Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very fact that there are bodies in existence whereby such matters can be mulled over , experiences exchanged and ‘ fixes ’ established bodes more than well for the safe operation of such aircraft . |
| 2 | This type of story shows that the pursuit of ‘ little crime ’ can have some satisfaction and legitimacy , which explains in part why most policemen and women pursue it diligently while deprecating it . |
| 3 | Indeed the Street Offences Bill was in Parliament not much more than a year after the Report had been published . |
| 4 | In antiracism as much as in multiculturalism , the absence of any serious engagement with issues around sexuality in the ‘ irrationality ’ of popular racism is symptomatic of a rationalist understanding of pedagogies and educational processes . |
| 5 | the Milton keynes kings are in action too this weekend … they 're at home to Romford on Sunday … also playing at home the Oxford City Stars … they face Sunderland |
| 6 | But is does seem clear that at various times the Levellers did allow that in practice not all men would be enfranchised by their proposals . |
| 7 | Theoretical transfer pricing is all very well , but in practice not many companies will know their marginal cost and revenue functions . |
| 8 | Theoretical transfer pricing is all very well , but in practice not many companies will know their marginal cost and revenue functions . |
| 9 | In theory , the captain of a ship was entitled to take into his ship as midshipmen , volunteers , or captain 's servants any of the sons of his friends who hoped for a naval career , but in practice even this form of entrance patronage was limited and largely in the hands of flag-officers , for it would be a captain with a liking for half-pay who would refuse the requests of an influential admiral . |
| 10 | It is perfectly possible to imagine that memories are coded for negatively , by reducing the level of some substance or process , although in practice nearly all research seems to be devoted to trying to identify increases . |
| 11 | Independence was not compromised , it was stated , and although the identification of causes deserving of support and finance from the advice agency might be questionable , in practice only those problems which gave real cause for community concern could be pursued successfully because of the need for public support . |
| 12 | In practice much more of counselling focuses upon perceptions and feelings rather than upon facts and the end result most commonly is helping the sufferer to focus upon a question rather than an answer . |
| 13 | While it could be , and was , argued that the contemplative knowledge of God should inform the goals of active life for all men , it was acknowledged that in practice very few individuals could combine both states in balance . |
| 14 | This showed that in practice relatively few , one in ten , of those who had spent any time in residential homes were thought to have been admitted ‘ too late ’ ; this proportion was a quarter for those who had not spent any time in a residential home . |
| 15 | There are in India a variety of systems of home leave , furlough , early release and parole , but in practice relatively few prisoners benefit . |
| 16 | Three years earlier , Churchill had signalled a similar acceptance on the part of the Tories when he said , ‘ Party differences are now in practice mainly those of emphasis ’ ( quoted Gilmour , 1977 , p. 20 ) . |
| 17 | The testimonium should therefore read as follows : IN WITNESS whereof this Deed has been executed by the parties hereto and is intended to be and is hereby delivered on the day first before written |
| 18 | It is obvious that in future very few council houses will be built , and in 1987 sales exceeded total completions by local authorities , new town corporations , and housing associations by more than four to one . |
| 19 | In one text Paul appears to be of the same view ; but in another Papinian takes the opposite line , on the basis that the testator had in mind not that payment should be made only if a condition of surviving to a certain age was met , but that payment should be deferred to that point in time . |
| 20 | Greenblatt has in mind here that extraordinary moment when Faustus seals his pact with the devil by uttering Christ 's dying words on the cross : ‘ consummatum est ’ . |
| 21 | It needs to be borne in mind here that for many community languages there is not a single institution in Britain offering degree courses . |
| 22 | Since , as Leech and Short ( 1981 ) point out , every writer ( and speaker ) necessarily makes choices of expression , there is , on this view , no neutral style.6 However , in contrast with Leech and Short ( 1981 : 19 – 24 , 38 ) , I do not have in mind simply those choices made from amongst the modes of expression made possible by the language . |
| 23 | Since then , urea glues have been much improved and we have two new synthetics in particular , resorcinol formaldehyde and epoxy resins which , though they are rather expensive , have nearly all the technical virtues , bearing in mind however that epoxy resins frequently cause dermatitis . |
| 24 | And I have pointed out in my papers that you must bear in mind perhaps that er quite a number of Rich er quite a number of the districts in North Yorkshire are of county scale in their sheer size and that therefore it is not inappropriate that at that level that the policies would be refined . |
| 25 | Provided that , as you develop the original idea , you keep it in mind constantly that jealousy is your theme . |
| 26 | My contractions started at midnight — not very considerate bearing in mind how much I need my sleep . |
| 27 | It is therefore useful to bear in mind how these views have evolved over recent years . |
| 28 | Bearing in mind too that as a non-taxpayer you can open an account in just your name and so enable all the interest to be declared gross . |
| 29 | At the same time it should be borne in mind that much of the recent growth in employment in the service industries h-as been in part-time work . |
| 30 | This was no mean achievement , bearing in mind that much of the action takes place in the contestants ’ changing room . |