Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look after or check in other people 's baggage |
| 2 | this is a restriction on the debtor personally preventing him from disposing of or dealing in any property owned by him . |
| 3 | The last ten years have seen the beginnings of a trend away from the study of objects for their own sake , stimulated partly by the discovery and excavation of settlement sites which have encouraged the formulation of a new range of questions ; the nature of and change in human societies have replaced the barren side of the artefacts . |
| 4 | It is especially easy to see out of and manoeuvre in tight spots , which is why , apart fro anything else , you see so many of them being driven so aggressively in heavy traffic . |
| 5 | The changes emerging from the Community Care legislation in the United Kingdom , like other countries , can be conceived of as constituting in general terms a move from institution based care , an accompanying move to enhance home-based care and the development of improved mechanisms of co-ordination and enhanced case management ( Challis , 1992a ) . |
| 6 | The Patents Information Network has been established by the British Library to enable the public to find out what patents are being applied for and granted in this country and elsewhere . |
| 7 | Material for developing listening and speaking skills aimed at specialists and non-specialists studying for and working in international businesses where English language skills are required . |
| 8 | For students training for and working in secretarial positions in international companies . |
| 9 | This has been especially evident in Peru and Chile , where goals have been fought for and won in this way . |
| 10 | They walked to the lake where there were two pairs of ducks , mallards with feathers as if painted in iridescent green , and from which a heron rose on gaunt wings , its legs dangling . |
| 11 | Each laugh , observes Howard , looking chiefly at the laughter emerging from himself , is rounded and polished , as if cast in weathered bronze . |
| 12 | Its eyes can discern very small intervals of time ( it can respond to a falling hand in less than one hundredth of a second ) , and our clumsy attempts to kill it must appear ponderously slow , as if filmed in slow motion . |
| 13 | Rather they involve a refusal to co-operate with or assist in evil policy , and an offer to co-operate on honourable and just terms … |
| 14 | Conceptualizations of police work are therefore derived from and embedded in such phenomena as the day-to-day experience of police duties , which is itself contextually related to the sorts of crime that occur in the area in which the station is located , common-sense notions about policing contained in the occupational culture , and stereotypes of policing found in the wider culture . |
| 15 | Mating strategies are clarified , as predicted from and elaborated in captive studies : subadult males are more active sexually than adults , but the latter focus on peaks of female fertility . |
| 16 | These operate as discursive resources to be drawn upon and articulated in different combinations in particular contexts , thus constantly opening up the possibility of tension , inconsistency and contradiction within and between sites . |
| 17 | Ever since the Portuguese annexed Goa in 1510 , the Europeans have had their eyes on or have in some ways dominated Asia and the Pacific ; Western ideas have triumphed here as everywhere else in the world . |
| 18 | Both the pulsar and its companion have masses close to and move in tight orbits which would almost fit inside the Sun ( is one solar mass ) . |
| 19 | This covers such areas as the mutual recognition of technical and professional qualifications , greater facility to travel to and work in other member states , the increasing need for language skills , developing the dialogue between employer and employee organisations , and the improvement of living and working conditions . |
| 20 | A key factor in the success of the company , and the way franchisees can ensure they contribute to and share in that success , is the marketing support provided . |
| 21 | This Agreement should be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of England . |