Example sentences of "in [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is , of course , some difficulty in ascertaining how much of the chemical weathering of a rock is due to its contact with the sea , as it is quite possible that rocks , subjected to severe chemical weathering on the land may , by movements of base level , be brought to sea level . |
| 2 | The continued operation of the Anglo Irish Agreement is important — not only in the fight against terrorism , but also in maintaining consistently close links at every level between the UK and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 3 | Yes , the answers and comments of the students and your fellow-teachers will certainly be valuable to the project — they were helpful , interesting , and in quite a few cases enlightening in bringing up incidental considerations I had n't previously given enough thought to . |
| 4 | Er as you 've already heard , the Greater York authority have cooperated for a number of years in bringing forward new settlement proposals but erm I have to say that I I do agree it would be helpful if the panel were able to make a strategic recommendation in favour of one particular local authority . |
| 5 | Consequently we 've been greatly concerned by the government 's delay in bringing forward this legislation which was adopted in draft on the twenty third of June nineteen ninety three and became a council directive on the sixth of December nineteen ninety three . |
| 6 | My success up to the present time has been greater than I could have anticipated both as regards obtaining much information that is entirely new as well as in bringing together one of the finest collections that has ever been formed . |
| 7 | His achievement in bringing together such an elaborate code has been highly regarded , Stenton describing it as ‘ the work of a responsible statesman ’ . |
| 8 | On electricity privatisation , N V C O played an important role in bringing together voluntary organisations representing consumers of the service with environmental organisations . |
| 9 | By 1829 he had succeeded in bringing together most of the country 's cotton-spinners into the Grand General Union of Operative Cotton Spinners , and , although it had disappeared by 1831 , it was an important stage in the heightening of class-consciousness among certain groups of working people . |
| 10 | A small number of bill broking firms are involved — they act as agents ( brokers ) in bringing together those wishing to sell instruments and those wishing to buy . |
| 11 | : encouraging for Festival director Nikki Milican , and an indication that her vision in bringing less well-established but visually exciting performers to Scotland is more than paying off this year . |
| 12 | In Canada , the aims of the women 's pressure groups which played a major role in bringing about reforming legislation , have been described as follows : |
| 13 | There is no doubt that audit committees can play a major part in bringing about greater accountability by companies and in restoring confidence in financial reporting . |
| 14 | She is well aware of the role small franchise businesses can play in bringing about economic recovery . |
| 15 | Thirdly , the fact that each of us has a responsibility to be involved in bringing about that renewal . |
| 16 | What is required is that students are helped to see beneath the surface appearance of their core discipline ; and that the concepts and perspectives of philosophy and sociology are valuable in bringing about that exposure of the discipline . |
| 17 | Sometimes it has played a pioneering role in bringing about new developments , such as the Renault agreement on the duration of holidays which then became generalised by legislation ( Despax and Rojot , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | The research agenda encompasses the challenge posed by public management-type reforms to established modes of policy planning and administrative evaluation in French government , and the difficulties encountered in bringing about new administrative values and behaviour in a country where public administration is regulated by administrative law norms that privilege the State in its dealings with citizens . |
| 19 | A second variable is the syntactic relation which holds between individual atomic descriptions , so conjoining atomic individuals through the use of and , for instance , is taken as a very strong influence in bringing about felicitous plural reference . |
| 20 | But if exchange rate variations are successful in bringing about automatic adjustment , then governments may have greater independence in the use of domestic policies . |
| 21 | It is important that the power of these opinion shapers is both recognised and utilised by the head in bringing about positive change . |
| 22 | What part can I play in bringing about this learning ? |
| 23 | Clearly , there are other factors involved in bringing about this syndrome . |
| 24 | The theme , the Mirror went on , ‘ is the rising cost of living , the inability of the masses to meet the increases and the part played by the speculator in bringing about this unfortunate condition ’ . |
| 25 | Equally important in bringing about this and other measures concerning the labour market was the active support of civil servants in the Labour Department of the Board of Trade . |
| 26 | Three factors have been particularly significant in bringing about this decline : reduced family size , the increasing participation of women in the labour market , and rising divorce rates . |
| 27 | ( 188 ) can be compared with ( 154 ) — ( 156 ) above : make evokes the production of an effect for which the " maker " is wholly responsible , there being no other factor but the behaviour of the agent " you " involved in bringing about this effect ( contrast ( 182 ) in this respect , where room is left for other factors to intervene ) . |
| 28 | Erm , the method that we 're likely to use , or might be successful in bringing about this change , and once we 've done it how it 's likely to be effective . |
| 29 | The main problem associated with this approach is the difficulty of judging how far a rise or fall in the number of inhabitants was the vital factor in bringing about those changes of which we can be certain , notably those in wage and price levels . |
| 30 | It means helping counsellees to become aware of repeating patterns of relationships which have led to unhappy situations throughout their lives and recognizing the part they themselves play in bringing about these recurring patterns . |