Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] in [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple boarded the cross-Channel steamer at Dover for Ostend , while crowds returning in haste from the Continent streamed towards London , which was already a scene of departing evacuee children and sandbags mounting round government buildings . |
| 2 | Their gutting knives flashing in time to the music . |
| 3 | On March 23 the NDPD ( which together with the CDU , the DBD and the liberal democrat precursor to the LDP had been one of the four " bloc " parties governing in coalition with the former communist regime — see p. 37025 ) joined the League of Free Democrat — the renamed LDP — to form one faction . |
| 4 | I 'd got Nicola to say five o'clock because I knew the pool would be busy , with businessmen and secretaries dipping before heading home and a fair smattering of kids getting in practice for the school team . |
| 5 | Of course , other sessions running in parallel on the days are aimed at the specialists in the industry and the ability of such people to gather is another important aspect of the event . |
| 6 | They stood around on the branches staring in wonder at the sight of this small human preparing to take off on Swan . |
| 7 | Now operated within Effect Products , this business is still considerable , with new opportunities arising in markets in the developing world , but the product range for sales in Western Europe has been broadened over the past 10 years or so with the development of more specialized products for use , for example , in carbonless copying paper . |
| 8 | The seas today swarm with crustacean arthropods ranging in size from the tiniest krill in the surface waters to giant bottom-living crabs with a reach like that of a man . |
| 9 | One of the largest repatriation programmes undertaken by the UN began on March 30 when 527 out of an estimated 380,000 Cambodian refugees living in camps along the Thai-Cambodian border were transported to a temporary reception site in the western town of Sisophon . |
| 10 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 11 | The accents are entirely convincing and the authentically Southern atmosphere implies an ever-present threat from white oppressors lying in wait beyond the cosiness of the backyard palisade . |
| 12 | Major side effects resulting in interruption of the treatment were uncontrolled biliary colics in 13 patients , cholecystitis in seven patients and acute pancreatitis in two patients . |
| 13 | In England for example , unemployment in the North is twice that in the South-East , and in most European countries there are lesser employment opportunities in rural areas as opposed to urban areas resulting in depopulation of the countryside and an increase in the size of cities . |
| 14 | From the thicket I could see the bridge and to my amazement I could see Commandos marching in file across the bridge and coming slowly towards me , a few of them looking and pointing in my direction . |
| 15 | During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries . |
| 16 | However , others in the industry are concerned about ‘ cowboy ’ companies dabbling in biotechnology for the first time and about the commercial offshoots of universities which are scaling up laboratory experiments — often on shoestring budgets . |
| 17 | A similar effect can lead to the summits of mountains in orogenic belts increasing in elevation as the incision of deep valleys between peaks causes unloading of the crust . |
| 18 | I confirm that , as agreed , I have arranged for your Mr R Simpson to deal with any matters arising in connection with the above during my absence on leave from 7–21 August 1993 . |
| 19 | In 1850 Joy and Edward Wilson patented twin boilers working in parallel within the same casing . |
| 20 | To consider re-election of those directors retiring in accordance with the articles of association : ( a ) Mr J E Smith ( b ) Mr H A Velasquez |
| 21 | That morning , as I lay with my teeth chattering in anticipation on the wooden floor of the supply hut , I heard five more explosions . |
| 22 | Few of those skeletons resting in caskets in the Catacombs sported hands . |
| 23 | The show really opens out in the preceding room where an historical selection of Cold Steel includes a facsimile of Roman sword and even more deadly weapons ranging in date from the Iron Age to the middle of the 17th century . |
| 24 | In the event , Aunt Sarah 's voice was wonderfully steadying , bringing back the untidy , comfortable living room in Coniston with such vividness that Ruth could almost smell Uncle Nick 's slippers scorching in front of the fire . |
| 25 | Of the estimated 170,000 Palestinians remaining in Kuwait after the Iraqi defeat , a number were killed by Kuwaiti soldiers and civilian vigilantes after being accused of collaborating with the occupying forces . |
| 26 | In the big retail market which opens later on the combined scents of ripe peaches and the fresh basil and thyme plants lying in heaps on the ground gave us our first sniff of Provence . |
| 27 | Guests staying in hotels in the centre , like the Leon Bianco , are however , allowed to drive in to off-load and re-load luggage . |
| 28 | During the survey a medieval water mill site was also located , traced from the now dry but substantial mill leat , with the stonework of sluices and mill buildings surviving in undergrowth at the end of a track from the village . |
| 29 | On April 11 the chair of the Knesset immigration committee , Michael Kleiner , expressed concern over the fall in the number of Soviet Jewish immigrants arriving in Israel during the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 30 | Our costs are : 1 ) secretarial and postage — the distribution of information to members ; 2 ) production and distribution of publicity material , eg at bike events ; 3 ) subscriptions to organisations working in Scotland for the interests of cycling ; 4 ) travel expenses to our Council meetings , which are held four times a year . |