Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An observer noted that ‘ the day is happily gone by , the dark age has passed over , when the village farrier had a clyster-pipe and bladder in one pocket , and a roll of tow emerging from another , and brandishing his twitch as a weapon of offence and defence , is the only person to whom our domestic animals are entrusted ’ . |
| 2 | Biliary extracorporeal lithotripsy has been considered as one of the alternatives to surgery for the treatment of stones in the bile ducts and in the gall bladder in selected patients . |
| 3 | There may also be a place for preserving a useful gall bladder in young patients with solitary or few stones , who may not reform stones . |
| 4 | The urinary bladder in both sexes acts as a halfway house or store for the urine secreted by the kidneys . |
| 5 | ‘ A mean in all things ’ , Nicholas used to say , ‘ was the only way to effect great things with order and effect ’ ; and he laid great stress on a constant interchange of employments . |
| 6 | What will the answer ‘ No ’ mean in this case ? |
| 7 | Merton for example discusses the social role of the intellectual in public bureaucracy — the ‘ technological ’ wing of social science where the social function of the individual introduces a bias which becomes apparent to the objective scientist . |
| 8 | In addition , he insisted on doing the stunts that were in his power himself , like Lying face-down in freezing mud for a scene that would take almost two days to shoot . |
| 9 | The whole kit is neatly housed in a semi-circular , strong plastic , self-locking carry-case , which can be strapped next to the spare wheel in many cars , and is both convenient and light enough to carry around . |
| 10 | The starting point is an estimate of the nominal expenditure of £261 per child aged 5–17 that would be attracted by an average Borough in Inner London , simply on the basis of the estimated incidence of lone-parent families . |
| 11 | We observed a gradual progression to cirrhosis in one HBV infected allograft . |
| 12 | Firstly , the aetiology of the cirrhosis is somewhat different ; alcoholic liver disease is less common in the elderly but there is an increased prevalence of both cryptogenic cirrhosis and primary biliary cirrhosis in this group . |
| 13 | The pretreatment with a platelet activating factor blocker in this study also prevented the development of morphologic changes in the pancreatic tissue and the increment in plasma amylase concentration . |
| 14 | Religion in Recent Art appeared in 1889 , based on lectures on pre-Raphaelite paintings and Richard Wagner 's Parsifal . |
| 15 | Well documented and detailed evidence is provided in the journal Religion in Communist Lands . |
| 16 | One theme that has emerged throughout this book , however , and which has been reinforced by the analysis presented in this chapter , is the importance of religion in determining people 's political identity . |
| 17 | In the sixties he saw the clergy and the place of religion in Iranian society . |
| 18 | It was partly because of the dominant part played by the Christian religion in that society , with its emphasis on the importance of adherence to rules as the basis for personal conduct and the need for absolute standards in the life of society . |
| 19 | With modem medicines , not to mention the state of religion in contemporary France , time has moved on . |
| 20 | An element which is largely missing from both the Marxist and feminist accounts , in contrast to either the conservative- or liberal-historical approaches , is reference to the role of religion in contemporary society . |
| 21 | He feels his purpose in life is to spread the Christian religion in unexplored places where the people have never heard the word of God . |
| 22 | My Lord , My Lords , to what extent is the teaching of religion in primary schools confined to the religion of the er , er to which the child has been accustomed , has been brought up , erm and er would it not be better if , if it were confined in that way and if the teaching of other religions were postponed until the child were older and in the secondary schools ? |
| 23 | The inexorable way in which it became directed towards , or associated with a ‘ god ’ of some sort , can be regarded as having no other significance than to be a source of evidence that without a god and religion in some form , there would be for man an intolerable vacuum in his existence . |
| 24 | It is necessary to understand the simple distinction between being a non-believer , and even in some respects opposed to religion 's influence , and making a judgement about the theoretical and practical importance of religion in human societies . |
| 25 | Social scientists seem to confuse the two , and because they oppose religion and are unbelievers , they do little work on religion in human societies . |
| 26 | Ultimately , it would attempt to find its basis elsewhere — in rational proofs of the reality of God , in the ( assumed ) self-evident truth of ethical and religious principles , in the spontaneity with which religion in diverse forms arises in human communities . |
| 27 | David Hay , who was director of the Religious Experience in Education Project at Nottingham University , draws attention to the taboo about religion in British society . |
| 28 | The declining importance of religion in social life in general , and in particular the declining influence of Christianity on the great moral questions of the day was ( and is ) the spur to action that has kept the NVALA going for over twenty years . |
| 29 | To delay the attempt to begin to understand religion in these ways is to risk making it very difficult for people ever to understand . |
| 30 | The aim of RE according to the phenomenologists is promoting respect for , and understanding of , religion and its significance for behaviour in such a way as to leave intact pupils ' integrity — it is not educating into religion in any way , but educating about religion understood as more than information because involving a positive and creative approach to pluralism . |