Example sentences of "[adv prt] in [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in his Edward Thomas , R.P. Eckert argues that the young Edward had explored the Surrey and Wiltshire countryside in solitude with a fantasy companion called Philip who later reappeared as ‘ The Other Man ’ in In Pursuit of Spring and , even more noticeably , in Thomas 's early poem The Other . |
| 2 | Indeed , black workers had originally been brought in in times of labour shortage and ended up doing the kinds of ‘ dead end ’ jobs which allowed white workers to set their sights higher — to a great extent they are still found in these same jobs . |
| 3 | His concept in In Search of Paradise bids to be over-ambitious though beautiful and certainly a welcome oasis in an otherwise arid week . |
| 4 | This respect is summed up by a quote in In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman : ‘ You know , one of the things that strikes me most about McDonald 's is their people orientation . |
| 5 | The sun splashed down in patterns of light and shade . |
| 6 | If it 's a pest , cull it properly , get the authorities in , we 've got more and more specialists sitting in those chambers telling us what to do on farming issues , on B S E , we 've got coming , we 've got a a team of experts , well not one of them has told said gone down in favour of hunting . |
| 7 | ‘ Notwithstanding the general need to protect journalistic sources , ’ he said , ‘ this is a case where the balance comes down in favour of disclosure . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Notwithstanding the general need to protect journalistic sources , ’ he said , ‘ this is a case where the balance comes down in favour of disclosure . ’ |
| 9 | Here the combined efforts of Richard Acland , Liberal MP for a neighbouring constituency , and the local Left Book Club helped to persuade the local Liberal and Labour parties to stand down in favour of Vernon Bartlett , a journalist , broadcaster and former employee of the LNU . |
| 10 | The candidate who took third place in the first round , however , Manandafy Rakotonirina , was expected to stand down in favour of Zafy . |
| 11 | The option of a room at the five-star Grand Hotel was turned down in favour of bed and breakfast in St George 's Terrace . |
| 12 | Similarly , having identified the ideal characters of societas and universitas and recognized the existence of both modes in the history of the European state , it is not clear precisely why Oakeshott comes down in favour of societas . |
| 13 | Deciding that captaincy was affecting his batting , he stood down in favour of Fletcher for a season , resuming again in 1989 when the county did well but his own form was fairly ordinary . |
| 14 | He came down in favour of microkernels , the client-server paradigm , and remote procedure calls . |
| 15 | As the constitutional deadline for the government 's term in office approached , Labour MPs increasingly sought to avert electoral disaster by calling on Palmer to step down in favour of Moore , whom he had defeated for the leadership in August 1989 . |
| 16 | As part of the deal Mr de Ferranti agreed to stand down in favour of Sir Derek and to allow James Guerin , International Signal 's founder , to come on to the board as deputy chairman . |
| 17 | Even Thatcherite loyalists were reported to be discussing the possibility of persuading her to stand down in favour of Major . |
| 18 | The decision had come down in favour of illusion : the President 's dream of triumphant new diplomacy and the hostages home . |
| 19 | The publishing director of Burke 's Peerage is apparently concerned that the Prince ( and even more so the Princess ) of Wales are letting the side down in matters of etiquette . |
| 20 | East Germany 's workers ' militias , which have 400,000 members , are standing by all over the country to help to clamp down in case of trouble . |
| 21 | Within seconds one of the porters was knocking at the door to escort us down in case of trouble . |
| 22 | ‘ The constitutional function performed by courts of justice as interpreters of the written law laid down in Acts of Parliament is often described as ascertaining ‘ the intention of Parliament ; ’ but what this metaphor , though convenient , omits to take into account is that the court , when acting in its interpretative role , as well as when it is engaged in reviewing the legality of administrative action , is doing so as mediator between the state in the exercise of its legislative power and the private citizen for whom the law made by Parliament constitutes a rule binding upon him and enforceable by the executive power of the state . |
| 23 | Negotiating the allocation encountered problems ( some entrenched Liberal candidates were unwilling to step down in favor of SDP candidates ) but , once achieved , the local party responsible for fielding a candidate made its choice and that candidate was then endorsed by the other party . |
| 24 | Yeah , I know we went in there last week , cos they had these cards , they got those things with six bugs on them , they 're really ugly looking things , Aaron wanted them , he has n't half been playing some tricks on Gary take them down in front of Gary and that Gary 's aagh |
| 25 | The next moment the waiter came back to Harvey carrying a little cake with twenty-six candles — all alight — he put it down in front of Harvey and Harvey sang — quite loudly all by himself — Harvey sang ‘ Happy Birthday to Me ’ all through . |
| 26 | John got down in front of Dad and looked up into his face and said , ‘ It 's our flight . ’ |
| 27 | Kragan knelt down in front of Adam and looked at him as a butcher would appraise a cut of meat . |
| 28 | They felt that he had let them down in front of others . |
| 29 | The tension in his relationship with Ricky was made worse when he began to needle him , to run him down in front of others . |
| 30 | I 'm beginning to feel that direct action is the only way forward like Earth First , who in Canada lie down in front of loggers and generally sabotage development . |