Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have the final authority , through the Chamber of Republics and provinces , over all economic and financial policies , and it would be difficult in normal circumstances to get their agreement to substantial federal surpluses or deficits . |
| 2 | Certainly , there is no requirement in private hospitals to revalue their fixed assets every three years . |
| 3 | West Mercia police , who are pioneering the gridline scheme , want people in rural areas to learn their map references . |
| 4 | Given the response of colleges in session 1987–88 we anticipate that the Council will have to make a selection and , in inviting colleges to progress their proposals , will consider the extent to which proposals will : |
| 5 | If , as I have argued , it is normal and typical of human beings to have basic impulses to assist other creatures in distress , to find them appealing to view , and in some cases to enjoy their close proximity ( infants reach out naturally towards a puppy but get agitated by wasps or beetles ) , it does not follow that we know how to treat them . |
| 6 | When news of Joni 's book got out , efforts were made in some quarters to postpone its publication , in the hope that certain pages might be cut or toned down . |
| 7 | Nor , evidently , was Beccaria himself a towering figure of his time ; in fact , he was unknown when he wrote it , never wrote anything else of note and was an embarrassing failure in personal appearances to evangelise his cause . |
| 8 | Sitting on the terrace or in gloomy corridors to hide their shame . |
| 9 | A careful scrutiny of existing policies and their implicit and explicit assumptions should do two things ; it should enable choices to be made at the level of general strategies , as to what is most conducive to equity or equality , it should also enable individual teachers in individual schools to compare their circumstances with those of others and learn which innovations seem to suit what circumstances and to take heart from the struggles and successes of their colleagues . |
| 10 | WORLD No 1 Monica Seles downed Martina Navratilova in straight sets to win her third straight Virginia Slims Championship in New York yesterday . |
| 11 | Regrettably , the Court of Appeal has no power in such cases to substitute its own award of damages , and the parties were sent away to face the expensive prospect of a fresh trial , which they avoided by agreeing that the damages should be £60,000 . |
| 12 | While we demand oil in such quantities to fuel our petrol driven lifestyles we can not ignore the consequences , both short term and long term . |
| 13 | Although to date it has happened only twice , I recognise , as the committee 's chairman , that this is not satisfactory and it is the committee 's practice in such situations to suspend its own enquiry immediately . |
| 14 | I shall be back in twenty-eight days to check your progress . ’ |
| 15 | The effects of the international division of labour should make it easier for workers in these countries to discard their role of real or supposed world labour aristocracy and recognise that their fate on the world labour market is inseparably linked with that of their fellow workers in the underdeveloped countries . |
| 16 | It is as if she has to create an impervious beauty , a mask to conceal the painfully damaged body beneath the clothes , just as her lips are always closed in these photographs to conceal her decayed teeth . |
| 17 | This aspect of Sanskrit is an attraction , however , for enthusiasts like Vyaas Houston , a teacher of Sanskrit in the United States for 18 years , who says the precision play of Sanskrit with computers could awaken the capacity in human beings to utilise their innate higher mental faculty with a momentum for transformation . |
| 18 | No one stands out , although some emerge from the group in brief solos to express their personal sense of loss . |
| 19 | Social status , so quickly achieved , made the family unwilling in later years to acknowledge their very humble origins . |
| 20 | A COUPLE have appealed to Merseysiders to help them raise £15,000 in three months to send their son to a pioneering medical clinic in the United States . |
| 21 | By Philippa Bellis , health reporter A COUPLE have appealed to Merseysiders to help them raise £15,000 in three months to send their son to a pioneering medical clinic in America . |
| 22 | " They said they 'd see me in three years to do my D.Phil. at Oxford . |
| 23 | Managers are actively involved in supporting employees to meet their training and development needs . |
| 24 | In encouraging scholars to attend his palace , Charlemagne allowed a freedom of speech which would have been unthinkable from other men . |
| 25 | There are undoubtedly risks in encouraging children to redirect their hostility rather than getting to the root of the problem ( if aggression is frequent and/or intense ) or training the child in ways of coping with life that do n't involve aggression . |
| 26 | Then come a clutch of stout ladies in flat shoes to collect their OBEs for services to different government bureaucracies , and pallid men honoured for ‘ services to ice skating ’ , ‘ to the South Eastern Electricity Board ’ , ‘ to London Regional Transport ’ . |
| 27 | Finally , if the organization must engage in illegal activities to attain its goals , men with a non-demanding moral code will have the least compunctions about engaging in such behaviour . |
| 28 | They ran in all directions to do his bidding . |
| 29 | This rule was founded on a principle of policy , for if sailors were in all events to have their wages , and in times of danger entitled to insist on an extra charge on such a promise as this , they would in many cases suffer a ship to sink , unless the captain would pay an extravagant demand they might think proper to make . ’ |
| 30 | Although there is no worldwide ban on TBT in anti-fouling paints , legislation exists in many countries to prohibit its use on yachts and pleasure craft , and such a ban has existed in Britain since 1987 . |