Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The obvious comparison is with housework : if women want to eat and live in pleasant surroundings they have to cook and clean . |
| 2 | In strong winds we do n't want beginners to be overpowered and so we reduce the sail area , that 's known as reefing . |
| 3 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
| 4 | The element of time is a chief cause of those difficulties in economic investigations which make it necessary for man with his limited powers to go step by step ; breaking up a complex question , studying one bit at a time , and at last combining his partial solutions into a more or less complete solution of the whole riddle . |
| 5 | In economic terms they seem to have had little effect : in Merseyside , for instance , which has had every new scheme , economic decline has not even been halted , let alone reversed . |
| 6 | In technical terms we say that Socinus rejected the ‘ forensic ’ idea of salvation . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , decentralisation of this sort usually results in regional structures which duplicate the former national structure : bureaucracy in the same form , but on a smaller scale . |
| 8 | in life-supporting mysteries we share ; |
| 9 | There are , for instance , mnemonic devices in oral cultures which offer some resistance to this process : ‘ formalised patterns of speech , recital under ritual conditions , the use of drums and other musical instruments , the employment of professional remembrancers — all such factors may shield at least part of the content of memory from the transmuting influence of the immediate pressures of the present ’ ( 1968 , p. 31 ) . |
| 10 | They were victims of the upsurge in political executions which have occurred in Iraq since the end of the Iran/Iraq war . |
| 11 | So in literal terms you have , you 've given me , among all flowers of the world , the flower of the rose is chief and beareth the prize , or and bears the prize , because obviously the erm , suffix for the third person singular is going to be , you 're going to use the modern version . |
| 12 | It calls itself socialist , but wins seats in rural constituencies which have no time for socialism . |
| 13 | ‘ Even though other bidders have reportedly put in lower bids I have pointed out to Hong Kong ministers that in the past some of those have not always been able to complete the job , ’ said Mr Lilley . |
| 14 | Located beside the sandy beach , it stands in spacious gardens which include a fresh-water pool , children 's pool and tennis court . |
| 15 | Squinting is particularly common in long-sighted babies who have to focus very hard to see near to . |
| 16 | If it is a myth , how can he justify the request for another £4 million of public funds to be spent on merchant bankers and other advisers like N. M. Rothschild sending reports into the country in brown envelopes which show that the future of the British coal industry is bleak ? |
| 17 | Ms Penumbra is n't the only one with friends in high places you know . ’ |
| 18 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 19 | On the practical level , changes in social policies which reduce women 's claims to maintenance on men but do not recognise that changes in the division of responsibilities for caring between men and women within the family and between the family and the wider community are also required , may in the end be counter-productive as far as women are concerned . |
| 20 | To overcome this , the Government suggests a system , similar to that now operating in Scotland , under which children accompanied by an adult can be in licensed premises which have a Children 's Certificate where food and non-alcoholic beverages are also available . |
| 21 | Japanese businessmen have little confidence in detailed contracts which attempt to provide for all possible contingencies . |
| 22 | As noted above , stipulations in commercial contracts which fix time limits for action by the parties are normally interpreted as conditions , so that a failure to perform on time entitles the other party to terminate the contract . |
| 23 | Finally , let us note that the inherent ambiguity exemplified here is even more obvious when the righteous indignation of established authority is directly expressed in mystical sanctions which do not require the intervention of a third party such as the ancestors . |
| 24 | That attitude is incomprehensible in hon. Members who say that they wish to represent the interests of the consumers in their constituency . |
| 25 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
| 26 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
| 27 | Subsequently several others have appeared in different countries which differ in the sophistication of their construction and the experimental measurements that can be made . |
| 28 | Most clubs tend to be rather informal arrangements by a group of banks in different countries which agree to support and provide a better customer service by means of reciprocal lending arrangements . |
| 29 | However , since the same idea can occur simultaneously to people in different firms who have common interests , it follows that not all apparent spillovers really reflect a flow of information between films . |
| 30 | Freud can not be said to have been unaware of the variability of human nature in different societies which have other economic arrangements and different cultural aims from those of Europe and America . |