Example sentences of "in [noun] [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore the said Justice Depute by the mouth of Duncan McIlvory Dempster of Court adjudged and ordained the above named to be taken upon the twelfth day of this instant month of June being Monday next to the ordinary place of execution and then and there be hanged upon a Gibbet till he die the death and his right hand to cut off and to be affixed to the most conspicuous place of the tollbooth of Killvorow in Ila there to continue till it rot or wear away , and ordained his moveables to be confiscated . |
| 2 | Nor can we believe that were we to allow this application , potential future witnesses would be deterred from co-operating in investigations yet to come or the police feel inhibited from giving future reassurance as to the consequences of such co-operation in the self-same terms as at present . |
| 3 | Compaq Computer Corp and Microsoft Corp came together in Washington yesterday to announce that they have entered into a comprehensive agreement to develop new products and markets and to make personal computers easier to use . |
| 4 | In summer readily distinguished from Black Tern by conspicuous white forewing , rump and tail , shorter stouter reddish-brown bill , but in winter hard to separate except by lack of dark spot on side of breast , paler rump or brighter red legs . |
| 5 | In the fourth century , Athenian democracy was curtailed in ways harder to resist than a Hyperbolus , who could simply be got rid of : the institutionalized power of the men who administered the various state funds grew in the course of the fourth century , and as such people got above themselves Athens became a less democratic place than it had been in the fifth century . |
| 6 | He tried making snowballs as he had in Britain only to find that in these low temperatures he was left with a handful of flour-like snow that simply blew away when he threw it . |
| 7 | But he was so close , his other hand pulling her hard against his naked chest , his face so near to her own that it was difficult for her to breathe — so difficult that she had to open her mouth to draw in air only to find that he 'd taken advantage of the opportunity to deepen his kiss into one of familiarity . |
| 8 | MORE than 120 eminent doctors , lawyers and philosophers from all over the world were gathering in Edinburgh today to discuss whether or not to treat hopelessly-ill patients . |
| 9 | With major investments , a study of the corporate-strategy literature suggests that a company will indulge in investment in order either to maintain or to improve its competitive position . |
| 10 | The religious work centred on evangelism : George Cadbury supported ‘ Free Church parishes ’ in order better to coordinate as well as to encourage evangelistic effort . |
| 11 | The Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 restated the criminal offence of ‘ watching or besetting ’ but excluded from that activity ‘ attending at or near the house or place where a person resides , or works , or carries on business , or happens to be … in order merely to obtain or communicate information ’ . |
| 12 | In order therefore to ensure that the investors qualify not only for a deduction of premium , but also to receive the proceeds of any claim under the policy , there must be a provision obliging Newco to pay the proceeds of any claim by way of dividend . |
| 13 | A Partnership is a relationship between interested parties in Education and Industry who aim to improve the educational and vocational opportunities of young people by working together in order fully to understand and support each others ' needs and objectives . |
| 14 | It can be seen that the trie was in fact faster to search than the reduced memory tree in all three cases , however it uses more memory ( approximately one and a half times as much as the reduced memory tree ) . |
| 15 | In 1806 a captain was attachéd to the French embassy in Vienna specifically to collect and send back to Paris information about the Austrian army , while other officers were sent to Berlin for similar work in anticipation of the war which broke out in that year . |