Example sentences of "in [noun prp] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all very well for the government in Moscow to lay down severe penalties for its servants who maltreated the natives . |
| 2 | Alice took off the cotton dress which was what young mothers wore in Chelmsford to shop in , put on jeans and a black T-shirt , the kind of clothes she would always wear now , through an indefinitely stretching future . |
| 3 | A law to require any manufacturer selling computers in Germany to take back its equipment for reuse or recycling is being drafted for next year , while governments in Denmark and Sweden are considering legislation this spring for mandating some kind of electronics scrap recycling program . |
| 4 | The area around the Guest House where the body of Christine Campbell was found , hidden in a suitcase , is still the focus of police efforts in Swindon to track down her killer . |
| 5 | The shadow fundholding exercise was focused in Grampian because of the readiness and willing cooperation of the health board and the enthusiasm of practices of suitable size in Grampian to test out fundholding . |
| 6 | In developing its plans for the redeployment of the Army , the General Staff were faced with three major difficulties : lack of genuine air mobility ; loss of overflying rights over Arab countries and restricted overflying of the Indian subcontinent due to India 's ‘ non-aligned ’ stance and Pakistan 's natural sympathy for Moslem Arab Nationalism ; and the justifiable reluctance in Whitehall to build up new overseas bases . |
| 7 | I went to the bar racks , the caserna , in Fontanellato to find out when my father was going to be released , but was told that they did not know , for he was in the hands of the Secret Police . |
| 8 | • Long Beach Grand Prix founder Chris Pook arrived in Phoenix to show off elaborate plans for a purpose-built , multi-disciplinary stadium which is scheduled to be built near Dallas next year . |
| 9 | The vessel , which was named after the statue erected by students in Beijing 's Tiananmen Square during the 1989 protests [ see pp. 36640-42 ; 36720-22 ] , left France on March 17 and was due to dock in Taiwan to take on supplies before beginning anti-communist broadcasts from international waters off the coast of China . |
| 10 | ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago . |
| 11 | A month after the Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board went into voluntary liquidation , creditors owed nearly a third of a million pounds , met at a hotel in Thame to find out why . |
| 12 | from 's Group Information Services department at Ipswich took the opportunity to spend some time in the USA 18 months ago , when he went to in Kansas to set up an Information Technology department . |
| 13 | I am well aware of the anxiety of people in Plymouth to get on with the whole business of the release and development of Ministry of Defence land . |
| 14 | It also accused the Serbian and Croatian governments of collaborating with extreme Serb and Croat forces in Bosnia-Hercegovina to bring about the division of the republic between the two countries . |
| 15 | They used Druze fighters as a colonial militia just as they used members of the minority Muslim Alawite community in Syria to put down Sunni Muslim nationalist revolt . |
| 16 | Becky , of Shanklin , on the Isle of Wight , will need at least one more operation in January to cover up the remaining bald patches on her head . |
| 17 | The NRA is pumping groundwater into the River Itchen in Hampshire to keep up its flow and is trying to save three streams , the Tong , the Little Stour and the Dour from going dry this summer . |
| 18 | This kind of specialist service has , solicitor James Whelan believes , made the difference between success and failure for himself and his wife in finding an ideal base in Devon to come back to from Dubai , where they lived since 1985 . |
| 19 | Powered by six NK11As of 2,500hp each this strategic bomber was intended to be based in Hokkaido to carry out attacks on the Continental USA , using radar to ensure target identification at night or in bad weather . |
| 20 | PARENTS at a small church primary in Dunblane yesterday voted to become the first in Scotland to take over the running of their school . |
| 21 | We could n't persuade the two small hotels in Finikounda to give up their regular clients , so we 've booked spacious room in four village houses . |
| 22 | In France the government had been forced in July to back off from a declaration that deportation measures would be stepped up [ see p. 38354 ] . |
| 23 | ‘ I had gone through a poor year in Test cricket and wanted to play in England to check out my technique . |
| 24 | Now Mr Bush is heading for his seaside home in Kennebunkport to hang up the sign — Gone Fishin' . |
| 25 | Mr Lasic left his Fife home several times during the war in Croatia to take up arms in his homeland . |
| 26 | I went on an introductory course with ParAvion in Wiltshire to find out if I liked paragliding any better . |
| 27 | Woosnam , who needs to do well in Hamburg to build up his confidence for the U.S Open next week , has brought only two putters with him this week , although he says he has 30 more in his garage . |
| 28 | Living in Little Rock with Miss Little Rock by Jack Butler will come out as a paperback original from Abacus in November to tie in with the anniversary of the US election — Bill Clinton has ‘ an offstage part ’ . |
| 29 | By the 1820s it was being enjoyed on the West and East coasts of Africa , and an agency was set up in Bristol to open up markets in England where by 1860 more Guinness was sold than any other beer . |
| 30 | Staying in Blackpool to ride out the storm might have been unduly bullish , while retreating to London could have prompted undue alarm bells . |