Example sentences of "in [verb] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in a co-operative relationship , Soviet military capacity was still " the most significant factor " of which NATO had to take account in maintaining the European military balance . |
| 2 | It is possible that these changes have been critical in generating the considerable crustal extension ( possibly up to 100 per cent ) calculated for the Basin and Range Province . |
| 3 | WOOD GROUP Fire Protection 's efforts in pursuing the local marine market were rewarded recently by the award of two contracts to supply fixed C02 protection systems . |
| 4 | Functionalism analyses social phenomena in terms of their functions — that is , their positive effects in helping the entire social system to continue operating . |
| 5 | The serenity , however , is an illusion : the secret lay in the photographer 's skill in catching the few fleeting moments when our son was not roaring his head off . |
| 6 | The main forces that work against trade union interest , according to Beaumont , are the difficulties experienced by unions in using the favourable industrial relations procedures laid down by the last Labour Government ; moves in the public sector that have made trade union organization difficult , and , in the case of GCHO , unlawful ; and the Conservative Government 's continuing drive against the closed shop . |
| 7 | For example in handling the post-war British economy and establishing the welfare state the Labour government had a considerable achievement . |
| 8 | Others saw it as marking a shift in US perceptions of the OAS and a readiness to see it perform a new role in encouraging the closer economic and political integration of the hemisphere , in line with the US " Enterprise for the Americas " free trade policy [ see pp. 37651-52 ; 37914 ] . |
| 9 | She took a great deal of satisfaction in seeing the pompous old ass upset . |
| 10 | Possibly in response to the stimuli given by the bishops ' public statements , the bishops found that local councils were coming to their aid and support in opposing the proposed educational revolution . |
| 11 | Though it still needed to learn to live with the ways of the new peoples , it had its own mature traditions , and cultural and institutional development , encapsulating much of Roman civilization and fitting it to play a decisive role in shaping the new Germanic societies . |
| 12 | Further , an examination of the impact of Japan 's industrialization on the industrialization of twentieth century South East Asia will identify the importance of the Asian capitalist network in shaping the modern economic growth of the region , as well as some of the ‘ missed opportunities ’ which occurred under European rule from the middle of the nineteenth century : it must also be said that the penetration of Japanese manufactures into South East Asia had destructive as well as constructive implications for the South East Asian economies . |
| 13 | ‘ Light ’ , in fact , plays perhaps the largest single part in keeping the public happy . |
| 14 | Secondly , many of the late nineteenth-century American geologists , who provided much of the basis of systematic geomorphology , were engaged in surveying the semi-arid western parts of the United States . |
| 15 | The result of all this can be likened to a vast ocean , teeming with fish of which only one in a million is edible , and just as this would present a monstrous task to fishermen entrusted with the responsibility of feeding a hungry populace , so does the almost unbelievable quantity of religious teaching and literature by its very size and complexity make it impossible for it ever to serve a serious purpose in satisfying the undoubted universal desire for a respected and well-beloved religion . |
| 16 | The style as a whole points to the continuing exchange of ideas between England and the Continent and also how at this social level in the first half of the seventh century the paramount members of society employed their own craftsmen to produce exotic display items demonstrating their success in leadership ; it also reflects their success in exchange in acquiring the necessary raw materials in large quantities . |
| 17 | Focussing attention on food is mistaken except in the requirement of the basic physical abstinence from sugar and white flour and specific binge foods and in acquiring the basic physical discipline of having three regular meals daily with nothing taken between meals . |
| 18 | Although it 's designed to fit flush with your worktops , the compact Slide In has the same huge main oven as our other Classic 2 cookers . |
| 19 | The Elves finally succeed in driving the last Dark Elves from northern Ulthuan and begin to sweep the northern seas clear of their ships . |
| 20 | BY ANY standards , the success of the film Hedd Wyn in becoming the first Welsh language film to be nominated for the prestigious Royal Television Society award was a significant breakthrough for the burgeoning industry . |
| 21 | NEWS of Rebecca Stephens ' success in becoming the first British woman to reach the summit of Everest was flashed around the world with the help of an Essex-based company from the Marconi group . |
| 22 | The tailored long-sleeved calf-length black coat with tight wristbands and single-button or tape fastenings at the neck was in a decline , as in came the fashionable three-quarter length cloak — of black , certainly , but heavily embroidered and trimmed with braid . |
| 23 | Marketing too underwent a revolution ; old names — the ‘ Tournament ’ at Paddington , the ‘ Golden Frame ’ at Sheffield — were out , while in came the snappy new ‘ Quicksnack ’ or ‘ Station Tavern ’ that proudly proclaimed a new image nationwide . |
| 24 | He words his request in a particularly ironic way : We may note here in passing the same coarse innuendo as in Dame Sirith , where the money is paid to the dame " " To buggen sep and swin " " . |
| 25 | In Oxford he played an important part in establishing the new physiological sciences final honours school , in which endocrinology was one of the options . |
| 26 | ‘ The ITO movement is the invisible giant of training and is playing a major role in establishing the new national vocational qualifications . |
| 27 | I thank the Secretary of State for acting so expeditously in establishing the two public inquiries . |
| 28 | Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries . |
| 29 | In translating the original constant price figure for the department that had appeared in the public expenditure White Paper into the new cash limit figure , the Treasury estimated the likely price and wage increases for the year ahead . |
| 30 | This was shortly after Indonesia 's independence , when chaos racked the nation and Celebes was terrorized by the " Darul Islam " rebels , an Islamic fundamentalist group who succeeded in capturing the entire medical team and holding them hostage for eighteen months . |