Example sentences of "[adv prt] in private " in BNC.

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1 First violin Michael Thomas explains in the liner notes that in the early seventies they would often let their hair down in private , arranging and playing pieces from Joplin to the Beatles and Brubeck purely for fun .
2 With a white , set face , she left the office and went straight to the ladies ' powder-room , breaking down in private and crying silent , bitter tears .
3 He was aware of this and in principle disliked it , attempting when he first set up in private practice , to resist it , but he had not been able to .
4 On this basis , art treasures which have been misplaced , lost or have ended up in private collections should either be returned or covered by compensation from the guilty party ’ .
5 Then , in 1886 , he returned to Vienna and set up in private practice as a consultant on nervous diseases .
6 Without such a measure , professionals in education and health can ignore government plans by setting up in private practice wherever they choose , with the active support of other sections of society .
7 It is absurd that we have to be tied up in private Bill procedure in order to allow railway developments of the type that we are discussing tonight .
8 The investigation is carried out in private , the Local Commissioner having the power to examine all the internal papers of the department complained against and the power to take written and oral evidence from anyone who in his view can provide relevant information .
9 The sentence and punishment is decided and carried out in private .
10 So much of the enforcement task is carried out in private negotiations between officer and polluter that the field man is in a position to be adaptive in the demands he makes , reflecting the exigencies of any particular case .
11 If 10%–15% of the total activity is carried out in private practice and a similar proportion is carried out by trainees without the direct supervision of a consultant then one consultant is required for approximately 30000 population .
12 Skulking about in private passages , listening at doors , betraying your rightful queen . ’
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