Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , unlike a book , you can not browse through a video in the shop , so its content remains a mystery until after you have purchased it and taken it home . |
| 2 | The Regional Council has not attempted to argue that increased levels of infill can and do compensate for a shortage in the HP4 supply . |
| 3 | Others sink in what outsiders might regard as a storm in a teacup . |
| 4 | How much help will you need as a returner in the management of caseloads and identification of priorities within that caseload ? |
| 5 | If the response is not satisfactory a visit can have advantages in that the claimant can see that an interest is being taken in their welfare , the handler can consider whether or not an independent examination may be desirable and also may act as a catalyst in a speedy return to work . |
| 6 | There is no single self-help procedure which will act as a panacea in the management of anxiety and stress . |
| 7 | If you do opt for a place in the countryside however , be certain that no farm livestock is in the vicinity either , as sheep especially may prove an irresistible subject of curiosity for dogs which have not encountered them before , and this can escalate to sheep-worrying . |
| 8 | He let his comment hang like a rope in the air . |
| 9 | Labour Members may jeer in a debate in the House , but do they believe that they will get through an election campaign with the inconsistencies that are revealed in this document ? |
| 10 | That was also the time when the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook claimed that Labour would win by a landslide in the 1987 election . |
| 11 | Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club . |
| 12 | The nucleon-to-electron ratio varies from unity for hydrogen to about 2.5 for elements with high atomic number , so that any difference in the gravitational force felt by nucleons and electrons would appear as a difference in the gravitational acceleration of elements of high and low atomic number . |
| 13 | The net flow will show as a change in the stock of public deposits . |
| 14 | Does it reek of a principle in the general and musical education of the English that any expression of personal feeling touches upon bad taste ? |
| 15 | MODERATE : Treasury spokesman Alan Beith has had a high profile , though he must occasionally feel like a comma in the economy debate between Mr Lamont and Mr Smith . |
| 16 | She had actually thought of asking for no less than John now proposed ; so why did it feel like a slap in the face ? |
| 17 | I 've got some pills but they make me feel like a rag in the mornings . |
| 18 | To a boy who declares himself stuck about what colour to use , he says : ‘ Well , Sickert said that when in doubt put a little of the last colour into the next colour you use , and that gives harmony : it does n't work to use a colour in isolation — white and black are the two parents , red in isolation can appear like a wound in the picture — it 's like friendships , we all know the awful consequences if a new person joins a group and the friendships are n't mixed through , it 's the same with colours . ’ |
| 19 | Although Graham rarely touched alcohol , he could do with a beer in the heat . |
| 20 | Do you think you could benefit from a phone in the car ? |
| 21 | They may therefore benefit from a period in a convalescent home if this can be arranged . |
| 22 | Therefore an expansion of aggregate demand in the domestic economy which is not matched by comparable increases in other economies will result in a deterioration in the balance of payments . |
| 23 | A rise in the level of benefits relative to average income will result in a rise in the numbers on ‘ low incomes ’ . |
| 24 | The managing director designate hopes the more flexible , made-to-measure organisation that the GmbHs could create , will result in a reduction in the cost base and a more customer-oriented approach . |
| 25 | This should also eventually result in a reduction in the volume of mail being dealt with in the Typing Pool and hence eliminate the backlog which has been evident since the introduction of Community Charge . |
| 26 | My amendment would result in a reduction in the burden on these people to the tune of 50 per cent . |
| 27 | In rational expectations models such regime breaks should result in a change in the way expectations are formed and hence in the behaviour of the variable influenced by expectations . |
| 28 | A minimal narrative can be defined as a sequence of two clauses which are temporally ordered : that is , a change in their order will result in a change in the temporal sequence of the original semantic interpretation ( Labov 1972 : 359 – 60 ) . |
| 29 | These core narrative clauses are represented by sentences ( f ) and ( d ) in the following sequence from the original version : Much wider agreement was reached on such patterns , where the sentences are temporally ordered and where a change in their sequence would result in a change in the interpretation of the chronology of the story . |
| 30 | A reduction in interest rates will result in a fall in the size of this subsidy , and the phasing in of a cash ceiling approach ought to be timed to such a favourable point in time . |