Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The role of hybrid institutions in commercialising public sector science |
| 2 | ‘ I do not myself feel justified in attaching much weight to the tenuous evidence upon which we were invited to find that the plaintiffs made their payments because of apprehensions induced by words or conduct of state officials that vehicles would or might be seized and detained under section 47 . |
| 3 | Although psychologists are almost unanimous in attaching enormous importance to early experience , there is no agreement concerning the factors of most significance and models of explanatory theory abound . |
| 4 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |
| 5 | But then , in the last paragraph , they concluded that ‘ we would not be justified in attaching any criticism or blame to the present Government for the Argentine Junta 's decision to commit its act of unprovoked aggression in the invasion of the Falkland Islands . ’ |
| 6 | The West Midlands area offers family and local historians the chance to pursue rewarding avenues of research in tracing and explaining the rise of numerous small businesses and in demonstrating the importance of the family network in transmitting traditional skills and providing financial backing . |
| 7 | Its strength lies in transmitting factual information where a telephone call may disrupt a meeting or colleague 's thought processes or where you can not see if an office door is open or closed . |
| 8 | There is now substantial clinical ( Bocca , Calearo , Cassinari and Migliavacca , 1955 ; Oxbury and Oxbury , 1969 ; Celesia , 1976 ) and experimental ( Rosenzweig , 1951 ; Satz , Levy and Tyson , 1970 ; Majkowski , Bochenek , Bochenek , Knapic-Fijalkowska and Kopec , 1971 ; Andreassi , De Simone , Friend and Grota , 1975 ; Mononen and Seitz , 1977 ) evidence to support the view that the crossed pathways are more important than the uncrossed pathways in transmitting auditory information . |
| 9 | But the ear bones of toothed whales are heavy and quite rudimentary , and we do not think that they are very important in transmitting received ultrasounds . |
| 10 | Furthermore , sometimes the government expressly delegates public administrative functions to non-governmental bodies : for example , under the Financial Services Act 1986 the Securities and Investments Board exercises a wide range of regulatory functions delegated to it by the Secretary of State ; the Board of Deputies of British Jews plays an important role in policing certain Sunday Trading laws ; the Wood Green Animal Shelter in North London runs the government 's computerized register of fighting dogs ; and the Rowntree Trust ( a private charitable organization ) administers the Family Fund ( a public fund to assist families of severely handicapped children ) . |
| 11 | MCPS are involved in policing this area in conjunction with the BPI Anti-Piracy Unit ( APU ) . |
| 12 | In policing these activities the courts were particularly vigilant . |
| 13 | For economic and monetary union ( EMU ) , the commission is desperate to have the sole right of proposal in exchange-rate decisions and in policing macro-economic policy . |
| 14 | The French were a favourite target , and the new popular press was instrumental in crystallizing xenophobic imagery . |
| 15 | He praised the effort and resolve shown by part-time students in completing professional courses in addition to the daily challenges of full-time employment . |
| 16 | She will cover 30 kilometres in completing these preliminaries . |
| 17 | Boon , meanwhile , joined his captain Border and coach Bob Simpson in completing 1000 runs in Tests against India : his 12th Test century ( fifth against India ) came up in 321 minutes ( 250 balls ) , with 13 fours . |
| 18 | While a strict Freudian interpretation of the function of dreaming would not necessarily imply that it preserved sanity so much as sleep , the neo-Freudians had developed the notion that during dreams conflicts were resolved , giving dreams a purpose in maintaining psychic equilibrium . |
| 19 | Those industrial societies which were ( and in a few cases still are ) collectivist and centrally planned , have had to cope with different problems , although they too were affected by economic recession , and faced some of the same difficulties in maintaining economic growth . |
| 20 | Yet 1857 had also demonstrated the full strategic importance of railways and their role in maintaining future order . |
| 21 | Speed of response , confidence that the centre will pick up local concerns , and that centralized constraints will be kept to a minimum are all important in maintaining good morale and a positive outlook by fields . |
| 22 | Apart from their role in maintaining good relations between a ruler and his chief associates , coral beads , like cowrie shells , served as media of exchange . |
| 23 | Where the school is in the wrong then full and generous apologies and expressions of concern are far more effective in maintaining good relationships than attempts to justify unjustifiable action . |
| 24 | Today , Tony McCaffery talks about some aspects of chemistry , becoming a chemistry student , and the importance of research in maintaining good chemistry teaching . |
| 25 | Henley Forecasting believe that interest in sports activity will experience positive growth over the next few years in response to a rise in income levels and an increasing awareness of the importance of regular exercise in maintaining good health . |
| 26 | The stimulation of the breath and the improvement to the function of the body help in maintaining good health and , perhaps more importantly , a sense of well being . |
| 27 | Another feature of the Soviet situation unusual from a Western point of view was that , in addition to the Soviet army , both the Interior Ministry and the KGB maintained armed troops , which were most likely to be used in maintaining internal law and order . |
| 28 | Further , it is possible to argue , as Millett ( 1983 ) has done , that because science and technology are instrumental in maintaining male dominance , women are deliberately excluded from them . |
| 29 | Socialization of girls and boys into sex roles is seen , not as a means of perpetuating misplaced attitudes and prejudices , but as a necessary tool in maintaining male dominance . |
| 30 | Shire horses are proving they 're just as useful as tractors in maintaining ancient woodland . |