Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gonzalo Perez was appointed by Philip II to this position in 1556 ; and from 1567 the work was controlled by two secretaries , one handling relations with the imperial , French and English courts , the other the Italian affairs which bulked so large in the Spanish scheme of things . |
| 2 | Their answers result in the supreme irony of lorry-loads of young men , having scraped together some money from their extended family , travelling for days in the backs of trucks as tight-packed as rush-hour subway trains . |
| 3 | One arises from the increase in the sheer quantity of texts to be read , heard and ( ideally ) expounded , some of them very difficult both for preachers and for their congregations . |
| 4 | It has no affiliation to any preservation society or other national group , being established merely as a focal point for those wishing to , either , exchange information on current steam operation worldwide , or , to indulge in the sheer nostalgia of days bygone . |
| 5 | In the postulated series of events breach of the endothelial barrier would expose sub-endothelial smooth muscle cells and connective tissue to plasma constituents including lipoproteins , platelets and macrophage-type mononuclear cells ( Harker & Ross , 1979 ) . |
| 6 | It is currently in the final stages of negotiations for a very important order from Malaysia which , had it not been the competitive and effective yard that it now is , it would have had no chance of getting . |
| 7 | He claims to have played a vital role in the final stages of negotiations to bring the long-awaited community hospital to East Cleveland and he has an active interest in cleaning up local beaches . |
| 8 | There are abundant examples of good new uses for churches and many of these have only emerged in the final stages of battles over individual churches . |
| 9 | Another said , ‘ I have been thoroughly happy with this diet , though I must admit I do enjoy bread , fruit and salads in the normal way of things . |
| 10 | Some of the crew puffing after only half an hour or so , which is n't surprising as the only exercise they take in the normal run of things is putting their legs under a table and aiming their snouts at the trough . |
| 11 | In the normal run of things I would have had no business there , no access . |
| 12 | Either Hess will name me — which God forbid he should be stupid enough to do — or I will be contacted in the normal run of things . |
| 13 | In the normal run of things , had a verbal warning been necessary — which it certainly was n't — then it was without question that Naylor Massingham would certainly not have wasted his precious time on such trips , but would have delegated one of his underlings to do it . |
| 14 | In the normal run of events these would never come to my notice , but on this occasion I was going to make a plea of mitigation on his behalf and hoped that the Bench would release their prisoner into my care and he would be summarily dealt with in accordance with Air Force Law . |
| 15 | A mother advising her daughter to beware of men is likewise in the normal course of things . |
| 16 | In the normal course of things he was benevolent , but absent : he did not allow himself to be drawn either in anger or in passion . |
| 17 | " In the normal course of things we 'd not treat such a disappearance seriously . " |
| 18 | Not , he wrote ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , that here in London one is cut off from such supplies in the normal course of events , but that work can not begin until one knows one will not have to bother with such things , for a while at least . |
| 19 | There is also a formal element of crime detection , although in the normal course of events all they encounter is shoplifting and parking offences . |
| 20 | In the normal course of events they will only be seen en masse after the Trooping of the Colour and on Christmas morning at Windsor ; and the wisdom passed from experienced staff to newcomers is never to put them on stage together . |
| 21 | Your copies of the books will follow in the normal course of events and should be with you soon . |
| 22 | Three Vee 's copies of the Activity Book will follow in the normal course of events and should be with you soon . |
| 23 | In the normal course of events this would have been ‘ tidied up ’ — wiped out as part of the scheme and conveniently buried . |
| 24 | In the normal course of events he would have died years ago . |
| 25 | It seemed to my amused eyes that the two chefs were in chilly unfriendliness , marking out their territories , each , in the normal course of events , being accustomed to being the boss . |
| 26 | In the normal course of events , one would expect those high standards to suffice for more than five years ; but these are not normal times . |
| 27 | This explanation is then offered to others with the intention of getting them to agree that circumstances conspired to prevent you from performing with the excellence and flair that you would , in the normal course of events , have displayed . |
| 28 | It is useful , therefore , to be able to adopt an attitude of temporary self-indulgence towards habits or feelings that , in the normal course of events , you may struggle with or be trying to change . |
| 29 | In the normal course of events , such agencies can be relied upon to pursue conscientiously the president 's programme . |
| 30 | The executive branch in Britain is firmly in charge of the budgetary process with the legislature , in the normal course of events , little more than a cypher . |