Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has , however , been contained by an environment in which President Nyerere 's political leadership promoted a strong national ideology , and in which , for reasons which lie in Tanzania 's nineteenth-century history ( including both the replacement of traditional authority by trader barons and the unity achieved among some peoples in resisting German colonialism ) localism has been much less strong than among many African peoples . |
| 2 | The corollary for the trainer is to look for patterns which exist in complex material and introduce the trainee to the patterns as well as to the separate facts . |
| 3 | Children to parents What about support which flows in the opposite direction , from children to parents ? |
| 4 | . He followed a difficult zigzag path from Porlock Weir to Culbone , climbing through woodland which abounded in ‘ wild deer , foxes , badgers , and martin cats ’ ; whortleberries grew in plenty beneath the canopy of trees , and as the ascent progressed , the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below and glimpses of the Channel and the Welsh mountains were sufficient to fill one eighteenth century traveller with mingled ‘ pleasure and astonishment ’ . |
| 5 | It proposed a shot-gun marriage between two parties who , so far from having anticipated the bliss of that honourable estate , had ventured nothing much more than the frozen smile of recognition that passes for politeness between opponents who see in one another much to dislike and little to love . |
| 6 | the analysis could be damagingly influenced by the ‘ folk ’ theories about violence which obtain in the analyst 's lay culture . |
| 7 | For readers who live in the Republic of Ireland and want to book , just phone one of Butlin 's Dublin agents . |
| 8 | Now , with Teesside boxing doyen Phil Thomas as president it trains in the former Palm Lounge of the DeNiros pub/disco . |
| 9 | Many of the colleges with which CNAA committees and visiting parties were dealing — including the new polytechnics — had traditions of autocratic management which the DES did a great deal to undermine with the notes for guidance it issued in connection with the proposed designation of polytechnics . |
| 10 | Kirkby Bentinck station and goods yard just after closure which came in March 1963 along with all the other intermediate stations between Sheffield and Nottingham . |
| 11 | After lunch they walked in Sir Alexander 's garden ‘ and saw his little grotto , which is hung with pieces of poetry written in a fair hand ’ . |
| 12 | After lunch I sat in the car and listened to a Bush press conference . |
| 13 | In the evening after milking she walked in the garden alone , thinking about it . |
| 14 | Night after night they sat in the kitchen , adding frills of lace and clusters of tiny artificial pearls . |
| 15 | After graduation I worked in London for a couple of years , but in 1985 a decision had to be made : my husband had just finished a sixmonth intensive training course at the Thatching Advisory Service in Berkshire . |
| 16 | Next morning , Tuesday , they slept late , and after breakfast they walked in the garden . |
| 17 | Time after time he overtook in the face of oncoming traffic then braked heavily as he forced the car into a small gap causing everyone behind him to brake amidst the clouds of exhaust smoke from his obviously tired old engine . |
| 18 | The compost supplied especially for use in modules is best , as it can be compacted firmly ; this makes for blocks which remain in one piece when pressed out of their cells for transplanting . |
| 19 | When we are asked for assistance we call in the Services ’ social services people , the SSAFA ( Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association ) , who decide what help is needed , and we provide it . ’ |
| 20 | The reduction in Goram 's size was matched by the slender margin for error he showed in his opening spell at Ibrox , losing only one goal in his first nine games for Rangers . |
| 21 | We use the term neutralisation for cases where contrasts between phonemes which exist in other places in the language disappear in particular contexts . |
| 22 | Pocklington beck , which played a large part in the 13th and 14th centuries , though no longer used for the running of mills or for carrot washing , is a favourite place for youngsters who paddle in it or catch tiddlers . |
| 23 | Reviewing recent historiography of the Reformation , Christopher Haigh has pointed out the constantly shifting conflicts between factions which existed in the English court between 1527 and 1553 . |
| 24 | In the US , this is provided by the usual media assumption that the Libyans are guilty — thus providing the Bush administration with the kind of support it needs in a desperate election campaign . |
| 25 | The pace of change which accelerated in the 1980s would continue unabated in the 1990s . |
| 26 | and it was exact amount of coins I had in my pocket ! |
| 27 | Geographically isolated and heavily policed because of the number of VIPs who live in the constituency , it is not an easy target for the gunman or bomber seeking a swift escape from his latest atrocity . |
| 28 | From 1885 there was also a flourishing Band of Hope which met in the Tabernacle with an average attendance of 99 by the year 1889 . |
| 29 | But it 's a strange kind of thing that happened in this part of the country , the kind of story you get in Suffolk and Norfolk . |
| 30 | The loss of heart she experienced in May perhaps contributed to the loss of touch she demonstrated through the summer . |