Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Identification is a process which occurs when the ego , in part abandoning its awareness of itself as a separate entity , equates itself , or some aspect of itself , with some external thing . |
| 2 | The daily ritual of meal-times , for example , may often contain a wealth of deliberately and non-deliberately imparted information for the child , in part confirming his status as a child ( children should be seen and not heard , children should finish their cabbage because it is good for them ) , in part defining the stages of growing up ( older children sit on ‘ proper ’ chairs , drink out of ‘ proper ’ cups , and use knives and forks ) , and in part defining and reinforcing certain adult identities ( father carves the joint , mother brings food from the stove ) . |
| 3 | The finger which he had burnt on the incinerator was in addition giving him trouble and would not tolerate pressure . |
| 4 | Although not the longest reigning ( Belgium 's King Baudouin has been on the throne for 41 years ) , she is undoubtedly the most widely recognised monarch in the world ( there are currently over a billion bank notes and 16 billion coins in circulation bearing her portrait ) . |
| 5 | Although there is some doubt as to whether or not he appreciated this , he could not commit himself without in practice committing his party — unless he was to be replaced . |
| 6 | Green-eyed , bemasked , conjuring up the ten-foot plus boards that could conquer the peaks of Waimea , Ken Bradshaw reminded me of Dr Rotwang in Metropolis instilling his robot with beauty and life . |
| 7 | Well because the postman had come to empty the letter box , right , so there was no point in mummy putting her letter in cos he 'd of just taken it out again |
| 8 | To do so would suggest that the Bank were in effect guaranteeing their payment at maturity . |
| 9 | The Bank , by rejecting offers at r 1 , is in effect reducing its demand for bills ( D 1 to D 2 ) , and thereby drives up the rediscount rate to r 2 . |
| 10 | Even buildings whose shorter periodicity put them out of the vulnerable category suffered ; the lengthy shaking made them progressively less brittle , in effect lengthening their period until they vibrated in resonance with the quake , at which point many began to collapse . |
| 11 | The remaining NLD leaders signed the endorsement on Nov. 12 , thus abandoning their demand for an immediate transfer of power and in effect nullifying their May election victory . |
| 12 | The King was also widely criticized for in effect putting his conscience above his role as head of state . |
| 13 | She wondered if he might be Jeffrey Archer in disguise doing his research . |
| 14 | The Dale Farm Olympic Youth Camp , held earlier this month in Antrim , dealt with topics that would have left old timers in sport shaking their head in disbelief . |
| 15 | So I think that what he has done is to try and meet the concerns which your Lordships have have expressed er i in second reading My Lords er I did think if I might say so with the greatest of respect for the Noble Lord , Lord Harris of Greenwich whom I admire en enormously and not for er only for his views which erm depending upon what the views are er that it depends upon my extended admiration |
| 16 | One has the sense that , in such a theology , there are two glorified persons in heaven retaining their sexuality , Christ and Mary . |
| 17 | He went and stood by the shower and watched Sophie in soft-focus shampooing her hair then turning her face to the showerhead . |
| 18 | Within eighteen months McCartney was in court dissolving his connection to Apple and the other Beatles . |
| 19 | If it is your intention to set a cat among the pigeons or let loose an eagle in the dovecote , you do n't send a postcard in advance announcing your intentions . ’ |
| 20 | Although in theory betraying your master was not condoned , rich and powerful lords found such squires useful for procuring services and removing rivals . |
| 21 | So he is bailing out in favour using his company 's graphical user interface expertise in the burgeoning Personal Digital Assistant market and its non-exclusive licensing deal with IBM . |
| 22 | Of the latter he wrote , ‘ Lucas van Leyden is an artist of frailer calibre than Dürer , and prone to lose himself in imitation of stronger men , each of his contemporaries in turn dominating his style . ’ |
| 23 | First , there was the simple fact of depopulation which diminished the general size of the market and the level of demand for indigenous manufactures , and no doubt thereby arrested the economic development of the whole region ; second , the depopulation affected agriculture , reducing some previous food exporting regions to starvation levels by the nineteenth century ; third , African production of cloth , metalware and other handicrafts was severely affected , not only by the loss of so many of its producers , but also by the fact that in return the slave traders penetrated the markets of the coast and hinterland with European cotton and manufactured goods ; and fourth , as the demand for slaves multiplied and as many African kings and merchants became even more dependent on European trade , war raids for the capture of potential slaves from neighbouring societies became even more frequent , injecting political instability , consuming precious economic resources , and creating a vicious spiral in which rival kingdoms became ever more dependent on the slave trade to acquire the fire arms necessary for capturing more slaves and in turn defending their slaves against slave-hunting raids from neighbouring kingdoms ( Rodney , 1972 , pp. 104–23 ; Davidson , 1974 , pp. 206 — 10 ; Inikoria , 1982 ) . |
| 24 | It had no idea if the private hospitals were in turn charging their patients . |
| 25 | Constance jerked up in bed clutching her throat in terror . |
| 26 | Confused , she sat up in bed raking her hair from her face . |
| 27 | Some time before his entrance , campesinos had rushed and squabbled like geese when another confession box was opened , but now they stood or sat in silence holding their children to them as the liturgy was gone through . |
| 28 | Further away I hear colobus monkeys again , crashing about like drunks after a party , but all I see is branches in motion semaphoring their passing . |
| 29 | Cos Marie 's going in hospital having her operation . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'd been sitting with him in hospital keeping his mind occupied , but when our visiting times changed and he was alone he would lie there and think . |