Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] in " in BNC.

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1 This is partly because of their ephemeral nature and partly because disclosure would often reveal either that very sensitive subjects were under consideration or that we had something in train about which we were not ready to make an announcement .
2 Presumably not : but it would be a very bold man , a Karl Marx indeed who would assert that , for each and every woman and always , housework is her spontaneous activity , that it is the satisfaction of a need ; or that she fulfils herself in it ; or that through it she develops freely a physical and mental energy and will not be physically exhausted and mentally debased .
3 Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared .
4 I look at how physics is constructed by staff and students ; whether they view these disciplines in terms of the old paradigm of science as certain , objective and value-free , or whether they view them in terms of the new paradigm of uncertainty , breadth and interconnectedness .
5 Or as they put it in the locker-room , once you 're in , you 're in .
6 Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not .
7 We talk later in this chapter about the use of other people 's words , making the point that one problem with other people 's words is that they usually make more sense where they come from than where you put them in your essay .
8 Going through Joe 's mind as he mounted the stairs were thoughts which were very similar , except that he expressed his in a slightly different way .
9 But I 'm sure that once she joins you in the pool she will find it easy enough to slip into the flow of things .
10 ‘ Do n't you also think that if one meets someone in such a way — I mean , so weak and defenceless — something makes one surrender completely , so that one can not imagine ever being able to desert such a person ? ’
11 Is it certain that if we divide it in alternative ways , and attach a value to the parts in each case , the sum will always be the same ?
12 We only know that if we treat it in the right way it will enable us to do wonderful things .
13 They say that if you take one in five children , that 's twenty per cent of children , that probably eighteen per cent of children with special needs can be dealt with in ordinary schools and that there would still be need for special facilities for the remaining two per cent .
14 He told me that if you put one in a box and tapped on the lid , it would knock back , thinking you were another beetle offering itself in marriage . ’
15 The point about the shop is that erm it sells things on a medieval theme and more specifically it has we have this undertaking that if you see it in the house , you can buy it in the shop .
16 At the back of my mind I must have hoped that if I telephoned him in advance , Helmut would help in this way .
17 I found that if I immersed myself in what I was doing , the people respected my work and usually kept quiet , aware of my concentration .
18 He knows that if he helps them in time of need , they will reciprocate without being asked .
19 Give me that before you land yourself in worse trouble . ’
20 So we 're more than looking forward to reviewing this one , although before we examine it in detail perhaps we should take a quick look at Lowden 's model-numbering system , since with so many different options available , like cutaways , special inlays , different bindings and decoration , it 's sometimes hard to spot which model is which .
21 Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ .
22 Seto explained quite seriously that when one admired something in a friend 's house it customarily became his .
23 And then you find that when they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to realize .
24 Then , for the main course , she chose the steak-and-kidney pie , dripping gravy down her horrible blouse ( it 's the sort of blouse that when you see it in the shop you wonder how the shopkeeper intends to dispose of it because no one in their right mind would ever dream of swapping cash for it ) .
25 I swear to you that when I kissed you in Ib 's Club it was simply because I could n't resist the temptation .
26 Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner .
27 Yet we can not claim that our sensory reality is more real than theirs : that we see it the ‘ right ’ way and that they see it in some less than real manner .
28 It is generally accepted that the Etruscans were of foreign origin , of a mixed Hellenic and Oriental culture , probably but far from certainly from Asia Minor , and that they established themselves in central Italy , in the area between the Arno and the Tiber , in the eighth century B.C. The civilisation appears to have developed and grown quickly and extensively and , by about 700 B.C. , the Etruscans were living an urban life in fine cities with wealthy citizens , and were capable of a high standard of building and visual and literary arts .
29 That policy does not work and if one applies it in that way one can only deepen slumps — just as the Government are doing now .
30 There 's no question Quinn — and Cottee , Aldridge and the rest — are masters of the art and if I had one in my club , he 'd be the first name on the sheet .
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