Example sentences of "in a [noun] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a sense it failed through the same sort of determination that gained him the earlier success on April 27th . |
| 2 | One of the great issues in the revolutionary struggle of the seventeenth century ( and in a sense it had gone on ever since and , indeed , even before Magna Carta in 1215 ) , culminating in the Bill of Rights 1689 , was as to the liability of the subject to be taxed by the Crown without his consent as expressed by his representatives in Parliament and it was an issue resolved against the Crown and in favour of the subject . |
| 3 | In a sense it had . |
| 4 | Indeed , in London the Alliance made large gains in Tower Hamlets , but in neighbouring Islington it held only one seat in a council it had previously controlled . |
| 5 | She was , he guessed , in her late thirties , and was uncompromisingly plain in a way it struck him few women nowadays were . |
| 6 | In this way the Union successfully mobilized the population to take control in a way it had never done before , and to identify and overcome both health and social problems which had not previously been tackled . |
| 7 | But everything else had been alive and splendid in a way it had not been for years . |
| 8 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |
| 9 | In a way it made her feel like a traitor to her brother . |
| 10 | In a way it made it worse . |
| 11 | Nigel remarked gloomily that he did n't suppose it would make the programmes any better , but in a way it did . |
| 12 | In a way it did n't surprise me , because I 'd already had a taste of what he was up to with that land . |
| 13 | In a way it functioned for us like window shopping : a random five minute slice of a feature would enable us to decide whether to see the whole thing at the Shoals , Princess or Majestic in Florence , when it resurfaced there . |
| 14 | In a way it mirrored the original kidnapping itself , and carried almost equal risks for everyone concerned . |
| 15 | However , it agreed to a demand that Gdlyan and Ivanov be dismissed from working in the Procuracy , and in a resolution it warned them that their parliamentary immunity from prosecution could yet be withdrawn if they persisted in making " groundless " statements attacking the country 's leaders . |
| 16 | In a statement it said : Not only must there be a history of absconding for individuals to qualify — there must also be significant grounds to believe they will either harm themselves or other people if they do abscond . |
| 17 | Grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory , Haffey let in a shot it seemed easier to save . |