Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By exploring the world in terms of the actions and their effects , young children come to realise that objects can be acted upon in different ways and that actions often result in objects changing their location ; they may be moved to a new place , positioned with respect to other objects or located on surfaces and in containers . |
| 2 | The original costs £890 but you can look much the same for £30 and go wild in accessories to add your own signature . |
| 3 | Solicitors feared the judges ' veto might result in rules limiting their new rights , but the bill lays down a tight framework which will restrict the room for manoeuvre . |
| 4 | Still in chains DO you remember the French student riots of 1968 that almost toppled General de Gaulle ? |
| 5 | Staff senior to the area supervisor play an active part in shaping the standard to be set only rarely , in cases involving what a supervisor described as ‘ very contentious issues : possibly major discharges from the Authority 's own works or from industrial activity where there has been a history of wrangling and debate about standards from that particular section of the industry ’ . |
| 6 | Today augmentations are rarely given , but in times gone they were less rare and were granted to such as Thomas Howard , the victor of Flodden , Sir Winston Churchill of the reign of Charles II , his son John , first duke of Marlborough , Sir Frederick Treves , surgeon to King Edward VII , the Boleyn family for providing Anne to King Henry VIII , Admiral Nelson , the first Duke of Wellington and the Right Honourable Vincent Massey , a Governor-General of Canada . |
| 7 | In the words of Gallopin and Berrera ( 1979 ) ; ‘ They ( the poor ) may be forced to destroy their own environment in attempts to delay their own destruction . ’ |
| 8 | It is easiest to see this in attempts to improve one 's chances of promotion . |
| 9 | A series of shake-ups here has already seen two leading vendors , Georgia , Roswell-based , Computone Systems Inc and the UK firm Specialix Ltd , Byfleet , Surrey , reining back their operations in attempts to re-position themselves . |
| 10 | There is no agreed definition of intelligence although a century of experience has accumulated in attempts to measure it ( Friedman et al . , |
| 11 | The research assesses the success of the course , providing long-term feedback and also case-history material for tutors and organisers and also more general data on the problems and opportunities currently facing small businessmen in attempts to develop their markets . |
| 12 | To increase the reliability of police investigations we need , in the first place , to accept that the cause for flawed police results is generally rooted in serious problems encountered in attempts to determine what happened in the past . |
| 13 | But the situation can be very confusing , as many museums and archaeological sites now also employ models and simulations in attempts to interpret their holdings and make their displays more attractive . |
| 14 | One reason why the shift in emphasis to the broader question of determinism is less helpful than it at first appears is that ‘ the problem of determinism ’ itself lacks a clear formulation , and the difficulty of saying exactly what it consists in is reflected in attempts to relate it to holism . |
| 15 | By then southern and eastern England had been extensively ravaged , and £137,000 paid in attempts to rid it of the enemy . |
| 16 | After the society refused his application he also failed in attempts to have his case taken up by the Building Societies Association and the insurance ombudsman . |
| 17 | Sexism became an issue partly because women were meeting in groups to examine their own experiences and attitudes . |
| 18 | Pluralism is a development of democratic theory and recognises that often individuals can best get their views heard by combining in groups to give them a stronger voice . |
| 19 | It would also apply to persons who deal in futures to hedge their trade liabilities ( such as manufacturers hedging commodity prices ) . |
| 20 | They play in kilts did you know ! |
| 21 | I did n't mind the new litter in Italy ; trash in cities makes me feel comfortable , as increasingly its absence from the streets indicates money , lots of it . |
| 22 | In the third lesson , pupils worked in pairs to produce their own diagram to show the rabbits . |
| 23 | Risk factors identified by univariate analysis were examined in pairs to determine their effect on healing . |
| 24 | this college on fire , eighteen million goes up in flames mind you that 's a boring headline really . |
| 25 | You do n't know the threshold of pain in animals do you ? |
| 26 | I could have stayed in London of course , eating my heart out for you as I have done ever since you put your head down on to your bread and butter here in this room and burst into tears ; but the combination of Christmas , and not having seen you in months drove me to a railway station and this morgue of a house . |
| 27 | And standing in lifts wondering what people are thinking and watching how they carry themselves . |
| 28 | On balance , they believe it to be a flexible enough approach to SSE to be applicable to different school circumstances , to be institutionally penetrating and to be capable of bringing about changes in schools using it . |
| 29 | Home Economics ' lessons in schools teach you useful skills which will help you to become independent as you grow up . |
| 30 | The only area health board which provided a written policy statement on health education in schools made it clear that direct pupil contact was not part of its role . |