Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the limitations of EEC milk quotas , several chemical companies are involved in bringing into commercial use the growth hormone — bovine somatotropin ( BST ) . |
| 2 | This is a major reason why sexual deviance is found threatening : in deviating from normative truth and the ‘ nature ’ which underpins it , such deviance shifts and confuses the norms of truth and being throughout culture . |
| 3 | There is , of course , always a danger in generalising from individual writing . |
| 4 | There is little time within our course for students to experiment with information design in any serious way , but those who also undertake their major undergraduate project in this area frequently become ambitious in experimenting with complex information structures . |
| 5 | Its other uses are in experimenting with different map designs . |
| 6 | Some scholars , especially those who have worked on English as well as Continental evidence , have recently been arguing for the role of kingship , if not in initiating , then in profiting from economic activity in both town and countryside . |
| 7 | Professor Clark is probably correct in seeing in eighteenth-century mobility , not a development constraint but a " steady but flexible labour response to economic change " which assisted an " orderly progress " towards early industrialisation . |
| 8 | It is required too for good eye function ; difficulty in seeing in dim light may be a sign of vitamin A deficiency . |
| 9 | Delay caused by a failure of the legal aid authorities to act , or act reasonably may constitute good reason , but delay caused by the failure of the plaintiff or his solicitors to act promptly in applying for legal aid , or for the removal of a legal aid restriction , will not constitute a good reason ( Waddon v Whitecroft-Scovill Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 WLR 309 ) . |
| 10 | I am sure that he will wish to join me in congratulating the governors , the headmaster and the parents involved in the school on their wisdom in applying for grant-maintained status so as to free themselves from the bureaucracy and interference of the local education authority . |
| 11 | The problem with the political-business cycle literature lies in the fact that it attempts to deal with the popularity of governments and the nature of public policy-making solely on the basis of a consideration of economic variables alone and so isolates the economic dimension out of the larger political context and ignores the vital part played by non-economic factors in contributing to electoral success . |
| 12 | In particular , the ERCs fail in some cases to rehabilitate the men and women who pass through them largely because it is not their physical disablement but their attitude that is handicapping them in returning to normal working life , and the ERCs are not really equipped to change these attitudes . |
| 13 | ‘ We have repeatedly warned people that if they assist burglars in disposing of stolen property , they risk being put out of business , ’ said Mr Shatford . |
| 14 | There were reports on Feb. 20 that US and UK businesses had clashed over post-war contracts , and on Feb. 21 The Times reported that the UK government had begun negotiations with the Kuwaiti government-in-exile for an extension to a deadline for bids , after UK companies claimed that US businesses had secured an unfair advantage in bidding for postwar reconstruction work . |
| 15 | At this point regions with good transport links and a high quality workforce will be at a competitive advantage in bidding for inward investment while those who are content to ‘ regarder passer les trains ’ will suffer . |
| 16 | The most remote regions of the United Kingdom have also been active in pressing for Tunnel-related investment . |
| 17 | Labour will set the pace in pressing for international action to safeguard the ozone layer , to combat acid rain , to tackle the problem of global warming , to face up to the environmental needs of the poorest people of the world . |
| 18 | Both redundancy payments and social security benefits are totally inappropriate for dealing with today 's long-term structural unemployment and play no role in compensating for recurrent unemployment or the casualisation of work . |
| 19 | He loved books , but not the dusty lexicons of the law ; his mind longed to stretch itself in contemplation of other minds , in listening to brilliant talk , to lectures and debates . |
| 20 | Clinicians , however , have long been aware that the opposite can also be found : an excessive tendency to divergent thinking — though they have usually called it something else — which the person has difficulty in translating into focused thought . |
| 21 | In translating from Brazilian Portuguese , which allows the fronting of simple verbs , into English , a translator may be tempted to ignore the principle of end-weight in order to preserve the subject-before-predicate arrangement . |
| 22 | I trust all parties in this house will unite , not only in believing in local government but in agreeing that local government should set and maintain the highest possible standards of conduct when spending the very substantial sums of money parliament votes to it . |
| 23 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 24 | In looking at future development the service providers must address the geographic problems that can occur and also the duration of provision ( days , hours , weekends etc ) and consider whether these can best be met in a joint planning context . |
| 25 | So you 're feeling relaxed and comfortable and good because you 're telling me , you know , what a great tennis player I am and I really enjoy it , you 've just given me a couple of names that I 'll either make a note of or I 'll say that 's interesting cos I actually deal with Joe on a business relationship anyway erm maybe we could meet some other people from the tennis club , self employed people , professional people such as yourself , who might be interested in looking at financial planning but today I 'm more interested in talking about you Bill , erm we 'll come back to them a bit later if I may so let's press on . |
| 26 | The failure of this ‘ mechanical speech ’ approach ( which eventually led to the development of speech synthesis by rule ) has many lessons to teach us about pronunciation teaching and learning , and it will be useful , in looking at connected speech , to bear in mind the difference between the way humans speak and what would be found in ‘ mechanical speech ’ . |
| 27 | In looking at ethnic minority families and children in Britain one factor which is immediately obvious is the difference in age structures between some ethnic minority groups and the white population . |
| 28 | However , in looking at social policy we must also question whether the distinction between the policy system and its environment can be easily made . |
| 29 | The final issue before the Court was whether , in looking at Parliamentary material , the Court breached Parliamentary privilege . |
| 30 | If we are interested only in smoothing for pictorial representation , this does not matter . |