Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He holds a number of directorships , is a member of learned institutes , an author , is a recipient of many awards and honours and hold many offices , including some as chairman in a wide range of organisations , including some in the voluntary sector and many concerned with education and training . |
| 2 | Replication meets the need for reliability in a distributed environment . |
| 3 | For Plato in a marvellous metaphor ( Republic 488 ) Demos was a huge , deaf old sea-captain , drugged and overpowered by ignorant riff-raff who take over the wheel themselves — true , except for the word ‘ ignorant ’ . |
| 4 | More than 70 people died during March in a fresh wave of violence in parts of Punjab . |
| 5 | He went for Ward in a crouching run , and Ward just stood there , as though transfixed . |
| 6 | For instance , a particular type of aircraft with specified engines in established weather conditions will , at a known weight , accelerate to the appropriate speed for take-off in a predetermined distance along the runway , following which it will be accelerated to a specified speed and achieve a pre-established rate of climb during which the landing gear will be retracted , taking a known period of time . |
| 7 | Although the positioning of players seems wrong and choice of instruments has presumably been dictated by the need for variety in a tiny space ( the original is quite small ) much remains plausible . |
| 8 | It helps managers when teachers know , for example , that ministers in one government department ( the DES ) blame those of another ( Department of Employment ) for shifts in a national scheme of vocational education . |
| 9 | After much discussion it was agreed that the changes would not be implemented immediately but would be included as proposals in a constitutional referendum . |
| 10 | However , you could use that initial unthinking response to the idea " vicar " to fool your reader , as for instance in a short story , by saying no more about the vicar and elsewhere stating that the murder could have been committed only by a man of enormous physical strength . |
| 11 | Guy ( 1980 ) has concluded from his study of final stop deletion that the individual follows the group norm very closely ; but since we know that scores for different linguistic variables are not distributed within or between groups in a comparable way , we can not conclude that all variables will behave in the same way as the syllable-final alveolar stop . |
| 12 | PIONEERING heart transplant centre Harefield Hospital is earmarked for closure in a National Health Service shake-up , it has been claimed . |
| 13 | Formal consent standards attaching to a discharge may also be a criterion for action in a persistent pollution . |
| 14 | Far from it , for he has matched his chosen designs to the theme of the growth of professionalism in architecture from the formation of the Architects ' Club in 1791 to the founding of the Institute of British Architects in 1837 ; and more than this , for just as architects strove for recognition in a professional world being transformed by the Industrial Revolution and new sciences , so does Worsley show us how this new breed of architect acquired technical proficiencies : in the presentation of drawings , in methods of copying and reproduction , in colour coding , and in advanced modes of perspective . |
| 15 | Moreover , given the disparity in actual salaries , it is unlikely that the more general " managerial labour market " constraint on operation is fully effective since , as we said in chapter 3 , it is likely that the public sector trawls for talent in a different pool , at least in the UK.6 On the assumption that the people actually being appointed were ( unlike their private sector counterparts ) altruistic , this would be no bad thing , but it would be foolish to believe altruism were always the case . |
| 16 | It was Maradona 's first appearance against an Italian outfit since he played for Napoli in a 4–1 defeat by Sampdoria in March 1991 . |
| 17 | She has to turn to Thomas J for friendship in a bitter-sweet comedy that 'll have you reaching for the hankies in no time . |
| 18 | WIMBLEDON have put top players Warren Barton , Robbie Earle and John Scales up for auction in a desperate bid to raise £2 million by the New Year . |
| 19 | Freeman ( 1987 ) and Rothwell ( 1982 ) embed their conceptions of the technological change between waves in a broader confluence of social factors . |
| 20 | It is clear that Lenin 's references to ‘ primitive democracy ’ and the delegation of state functions to ordinary people did not mean that he thought there would be no place for administration in a socialist state . |
| 21 | Alexander considers that ‘ the inherent need for liaison in a two-tier system became a major practical disadvantage of the new local government structure from the moment the legislation was passed ’ ( Alexander 1982b:63 ) . |
| 22 | It will keep for months in a sealed glass jar in a cook , dark place . |
| 23 | On Page 3 , Chris Greentree describes his goal for LASMO in a special message to all employees . |
| 24 | The fascinating psychology of interest and attention have not yet been worked out but they are probably no different for communication than for perception in a broader sense . |
| 25 | They have become part of a stinging indictment of the way the South African police , blase about murder in a brutal society , have been handling this investigation . |
| 26 | It is hardly surprising if at times we falter as believers in a disbelieving age . |
| 27 | STANDARD Chartered yesterday announced plans to sell the bulk of its continental banking operations for £150m in a pan-European tie-up with Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale . |
| 28 | The report showed that BBC expenditure on radio broadcasting reached a record £338.2m in 1991/2 , but said commercial radio stations were vying for revenue in a bigger market place . |
| 29 | It had seemed a good idea , but how could she ask for Dana in a strange shop ? |
| 30 | Such acts come as no surprise from a Government which has implemented measure after measure in a similar vein since 1979 . |