Example sentences of "in [noun] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have increased our own public liability cover to £50 million in case we have overlooked some small detail and a guest sues . |
| 2 | She 's my hostess — in case you 've forgotten that small fact . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose I 'd better tell just in case you 've got any thoughts . |
| 4 | Just in case he 's got these . |
| 5 | These two trends help to explain how cost and price advantages have resulted in the remarkable increase in exports which has produced such an enormous foreign trade surplus . |
| 6 | It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that . |
| 7 | The attitude of the Bench to past proposals for the reform of the criminal law did not suggest that their judgment in such a matter was reliable , and those Government supporters in Parliament who had given most study to the matter were unanimously in favour of abolition . |
| 8 | That is , in considering the effects upon one industry in isolation we have ignored any repercussions throughout industry as a whole . |
| 9 | Although the user can not be ignored and the need for user feedback in the design process has been advocated , in practice we have had little evidence of any move towards user behaviour monitoring and evaluation procedures being adopted by commercial suppliers of online catalogue systems . |
| 10 | Yet in practice it has strengthened some countries ' public sectors at the expense of their private ones . |
| 11 | With this in mind we have undertaken this year a review of the management team and staff resources with the objective of ensuring that LCCIEB is prepared for the challenges that it is likely to meet in the future . |
| 12 | Bear in mind you 've got all the information there you know what what you are what yourselves and remember that just because these are the scores you got today that does n't mean that is what you are , it means they are probably the leanings that you 've got at the moment . |
| 13 | And certainly you know I mean Yona 's list now of support for this next rally we 've got on March the first is huge I mean it 's sort of and that 's not gon na go away is it you know I mean next year I do n't know what we 're gon na be up to but hopefully we 'll be supporting somebody else in their er struggle for fair play and that network will obviously come into play you know I mean I 've we 've been South Wales have said , Oh you know these are all our contacts you know some of the women in South Wales and in Deeside they 've said these are all our contacts and these are the people that were good and did the work and got the leaflets out and brought the money in you know and it 's as simple as that really you know . |
| 14 | In effect we have considered this already ( Chapter 2 ) when we described how delayed retiring times did not tend to be associated with longer sleeps ; it was a rising body temperature that curtailed sleep and over-rode any need for more sleep that might have existed . |
| 15 | Steps were taken to improve the staffing position in the departments , particularly in Marketing which has suffered most from acute staff shortages . |
| 16 | But because it is happening in Africa it has received little attention . |
| 17 | Culturally and in education we have neglected this side . |
| 18 | To Loppe himself he had nothing to give save the task in Cyprus which had seemed most worth doing . |
| 19 | It is sad that in Britain we have lost most of our old heritage , but when I went to Ireland I was pleased to find that Yeats and others before him had rescued many of the stories and legends that had been in danger of being lost . |
| 20 | In Britain we have had little chance of forming an opinion , certainly as to the first part of that sentence , but as to the second ( ‘ the richest , fullest … ‘ ) it coincides exactly with my own reaction to her Wigmore Hall recital in London . |
| 21 | Even though we may think that in Britain we have had more than our share of industrial decay and change , the catalogue of proud names that were in the vanguard of German or American industrial might at the turn of the last century is very different from the list of those who are in front today . |
| 22 | There are perhaps forty different local education authorities in Britain which have done some work with different community languages . |
| 23 | UEFA is considering the change due to political changes in Europe which have created several new countries . |
| 24 | Yet Robert Reiner ( 1989 ) , writing on the collective culture of chief constables , is the first to explore their extraordinary place in modern society , simply because as an élite among the powerful in society they have had little need to reveal how they operate , link together , or reveal what structures of significance guide their actions . |
| 25 | Note has also been taken of where particular groups have positioned themselves at various times in their evolution , and of the differences in style which have characterized such groups over time . |
| 26 | Part of today 's debate has been about an increase in unemployment which has hit this country like so many others . |
| 27 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 28 | The truth was , in his stay in hospital he had read some books on chequers . |
| 29 | another thing Jonathan , Jackie 's er , lad , the one that 's gone onto Cornwall , he 's been in hospital he 's had another |
| 30 | By 1907 ITF activity was regarded by the shipowners as sufficiently serious to justify the setting up of an International Shipping Federation " to combat the growing forces of socialism and aggressive trade unionism " , but in reality it had made little progress in establishing international standards and the British market for seamen was still being substantially undercut by lower rates of pay of foreign labour . |