Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] in [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In any proceedings ( whether or not under this Act ) — ( a ) a statement of affairs prepared for the purposes of any provision of this Act which is derived from the Insolvency Act 1985 , and ( b ) any other statement made in pursuance of a requirement imposed by or under any such provision or by or under rules made under this Act , may be used in evidence against any person making or concurring in making the statement . |
| 2 | But what is certain is that the democratic principle — that people should , as far as possible , make or participate in making the decisions that affect them most closely and importantly — could beneficially be applied far more widely in modern societies than It presently is . |
| 3 | Perhaps equally , the parent who sees himself or herself as " bad " may seek atonement or solace in becoming the " good " child — and accepting the ministrations of a substitute parent . |
| 4 | He walked towards her then , nonchalantly , but with a determined gleam in his eyes that succeeded in halting the flow of complaint from Robyn 's lips . |
| 5 | Quite apart from the deafening thunder of the falls , and the awe-inspiring sight of their dramatic descent , the effect can be sheer magic on a fine day ; as the sunlight catches the spray in flight , and transforms it into an elusive pattern of shapes and colours that suggest in painting the Impressionism of Manet or the mists of Corot , or in music , the evocative nuances of Debussy . |
| 6 | But common sense may have been more important than learning in perceiving the vulnerability of most castles to — battering-rams and catapults ; for even in 1100 they were , as a rule , primitive structures . |
| 7 | The discussion above has indicated the most important observations that help in assigning the electronic spectra of transition metal complexes . |
| 8 | His emissary , Menshikov , spent two and a half months at the Turkish capital and succeeded in reversing the Turks ' decision on the Holy Places . |
| 9 | The signs are that some people there were more sophisticated and succeeded in bilking the revenue . |
| 10 | A group of aid agencies and churches have banded together and succeeded in getting the cooperation of the rebels and the government in the long running civil war . |
| 11 | The Byzantines struggled to reassert their authority and succeeded in subduing the eastern half of Simeon 's former realm , but the western half passed to the control of a Macedonian empire under Samuilo ( Samuel ) ( 976–1014 ) . |
| 12 | However , the tobacco industry mounted a protest against this move and succeeded in bringing the increase in taxation down to only 100% . |
| 13 | They then returned to Cherbourg and succeeded in entering the Harbour and dropping the torpedo , but the aircraft was hit and crashed at Bourbourg at 23.30 hrs . |
| 14 | One other man , a Henry W. Harris , a railway official , went to his rescue , and succeeded in reaching the drowning swimmer , but got into difficulties himself and could not bring the other to the shore . |
| 15 | The Tramroad Company was acquired by Blackpool under the terms of the Blackpool Improvement Act of 1919 , which was opposed by the then — Fleetwood U.D.C. Fleetwood resented Blackpool 's ownership of the track within its area , and succeeded in winning the right to purchase the tramway after twenty-one years . |
| 16 | Thousands of Latin American Indians and their supporters staged demonstrations on Oct. 12 across a range of Latin American countries from Mexico to Chile , and succeeded in turning the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas from a celebration to a reflection of the current plight of the 40,000,000-strong indigenous population . |
| 17 | Lately Ohly excavated further and also removed Thorwaldsen 's restorations ; and succeeded in arranging the surviving remains in what must be very close indeed to the original scheme : a revelation . |
| 18 | They worked harmoniously together , and succeeded in preserving the company 's independence during the remainder of the ‘ merger boom ’ years . |
| 19 | Eventually she came to Byblos and succeeded in having the palace column removed and thus was able to retrieve the casket and take it back to Egypt , where she hid it in the marshes of the Delta . |
| 20 | Mellanby arrived in time to be heard , and succeeded in changing the decision so that Florey was appointed . |
| 21 | Well I remember an Oxford aircraft over-flying the airfield and crashing in blocking the lane and going into the hedge on the other side , into Gingers Yard . |
| 22 | A third factor which supports the system for separating teachers and ‘ uncontrolled ’ pupils is the recruitment of experts to advise , support and assist in resolving the difficulties . |
| 23 | Your help and support in promoting the Awards would be much appreciated . |
| 24 | Possibly in response to the stimuli given by the bishops ' public statements , the bishops found that local councils were coming to their aid and support in opposing the proposed educational revolution . |
| 25 | Between March 18 and April 23 the USC regime 's interim Prime Minister Umar Arteh Ghalib visited four Gulf states and Egypt , Syria , Tunisia and Libya , seeking aid and support in resolving the armed conflict . |
| 26 | It has recently been shown that the TATA-binding protein TBP stabilizes a transcription complex on the VAI gene ( 35 ) and participates in assembling the yeast multisubunit transcription factor IIIB on tRNA genes ( 36 , 37 ) presumably by locking the TFIIIB-TBP-TFIIIC-DNA-complex ( 36 ) . |
| 27 | But if the monster parents do not act monstrously and succeed in containing the passion , the children are reassured . |
| 28 | If a clause is challenged as unreasonable , it may be possible to rebut the challenge and prove that it is reasonable ; but the client may incur expense and inconvenience in meeting the challenge and in the meantime may face a delay in obtaining payment or performance under the contract . |
| 29 | The method used was partly theoretical but mainly empirical , and consisted in applying the non-linear regression option of a statistics package , BMDP . |
| 30 | The ideal environment has come to be seen as one which offers continual opportunities to maximise learning , and succeeds in engaging the attention and motivation of the individual for as near to 100 per cent of his/her time as possible . |