Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most basic error , which I attempted to pinpoint in discussing the sense in which the cries , hoots , and gestures of animals are ‘ primitive forms ’ of language in Chapter 5 , is to confuse the predictive value of the effects of such behaviour with the conscious intent of a speaker to communicate in some way . |
| 2 | If the distinction between tacit and explicit collusion is to mean anything , it must also be shown that the ability to communicate in some way affects the likely existence and stability of collusion . |
| 3 | She touched a finger to Tallis , then to herself , trying to communicate in some way . |
| 4 | This fusion was reflected in their unique ability to communicate in both the sign language of the Plains tribes , and the Chinook trade jargon of the coastal peoples . |
| 5 | It is this glistening miriad of impressions , moods , intuitions , intimations , dreams and visitations which I am seeking now to catch in these orderly lines of print . |
| 6 | It amused them to dine in some style , formally separating the working day from their evenings together . |
| 7 | Is it adequate at all to try in this fashion to interpret religion as a means to an end , and to define that end in progressive humanistic terms as having to do with the elevation and betterment of human society ? |
| 8 | The coalition had regard to-the- mechanics of the single transferable vote and made some attempt to match the number of candidates nominated with the support which those candidates might expect to attract in each constituency . |
| 9 | The team was underfinanced from the start and indeed , some of the finance Emerson did get-like some of the companions and hangers-on he began to attract in those years — was distinctly off-colour . |
| 10 | Despite its great length and Piercy 's painstaking research , Gone to Soldiers fails to grapple in any intelligent way with its massive subject . |
| 11 | Basically , if you write a manual for somebody else to use , then er there 's a standard layout of manuals , computer manuals , that is to have a Getting Started section , tells you how to instal in some of the basics like how to start it running , erm , the How To section is very important . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the church will continue to encourage in some of its members ignorance and prejudice against their ‘ brothers and sisters in Christ ’ , while sowing fear and self-distrust in others . |
| 13 | Moreover the constitution which the Swedish Diet was forced to accept in that year ( the first in the world to be embodied in a single comprehensive organized document ) was in some ways relatively moderate . |
| 14 | He was ( in retrospect ) surprisingly luke warm about the potential of cross-London links — ‘ show me the market ’ — although he was no doubt pleased to accept in this first year in office an offer from the GLC to fund the third-rail electrification over 8½ miles between Dalston and North Woolwich . |
| 15 | Pravda noted the heavy responsibilities that party papers had to accept in these difficult times , and charged that the Andreeva letter was in effect an attempt , ‘ little by little ’ , to reverse decisions the party had already taken . |
| 16 | In the explicit limits to their power which they had to accept in some of the areas they ruled ( especially in Hungary and the Basque provinces ) the Habsburgs and the Spanish Bourbons had something in common with the Hanoverians . |
| 17 | However , when we become adults we tend to think we 've learnt everything we need to know in this area and stop practising . |
| 18 | the only one I want to know in this area is a , you can |
| 19 | If Picon has his way , the statue will be a sign of things to come in that department : expansion of gallery space , conservation and display of long-unseen areas of the museum 's collection and an ambitious schedule of special exhibitions . |
| 20 | it 'd pay to come in that they would steal |
| 21 | Similarly , a negative attitude may turn to a ‘ do n't mind ’ one under certain conditions , for example when the items ironed are less intrinsically boring ( baby 's clothes are said to come in this category ) . |
| 22 | To anticipate something to come in this inquiry , an ordinary definition of the neuron is an example . |
| 23 | I mean , Helen Burn 's plea here is not to be to eager for retribution to come in this life , but trust to it erm |
| 24 | we never used to come in this room you know , nobody would come in this room |
| 25 | Oh you wo n't be able to come in any day with me next week will you ? |
| 26 | Referring to the English essayists , he says : ‘ A sentence was written to have only one meaning ’ : and the writer 's ‘ task was now to create autonomous text to write in such a manner that the sentence was an adequate , explicit representation of the meaning , relying on no implicit premises or personal interpretations ’ ( 1977 , p. 268 ) . |
| 27 | William Bellows , who was taken by Edmund Gosse to meet Hardy in June 1927 , reported Florence as saying : ‘ My husband used to write in this when sketching out the plots of his novels . |
| 28 | But perhaps my compulsion to write in these circumstances is as strong as yours ! |
| 29 | If you know how to write in some high-level language like Basic , Fortran or Pascal , construct programs |
| 30 | The best thing to bring it all out , would be to write in my own African language , but I have to write in another language . |