Example sentences of "in by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt utterly hemmed in by the panelled walls adorned with religious pictures , crucifixes , statues and ornate candlesticks . |
| 2 | At Christmas we announced the Sainsbury's/BBC Good Food Wine Taster of the Year competition , and the entries poured in by the thousand . |
| 3 | What a complete condemnation of the Thatcherite policies that were attempted to be brought in by the controlling group opposite . |
| 4 | Grégoire was now hemmed in by the tiny precarious wine table . |
| 5 | The regulatory regime brought in by the Financial Services Act has been costly and disruptive for offices and confusing for their customers . |
| 6 | Although as a breed pension providers act very conservatively , and moreover , your money would be protected under the strict rules brought in by the Financial Services Act , no one can forecast with total confidence how well or otherwise any particular investment will do . |
| 7 | The party view , express d well by the Conservative Agents " journal , was that the Unionists in the Speaker 's Conference had been taken in by the Liberal members , that they had not sought or received any professional advice , and that they had blundered accordingly . |
| 8 | The son learned his football in a shared backyard or on ‘ patches of grit and oily grass , hemmed in by the crouched streets , with the rusty swings and roundabouts , which creaked under a cafuffle of ragged children . |
| 9 | Perlita Harris of Black and In Care , called in by the young people as an advocate , told Community Care : ‘ The borough has treated these vulnerable young people appallingly . |
| 10 | Arguments about merit have never really gone away , and many people have felt that the extra effort put in by the best students need to be recognised . |
| 11 | I trust you will look favourably on both these applications and on any others that may be sent in by the various organisations within the village . |
| 12 | Last time the fibre-optic and wire-cutter had gone in by the front door ; this time they were to enter by the back . |
| 13 | She went in by the front door and upstairs to her room ; and was still being torn apart by her emotions . |
| 14 | Medical practice booklets four years ago or it 's five years now I guess , five years ago erm er it 's almost five , legislation was brought in by the then Health Secretary Ken Clarke now our dear Chancellor . |
| 15 | He says that the fire is being held in by the collapsed roof , they want to let air get to it so it will burn itself out . |
| 16 | The social worker might be called in by the general practitioner , district nurse , physiotherapist or the carer . |
| 17 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 18 | The delay necessitated going back to the trough for a third-round of venture capital after going through the $12m brought in by the first two rounds . |
| 19 | Erm with a view to saying really , providing we 've got it in by the first of April next year |
| 20 | It will be interesting to see whether Japanese management practices likely to be brought in by the new top management will work in an environment where aggressive individual success , rather than collaborative teamwork has been the norm . |
| 21 | When the processing requested by a form has been completed the request form will be returned to the lexicographers with the Completion Confirmed on Date filled in by the New OED Computer Group . |
| 22 | The Council of Ministers ( members of which had been proposed in December 1989 — see p. 37116 ) was also sworn in by the new Chief Justice , Hans Berker . |
| 23 | expressed the opinion , concurred in by the other members of the court , that a contractual right of one party to an action to have the costs of the action paid by another party to the action could not override the discretion as to costs given to the court by Ord. 62 , r. 3(2) and section 51(1) of the Act of 1981 , but that where an order for payment of the costs was sought , the discretion should ordinarily be exercised so as to reflect the contractual right . |
| 24 | As a thought struck him he dropped on to his hunkers again and whispered quickly , ‘ They could come in by the far gate and force their way into the back of the crees : they 're only planked . ’ |
| 25 | Taken in by the slow-breathing soil creatures , the toxin accumulates in their bodies until it reaches lethal proportions . |
| 26 | Hemmed in by the vast Libyan and Arabian deserts to west and east , there was little room to expand , and densely populated stable communities developed in a fertile environment that encouraged political organisation and the emergence of a new level of civilisation . |
| 27 | There 's a lot of training and safety instruction a huge amount of effort put in by the Civil Aviation Authority amongst others who explain to pilots and bring safety considerations to the forefront . |
| 28 | There would need to be a reorganisation of share capital , so that management 's shares entitle them exclusively to receive an in specie distribution of the shares in Target , following which their shares in the holding company would become worthless deferred shares ( which could then be bought in by the holding company for a nominal price ) . |
| 29 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 30 | In reply to Trevelyan 's comments about this land being sufficient for the new building , Hall made the astonishing remark that this could only be determined after the plans were sent in by the competing architects . |