Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That evening I went to see an old friend ( that is , old in years ) in case out of the experience of a long life she might bring forth words of wisdom . |
| 2 | However , you should not forget that there are low-key happenings which can also make excellent video and help in building up to the climaxes . |
| 3 | Over the centuries all the world 's religions have accumulated vast amounts of scriptures , as generation after generation struggled with the problems of defining an ever-growing variety of gods ; of endeavouring to explain the origins of the earth and the universe , ; of setting out independently the rights and wrongs of almost everything , ; of justifying caste systems and privilege by birth ; of seeking to instil a belief in an afterlife ; of explaining the complexities of simple and compound reincarnation , ; of building an hierarchy , sometimes with well-paid officers , ; of introducing rituals , rules and forms of worship , and combating ever growing scepticism until the whole world and all life would seem to be in existence solely for the purpose of providing space for this monstrous dumping ground for the products of centuries of speculative and ineffective effort . |
| 4 | As an economic concept , its fortunes have waxed and waned in response largely to the demand for labour by industry and the availability of labour reserves in the general population . |
| 5 | In-Service needs are ever expanding , in response both to the demands of the national Curriculum , Local Management of Schools and the definition of denominational identity . |
| 6 | If there is such a thing as a simulation in the same relation to suffering as imagination to perception , it is in response not to a real but to a fictitious situation ; it is the emotion of the actor revelling in the part of a tragic hero . |
| 7 | Er in Belgium of course in eighteen thirty erm a nationalist revolt broke out in response really to the French revolution of that year . |
| 8 | Negotiations had been in progress sporadically since the 1970s and covered property in the areas of East Prussia , eastern Poland , the Baltic states and Bessarabia occupied by the Soviet Union . |
| 9 | The Prince 's speech was understood to have arisen in part out of a series of consultations with leading environmentalists , including Jonathon Porritt , Professor David Pearce , Richard Sandbrook — Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development — and Economist environment editor Frances Cairncross . |
| 10 | It could be in orbit either around the sun or around the center of the galaxy . |
| 11 | The great theme of the advocates of constitutionalism , in contrast either to the theorists of utopianism , or of absolutism , of the right or of the left , has been the frank acknowledgment of the role of government in society , linked with the determination to bring that government under control and to place limits on the exercise of its power . |
| 12 | Ever since the time of Jean-Jacques Rousseau there has been art whose aim has been the renewal of society , but it has had no effect beyond that of producing testimonials ( even if controversial ones ) of what we call the ‘ real ’ world , in contrast perhaps with the unreal world of art . |
| 13 | She turned slowly to face the forbidding figure standing in semi-darkness halfway up the stairs . |
| 14 | It is inconceivable that he should proceed in reliance solely upon the consent of an under-age patient , however ‘ Gillick competent , ’ in the absence of supporting parental consent and equally inconceivable that he should proceed in the absence of the patient 's consent . |
| 15 | After tomorrow the annual financial statement and programme will be announced in Parliament round about the end of November or the beginning of December . |
| 16 | Similarly , Wolfson attributes her unsuccessful interview with the restaurant owner to a mismatch of age , sex and status in addition perhaps to the particularly low social esteem accorded to a young woman . |
| 17 | The latest reduction , agreed after several days of wildcat strikes beginning on April 27 and involving some 250,000 employees , averted the prospect of a national strike in support also of an 8.5 per cent pay rise . |
| 18 | It is a pity that , at a time when there is a resurgence of interest in jazz here in the province , the most experienced writer will no longer be read on a regular weekly basis . |
| 19 | This constant cycle of warfare , involving fleets as mighty as the Spanish Armada , had kept Bouton in isolation up to the present day . |
| 20 | While the areas of sky and water dried with two wings of the picture , the banks with trees and spire were put in dark enough for the water to clean light against them . |
| 21 | In summer the reedbeds resound to the songs of reed and sedge warblers , and in spring up to a dozen bitterns boom mysteriously from the reeds . |
| 22 | And Post Office United will be in action again at the Junior Stadium , Sydenham on Tuesday September 14 , when they take on Belfast Amazons for the Premier Cup . |
| 23 | And Post Office United will be in action again at the Junior Stadium , Sydenham on Tuesday September 14 , when they take on Belfast Amazons for the Premier Cup . |
| 24 | Now Witney Town are in action tonight in the first round , first leg of the Southern League Cup against Gloucester ; special guest tonight will be the Sheffield Wednesday manager , Ron Atkinson . |
| 25 | In action how like an angel ! |
| 26 | The British ‘ compromise ’ is in practice closer to the American than Scandinavian model . |
| 27 | This is because each program in the category is content-free , highly versatile , limited in practice only by the user 's imagination . |
| 28 | In Britain , unlike the United States , there are no primary elections and the selection of a candidate is in practice usually in the hands of a small group of party activists . |
| 29 | distinction between attempting to respond on the basis of behaviour , or a response based on whether or not there 's a victim , can carry you a certain way , but I was just thinking of some of the discussions we 've had in college recently about the sort of behaviour with which we feel uncomfortable , and I have to say that sometimes it would be difficult to identify a given victim or , you know , a group of given victims . |
| 30 | At no other time has either left or right been able to form a government without the support of the FOP , which has therefore been the essential junior partner in coalition either with the CDU/CSU or , less often , with the SPD . |