Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [Wh det] [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a breath of punk in what they aspire to : the Do Anything You Wan na Do line of thought that infiltrates everything from their offstage character through to their dealings with the record company . |
| 2 | Whatever the outcome , the UK financial sector has entered a period of increasing risk and uncertainty in which it remains to be seen whether the deregulation of the 1980s has provided it with competitive advantages . |
| 3 | There is the one where a madcap home supporter gingerly urinates from above on opposition fans who are innocently drinking tea in what they take to be a gentle drizzle . |
| 4 | In the original version , now lost , of the chapter in which she reads to Raskolnikov the gospel story of the raising of Lazarus , Dostoevsky intended and wrote a head-on debate about Christianity ; but his publishers refused to print it . |
| 5 | In the process we should critically re-evaluate how we understand the relationship between research , policy and practice in childcare and research , policy and practice in what we refer to as child abuse and child protection work . |
| 6 | His seeming determination to be confused with the distinguished British artist is evident in the recent press release advertising an exhibition of his work in which he refers to his emphasis on non-commissioned portrait drawings which ‘ entail months , even years , of work with the sitter , while very little peripheral material such as smaller studies , sculpture , and etchings is allowed to emerge from the studio ’ . |
| 7 | Lina Stimpson thinks this is because the residents are mostly Londoners who have ‘ bettered themselves ’ and are ‘ putting their confidence in what they aspire to be ’ . |
| 8 | In these circumstances , our developing knowledge of interpreting and language in general is critical in providing a framework for evaluating interpreter effectiveness and understanding the process in which he has to be trained . |
| 9 | There is , however , another aspect to the changing composition of the workforce over the 1960s : a shift in what I referred to earlier as the ‘ division of labour by strata ’ . |
| 10 | The poem 's language has also advanced from the darkness and dullness in which it began to a more pleasant and brighter world with words like , ‘ white ’ , ‘ light ’ and ‘ elate ’ , bringing forth a totally new mood . |
| 11 | It is clear that what is necessary in such a case is research , not dogmatic and perfectly arbitrary claims , based on analogies to that small part of the experimental literature in which one happens to be interested . |
| 12 | This is a case in which one turns to computation in order to verify an impression gained in reading , and in the Appendix ( pp. 85–8 ) I have recorded the results of my count . |
| 13 | ‘ 2(1) The powers of the Director under this section shall be exercisable , but only for the purposes of an investigation under section 1 above , or , on a request made by the Attorney-General of the Isle of Man , Jersey or Guernsey , under legislation corresponding to that section and having effect in the Island whose Attorney-General makes the request , in any case in which it appears to him that there is good reason to do so for the purpose of investigating the affairs , or any aspect of the affairs , of any person . |
| 14 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 15 | It was difficult to tell , in that atmosphere of absolute silence , of sacred respect in which they listened to me ’ ( Neruda : 1974 , p. 240 ) . |
| 16 | The pressure of this or that requirement or directive , together with the environment in which one happens to be , for example working under an agnostic headteacher , or a staunch Christian one , or with an enthusiastic multi-faith team , etc. , governs what happens . |
| 17 | Bearing in mind that Labour Members have made many promises without costing them , will my hon. Friend tell us whether they have made promises about the environment in which they claim to be interested ? |
| 18 | I think that they are erm unfortunately erm affected by any event which happens in an area in which they happen to be . |
| 19 | Brundle , who had risen briefly to third place during the tyre stops , was again completely out of luck and , like Johnny Herbert , was forced to retire by a collision in which he seemed to be the innocent party . |
| 20 | But he sang many roles in a 30-year career in which he rose to principal baritone at London 's Royal Opera House . |
| 21 | And in so far as it , as the question arises erm of what kind of , of provisions erm are you going to find if you go abroad , erm then I think we can say that within the European Community , erm citizens of one member state are entitled to what the citizens of the member state in which they happen to be staying are entitled to . |
| 22 | At the Kazan " requiem for the victims of Bezdna ( which took place in the emotionally charged atmosphere of Palm Sunday ) he stepped forward at the end of the service with a commemorative address in which he referred to the dead peasants as " friends , killed for the people " . |
| 23 | That evening Ted Hammond emerged from his house , wearing the old dressing-gown in which he seemed to be spending most of his time these days , and carrying a stiff drink . |
| 24 | He assumes that ‘ ordinary ’ pop fans are attuned to reading off ‘ subversion ’ or ‘ importance ’ in the same way music press readers are — it 's an approach in which you have to be initiated . |
| 25 | Here , we may claim , the clusters of imagery in the tale reach their fulfilment in a hilarious fabliau denouement , not in a climax in which they convert to solemn symbolic meanings in an implicit moral scheme . |
| 26 | The bonus with St Francis is in helping pupils to appreciate a depth in what it means to be a Christian which is so easily today seen at a superficial externalist level . |
| 27 | He made 165 centuries in 11 months , and reached the final of the British junior championship in which he lost to Barry Pinches , a teenager from Norwich whom he was to defeat in last year 's world amateur final . |
| 28 | Dr Neil was so shocked — both by Blaine 's manner and the cavalier fashion in which he spoke to them both , that his normal composure left him , and he could think of no more to say than , ‘ You know Miss McAllister ? ’ and his voice was incredulous , so incredulous that Havvie 's eyebrows shot up in gleeful , unholy delight at the prospect of yet another opportunity to humiliate the girl who had jilted him . |
| 29 | On both occasions they identified an identical group with a low maximum acceleration in which there appeared to be a much increased risk of early cardiac death . |
| 30 | An infallible belief would be justified but would not derive its justification from any relation in which it stood to other beliefs ; it would not need any support from elsewhere . |