Example sentences of "in [adj] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One night when there was an air raid alert on , and we were trying in vain to sleep through the usual ‘ noises off ’ , mainly the big anti-aircraft guns situated it seemed at the end of the garden , there was suddenly the most appalling crash immediately over our heads . |
| 2 | Even so , they listened , and their disapproval of Wolf was in any case balanced by the enthusiasm of von Humboldt , the brothers Schlegel and , for a time , Goethe too , who " drank to his health " in 1796 in celebration of the study of Homer , corresponded with him , and attended his lectures . |
| 3 | The stock exchange was , of course , abolished in 1948 as part of the transition to a Stalinist political and economic system . |
| 4 | Feynman became well known in 1948 for work on the quantum theory of light . |
| 5 | Year of foundation : 1961 , replacing the Organization for European Economic Co-operation ( OEEC ) which had been set up in 1948 in connection with the Marshall Plan . |
| 6 | The newest unit , raised in 1986 as part of the TA 's expansion programme , is B ( Somme ) Company of 6th/7th Battalion , The Queen 's Regiment , an infantry unit . |
| 7 | Our view of the Bill has been expressed most clearly by the Government themselves in their White Paper , ’ The Prison Disciplinary System of England and Wales ’ , which was published in 1986 in response to the Prior committee report . |
| 8 | The drawing had been published in 1935 in connection with the painting , yet both consignor and Sotheby 's had been ignorant of this . |
| 9 | He died in 1167 of plague after the defeat of the army near Tusculum . |
| 10 | The concession agreement between the Anglo-Iranian oil company and the government of Iran was concluded in 1933 as part of the settlement of a dispute between that government and the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | They are non-matching spires , the north , the Clocher Neuf being rebuilt in 1506–13 in contrast to the Clocher Vieux of 1145–70 . |
| 12 | Would the Prime Minister really find it advisable to appear in public in opposition to the famous Mr Robinson ? |
| 13 | Yorkist appointments included John Mowbray , Duke of Norfolk , in 1461 , and Henry Bourchier , Earl of Essex , in 1462 , successively as Justices of the Forests south of Trent , and Richard , Duke of Gloucester , the future Richard III , in 1472 as Justice of the northern forests . |
| 14 | Drilling activity will be reduced in 1993 in line with the Group 's intention to reduce expenditure . |
| 15 | Hermínio Fernandes Martinho , the president of the Democratic Renewal Party ( Partido Renovador Democrático — PRD ) , which had been launched in 1985 in support of the then President , Gen. António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes [ see p. 33740 ] , resigned in February 1990 . |
| 16 | The Democratic Renewal Party , founded in 1985 in support of the then President Ramalho Eanes , failed to secure enough votes to return a representative to parliament . |
| 17 | Robinson , 46 , a lawyer associated with human rights and civil liberties work , had resigned from the Labour Party in 1985 in protest at the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 18 | Saouma announced in March 1990 that an independent commission of inquiry under a former Swedish Prime Minister , Ola Ullsten , was to be set up to investigate the slow progress of the action plan for the tropical rainforests , set up in 1985 in collaboration with the UNDP and the World Resources Institute . |
| 19 | The implications of this problem are explored in detail in 6.5 with reference to the variables ( Ε ) and ( o ) in Belfast . |
| 20 | Bristol had previously been heavily involved in the Iceland trade , but had been coming under pressure from increasing Hanse power there , and its merchants may well have been looking for alternative supplies of fish — it is worth stressing that the ships sent out in 1481 in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ were carrying a large quantity of salt ( 45 , pp.188–9 ; 94 , pp.177–82 ) . |
| 21 | This had dropped to fewer than 200 animals in 1979 in spite of a conservation programme since 1976 , largely because of its relative similarity to the Blonde which led to a high degree of crossing . |
| 22 | The Council 's role was largely superseded by a new top level consultative body , the Rail Council , created in 1979 in response to the Labour government 's promotion of industrial democracy in the nationalized industries . |
| 23 | The system of Select Committees was reformed in 1979 in line with the recommendations of the 1978 Report of the Select Committee on Procedure . |
| 24 | On Dec. 20 the Riksdag approved the Social Democratic government 's plans to apply in 1991 for membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 25 | As you know , the Society has accepted an invitation from BAGA to send a team to Amsterdam in 1991 as part of the British Team to participate in the 9th World Gymnaestrada . |
| 26 | Finland 's gross domestic product ( GDP ) had fallen by 6.2 per cent in 1991 in part as a result of the collapse of Finland 's traditional Soviet markets , and the government had devalued the markka in November 1991 [ see p. 38587 ] . |
| 27 | The conference ended on a note of renewed militancy by calling for a " mass action " campaign in 1991 in favour of an interim government , a constituent assembly and the abolition of the tricameral Parliament ( which had separate chambers for whites , coloureds and Indians , and none for blacks ) . |
| 28 | His chemical skill was further evidenced by his experimental findings in 1751 in support of the famous fever powder patented by Dr Robert James [ q.v. ] and by his patent specification of 1753 for a very successful cordial bitter tincture . |
| 29 | At Andover in 1489 Sir Nicholas Lisle , hereditary warden of Chute Forest , was removed from office for unlawfully killing a score of deer , and for numerous offences relating to the forest covert and pastures ; he was , however , able to recover his office in 1500 on payment of a fine . |
| 30 | After various appointment in the Birmingham area he was consecrated auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool in 1969 with responsibility for the pastoral care of five deaneries — Wigan , Chorley , Leigh , Ashton and Leyland . |