Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking each of his subject categories in turn he divides the total annual issues by the number of books in the category to achieve a nominal figure of the average number of issues per book . |
| 2 | We must go in the shop in the Pinge to buy something for my bunny . |
| 3 | Another effect of the phrase would seem to be that it enables the person uttering the remarks or engaging in the behaviour to assert that he was unaware of the presence of his audience , which duplicates the requirements of intention now built into the section . |
| 4 | This power had never been previously used , but became a key element in the plan to save Hector 's dolphin through the establishment of a marine mammal sanctuary around Banks Peninsula . |
| 5 | Your argument is tested in the plan to see if it is convincing . |
| 6 | He and her mother were more than welcome , she would delight in the chance to show them the treasure that was hers , but leave it she would not . |
| 7 | One example of this is in the chance to meet and work with non ‘ special needs ’ staff . |
| 8 | There was little in the West to compare with the fanaticism shown by Eastern monks or lay people as well as bishops over the minutiae of dogma . |
| 9 | Most pundits , so far at least , rule out the prospect of a neutral unified Germany , if only because the Federal Republic is too deeply rooted in the West to distance itself from its allies . |
| 10 | Nothing happened to either Bitov or Yurchenko on their return to Russia so obviously both were planted in the West to cause confusion and also to show their colleagues back home how badly they were treated by the Americans and British . |
| 11 | Bruce Babbitt , the interior secretary , stepped into this fetid atmosphere on April 30th when he chaired the first of four meetings in the west to hear testimony about grazing on federal land . |
| 12 | In this section we provide a brief history of the development of penal thought in the West to show how different combinations of penal justifications have found favour in different eras . |
| 13 | An individual 's diet may vary for many reasons and while starvation is unusual in the Western world because of the availability of food , it is still possible for people in the West to suffer from inadequate nutrition . |
| 14 | National income , or its rate of growth , has most often been used in the West to indicate success . |
| 15 | We feel it is such a terrible crime in the West to counterfeit money ; but it should be a worse crime to counterfeit words . |
| 16 | The above quotes demonstrate , above all , that there is a strong tradition in the West to regard human beings as innately aggressive in our psychic make-up and , resulting from this , violent in our behaviour . |
| 17 | It would be unusual in the West to find people living next door to each other with so large a difference between their incomes . |
| 18 | There are so many pressures on you in the West to look good . |
| 19 | The six are the first in the West to try techniques pioneered by Russian doctors who believe that sonar contact by dolphins helps to calm women . |
| 20 | She has them in the bathroom with her , and she apologizes : ‘ I 've just put fifty pence in the meter to get water for our bath . ’ |
| 21 | The stage was perfectly set for Heriot 's full-back Henry Murray , who revelled in the freedom to attack and scored four out of Heriot 's total of 14 tries . |
| 22 | There will be a new public competition and purchasing unit in the Treasury to carry forward that work , led by a part-time chairman from the private sector , who will also be a member of the advisory panel on the citizens charter . |
| 23 | Therefore , will my right hon. Friend meet with his opposite number in the Treasury to agree a much lower figure for the premium rates of ECGD ? |
| 24 | Several companies were reported to believe , however , that their assets had effectively been nationalized , and that there were insufficient funds in the Treasury to pay them . |
| 25 | Put a dash of baby oil in the tail to give the hair a sheen . |
| 26 | In the anxiety to ensure that a legally enforceable ‘ balanced and broadly based curriculum ’ is delivered at the level of specificity indicated in the reports of the early working parties lies the danger that the mere acquisition of facts will prevent the growth of understanding . |
| 27 | We came up with the idea of attaching nose rings to all our players and getting someone in the kop to give a hefty tug when necessary . |
| 28 | All the seats down the front get totally wrecked in the crush to get to see Pearl Jam . |
| 29 | But it was his birthday , so he invented a hiccup in the engine to let him take it up for height testing . |
| 30 | thought bream to be the culprits , but could n't be sure because so far I had not seen any prime out in the swim to indicate they were , in fact , present there . |