Example sentences of "[vb infin] in the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The facts that huissiers are appointed or licensed by the state and have a defined role in Codes of Civil Procedure in respect of service enable them to be treated as in a similar position to the competent state officials , and direct communication from huissier to huissier ( who will then act in the state of destination to involve the local parquet ) can be authorised . |
| 2 | The firm should not normally act in the role of principal during the course of divestment negotiations , but only in a professional or agency role . |
| 3 | He is required by statute , before he can act in the office of councillor , to make the declaration of acceptance of office . |
| 4 | At long last , the motor manufacturers are waking up to the reality that they ought to do more and that they too can assist in the reduction of car crime . |
| 5 | As mass consumption , a particular array of objects may be found to represent and assist in the construction of perspectives relating to control over production or rivalry between consumers , but also to wider issues concerning morality and social ideals . |
| 6 | Such agencies might also assist in the provision of finance by issuing guarantees to banks which provide export loans . |
| 7 | On the latter point , my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister made it plain in his statement that we shall explore further with Russia and the other republics how best we can assist in the provision of employment for the scientists within the CIS to prevent them from going abroad . |
| 8 | The organisation will assist in the development of rugby in North , Central and South America , as well as in the Caribbean Islands . |
| 9 | The four posts that were advertised were for planning activities for disadvantaged groups , for communications , for any idea that would ‘ assist in the development of McGregor Community College ’ and for home/school work . |
| 10 | This will also assist in the rationalisation of provision . |
| 11 | This should assist in the formulation of meetings and course programmes . |
| 12 | The research will contribute to our understanding of the Criminal Justice System and the operation of discretion , and may assist in the formulation of policy . |
| 13 | It did , however , assist in the concentration of bombers on route to the target and was invaluable in getting aircraft back in conditions of bad weather , GEE 's most important occasion was perhaps the 1,000-Plan , when nearly 1,000 aircraft passed through the target area in about 90 minutes , making Koln a watershed in the history of the British Bomber Offensive . |
| 14 | A biblical literalism could therefore assist in the disenchantment of nature . |
| 15 | Comprehensive and accurate information on antecedent offences will assist in the prosecution of cases and in sentencing , and it will help the prison service to determine the appropriate prison regime . |
| 16 | The Conference decided " that the leaders of the next Labour Government and the Parliamentary Labour Party be instructed by the National Conference that , on assuming office , either with or without power , definite Socialist legislation must be immediately promulgated , and the Party shall stand or fall in the House of Commons on the principles in which it has faith " . |
| 17 | By day it 's very much a ‘ let's get a sunlounger and lie on the sand ’ sort of resort and the sandy beach is well equipped with everything you 'll need in the way of bars , restaurants and shade , and there are several places to waterski , windsurf and parascend or try your hand on the wet bikes . |
| 18 | But these delicate flowers of parliamentary politics could not blossom in the climate of autocracy . |
| 19 | In the case of a request by a person other than an individual natural person that the licensing board shall declare the provisional grant of a licence final , that person shall include in the notice in subsection ( 5 ) above the name of the employee or agent whom it is intended should have the day to day running of the premises , and the board shall not declare the provisional grant final if it finds that the employee or agent so named in the notice is not a fit and proper person to be the holder of a licence . |
| 20 | Why ca n't I hang in the night of infinity for ever with the meanings wheeling like stars ? |
| 21 | The important thing is that a gene for a stage in pathway 1 will flourish in the presence of genes for other stages in pathway 1 , but not in the presence of pathway 2 genes . |
| 22 | In other words , demand for goods may flourish in the context of ambiguity in social hierarchy . |
| 23 | Shore crabs may predominate in the catch in estuaries and harbours , and sometimes better results can be obtained after dark . |
| 24 | Unemployment steals from them the economic conditions which supported the new wave of feminism in the sixties and early seventies , but the welfare state , the provision of child benefit , minimal as it is , and supplementary benefit , mean they can survive in the absence of jobs and wages of their own . |
| 25 | What I 'm suggesting really , is let's get it on the agenda for budget review whenever the next meeting is , to be considered in depth , and if that gives an extra couple or three weeks for officers to write the report , fine , if it goes beyond the next policy and resources a week or two wo n't matter in the scheme of things , it 's detailed consideration I 'm looking for , rather than a fast fix in ten minutes at the next P and R. |
| 26 | As late as 1658 Edward Topsel , in his serious work on natural history , followed detailed descriptions of the cat 's anatomy and behaviour with the solemn comment that ‘ the familiars of Witches do most ordinarily appear in the shape of Cats , which is an argument that this beast is dangerous to soul and body . ’ |
| 27 | Saunders has been commissioned to file reports on the expedition 's progress which will appear in The Observer throughout August . |
| 28 | Gods and goddesses could appear in the form of boulders , trees , birds , snakes , or pillars , but we can be sure that an appearance in human form had the greatest emotional impact . |
| 29 | the midday sun was Re , or might still appear in the form of Re-Harakhty . |
| 30 | Such is the difficulty of the text recognition task that often the word that a writer intended does not appear in the list of candidate words that the syntax analyser receives . |