Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In my experience the crucial factor is simply one of opportunity .
2 In my experience the best setting for groups or individuals is a comfortably furnished room , not too reverberant , with plain , unobtrusive decor and a choice of armchairs and upright chairs which are easily shifted depending on the particular grouping needed for the activity ( one-to-one discussion , four grouped round a table , two rows facing each other , a circle and so on ) .
3 The interesting thing about this — in my experience the first ever co-ordinated attempt to find a target — was that despite the assurance of all the enthusiasts to the scheme ( one Plt Off Leonard Cheshire included ) that the run was made with great care , not one of a dozen or more taking part in this quite unofficial experiment claimed to have ever seen one of the other 's flares or Very lights .
4 In my experience the unexpected response ‘ children ’ causes the questioner to smile in puzzlement and change the subject .
5 In my experience the smart rejoinder to a put down usually occurs to me on the bus on the way home , but at least some of my guests were quick thinking enough to exact their revenge …
6 Although the political will has been expressed in vigorous , interesting and dramatic terms at international conferences , in my judgement the political will to follow through that policy right across the globe to a degree that will be effective does not exist .
7 I got in my bed the other night it were red hot , I thought ooh God I must n't put it on too early , you know !
8 Jessie Young fired my imagination with her tales of warfare , politics and terror at Berwick , and fanned in my heart the first flames of a lifelong fascination with Scotland 's history .
9 Twenty children were flown to Croydon , and ‘ They were all cheerfully sick , enticed by the little paper bags , except a baby of one who slept peacefully in my lap the whole time . ’
10 In my day the only coaches we had were called charabancs and had four wheels and a man in a peaked hat . ’
11 In my case the third effect is that someone shouts ‘ Stop leaning forward ! ’
12 In my constituency the Rutherglen Liberal Democrats supported the privatisation of care for the elderly .
13 In my garden the yellow Welsh poppy , Meconopsis cambrica , Corydalia lutea , alkanet , the evening primrose , Oenothera perennis , Alchemilla mollis and forget-me-nots seed themselves freely around .
14 In my book the only time a manager should consider resigning is when he starts believing his own programme notes .
15 The general implications of this view of life are explained and elaborated in my book The Extended Phenotype , and I sha n't repeat the arguments here .
16 In my opinion the European Parliament is very expensive and will get worse .
17 In my opinion the best law change alongside the tackle law .
18 But in my opinion the best way to recover your memory is to stay close to the place where you lost it . ’
19 In my opinion the true rule is that the definition applies only where there is an element of bounty .
20 In my opinion the true themes of religion are being lost in all the disputes surrounding it and the fact the religion is a force for the good needs to promoted .
21 In my opinion the communicative activities suggested by the Teacher 's Extras for Departures and Connections are most interesting .
22 IN my opinion the loveliest of all the dales , Dentdale is also the most secluded , cut off both by the hills which hem its stern and western ends and by the narrowness of the roads that lead in and out of it .
23 There are many continuing themes in this novel and in my opinion the main theme is that of contentment .
24 In my opinion the hardest task on the holding is to overcome inertia , to make a start on the daunting task .
25 In my opinion the Italian Federation should even now refund substantial sums of money to all the countries that attended for the dreadful food and facilities .
26 ‘ I just have this terrible fluttering in my stomach the whole time .
27 Deep in my stomach the whirling pits started a few trial revolutions and it was n't down to the meat pie I 'd had .
28 In my area the local district council is Labour controlled .
29 We were dyeing popcorn , of all things , in two bowls of red and yellow Dolly-dye in my sink the next morning when I heard John moving about .
30 I remember feeling sad one minute and shoving a giant cookie in my mouth the next . ’
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