Example sentences of "[vb -s] in the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reader is shown many bad marriages through the course of the novel and the disastrous effects it causes in the upbringing of children . |
| 2 | While it is possible to take the view that collective trade union action is of a different kind from initiatives taken by individuals or small groups of workers , most social scientists nowadays would probably accept that these forms of conflict stem from the same root causes in the commodity-status of labour and the constraints of managerial authority . |
| 3 | To one person this is an amusing fantasy , worth mentioning at the breakfast table , perhaps , but little more than that ; to the other it is a horrific nightmare which lingers in the memory for days . |
| 4 | Galatians 3 , 28 is quoted : ‘ There is neither male nor female for you are all one in Christ Jesus ’ as though sexual differences were subsumed in a common humanity which alone counts in the scheme of redemption . |
| 5 | The big difference lies in the degree of chromaticism and dissonance used and the often widely-leaping intervals . |
| 6 | The answer really lies in the degree of investigation that is justified and appropriate . |
| 7 | Addressing an audience of sensible and clear-headed gentlemen — the sort of people who had produced the Bloodless Revolution of 1688 — Locke pictured himself as ‘ an under-labourer in clearing the ground a little , and removing much of the rubbish that lies in the way of knowledge ’ . |
| 8 | The Lake District is one of the most compactly beautiful regions in England and so much of its intrinsic attraction lies in the way of life led by native Cumbrians . |
| 9 | It may be , then , that the best hope for a modernising , thinking and participatory Labour Party for the later 1990s lies in the election as deputy leader of the man the apparatchiks would like least in that position — John Prescott . |
| 10 | The underwriting activities of insurance companies are important in both economic and social contexts , but their link with the financial revolution lies in the raising of investment funds . |
| 11 | Investors in ordinary shares may receive dividends if companies are able to pay them , but their major advantage as an asset lies in the possibility of capital appreciation . |
| 12 | However , the open cluster NGC 5822 , with an integrated magnitude of above 7 , is easy to find ; it lies in the field with Zeta . |
| 13 | R Ophiuchi , a Mira star , lies in the field with Eta ; it can rise to the seventh magnitude , but for most of its 302-day period it is far below binocular range . |
| 14 | The second piece of evidence lies in the field of attitude change . |
| 15 | " The heart and soul of a resource collection is not material at all : it lies in the structure of thought it exhibits , in the creative association it provokes and in the opportunities it provides for training the young learner in how to learn and think . " |
| 16 | While the emphasis lies in the sphere of behaviour , it is nonetheless true that the growing child is acquiring a mass of knowledge all the time . |
| 17 | Its centre normally lies in the conflict between father and son ( of which Leonard never speaks ) and the ensuing guilt ( which , likewise , has no explicit reference ) , though the anger may have eclipsed that . |
| 18 | She lies in the middle of Europe and has no protected borders … |
| 19 | From Novosibirsk , which lies in the middle of Siberia on the mighty Ob river , it is only 3,343km ( 2,077 miles ) to Moscow . |
| 20 | The metaphor this time is not the one from Genesis which tells how God made us in the divine image , male and female , and that completion lies in the union of men and women . |
| 21 | In the last resort , the key to these interpretations of liberalism lies in the requirement of harm to the interests of others , for individual autonomy may only be curtailed in order to preserve the liberty of others . |
| 22 | Many aesthetes have insisted that the essence of drawing lies in the relationship between compound curves and straights . |
| 23 | fine stone carving lies in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela ( below left ) |
| 24 | The village lies in the heart of Winifred Holtby country , between the main Wolds area and the contrasting lowlands of Holderness . |
| 25 | But Hambleton district council claims the hotel , in Darlington Road , is unsuitable as a nursing home as it lies in the heart of Northallerton 's industrial estate . |
| 26 | Tucked in the south-east corner of Bavaria , just across the border from Austria and less than an hour from Salzburg , this dramatic resort lies in the heart of forest . |
| 27 | A precedent lies in the success of securities house Smith New Court in winning £14 million in an action against Citibank over shares in Ferranti bought two months before a fraud . |
| 28 | To locate it , begin at Beta Cygni and then identify 2 Cygni ( 4.9 ) which lies in the direction of Vega . |
| 29 | soc : Perhaps , but part of the reason lies in the culture of health services research . |
| 30 | But the novelty of zoo work lies in the variety of patients . |