Example sentences of "is [verb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nowadays somebody who uses the word nigger is seen as racist , whereas Biggles is using it in a neutral sense that 's no longer there . ’ |
| 2 | More likely he is using it in the more everyday usage of ‘ not sent or guided in any special direction ; having no definite aim or purpose ’ ( OED ) , which suggests that any such view of history must have no end , and therefore no teleology . |
| 3 | " All I want is to see her in a place where she 'll be cared for . |
| 4 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 5 | The simplest way to do this is to plant it in a dark-coloured , bottomless bucket sunk into the ground . |
| 6 | The salesperson 's task is to provide it in a manner which does not antagonise the buyer and , yet , is convincing . |
| 7 | ‘ What I want now is to know who in the last month has been here to buy arsenic and belladonna ? |
| 8 | My hon. Friend knows that our policy on interest rates is to set them in a way that is compatible with our commitment to the pound 's band within the exchange rate mechanism and to bear down on inflation . |
| 9 | The next task is to tackle them in the most sensible way . |
| 10 | Computervision Corp so wants to put its sad ownership by Prime Computer Inc behind it that it is remaking itself in the pure computer-aided design software image of the company Prime acquired as quickly as it can . |
| 11 | So we need to be looking forward , but we ought to be looking short-term , so the best way to look at objectives , is to look it in the short-term , which is in fact , year one if you like , medium term , years two and three , and long-term , years four and five . |
| 12 | The best way to do this is to wrap them in a thick layer of newspaper and hit them with a hammer . |
| 13 | The easiest method of growing this species is to grow it in a flower-pot immersed in a shallow tank and bring it up to a reasonable size . |
| 14 | However , if he happens also to run a business and sells one of the cars in circumstances suggesting that he is selling it in the course of that business , then he is likely to be regarded as doing just that , Southwark London Borough v. Charlesworth ( paragraph 9–20 above ) . |
| 15 | The benefit of this will be apparent when a force ten westerly has sent your brolly to Holland and is pummelling you in the face . |
| 16 | The Royal Bank of Scotland is suing him in the High Court to recover the money , which includes a £500,000 overdraft . |
| 17 | Its aim is to do something in the life of the person who reads it , as well as to capture his aesthetic interest and supply him with historical and theological information . |
| 18 | Employees in the leisure department have worked extremely hard to bring this prestige event to Stockton and we end up with a situation where the first person of the town is kicking us in the teeth . ’ |
| 19 | If you buy green bananas a handy tip for speeding up their ripening is to put them in a bag together with some apples or kiwi fruit . |
| 20 | Now all they have time to do when they 're working on the site is to put them in the trays and wash them . |
| 21 | One useful trick is to put yourself in the position of their bank manager and ask what conditions you would impose before lending them any more money . |
| 22 | We 're , we 're sort of just about , you know there 's the last minute things to put in , but , barring that , what we 've done is to put it in a lot of small bags rather than big cases |
| 23 | As long as people want to buy cakes which suggest that an old lady wearing a mob-cap is baking them in a Victorian farmhouse , the food firms will continue with dotty deceptions which add nothing to the nutritional value of our food . |
| 24 | ‘ Magnus is among the top assets in the XEU portfolio and my job is to keep it in the premier league , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Claire is sewing something in the comer . |
| 26 | ‘ They have suffered so many times in recent years and some think disappointment is staring them in the face again . |
| 27 | It is staring us in the face . |
| 28 | ‘ The need for the introduction of internment is staring us in the face , ’ Mr Maginnis insisted . |
| 29 | ‘ The need to intern is staring us in the face , ’ he said . |
| 30 | We wait until trouble comes , until trouble is staring us in the face , before we really feel the need of God , and pray . |