Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1801 the population of England and Wales was under nine million , of whom the great majority lived in rural communities outside London . |
| 2 | One Soviet writer argued in this vein that the EEC proposal was not directed at the neutralisation of Afghanistan at all but at hiding the ‘ undeclared war against the Afghan people ’ . |
| 3 | Her hair clung in damp strands to her forehead , emphasising the whiteness of her face with the starkness of a black border on a mourning card . |
| 4 | Average personal income rose in real terms by as much as 5 per cent per annum in the early 1960s , and continued to grow by an average of more than 1 per cent per year in the 1970s , resuming a level of 2–3 per cent per year in 1983–88 . |
| 5 | That damage occurred in two ways . |
| 6 | No great change occurred in this situation until the outbreak of the crisis and the introduction of the adjustment policies . |
| 7 | Morning and afternoon encircled in one light |
| 8 | Some changes in a competitive direction occurred in value-added networks ( VANs ) , terminals , private branch exchanges ( PBXs ) and local area networks ( LANs ) ; these were mainly intra-company communications areas where IBM was already strongly positioned in terms of products , services and existing customers . |
| 9 | As the sea level rose in Post-glacial times two conflicting physical processes took place : a tendency for the sea to invade the area and to leave behind extensive deposits of marine silt and a tendency for a large-scale development of peat in the districts furthest away from the sea . |
| 10 | During the recent years after the war the university rose in national importance and always had a close connection with the bishop . |
| 11 | The exclusion of women from the paid labour force became in many areas an important part of the development of both working-class ‘ respectability ’ and of notions of working-class manhood . |
| 12 | Chlorine was used at the same time , and one may suppose that confusion arose in many minds about their separate effects . |
| 13 | For two years , Clark , William Waldegrave at the Foreign Office and Nicholas Ridley at the Department of Trade and Industry wrangled in secret memos over the morality of turning a blind eye in exchange for information . |
| 14 | Portia laughed and looked at Katherine 's shapely figure swathed in blue silk , the glow of her bare shoulders darkened by the sun . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , de Craon 's diplomatic skills prevailed and the Lady Yolande , a beautiful figure swathed in costly furs , came on deck and haughtily beckoned Corbett to her side . |
| 16 | She noted the flowers agreeably disposed in a vase on the mantelpiece , the recent issues of magazines arranged upon the table , the Radio Times open upon the desk with a programme encircled in red biro ( a talk on Handel operas ) . |
| 17 | Ironically , the fresh agitation which started on Dec. 6 was based around a programme of satyragraha ( peaceful protest ) so that as violence erupted in other parts of the country , Ayodhya itself remained relatively calm . |
| 18 | The greatest rates of deforestation occurred in Latin America , followed by Africa and Asia . |
| 19 | A rebleeding episode occurred in 11 patients ( 36% ) of the epinephrine group , and five patients ( 16% ) of the epinephrine plus pure alcohol group ( p>0.05 ) . |
| 20 | Intestinal obstruction — episodes of small bowel obstruction occurred in two patients with definite Crohn 's disease ( 20% ) , in three with indeterminate colitis ( 30% ) , and in eight ( 13% ) with ulcerative colitis . |
| 21 | The old bishop stirred restlessly as the wind howled in savage gusts against the castle and , although they had never met , he would have agreed with Corbett : Satan was abroad , his evil gathering like pus in am open wound . |
| 22 | Although revenue tripled in real terms during the seventeenth century the budget was not brought into balance . |
| 23 | According to press reports the fighting erupted in early January when the two factions fought for control of villages in the districts of Kompong Svay and Stoeung . |
| 24 | A major demonstration occurred in early March 1988 on the occasion of the Great Summons prayer festival ( Moinlam Qenmo ) . |
| 25 | On September 1 , 1992 , Dubcek 's chauffeur-driven limousine crashed in heavy rain on a motorway some 60 miles southeast of Prague . |
| 26 | Then Jerk came in one night and tightened our chains . |
| 27 | The wind came in tiny puffs that hardly stirred the sea 's surface . |
| 28 | THE principal protein excreted in male rat urine , urinary α2 -globulin and the homologous mouse protein , major urinary protein , have been well characterized , although their functions remain unclear . |
| 29 | Was the fire brigade hindered in any way ? |
| 30 | The steep , shingled roof shone in varying shades of grey , and there was the terrace in front . |