Example sentences of "in a game " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a game similar to that devised for the radio show Desert Island Discs , we listed those who would get one bullet from a six-gun , and placed them in order of preference , much in the way the FBI listed the top wanted men in the USA . |
| 2 | It was a contest to restore one 's faith in a game which is allegedly losing its way . |
| 3 | The Lions had squeezed in two light training sessions amounting to little more than two hours before beating France 29-27 on Wednesday night in a game as grand as its occasion . |
| 4 | When in peak condition , White is one of the most stylish throwers in a game which only too easily breaks down into brutishness . |
| 5 | Joe Lydon , Ged Byrne and Les Davidson scored Wigan 's other tries , isolated moments of meaning in a game of little pattern . |
| 6 | ITALY play Brazil in Bologna this afternoon in a game that one section of the Italian press , with typical enthusiasm , has christened ‘ The Friendly of the Century ’ . |
| 7 | What we 've been shown in the Report , and what has , ah , emerged from this discussion , is that for some fifteen years , we engaged in a game of blind man 's buff . |
| 8 | ‘ Dixie ’ — a nickname said to derive from his swarthy complexion and curly black hair — preferred to augment his income by making bets with bookmakers on the basis of the number of goals he could score in a game ( one goal was evens , two goals 5–2 , and three 10- 1 ) , Sportsmen , especially footballers , had since the 1880s been used on cigarette cards as free advertising for a brand . |
| 9 | This afternoon , in his home town of Vicenza , the 22-year-old Baggio will win his sixth Italy cap when he lines up to face Algeria in a game which Italy 's manager , Azeglio Vicini , hopes to use as valuable preparation for next Wednesday 's Wembley confrontation with England . |
| 10 | The last tournament ended with Australia beating New Zealand in Auckland last year in a game which created enormous interest in New Zealand . |
| 11 | They were , though , marginally the more inventive in a game that showed signs of decline from the early stages . |
| 12 | They were , though , marginally the more inventive in a game that showed signs of decline from the early stages . |
| 13 | In a game that went to the fifth day only because many hours were lost to the weather — the actual playing time was two and two-thirds days — one was left wondering what he might have done had he been fully fit . |
| 14 | They duly disposed of India in the semi-final , only to lose to Australia in a game they should have won . |
| 15 | But this does not exclude the possibility of convictions for the use of physical force well beyond that which may reasonably be expected in a game : the borderline is vague , but presumably the courts will decide particular cases by reference to the degree of violence used , its relation to the play in the game , any evidence of intent , and so on . |
| 16 | In a game of few scoring opportunities , Coventry lacked the power and precision revealed by Campbell in the 29th minute after he ran on to Limpar 's lobbed pass . |
| 17 | Dundee United 2 St Johnstone 1 A RARE goal from Dave Bowman gave Dundee United their first win in four attempts this season against their Tayside rivals in a game which started well but finally provided poor entertainment for the crowd . |
| 18 | Streatham beat previously undefeated Trafford 10-6 in a game which saw seven players receive match penalties . |
| 19 | GAMBIAN police have named a man they want to question about the murder of a British conservation worker who was killed in a game reserve in December . |
| 20 | But promotion and relegation issues were overshadowed by referee Terry Holbrook , who booked seven players and awarded two penalties in a game that was competitive but never dirty . |
| 21 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |
| 22 | In a game the rules are socially constructed beforehand ; in creative drama they are negotiated , but this negotiation is often constrained by whatever the ‘ rules ’ happen to be in the slice of life the creative drama is reflecting . |
| 23 | A participant in a game adopts a role based on his conception of others ' roles , what George Herbert Mead ( 1934 ) calls the ‘ generalised other ’ : a child can not play hide-and-seek unless in ‘ hiding ’ he understands the function of the ‘ seeker ’ . |
| 24 | This is true of role in a game and role in the ‘ game ’ of drama . |
| 25 | The child who is cast in role as abbot of the cathedral is not identifying with some fictitious character called ‘ Abbot ’ , he is merely taking on an abbot 's function vis-à-vis the situation of being in charge of other people in the community , just as the football captain in a game is not playing a ‘ character ’ of a football captain , he is functioning in the required role of being in charge of his team . |
| 26 | It might require them to behave authoritatively , submissively , wickedly or shrewdly ; the role might be labelled explorer , prime minister , designer or archaeologist , but they will do no more than adapt functionally to the situation of the drama just as they would adapt to roles required in a game — just as they once learnt to adapt to the limited number of roles imposed on them in real life . |
| 27 | In fact the mode of behaviour required has little to do with performing other than keeping open the normal communication channels between people as players do in a game . |
| 28 | His intention is to experience an ‘ as if ’ context — in a game two friends may agree to behave as if they are opponents ; in drama two friends may make exactly the same agreement . |
| 29 | In a game the pain of life can safely be recaptured , encountered and switched off as required , for as we have seen , a game and all other forms of playing including the arts are deliberately created second-order experiences , removed from the rawness of living . |
| 30 | The emotional response in a game , play and in drama is a response to an abstraction , to a ‘ bracketing-off ’ from living , and it can be just as intense — possibly even more intense for , knowing it is a second-order experience , one can ‘ release ’ one 's grieving , for example , in a way one would not do in the actual event . |