry corner , listening to the drenching rain and howling wind and breathing in the acrid fumes of the recent fire . |
| 12 | Even if unemployment is only part of the problem , it seems to me that the man who can busy himself cutting peats , or growing crops , or handling stock , is less likely to be depressed , less likely to feel that his life has no meaning , than a man who has empty days to fill in the back streets of an industrial town |
| 13 | Lincoln brought in the big guns of William Temple to get bishop and rector to release the curate before the time . |
| 14 | It was like filling in the blank spaces on a form and equally unprofitable . |
| 15 | When you do find the pattern , fill in the blank spaces at the end of each line . |
| 16 | Once the topics are agreed , questions will be asked which will fill in the finer points of the hypotheses . |
| 17 | Turn in the raw edges of both seam allowances towards each other and match the folded edges . |
| 18 | Dodging the hurled dishcloth he slipped through the door , leaving me to sip my coffee and breathe in the sweet smells of home . |
| 19 | Priscilla Buxton recounted how four MPs brought in the huge rolls of the ladies ' petition of 1833 and ‘ heaved it on to the table among loud laughing and cheers . |
| 20 | In recently enclosed country we have instead an open regular mesh of by-roads , and a few field-paths and bridle-roads to fill in the larger spaces between the villages . |
| 21 | Our role has been to put forward practical suggestions — and sometimes to rein in the larger ambitions of our partners . |