Example sentences of "in [noun pl] and [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visitors used to flock to it in omnibuses and examine it with the careful scrutiny of sightseers . ’ |
| 2 | Once mastered , however , it can be completed in minutes and ensure that you are reading at your optimum level . |
| 3 | Tree stumps to jump from , logs to climb over and smaller logs to arrange in patterns and roll about , give experiences of height , weight , and shape . |
| 4 | The Tollemarche ladies , in bonnets and cartwheel hats , gave teas at which they coyly sipped at China tea flavoured with lemon and mint . |
| 5 | Many birds nest and sleep in hedges and eat insect pests . |
| 6 | After this , he resigned himself more or less to an athletics-oriented existence , taking up the offer of a job in a sports equipment shop , where he would be granted ample time off to compete in meetings and train regularly . |
| 7 | And I 've seen Harry Lloyd and er Houdini what they call him you know , where he used to be all strapped in chains and get out of tanks and that . |
| 8 | We will enable the courts to override unfair terms in contracts and improve our powers to deal with rogue traders . |
| 9 | Knives and sharp instruments are the most common weapons used in homicides and account for one third of all homicides . |
| 10 | Those who delight in complexities and wish to pursue the matter further will find a number of adequate textbooks and sources of information which will be pointed out with fiendish delight by any qualified librarian , since he has had to run the whole gamut in preparing for his examinations . |
| 11 | Other chemicals which pose a threat to stratospheric ozone but whose emissions are smaller include the halon gases ( variously containing bromine , chlorine and fluorine ) which are used mainly in fire-extinguishers and have an even greater ozone depletion potential ( table 6.1 ) ; methyl chloroform , which is used as a solvent and cleaning fluid ; and carbon tetrachloride , used as a dry-cleaner and to fumigate grain in Eastern Europe ( figure 6.3 ) . |
| 12 | Chimpanzees often feed in groups and come together with loud demonstrations in the feeding trees . |
| 13 | Simply getting depressed clients to work in groups and focus on their problems in living has been found not to effect significant changes in level of depression ( Nezu , 1986 ) . |
| 14 | Like the other horse strongyles , the pathogenic effect of these worms is damage to the large intestinal mucosa from the feeding habits of the adult parasites ; in particular , T. tenuicollis , whose adults feed in groups and cause the formation of large deep ulcers which may be several centimetres across ( P1.III ) . |
| 15 | This course should foster suitable professional standards in investigations and help reduce the chances of miscarriage of justice . |
| 16 | ‘ Foreigners who live in cities and criticise us have a bunny-love approach . |
| 17 | They live in woods and dance round toadstools . ’ |
| 18 | We do n't just brand the cheapest tubes available , bubble pack them in pairs and hang them up on a dealer 's wall . |
| 19 | Substitute numbers in a simple formula expressed in words and evaluate the answer ; e.g. , gross wage wage per hour x number of hours worked ; total cost number of units used x cost per unit + standing charge . |
| 20 | Parenting education might begin in schools and continue over the first few years of married life ( Pound et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 21 | She will also advise the NFU on future strategy in schools and establish a database of individual farmers undertaking school liaison work . |
| 22 | We will enhance practical arts teaching and library provision in schools and extend the provision of adult education for the arts and crafts . |
| 23 | We will restore a comprehensive dental screening service in schools and improve the dentists ' NHS contract . |
| 24 | The same body of men could act as arbitrators in disputes and provide men to serve the Crown as local officials or as commissioners to levy a subsidy or array troops . |
| 25 | What was a potentially valuable , or at least useful , asset in bricks and mortar rapidly becomes a liability . |
| 26 | This , it was claimed , had profoundly shaken confidence in bricks and mortar as an investment . |
| 27 | Private lives require a sturdy minimum of investment in bricks and mortar : there are , for sure , numerous disadvantages in such private lives , but these are disadvantages which many people in St Ann 's might well like to taste . |
| 28 | In Scotland , WCUK has cemented its name in bricks and mortar by winning a top national honour for quality workmanship . |
| 29 | It 's been said he 's got a bigger investment in bricks and mortar in the Pas de Calais than Hitler had . |
| 30 | and I understand that because I , I 'd probably feel like that , I 'd sooner invest in bricks and mortar even if were only a little end-terrace house |