Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snowy white in plumage , with a black beak and large jet black eyes , it lays a single egg on the bare branch of a tree , choosing a little hollow or crack in the bark so that the egg does n't roll off . |
| 2 | The expression of synaptic potentiation probably involves both pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms , not necessarily in the same proportion at each stage , the one leading to an increase in transmitter release and the other to an increase in the number or change in the properties of the ion channels which mediate synaptic transmission . |
| 3 | Many situations predispose to spatial disorientation — The main ones are : a ) Any situation involving a reduction or change in the way essential cues are available to you , eg on transition from visual to instrument flight or attempting to fly visually when what you can see is inadequate as in poor light , haze or high altitude . |
| 4 | Lack of privacy in hospital may also be a cause of problems with bladder or bowels ; for example most patients find it difficult to use a bedpan , or commode in the ward area , even when well screened from other patients . |
| 5 | At eleven a child might transfer to a grammar or central ( technical trade ) school or remain in a ‘ reorganised secondary school ’ . |
| 6 | Other groups , such as single-parent families , the poor and the disabled , will gravitate to or remain in the cities , partially as a result of the relatively greater availability of rented accommodation . |
| 7 | There are several methods you can use and of course you must find the one which suits you best but , as a starting-point , here is a simple and effective one : Lie on your bed or sit in a chair with a back which is high enough to support your neck and head . |
| 8 | Why stand in a bus queue or sit in a traffic jam when you can walk almost as quickly ? |
| 9 | If there was a grievance the students would refuse to eat their evening meal , and parade and make noises , or sit in a solid wall of silence . |
| 10 | or sit in the seat of mockers . |
| 11 | Originating in Scandinavian mythology , elves are capricious sprites that dance on the grass , or sit in the leaves of trees and bask in the light of the full moon . |
| 12 | Expectations that the child should hold the parent 's hand while crossing the road , or sit in the safety seat in the car , can be met by great outbursts of temper in the confident 2-year-old who wants to be totally independent . |
| 13 | They did n't stick their cards through your letter box or advertise in the Yellow Pages , And very often they were unreliable people , demanding payment in advance or trying to blackmail you . |
| 14 | If you recognise these problems as your own , my advice is see your doctor , contact a self-help group , or confide in a friend . |
| 15 | The squire and the rector , and the traditions which they represented , had no power or influence in the squalid housing estates which grew up round each new factory and mill . |
| 16 | An ostrich feather or comb in the hair , slit ears , a coloured loin-cloth , an iron or ivory bracelet , a dagger and sheath decorated with brass or silver : each of these and other decorations had its special significance . |
| 17 | The second meaning of the word ‘ impetus ’ should be applied to the actual performance of any step or pose in the purely technical sense . |
| 18 | A high pitched shriek or cry in a tossing or stuporose child . |
| 19 | Where abuse is disclosed , a teenage girl will be counselled and provided with ‘ safe , defensible space ’ in the form of a foster home or place in a hostel . |
| 20 | A previous High Court judgment in the United Kingdom in 1991 ( Lorraine Taylor v Airport Transport and Warehouse Services Ltd ) had ruled that the methods of a clinical ecologist ( Dr Jean Monro ) were ‘ in many cases bizarre and unscientific … and her methods and treatment have no parallel or place in the NHS routines . ’ |
| 21 | Either wash in soapy detergent or place in the dishwasher in the normal way . |
| 22 | On the one hand , such action would simply rekindle the international outcry that resulted in the postponement of the ‘ harvest ’ or cull in the first place . |
| 23 | ( 3 ) The losses against which a recognised body is required to insure under this Rule are all losses arising from claims in respect of civil liability incurred in the practice of the recognised body by the recognised body or by any of its officers or employees or former officers or employees or by any solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or was a consultant to or associate in the body 's practice or is or was working in the practice as an agent or a locum tenens ; save that a recognised body shall not be required to insure against losses arising from claims of a type excluded , by the indemnity rules applicable from time to time to recognised bodies , from being afforded indemnity by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund . |
| 24 | A sudden storm or hiccup in the generator which supplied electricity could plunge the whole compound into darkness . |
| 25 | Not every one of these may be stocked by every newspaper shop or bookstall in the country but they are available somewhere and are read . |
| 26 | A central issue is whether syntactic and semantic information contribute independently or interact in the comprehension process . |
| 27 | Strain the custard to remove lumps or whiz in a blender for 60 seconds . |
| 28 | Most career jobs expect people to work more than nine-to-five hours , to travel abroad or move house if necessary , maybe to attend conferences at weekends or socialise in the evenings ; in short , to put work before family . |
| 29 | to slump in a heap or sleep in a hump . |
| 30 | Instead of pitting the small firms against large firms , specialization by technique or process in a pervasive network of subcontracting forges a partnership which seems to have maintained the widely dispersed structure . |