Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Perhaps the essential task of bringing in the new democracies of eastern Europe will founder on economic collapse , ethnic unrest and social upheaval . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Lincoln brought in the big guns of William Temple to get bishop and rector to release the curate before the time . |
| 7 | Once the topics are agreed , questions will be asked which will fill in the finer points of the hypotheses . |
| 8 | Turn in the raw edges of both seam allowances towards each other and match the folded edges . |
| 9 | Dodging the hurled dishcloth he slipped through the door , leaving me to sip my coffee and breathe in the sweet smells of home . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Our role has been to put forward practical suggestions — and sometimes to rein in the larger ambitions of our partners . |