Example sentences of "[verb] in [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all our participants , and undoubtedly for many of this age-group , a central issue that is constantly recurring in their interpretation of the day-to-day practices they encounter in their social lives is the extent to which they are recognized as persons of independent dignity and standing . |
| 2 | All she wanted was to get this whole thing over with , so she could go home to Kentish Town and sleep in her own bed . |
| 3 | Noreen felt much the same so it was with great relief that for the New York engagement they could at least travel in from Queen 's each day and sleep in their own beds at night . |
| 4 | The recent publication of all known speeches and writings of Hitler between 1919 and 1924 provides for the first time an opportunity to observe the self-image profiled in his public statements . |
| 5 | The Queen delighted in his preaching and made him Dean of Westminster . |
| 6 | Feminists ca n't blame it all on men — since time began , men have delighted in our wobbly bits , thank heaven . |
| 7 | Milton can not lift Satan to such great heights and put such great speeches in his mouth and then snatch them back denying in his authorial intrusions what he has just proclaimed through his character . |
| 8 | The delegates do not act in their personal capacity but carry out the policies and instructions of their government , as shown by the provision that an alternate delegate can be empowered to act and vote on behalf of a delegate who is absent . |
| 9 | But while delegation is a prerequisite of corporate efficiency , it also carries with it the risk , common to all agency relationships , that the managers will act in their own interests at the expense of the shareholders , thereby reducing the expected gains , not only for the shareholders , but also for society as a whole . |
| 10 | In speaking for him , they may only act in his best interests . |
| 11 | The principles of the common law invoked in such cases are nemo judex in causa sua ( no man can be a judge in this own cause ) ; or auctor in rem suam ( no man should act in his own interest ) . |
| 12 | He is more likely to enjoy going to a restaurant that has good traditional furnishings that are well designed in their own terms . |
| 13 | The corporation has developed , at its Martlesham research laboratory , communications hardware that it hopes companies will install in their own offices for such conferences . |
| 14 | Spiritual congress of this kind is , in fact , found all over the world and throughout history — as the biographies of famous Christian and other mystics confirm and occurs more often than is generally supposed in our own contemporary Western world . |
| 15 | There have also been hints that Tommy Thompson , chief coach at the Hopman 's Resort , where the Capriati family live , may assist in her tactical and practical training during major tournaments . |
| 16 | and you could be there at Cheltenham on Thursday for the big day … we ’ ve two club badges to be won in our special Gold Cup Competition |
| 17 | It would be quite something to see Flakey Dove and the Price family in here tomorrow … quite something to see you here on Thursday for the Gold Cup … here ’ s your chance … we 've two tickets to be won in our special competition … |
| 18 | To-day we can see Pakistani or Bengali women , walking in their traditional clothes , barely able to understand the language of the country in which they are living , acting as the repository for the pain and grief of the whole family . |
| 19 | She enjoys hiking and walking in her spare time , and also looks forward to her annual skiing expedition . |
| 20 | She felt certain then that he must be thinking that if she was any sort of a journalist that she could do quite a write-up out of the considerable time she had just spent walking in his sole company . |
| 21 | Willis , walking in his deliberate way , looked at the boxes on Maurice , paused , even shook his head a little , but did nothing . |
| 22 | For a terrible nine hours , the bombardment continued , constantly intensifying in its ferocious impact . |
| 23 | Brookes introduced the concept of ‘ periodical utility ’ , which he defined as the number of references a paper could be expected to attract in its particular library context during the period it remained in the library . |
| 24 | These two novels suggest in their different ways that the relation between province and metropolis , countryside and city , periphery and centre , ever potent themes in modern Italian writing , is open to reinterpretation and reorganization into new narrative and symbolic combinations . |
| 25 | Of course , it was useful to both Romania and China to let Moscow know how deeply involved they were with the Americans , because such knowledge could deter Moscow from interfering in their internal affairs . |
| 26 | Then they wo n't be cross with us for interfering in their primitive rituals . ’ |
| 27 | He believes that the United States has been destroyed by morally subversive elements ( such as Sigmund Freud , Franklin Delano Roosevelt and , of course , Elvis Presley ) , and he also claims that the government ‘ ruint ’ him by interfering in his coal-mining business . |
| 28 | Statistically the chances of elderly people being attacked in their own homes are very low . |
| 29 | The report suggests that the police regard true rape as occurring where one or preferably two of the following criteria are met : ( 1 ) complainer is attacked in her own home by intruder(s) ; ( 2 ) ‘ respectable ’ complainer attacked by strangers ; ( 3 ) complainer is severely beaten up ; ( 4 ) complainer is attacked by assailants wanted by or known to the police for crimes of violence ( especially against women ) ; ( 5 ) assailant uses weapon ; ( 6 ) assailant apprehended at scene of crime . |
| 30 | Thus it was possible for a Frenchman to hide from a crime committed in his own country by adopting another nationality . |