Example sentences of "in [adj] words [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew she was n't up enough in foreign words to understand him . |
| 2 | The most obvious way of preventing cracks from spreading in brittle materials is not to use them in tension , in other words to use them in compression . |
| 3 | As we shall see in Chapter 8 , the only way to make thermosetting plastics reasonably tough is to incorporate fibres of one kind or another , in other words to use them in a composite material . |
| 4 | The best rule of thumb is to ask whether the data element has information about it , in other words does it have attributes ? |
| 5 | The next step , which only the most well-off men such as restaurant owners can afford , is keeping this wife in semi-purdah — in other words sentencing her to solitary confinement . |
| 6 | In other words did you the flat ? |
| 7 | In other words to break his deemed domicile a person leaving the United Kingdom must be outside of the United Kingdom for three years counting three lots of 12 months from the time he left the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | In other words do they assume that biological or cultural categories are unproblematic ? |
| 9 | I have to consider is that evidence correct as far as they are concerned , in other words do they believe that this is what Mr. Winterbone was like ? |
| 10 | And we know there are various er responses to that question , and I would be looking to the districts to say whether or not they could cope with the various levels of provision that have been identified for Greater York , and it 's the view of whether they can cope within their own districts , I have n't said how you can cope , I said whether you can cope , you might I will I will leave you free to make the odd comment , but I want to focus on that part of the issue , and then the natural corollary to that is , will it be necessary , or is it considered necessary in the context of this alteration to provide specific guidance within H One policy for the distribution of that er development to er at sub , what I would call sub-district level , in other words do you want a specific entry for say Ryedale or Hambledon ? |
| 11 | ‘ We are happy to legislate on something which is already happening in the game , in other words to make it legal for the hooker to strike as soon as the ball leaves the hands of the scrum-half — as happens in reality — rather than when it pitches . |
| 12 | The store manager said he would motivate subordinates in the following ways : offering praise , incentives , providing re-training , and finally a quiet talk if nothing else succeeded ; in other words threatening them with dismissal . |
| 13 | Of special concern should be the tendency to subsume strategic vision under leadership in general , in other words to perceive it as just another category of leadership style ( e.g. ‘ transformative ’ ; Tichy and Devanna , 1986 ) . |