Example sentences of "[vb infin] in [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many , however , came to accept it in the context of their hopes for future labour success : capitalist bureaucracy was undesirable , but when labour came to dominate Parliament , the bureaucracy would act in sympathy with the needs and condition of the working class and would no longer be regarded as an alien intrusion . |
| 2 | So far as the mechanisms for enforcing the rules of conduct are concerned , section 18(2) of the Act requires that any person who is exercising any of the functions conferred by Part II of the Act with respect to any of the matters described in section 18(1) , the granting of rights or audience etc. , must act in accordance with the general principle mentioned in section 17(3) . |
| 3 | The cases establish the basic requirement that a director must act in accordance with the standard of the ‘ ordinary prudent man ’ . |
| 4 | for this reason , the courts apply the rule that when Parliament has conferred a judicial or quasi-judicial power upon a person , he must act in accordance with the rules of natural justice . |
| 5 | IT IS not irrational for a jury to decide that the first of two co-accused acted in concert with the second but that the second co-accused did not act in concert with the first , because the case against each accused must be considered separately and there may be evidence which is admissible against one but not the other . |
| 6 | He also submitted that it was essential that a jury should reach a rational conclusion by a rational process of thought , and he further submitted that it was wholly irrational for them in effect to hold that the first appellant did not act in concert with the second appellant , but that the second appellant acted in concert with the first appellant . |
| 7 | The existing constitution stipulated that in the event of the president 's death , the vice-president must act in place of the president for the ninety days which would elapse before an election could be held . |
| 8 | An alteration to the Party Constitution forbade selection as a candidate to anyone who " does not undertake to accept and act in harmony with the Standing Orders of the Parliamentary Party " . |
| 9 | The bestowal of a right upon a third party gives rise to expectations on the part of that third party that the parties will act in conformity with the treaty in their relations with itself ; without necessarily having made any commitment of its own it will see itself as the beneficiary of the exchange of promises between the parties . |
| 10 | ‘ Any owner offered second-hand avionics should check very closely the origin , and if they have any doubts , seek the advice of a qualified engineer who will assist in authentication of the origin of the radio … |
| 11 | The identification of common phrases and word combinations may assist in selection of the correct word . |
| 12 | One possible way of getting round the problem of the ‘ doorstep ’ explanation is to write a letter to people in the sample to let them know in advance of the survey and the coming call by an interviewer . |
| 13 | An intermediate level machine knitting course will commence in January at the Wilson Marriage Centre . |
| 14 | Given the above potential for arbitrage profits , it was argued that if enough investors acted on this opportunity , the price of ABC Ltd would rise and that of XYZ Ltd would fall in response to the changing pattern of demand . |
| 15 | The surface above will rise or fall in response to the changes in volume brought about by these alterations in mineral density . |
| 16 | Because viewing distance from the screen does not fall in proportion to the screen dimensions , this resolution becomes acceptable . |
| 17 | Men in the audience would fall in love with the beauty of these women who did little else but walk about in beautiful costumes . |
| 18 | Elaine England , senior training analyst at Lloyds Bank says : ‘ The worst thing you can do is fall in love with the gadgets and technology . ’ |
| 19 | but when I went in the other week , they all sit in a circle like that , then there 's a space and the teacher stands there and she was telling a story about the independent princess who does n't fall in love with the prince in the end , it was a quite funny story |
| 20 | Although we were in fact exempt from this , our management wisely decided that we should fall in line with the principle of the new regulations . |
| 21 | When American or British real interest rates have exceeded Japanese or German ones , the main reason has been the risk that the dollar or pound will fall in value against the yen and D-mark . |
| 22 | To what extent might companies buy in maintenance from the machinery suppliers ; to what extent might workers become skilled at the repair and maintenance of particular machines rather than skilled at a particular aspect of a machine 's functioning , rather like the situation already obtaining with the repair and maintenance of household equipment such as washing machines , or office equipment such as photocopiers ; and to what extent might companies take over the training of skilled workers , giving them courses specifically suited to the requirements of their own production systems and certificating them within house ? |
| 23 | Radioactivity does concentrate in sediments near the drums , many of which have imploded from the pressures 4000 metres down , Osterberg acknowledged . |
| 24 | As LET's partner in charge of the Bull Ring project , John Newman , says : ‘ We do n't have to develop the Bull Ring . |
| 25 | Do they behave in accordance with the ( optimality ) theory ? |
| 26 | If the Government are prepared to put £66 million into the work now , as well as dragooning hon. Members to push this Bill through the House , they must have — certainly they ought to have — a clearer idea of how they will behave in relation to the ultimate funding of the project when British Rail wants to start work . |
| 27 | So I think there are difficulties and I might er just finally add that were we to go along the lines he mentioned , we would of course need primary er legislation because we could n't introduce in orders under the relevant legislation this , so it would have to be a matter for another day , were we to er consider that seriously , but it is not the intention of the government . |
| 28 | Yeltsin announced that he would mediate in talks between the two sides over Dnestr 's future , and both presidents appealed to Ukraine to co-operate in allowing the Russian troop withdrawals from Moldova through its territory . |
| 29 | The government 's bill proposed that the President should mediate in disputes between the government and the Sejm ; such disputes were a feature of the outgoing parliament . |
| 30 | This study will focus in addition on the responses made by schools , examining issues such as how they obtain , interpret and act upon clues regarding the preferences of parents of potential pupils , and what factors constrain them in understanding and reacting to such information . |