Example sentences of "[verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are problems with ground waters in certain industrial areas where er factory premises have allowed solvents to leak . |
| 2 | I think their greatest achievement was to realise that despite the fact that she was unable to speak , she was still able to communicate in other ways . |
| 3 | A number of dolphins have been taught to communicate in rudimentary English . |
| 4 | Approximately 30% of the marks will be for straightforward handling of theory — but additional marks for pass , credit and distinction standard must come from the quality of the candidate 's understanding and ability to communicate in acceptable fashion . |
| 5 | Human rights in general and the right to communicate in particular are bound up with the notion of democracy . |
| 6 | Human rights in general , and the right to communicate in particular , are founded on the concept of participation in democracy . |
| 7 | Correct timetabling in rural areas is essential to ensure that people get to work on time , and the consultative committee could examine such matters . |
| 8 | Real books are the books children encounter in story-telling sessions at home , in the library or play-group , and on children 's television — books that become part of the reader 's self , books to be remembered and revisited with anticipated pleasure . |
| 9 | Beat cream cheese until smooth , beat in melted jelly . |
| 10 | When all the data is entered on to the computer , it can then be sorted in numerous ways which would be too time-consuming using manual methods . |
| 11 | These lists are sorted in numerical order and delimited by square brackets . |
| 12 | She said oh we always sleep in separate beds here . |
| 13 | ‘ Round yon virgin mother and child , holy infant so tender and mild , sleep in heavenly peace , slee-eep in heavenly peace , ’ they finished with a high-speed wail . |
| 14 | She was surrounded in bloody boxes . |
| 15 | Startled by his temerity , her dark eyebrows lifted in assumed mockery . |
| 16 | President 's rule , which had been imposed in December after the PDF 's main component , the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP ) , withdrew from the PDF , was lifted in late January 1991 and the leader of the breakaway MGP group , Ravi S. Naik , was sworn in as Chief Minister [ see p. 37915 ; 37964 ] . |
| 17 | His eyebrow lifted in ironic apology to Meredith , and he smiled benignly . |
| 18 | He leaned towards her , uncannily reading her mind , sleek eyebrows lifted in gentle interrogation . |
| 19 | Before her a seated , lightly clothed figure leans back on her straight arm with the other lifted in mid gesture . |
| 20 | Rohan 's brows lifted in mock censure . |
| 21 | And her breath , as she smiled , began to catch in weak , involuntary sobs ; so that he bent over her , his cheek against hers , his arms embracing hers in spectral and impotent comfort . |
| 22 | Children who find it hard to write with paper and pencil can compose in alternative ways : difficulty in writing need be no barrier to poetry . |
| 23 | I must be absolutely free to work as I like and I can not compose in public . |
| 24 | By the same token , however , they may now be tacking fitfully back to growth while Germany and , to a lesser extent Japan , linger in relative doldrums . |
| 25 | He was rock hard , fully aroused beneath the rough denim of his bermudas , and she froze , beginning to struggle in nameless fear … completely new emotions were being aroused much too fast . |
| 26 | The wind screeched in his ears , making consecutive thought almost impossible so that not only did he have to struggle in desperate conflict with the conditions but had also to fight to hold to his concentration . |
| 27 | He lifted and transferred my soul from the depths up to the heights , so that I ardently longed for the pleasures of heaven more than I had ever delighted in physical embrace or worldly corruption … |
| 28 | I trip on something in the ferns , twisting in mid-air as my ankle gives underneath me and I slam backwards into the ground , winding myself . |
| 29 | My mental eye , rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind , could now distinguish larger structures , of manifold conformation ; long rows , sometimes more closely fitted together ; all twining and twisting in snakelike motion . |
| 30 | It then comes to the practical point , Citing German experience to show that ‘ there was a tendency for employee and shareholder representatives to vote and act in distinct groups ’ , they add that the presence of co-opted directors on the board would mean that either group would at the very least need to gain the support of the majority of the directors before they could carry or veto a proposal . |