Example sentences of "[vb infin] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning to the argument in The Future of an Illusion an imaginary antagonist argues that civilization depends upon people continuing to believe in God , otherwise they will not act in a moral way . |
| 2 | Some people will act in a submissive and respectful manner , automatically accepting that the salesperson is honest and trustworthy . |
| 3 | GPs who volunteer to hold practice budgets will act in a similar way for those services for which they are responsible . |
| 4 | However , there is now evidence that the mechanism responsible for this can act in a similar fashion in some normal individuals ; as one would expect these are people high in schizotypal traits . |
| 5 | A pun can act in a similar way to metaphor , pointing to a coalescence of concepts normally distinct . |
| 6 | They 'll improve on it , or they might adapt it , see if they can change it in some way in that case , and they 'll act in a cohesive way . |
| 7 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 8 | Psychology usually assumes that psychologists can act in a neutral way . |
| 9 | The typical case is one in which a factual statement points out that a situation is one of the kind in which an ethical statement asserts that a certain obligation holds , that is , one in which it has expressed the wish that people should act in a certain way or meet the disfavour of others . |
| 10 | Love makes you act in a certain way even — and this is the crunch — when you are not feeling very loving . |
| 11 | A representative person is one who will act in a given situation in much the same way as those he represents would act in that same situation . |
| 12 | They will act in a facilitating role to help in focusing on more general social and economic need . |
| 13 | A legitimate expectation may arise when a government agency , by its words or conduct , leads a citizen reasonably to expect that it will act in a particular way . |
| 14 | There are certain other circumstances in which this problem of unduly encouraging an authority to reach a particular decision does not arise and in which a scheme of compensation might be feasible and desirable : where there is no question of a decision being re-made , notably where the time-limit for challenging an allegedly illegal decision has run out ( through no fault of the applicant ) ; or where a citizen has suffered loss by relying on a representation by a public body that it will act in a particular way , in circumstances where the law will not require the body to make good its representation because it has undertaken to act illegally ; or where a court exercises its discretion not to quash an illegal decision In such cases the problem of causation does not exist because the decision in question will not be reconsidered . |
| 15 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 16 | It is part of our collective political morality that such compromises are wrong , that the community as a whole and not just individual officials one by one must act in a principled way . |
| 17 | In the first three sentences , be obviously has its " activity " sense and one gets the impression of continuous efforts of the subject in order to make himself behave in a calculating manner , to make his followers act in an orderly way or to keep someone quiet . |
| 18 | Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way . |
| 19 | Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way . |
| 20 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 21 | Hence the state can act in the long-run interests of capital against the current wishes of short-sighted capitalists . |
| 22 | Enough has been said , however , to make it clear that regulation need not necessarily act in the public interest . |
| 23 | Mr Hatton 's solicitor , Peter Quinn , said the DPP should act in the public interest and bring the matter to a conclusion . |
| 24 | They do not act in the full light of day but deal in subtle trickery , clever fetches , secret assassinations , and every filthy trick of the devil . |
| 25 | The most political job you could seek in a political party is probably that of chairman . |
| 26 | And strict interpretation of the ten miles and Mr reminded me would just pinch in a little bit erm of the of the West Yorkshire greenbelt . |
| 27 | This will be beneficial in the long run , but the EC must assist in the transitional period . |
| 28 | These will not affect the tank , which will then assist in the overall illumination of the room , rather than being drowned out by it . |
| 29 | The International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , set up in 1974 by the Council of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) to co-ordinate energy policies among its participating countries , announced on March 6 that it was to withdraw its plan to release oil from its stockpiles , a measure introduced in January to boost the volume of oil available in the world market during the Gulf war [ see p. 37943 ] , since the ceasefire agreement ending Gulf hostilities would assist in the prospective restoration of normal suppliers from most oil producing nations . |
| 30 | The conference also called on the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) to convene a conference with prospective donor countries to formulate an aid plan which would assist in the social and economic integration of refugees who chose to return to Rwanda and of those seeking naturalized status in their present country of residence . |