Example sentences of "in [verb] [pron] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various pressures have resulted in growing professionalisation in climbing which has changed the activity and will continue to change it — probably for the worse . |
| 2 | In deciding which tenders to accept the local authority will be influenced by the design , layout and general presentation of the scheme ; the assessment as to genuine architectural merit may be subjective . |
| 3 | Thirdly , in deciding which label to attach the courts have often been acting upon questionable assumptions as to the conclusions which follow from the attachment of one label or the other . |
| 4 | And a team of ‘ three wise men ’ who reported to research ministers this week attacked ‘ repeated delays ’ , ‘ changes of direction ’ and ‘ serious underestimates ’ in budgeting which have dogged the project . |
| 5 | Laud too was the King 's evil genius in persuading him to try to enforce the use in Scotland of a prayer book similar to that of the Church of England . |
| 6 | By a notice of appeal dated 20 July 1992 the Official Solicitor appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that since the judge had found as facts that ( a ) T. had been able properly and fully to form a balanced judgment and had not been acting under undue influence but had been acting voluntarily , and ( b ) her several expressions withholding consent were valid refusals which bound the hospital , ( 1 ) he had erred in finding himself entitled to make the declaration ; ( 2 ) it had been wrong for him to assess T. 's subsequent intentions and to make assumptions as to whether she would have qualified or changed her refusal in the later circumstances ; and ( 3 ) he had erred in finding that ( a ) there was no evidence that T. had wished to refuse a blood transfusion even though it was at risk to her life , ( b ) lack of understanding of the risks involved justified acting against her expressed refusal , ( c ) her withholding of consent did not embrace the emergency which had arisen and took no account of changed circumstances , ( d ) her expressed refusals did not evince a settled intention to persist in her refusal even if injurious to her health when her best interests required a transfusion ; and ( e ) he was not satisfied that her refusal was continuing . |