Example sentences of "in [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The changes result in a staggering improvement in sawing efficiency , with tests showing improvements of up to 20% efficiency in cross-cutting and 50% in rip-cutting efficiency . |
| 2 | While the plodding votary of meaning is anxiously inquiring out the sense … his fellow-worshipper , remembering that our eyes were not given us for nothing … roves , in gazing ecstasy from page to page , till here and there arrested by the choice vignette or richly tinctured plate . |
| 3 | Part of the explanation lies in the greater liquidity of the second-hand market for residential dwellings ; corporate assets are more difficult to resell because of difficulties in ascertaining quality . |
| 4 | Johnson Matthey provides the company with AuSub© silver glass die attach paste and gold preforms , used in attaching silicon die to semiconductor packages , for use in its semiconductor manufacturing process . |
| 5 | Rules of interpretation , in attaching meaning to situations and their constituents , determine which prescriptive rules are applicable . |
| 6 | This would only be effective if it were accompanied by changes in policing practice and prosecution policy . |
| 7 | As Simon Watney indicates in Policing Desire , hysteria over AIDS has fuelled press hate-campaigns , virtually fascist in their vindictiveness . |
| 8 | Gerald Graff , in Professing Literature , is sympathetic to Scholes 's approach , quoting him to the effect that what we call skill in reading involves ‘ a knowledge of the codes that were operative in the composition of any given text and the historical situation in which it was composed . ’ |
| 9 | This curse will reverberate through the whole play and will not cease in wreaking havoc on the whole of Lear 's family until , with death as a result , ‘ The wheel is come full circle ’ . |
| 10 | Writing and reporting skills are now much more sophisticated than even five years ago , and much more is expected of nurses and health visitors in completing documentation , preparing care plans and relating progress and evaluation reports , and in providing background reports for the information and assistance of other health professionals . |
| 11 | The criticism focused especially on the government 's delay in completing cyclone damage assessment and , except for a request for more helicopters , its failure to provide aid agencies with a detailed list of emergency supply needs . |
| 12 | Whether because of the easing of the general supply situation , or because of the improved coordination , the delays in completing power stations were progressively reduced in the 1950s , with completion on average nearly eleven months behind pessimistic schedules in the early 1950s but down to eight months by the mid-1950s . |
| 13 | Amongst those that had received assistance in completing forestry plans , Cameroon and Colombia have had difficulty obtaining funds , partly because of the prominence given to logging . |
| 14 | These often relate not so much to poor manual skills or dexterity , although they may be slower than usual in completing tasks , as to problems in maintaining drive and interest , in adhering to a regular timetable and in forming the relationships with fellow workers which are necessary to effective completion of work tasks . |
| 15 | I will discuss in a moment how such transport might be achieved , but first I give an example of its role in maintaining life . |
| 16 | Jerrome ( 1982 ) has explored the significance of a confidante for older women in maintaining life satisfaction , even if that person is only seen once a year . |
| 17 | In an environment as diverse and complex as Oxford Polytechnic 's Modular Course , monitoring and review processes are a crucial element in maintaining course quality . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) Will conflicts like the following restrict you ? ( a ) Conflicts of client interest ( the traditional conflicts ) : in many firms with mixed practices , the partners ' interest in maintaining work from insurers or corporate clients nearly always takes precedence over their interest in private plaintiffs . |
| 19 | Throughout the day Axis reconnaissance aircraft searched for the convoy in variable visibility , Beaufighters from Malta continuing to provide cover and frequently heard making reports but experiencing difficulty in maintaining contact . |
| 20 | Of these L. terrestris , A. longa , and A. nocturna are deep burrowers and of the greatest significance in maintaining soil structure . |
| 21 | Thus , this trial shows that 24 h after tPA infusion , an adequate antiplatelet regimen is at least as effective as intravenous heparin in maintaining vessel patency , preserving left-ventricular function , and preventing reocclusion . |
| 22 | It probably played only a small role in maintaining accumulation once that got going . |
| 23 | This can also help in maintaining confidentiality in that KPMG are not seen attending meetings with ‘ clients ’ or ‘ management consultants ’ . |
| 24 | If , for example , a client discloses to a solicitor , in confidence , the fact that a child is being abused by another person , this information can only be passed on if the public interest in protecting children from serious harm outweighs the public interest in maintaining confidentiality between solicitor and client . |
| 25 | For twenty years from 1961 Ahidjo had relative success in maintaining stability in Cameroun , and by the late 1970s the country was experiencing high rates of growth . |
| 26 | He was made aware that nuclear weapons were no substitute for the presence of frigates on station and infantry battalions on the ground in maintaining stability in Afro-Asia . |
| 27 | But it was these same heads of kindreds and lords who were the major factor in ending feud and in maintaining order within local society ; and they were able to do so not as individuals but as men of power with powerful backing . |
| 28 | New emphasis will be given to training teachers in maintaining order and discipline in class . |
| 29 | As the Forties reservoir declines , the Forties Echo experience could play a part in maintaining field production by introducing the technology throughout the Forties field . |
| 30 | Erm At it 's most extreme interpretation there 's an argument that erm , that the Vienna settlement was a factor in maintaining peace in Europe between eighteen fifteen and nineteen fourteen . |