Example sentences of "in [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leon sucked his way carefully round his host 's person and joined him in gazing at the red plastic blob . |
| 2 | I joined him in gazing at the large red lump forming just below the joint and we mused together . |
| 3 | So , I 'm sure members of this Committee have heard this on several occasions as we 've introduced the system , but we have had to put in a fairly complex and detailed system of assessing people 's needs , producing care packages to meet those needs , offering choice to those people , and responding to that choice , then doing what the D S S used to do , I E , a financial assessment of their ability to meet the costs of that care , and settling our contribution , and we 're involved therefore in contracting with the independent sector for purchase of that care , and with the collection of contributions from those individuals , with increasing numbers and increasing complexity . |
| 4 | Ash had never met Miss LaMotte , who indeed came out exceptionally to please me and to speak of her dear Father , whose Mythologies I have had some hand in bringing before the English public . |
| 5 | In reflecting on the varying complementarities of verse and prose in Shakespeare , then , we might ponder over van Gennep 's analysis of what he called ‘ the pivoting of the sacred ’ . |
| 6 | In reflecting on the cultural change that has come about in Edinburgh and beyond , the professor voices concerns which sound remarkably like those of Pat Kane , not noted for his establishment views . |
| 7 | It is vital that we preserve our own independent nuclear deterrent as protection against nuclear blackmail ; it is equally important that we take every possible step — as we are doing — to ensure that the process of rapid political change , and the change of authority that has taken place in what was the Soviet Union , do not lead to a more dangerous situation in regard to the present control and authority over nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | In regard to the legal profession Millerson states , ‘ The lawyer emphasises the fiduciary nature of the professional/client relationship , the depth of learning , the cordial colleague relationship and sense of public service ’ ( p.3 ) . |
| 9 | Indeed it is questionable if an overall EEC policy in regard to the disadvantaged areas would be sensible other than the acceptance that problems exist , local schemes will be required and that financial assistance for support measures is essential . |
| 10 | Little help for either view may be found in the accounts of the life of Fahreddin Acemi in the early sources , however , for particularly in regard to the critical period after the death of Molla Fenari they give little information . |
| 11 | Overall there was a much more varied selection of entries this year both in regard to the wide assortment of subjects tackled and to the quality of the writing . |
| 12 | For now , the point I wish to make is that in regard to the notional/functional syllabus , although there is a change in the way of describing the content units for language teaching , this change tends to be assimilated into traditional and well-established ways of thinking about the syllabus as a pedagogic construct . |
| 13 | adapt and reactivate Resolution 125 ( 1981 ) of the CLRAE on the role and responsibility of local and regional authorities in regard to the cultural and social problems of populations of nomadic origin . |
| 14 | Over the past twelve years , in regard to the Conservative government 's radical course of action , changes have been made to the Welfare State and life in Britain that we have been powerless to resist . |
| 15 | In regard to the Short Courses therefore , it is suggested that ‘ Christianity Today ’ and ‘ A World of Values ’ are appropriate for S3 pupils ; and ‘ Living In A Plural Society ’ and ‘ Issues of Belief ’ for S4 pupils . |
| 16 | This may point the way in regard to the original problem . |
| 17 | ‘ The Health and Safety Executive decided it would be inappropriate to take any form of legal action in regard to the fatal accident , ’ said Mr Brunswick . |
| 18 | The anti-modernist campaign of Pius X and his Secretary of State , Cardinal Merry del Val , pushed further the theological and intellectual implications of this radical otherness of the Church in regard to the whole process of Western society 's post-revolutionary modernization . |
| 19 | But Durkheim , Eliot noted , did not attribute the origin of religion to wonder or to speculation , but saw in mythology only the savage 's attempt to rationalize and justify his religious practices , ‘ in regard to the true origin of which he is as much in the dark as the scientific investigator ’ . |
| 20 | It is accepted that such surveys are only carried out by employees of the building society in the case of the Woolwich Building Society , so that the question at issue can only arise in regard to the structural surveys provided by that building society . |
| 21 | ‘ the view of the courts may have undergone some change in regard to the relative rights of preference and ordinary shareholders … and to the disadvantage of the preference shareholders whose position has … become somewhat more approximated to [ that ] of debentureholders . ’ |
| 22 | Although it rejected a proposal by Tsongas to cap federal spending and increase petrol taxes , the platform accepted a " no pain no gain " position in regard to the rising federal budget deficit , warning that its reduction could be achieved only through " fair and shared sacrifice of all Americans for the common good " . |
| 23 | In practice , this does not happen but the rationale for this policy in the context of trading funds is that , in competing with the private sector , the Treasury argues that the fund should be required to make charges that at least cover a normal commercial return on capital . |
| 24 | Instead of the usual exercise in preaching to the converted , UKCMG members — real users rather than computer industry staff — brought with them a wealth of scepticism and experience to Thursday 's open systems stream that was both refreshing and alarming . |
| 25 | Hold down Alt and tap M once for each 0.5″ reduction in insetting from the left margin |
| 26 | That 's fine , erm what sort I mean what are we , are we back in back in the old problems we 've had before with or is it written in something else ? |
| 27 | The major difference between these two forms is that CPM assumes that the time required to complete an activity can be predicted fairly accurately , and thus the costs involved can be quantified once the critical path has been identified , whereas PERT assumes that time has to be estimated in drawing up the critical path . |
| 28 | He advanced money , in ever-growing sums , especially during the second and third Anglo-Dutch wars ; and showed great skill in securing repayment , in discounting operations , and in profiting from the high rates of interest which the government had to pay for ready cash . |
| 29 | Attempting to get to grips with all the developments in nursing over the past five years is meat enough for any expert , and you will not be regarded as letting the side down just because you are not familiar with all the latest terminology or research in your clinical specialty . |
| 30 | Perhaps the most important and far-reaching change in nursing in the past ten years has been the wholesale move away from the subservient , passive role of the nurse who was accountable to doctors for any treatments she undertook , and to nursing supervisors for standards of personal conduct and discipline . |