Example sentences of "[noun] in [det] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How wide is the floodplain of the River Wharfe in this middle course of the valley ? |
| 2 | These procedures offer advantages over other footprinting methods in that relative affinity for individual sites is readily apparent , as is the kinetics of drug-DNA interaction at each site . |
| 3 | ‘ I am constantly painting , scrubbing out and reworking areas of a picture and often marvellous unexpected results will emerge ’ explained Mick Rooney when Julian Halsby asked him about his working methods in this special interview for The Artist |
| 4 | And what about Elizabeth Murray who has yet to be given her due in any European exhibition of contemporary art . |
| 5 | From which peaceful act of recycling , you can tell also how extremely keen they are on rugby football in this south-western corner of France , which is where nearly all the country 's most gifted players and successful teams are . |
| 6 | I did not date the typed copy I made — for Dana could not or would not type , and after we had finished a poem to our common satisfaction , I had to type it out while he rested on the bed — but I am fairly certain it was written soon after I met Dana in that Spanish class for foreigners , which I have noted in my 1957 Letts Diary : ‘ Wednesday , October 16 . |
| 7 | After suffering their worst defeat in any general election since 1968 , the Socialists yesterday repeated their call , to disillusioned left-wing voters and those who had abstained to turn out in force on Sunday , to block too sweeping a right-wing victory . |
| 8 | Now , their main hopes rest on the striker Dariusz Dziekanowski , a deep disappointment to his countrymen when Poland lost to Gary Lineker 's hat-trick in Monterey in 1986 but lately revived by a transfer to Celtic , for whom he vainly scored four goals in that extraordinary roller-coaster of a European tie against Partizan Belgrade at Parkhead 13 days ago . |
| 9 | ‘ I think a wife 's place is by your side , whether it 's in the kitchen or making a programme in some remote corner of the globe , ’ said Keith , who is planning to do Floyd on the Far East next year . |
| 10 | Did you expect me to fall on your neck in some touching display of filial affection ? ’ |
| 11 | Apart from the wide range of orientation techniques used , the fact that orientation techniques are switched from year to year within individual libraries , and the fact that maybe several different techniques might be employed in any single library in any one year , is further illustration of uncertainty in this important area of user education . |
| 12 | I know the Faculty as a whole appreciates your stature as pioneer in this particular area of the field , Dwight , and if you can consolidate your position as the Machin man , you should be a cinch for tenure . |
| 13 | One of Niki 's tactics in that elaborate form of board game called ‘ driver negotiations ’ ( i.e. how does a driver get the best car and the most money ? ) was always to talk to a lot of teams , hinting , not so subtly , that ‘ if the package was right ’ , he could be seduced . |
| 14 | ‘ He gave me tea in that Chinese room of his . |
| 15 | William Dement woke six subjects in this systematic way over a period of six nights , and found that on the first night they did seem to " start all over again " whenever properly woken , so that by the end of the night they had achieved a good deal of slow wave sleep and very little REM sleep . |
| 16 | There was no way to teach a man to read the Bible — a predominant intention in much early education in literacy — which did not also enable him to read the radical press . |
| 17 | As everyone knows who has translated from a foreign language , it is no excuse for a bad translation that the meaning chosen was found in the dictionary ; for the document may be its own dictionary , showing an intention to use words in some special shade of meaning . |
| 18 | He will do all he can to make amends in some small way for the family 's loss and what they 've suffered . |
| 19 | I saw there were some middle-aged men , single or in small groups , who all wore very dark glasses and pencil-thin moustaches , light raincoats hanging effetely from their shoulders in that Spanish fashion of male superiority that is elsewhere considered the mark of a homosexual . |
| 20 | They have existed for centuries , serving as shops , offices , workshops and homes in this bustling corner of the city . |
| 21 | The great and funny thing about chatting and supping the night away at the Wembley Hilton in that picturesque corner of old Middlesex is the mirrors on the ceiling . |
| 22 | In 1326 Scotland and France had concluded a new alliance , the Treaty of Corbeil , under which the French , while not being required to take military action on behalf of the Scots in any future conflict with England , agreed to give them diplomatic support , while the French obtained from the Scots an agreement to attack England in the event of war between the French and the English . |
| 23 | Our images of the house are continually modified by the actual houses we encounter , and our perceptions of their size , shape , order and limitations ; and the effect of this is most pronounced when we engage in attempts to alter , extend , or discover pleasure in some physical aspect of this materiality which may resist these constraints . |
| 24 | duty and pleasure in this 1102nd year of |
| 25 | The two characters play different roles in the conception suggested by the sentence , and it is likely ( though not inevitable ) , that they will continue to play different roles in any future development of the discourse . |
| 26 | One of Walker 's early dispatches , written as the team kicked their heels in some god-forsaken spot in Tibet waiting for bureaucracy , began memorably : ‘ This is the worst place in the world . ’ |
| 27 | What was fascinating to me at the time , was their naming of teachers whom I also recognised , from familiarity with the five or six schools in that particular area of south Oxfordshire : I could immediately apply a cross-bearing as it were of confirmation that what indeed singled out these teachers was a vividness of personality , a cheerful infectious enthusiasm and an unusual energy and commitment . |
| 28 | Without probate of the will or letters of administration , neither executor nor administrator can take any steps in any other court of law , for the executor 's proof of his title , and the administrator 's title itself , can only be given by the Ecclesiastical Court . |
| 29 | Beyond this , it had little economic importance and did not function as a multilateral institution in any proper sense of the term . |
| 30 | There was some measure of idealism and even altruism in this personal concept of my life work . |