Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same holds true about the plasma concentrations which , although they were determined by a new ELISA , were within the same range ( 70–350 ng/mL ) in responsive patients from Cameroon and the Congo as in non-responsive patients from the Congo . |
| 2 | Moreover , sex differences in the length of effective reproductive lifespans and in the influence of age on breeding success are likely to be more pronounced in polygynous species than in monogamous ones . |
| 3 | Variation in reproductive success should be greater in males than females in polygynous species but similar in the two sexes in monogamous ones . |
| 4 | Electrons are like spouses in monogamous countries ; there is either one or none . |
| 5 | Given the long dormancy of the virus , some people now in monogamous relationships of several years standing could have become HIV positive before they met their present partner , and be completely unaware of this fact . |
| 6 | Currently it is among the 10 per cent most solvent UK corporations in PAS-score terms . |
| 7 | First , both in his childhood home and in his education in Moravian schools , he was imbued with a deep and warm Christian piety which never left him ; but at the same time he reacted against what he felt to be a too strict insistence by his father and his teachers on doctrinal principles . |
| 8 | Not a large amount in Saudi terms , but enough ; l per cent of every invoice paid out to contractors by the Ministry . |
| 9 | My purpose in the remainder of this chapter is to set out the main principles of exploring multidimensional language states in present-day communities , on the assumption that historical states of language must also have been multidimensional . |
| 10 | The spelling variants for OE ( ht ) overlap with spelling variants for other forms ( from different sources in OE ) , just as phonological variants in present-day studies are found to overlap . |
| 11 | Gorbachev noted that perestroika ( " restructuring " ) was bringing about rapid and unforseen changes which placed " new demands on state and public institutions " , especially the CPSU , which needed " drastically to restructure itself " , to rid itself of authoritarianism , bureaucratism and ideological dogmatism , and to " master the art of political work in present-day conditions " . |
| 12 | One definition of function often found in present-day texts is : " A function is a rule which associates with each element of some set A a single element of a second set B. |
| 13 | Its status as written narrative fiction and its function as a means of communication provide it with the wherewithal to participate actively in present-day debates about the future of social institutions . |
| 14 | It was not conceived that these made up , in present-day terms , a system for securing and guaranteeing quality . |
| 15 | In section 3.3 we turn to the principles of exploring linguistic variation in present-day vernaculars . |
| 16 | As Chapter 2 has indicated , soil erosion has occurred in many different societies and periods of history — in feudal Europe , the Soviet Union , Tsarist Russia , the United States in the 1930s , and in present-day peasantries and under widely differing physical conditions . |
| 17 | It is evident in a curious book , edited by Stephen Heath , Colin MacCabe , and Christopher Prendergast and published in Cambridge in the early 1970s : Signs of the Times : Introductory Readings in Textual Semiotics . |
| 18 | She liked them , read a lot , and in unemotional situations could use them well . |
| 19 | In the past twelve months , Namibia has confiscated eight Spanish trawlers and their cargo and fined the ships ' masters thousands of dollars after they were found guilty of fishing illegally in Namibian waters . |
| 20 | Three Spanish trawlers which had been observed fishing in Namibian waters at the end of March were boarded by South African coastguards and returned to Windhoek . |
| 21 | ‘ I daresay you will , ’ said Nerina , waving cheerfully to the group of smiling students , brightly wrapped in woolly hats and scarves , who now approached her . |
| 22 | Mrs Ives and her husband are most interested in monoclonal antibodies and would , I feel , benefit from your wisdom . ’ |
| 23 | It made it a cosy scene , an effect enhanced by the glow of several candles placed in tall sconces against the wall . |
| 24 | Through lively , lashing , conscientiously structured songs like ‘ Cartoon World ’ , ‘ Boy Girl ’ , ‘ Out Of Control ’ , ‘ Trevor ’ , ‘ Twilight ’ , ‘ The Dream Is Over ’ , ‘ Another Day ’ , ‘ Shadows in Tall Trees ’ , potently splicing the wiggly world and the real world , U2 desperately point out the absurdity and danger of the happiness we 're continually told we enjoy/envy/suffer/ca n't do without . |
| 25 | The advantages of specialisation and the division of labour are available in tall hierarchies , and small and expert sections can easily be incorporated into them . |
| 26 | Urea formaldehyde foam used to be the most common and the cheapest method , but this is not recommended now for use in high exposure areas such as hillsides , or in tall buildings . |
| 27 | Bertero advocates stronger codes to govern the non structural elements , such as ceilings , windows and partitions , in tall buildings . |
| 28 | The Rockingbirds then play the heartfelt ‘ Standing On The Doorstep Of Love ’ , the anthemic hero-tribute ‘ Jonathan Jonathan ’ , and a run of crowd-pleasers that culminates in a cover of ‘ In Tall Buildings ’ which is plain perfect . |
| 29 | Any conversation there was was snatched in odd moments of repose . |
| 30 | But recent reality had also taken its toll : his father 's lamented death , his guitar teacher 's suicide , and that of a cousin ; the presence of his grandfather Klinitsky-Klein , now reduced unhappily to senility in his mother 's house ( at which he would surprise Leonard by encountering him suddenly , in odd moments of clarity , saying , ‘ Oh , yes , you 're the writer , are n't you ? ’ ) created other pressures . |