Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why has this major change in attitudes come about , and why all this concern about health in an affluent Western world where we can congratulate ourselves and count on our good fortune in having all the benefits of modern medicine to protect us unlike the peoples of the developing world ? |
| 2 | In 1986 , the Argyll group of companies and Guinness were rival bidders in attempts to take over Distillers Ltd . |
| 3 | Ormesby has a membership of just over 30 in ages ranging up to 84 . |
| 4 | He also confirmed that France , which left NATO 's military structure in 1966 [ see pp. 21605-10 ] , would be invited to participate in plans to set up multinational units . |
| 5 | Alternatively , and in the long term , plan building in cities to cut down on travel overall . |
| 6 | All five senses are used in activities carried out with the purpose of maintaining a safe environment and , therefore , impairment or loss of any one can result in problems . |
| 7 | I am pleased to say that after decades of decline , the United Kingdom 's share of world trade in manufactures flattened out in the mid-1980s , increased in 1989 and 1990 , and looks most likely to have increased again in 1991 . |
| 8 | The discovery of dopamine and its mode of action involved basic experiments on catecholamines in animals carried out at Oxford ; it contributed to the development of L-dopa as a treatment for Parkinson 's disease . |
| 9 | A large percentage of recent spring birds have been recorded in parties flying up the Channel during the offshore movements of ducks , waders and terns , which are such a feature of spring migration in Sussex . |
| 10 | Should the change in relationships bring about an unexpected clash with yet another component domain , then it may be sufficient to display only the excursion boxes . |
| 11 | The company 's interest in pictures goes back to 1976 when it established its Fine Art Foundation to sponsor contemporary ( particularly young ) artists . |
| 12 | Whilst I saw myself as the hero 's faithful sidekick got up as I was in cowboy gloves with real leather fringes , two guns in holsters buckled on and tied around the leg for fast draws , ten gallon hat and waistcoat , Skippy insisted that I be the daughter of the murdered rancher whose cattle were being rustled . |
| 13 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 14 | We need some bananas in pyjamas to come out here |
| 15 | Children in rags ran along beside them ; festoons of washing hung from windows ; piles of garbage buzzed with flies , and at every other doorway some blind or leprous beggar held out a hand for alms . |
| 16 | In a fiery speech at the " peace summit " on May 24 , the king had warned the ANC against verbal attacks on his people , which he called " killing talk " , and said that he would not acquiesce in demands to give up the bearing of traditional weapons . |
| 17 | In speeches summing up for Yeltsin it was claimed that about 40,000,000 people had been " eliminated " by the CPSU , and that 19,840,000 " enemies of the people " had been repressed . |
| 18 | Indycar racing holds no fears for the brave Brummie , even though it is a notorious killer with spectacular crashes in cars belting around oval tracks at 240mph . |
| 19 | The military government is reported to have begun granting timber concessions to logging companies in areas opened up by oil company roads . |
| 20 | to afford to members legal assistance in matters arising out of their employment and in cases approved by the Executive Committee ; |
| 21 | FAR FROM the drama of special agents in helicopters swooping over remote Colombian mountainsides , experts from the world 's richest countries meet in Paris today to improve what many consider to be the most effective means of combating the drugs trade — hitting the traffickers ' pockets . |
| 22 | But her kitchen wallpaper , from floor to ceiling , was a mad pattern of Dutch tiles , bright blue and white , with little Dutch children in clogs stomping about happily , and cows and windmills and tulips : the works . |
| 23 | This is revealed in texts going back to about 2000 BC , notably in the ‘ Sumerian King List ’ which begins with a sequence of eight kings , presumably fabulous , whose reigns add up to a total of 241,200 years ! |
| 24 | With no volume gains and falling prices , like-for-like sales in shoes fell back by 1.5 per cent in the six months to 31 July . |
| 25 | Gulls gather in flocks to peck out eyes and strip the yellowing flesh . |
| 26 | It 's beautiful to think there 's a man who spends his life going from hotel to hotel , paying chambermaids to let him look in beds slept in by women , in the hope of finding some hairs ! |
| 27 | The earliest military site at Corbridge lies west of the Roman town at Red House , where a large Agricolan supply base and works depot was discovered in excavations carried out before the construction of the new bypass . |
| 28 | There are quite a lot of photographs left showing jolly parties packed in boats riding up the lift . |
| 29 | People spent the previous night in boats sailing up and down the river , watching the fireworks . |
| 30 | ‘ We have people working in banks coming in because their managers refuse to give them a loan . |