Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was naturally with great affection and nostalgia that as an adult I laced up my boots on a damp October morning at the starting point in the station car park at Bridge of Orchy , in preparation to find out what really lurked at the top of Beinn Dorain . |
| 2 | The passage was a ghastly limbo between death and life , a place where men fought and screamed in semi-darkness to get out , splashing up to their crotches in fast-moving water . |
| 3 | Townsend 's most important definition of poverty which emphasizes that lack of money leads to in inability to join in fully in social life , producing in exclusion of individuals and social groups from ordinary life , focuses crucially on the role of lack of participation and powerlessness in the social construction of the ‘ poor ’ . |
| 4 | As Basingstoke closed , Holmes was up in support to carry on and , with a three-man overlap , he dummied the full-back and outpaced the cover to race under the posts . |
| 5 | This is both in respect of the run up to the seventy fifth birthday and also with the increase in responsibility to take on the remit for the development of our work in relation to the European Community , central and Eastern Europe . |
| 6 | Locks are improved in attempt to keep out unwanted visitors |
| 7 | Biggins in bid to turn back years |
| 8 | Rover in bid to buy out jobs |
| 9 | I did zip the tent flap shut , but wasted no other time on housekeeping ; I would come back in daylight to tidy up and replace the stores I had used . |
| 10 | It is worth mentioning at this point that many people who were adopted as babies feel the need in midlife to search out their natural parents . |
| 11 | Mother I do n't need — the one who brought me up cost a lot in therapy to get over . |
| 12 | Mr Jeffrey Bayes , a solicitor , specialising in criminal law , commented : ‘ It is obvious that the judge has it in mind to stamp out acid house parties right now . ’ |
| 13 | 38 , 51 , afford a sufficient basis for saying that a party would not be allowed in equity to go back on such a promise . |
| 14 | Just as the critics were beginning to complain about overdoses of city life along came Cagney to inject new energy into the genre and in effect to open up a new era for the movies . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I was told in effect to bugger off and stop being a pest . |
| 16 | In Western Europe legislators have ceded sweeping powers to make detailed regulations to central government executives , allowing them in effect to write up the law ‘ as they go along ’ in a discretionary way . |
| 17 | YOUTH TEAM IN PLAN TO STUB OUT CIGARETTES |
| 18 | But Richard Eccleston , of Doncaster , Yorks , said : ‘ Fergie should be left in peace to sort out her life . ’ |
| 19 | And now at least he 'd be left in peace to get on with some real work . |
| 20 | If Bernard was busy with flying lessons then she could be left in peace to get on with her work ; once he was back , if he wanted her to go somewhere with him , he would just say ‘ Come on Laura , we 're going , ’ and even if she were in the middle of a meeting , she would put away what she was doing and go . |
| 21 | She twirled and turned in delight to show off the uniform to her mother Fran , adding : ‘ I 've already got two school bags one for my front and one for my back . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ the whole object of the section is to assimilate the practice in winding up to the practice in bankruptcy , which was established in order to enable assignees , who are now called trustees , in bankruptcy to find out facts before they brought an action , so as to avoid incurring the expense of some hundreds of pounds in bringing an unsuccessful action , when they might , by examining a witness or two , have discovered at a trifling expense that an action could not succeed . |
| 23 | You are very kind to have thought of him and when I gave him your kiss he gave me a hundred in return to pass on to you believing I could and indeed I wish he was correct in his supposition . |
| 24 | Second , the European Spacelab , which the shuttle should launch in September , will need the relay satellites to be in place to carry out some of its work . |
| 25 | Fellow director Eryl Morris underlined the need for productivity improvements : ‘ We have to put programmes in place to drive down costs and push up return on sales . ’ |
| 26 | Formalized procedures for monitoring publications are in place to keep up with the information explosion … . |
| 27 | The boys were back in town to finish off their latest album of dinkety-bonk and decided to let their hair down a bit after a little light refreshment in the bar . |
| 28 | It 's the hardest trick in pop to pull off and , sure enough , their hit-making noise has deserted them . |
| 29 | No , but I 'm not , I 'm not in business to run around picking up pieces of wood |
| 30 | When planning a rotation , it is very helpful to draw up a long-term scheme and dovetail the various crops into the seasons , at the same time ensuring that each field comes into the rotation in its turn and is then put back in grass to build up fertility for the requisite period . |