Example sentences of "in [noun] [noun] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There exists in West Belfast a chronic housing shortage and poor levels of disrepair , some of the worst in the North of Ireland . |
| 2 | Yet in West Belfast a different kind of exclusion is equally keenly felt . |
| 3 | Actions against the biggest American firms are rare — so rare as to make the FTC 's current investigation of the business practices of Microsoft in computer software a real surprise . |
| 4 | The main aim of a modelling language is to establish in computer terms a rational environment in which the complex methodology for policy design and model analysis can be implemented . |
| 5 | Similarly , in South America a whole range of peculiar mammals evolved largely in isolation , including giant sloths , specialized grazing species , and the extraordinary glyptodonts ( see p. 100 ) . |
| 6 | Yes an I mean and I mean in winter time a wooden sole and a clog they wer they were nice and warm cos I mean you only used to polish 'em you used to put oil on them . |
| 7 | Peers , and later MPs , will be offered in committee stage a free vote either to permit licensing of research for up to 14 days after creation of an embryo in vitro , or an absolute ban . |
| 8 | ‘ In East Germany a fascinating chapter of history is being written by the people . |
| 9 | In art history a large part of electronic data processing takes the form of cataloguing works of art , and only a small proportion of research concerns pattern recognition or digitization of images ; in musicology it has only recently become possible to study scores directly input to the computer without the mediation of alphanumeric code . |
| 10 | For the full-time M.Ed. in Education Studies a one-term option course is provided in ‘ Language and Learning ’ ( 10 students ) ; up to c. 5 students will be supervised for M.Ed. dissertations on aspects of language in the school curriculum . |
| 11 | However , it would be useful to include in credit transactions a formal reminder to lender and customer that the decision to lend is not a matter of chance or prejudice , and ( as it generally does ) reflects the objective facts of the applicant 's ability and willingness to pay . |
| 12 | In Smolensk guberniia a long list of bridges , points , and crossings had been blown up in military action . |
| 13 | In edit mode a red LED comes on and the pedals select individual effects , in the same way that you 'd switch between a row of compact effects pedals . |
| 14 | In Pima Indians a considerable body of work favours a selective insulin resistance in muscle as the metabolic expression of the thrifty genotype . |
| 15 | Because it works by external combustion , the engine could in theory power a pollution-free vehicle and run on almost any fuel . |
| 16 | In fact , in contrast to those countries in which trade unions form virtually a single channel of representation for workers ( as in Britain ) , in West Germany a dual system exists . |
| 17 | In West Germany a British Army officer in civilian clothes , Maj. Michael Dillon-Lee , was shot dead in Dortmund on June 2 , and on June 14 a bomb damaged a British Army training centre in Hamelin . |
| 18 | The concluding rounds of the peace negotiations , which had been held sporadically over the past 20 months , began under UN auspices in Mexico on Nov. 25 following the declaration of a unilateral FMLN ceasefire on Nov. 16 and recommenced in New York on Dec. 16 ; Pérez de Cuéllar , whose term of office expired only a few minutes after the signature of the agreement , had made the issue of peace in El Salvador a personal crusade . |
| 19 | This all sounds highly desirable and there are without doubt major savings to be made , but as with all investments in information technology a cautious approach is recommended . |
| 20 | This was very common in the past and I 'm sure many shop stewards here who 've dealt with redundancies in the past , know about the poor members who get quite a nice lump sum redundancy , but in fact , they 've only been in pension schemes a short while , so they ca n't provide for themselves in old age , once they 've spent the redundancy money . |
| 21 | In school textbooks a certain amount of information is given , for example in a maths problem . |
| 22 | In North Africa a Christian militancy developed , and the supreme ambition was to be granted a martyr 's crown . |
| 23 | F. In North Wales a small coalfield near Wrexham has been declining from 24 pits in 1930 to just 2 in 1983 . |
| 24 | A fourth taxi driver told the police he escaped a murder attempt in north Belfast a short time later , claiming he spotted a black Mini car carrying two men who pulled on masks and produced a gun when they approached his car on the Antrim road . |
| 25 | In New Zealand a natural gas to petrol plant should begin production by 1985 while Australia could become a major source of synfuels by the end of the century . |
| 26 | In New York a new generation of designers is eschewing the American sportswear direction and instead looking towards an American lady of a mid-fifties vintage for inspiration . |
| 27 | ‘ Did you know that in New York a significant number of burglaries are now perpetrated by women ? ’ |
| 28 | In Chapter 7 we shall find that there is in quantum theory a radical in-ability to pin things down which goes beyond the simple considerations outlined here . |
| 29 | Northern Ireland 's problem is different from that of either Scotland or Wales in that there exists in Northern Ireland a substantial minority which fears oppression by the majority and if any scheme is to be adopted it must meet these fears . |
| 30 | Another letter from 34 congressmen asked Mr Clinton to make ‘ the issue of ending strife in Northern Ireland a top priority in their relations with the United Kingdom ’ and called for a relaxation of US visa restrictions on ‘ political refugees ’ from Ireland . |