Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out in the lagoon a few yachts may be loitering , and every few moments the resplendent launch from the Hotel Cipriani sweeps another boat-load of guests , all sun-hats and bright colours , towards St Mark 's . |
| 2 | Grado Cathedral , built on an island in the lagoon a few miles further south , is similar in design but the workmanship is not of such a high standard . |
| 3 | Drifting from an open window came the voice of a tenor singing ‘ O Sole Mio ’ , while out in the lagoon a ship 's siren sounded , and on one of the bridges a man played an accordion . |
| 4 | Whereas in the AKT an upward trend is indicative of success , the reverse is true for the DPQ , that is , the lowering of risk level represents a shift towards having instilled or reinforced responsible drinking attitudes and behaviour . |
| 5 | However , this attempt to end the NPFL offensive failed and fighting was reported to be continuing as the month ended , with the ECOMOG headquarters in the capital a particular target of the rebels . |
| 6 | In a similar fog-related accident in the capital a few days later , the Tourism and Information Minister , Pedro Zambrano , was killed on Dec. 21 . |
| 7 | Or rather , the moral and educational aspects continued through the work of bishops , cathedrals , monasteries , and parish churches , while upon the image of the ruler in the West a new ceremonial character was superimposed . |
| 8 | However , the human disruption caused by the agricultural and industrial revolutions did produce in the West a social environment which was particularly unfavourable to older people . |
| 9 | Those who are born in the Third World have a considerably smaller chance of surviving childhood than those born here — and the same was true of those born in the West a hundred years ago . |
| 10 | When the wind was in the west a sickly smell floated over the pits . |
| 11 | Environmentalists argue that in the West a similar crisis would result in parliamentary hearings and campaigns by pressure groups . |
| 12 | In fact , however , new disappointments followed on Hitler 's confident promises : the bombing , almost unimpeded by German defences , intensified ; the situation on the eastern Front worsened almost by the day ; and in the west an invasion was expected at any time . |
| 13 | She stayed in the sitting-room a lot , reading in the cool shade with the french windows to my garden thrown wide . |
| 14 | Beyond the woods lay a valley and in the valley a lake , where the ruins of a fine Georgian house were reflected on a clear day . |
| 15 | Up in the gallery a careful watch is being kept on sound levels to ensure the noise from the fan is drowned out by the radiophonic wind effect now carrying through the studio 's talkback system and being picked up by the microphones . |
| 16 | Screen metaphors have been developed for each of these areas to make location in the system a graphical attribute . |
| 17 | I sang songs to myself , made up stories , got hungry , rolled around in the sand a bit , rubbed a little of it into my eyes and generally tried to psyche myself up into something that might look like a terrible state for a wee boy to be in . |
| 18 | The next time he is seen , it is in the corridor a floor below , leading to room C-230.4 , beyond the photocopiers , where Professor Bouchard is listening to student presentations in mechanical engineering . |
| 19 | Dexter smiled to himself , recalling his thoughts in the corridor a few minutes before . |
| 20 | He has lost everything and gained a faith , and he knows that in the chapel a flame burns for him . |
| 21 | In the hall a few sleepy serfs cleared away the debris left from the evening meal . |
| 22 | Loretta regarded the room as a refuge from the outside world and , in spite of her discoveries , she was fast asleep next morning when the buzzer on the entryphone sounded in the hall a floor below . |
| 23 | and while he was talking to the woman he saw in the hall an elderly woman , and he said to the woman at the door , is that your mother , she said oh yes she 's with me now , she used to live at Woodbridge . |
| 24 | The oval dining table stood before the rear window , but it held in the middle a model of the house on a low plinth as if it were a museum exhibit , and the eight high-backed dining chairs had been set back against the walls . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've been caught in the middle a bit , ’ explains Billy . |
| 26 | So we resolved to lay out much more clearly what we meant by ‘ living together ’ , and to give every claimant involved in the procedure a printed explanation of the rule and our principles for administering it . |
| 27 | As has just been suggested , and I also mentioned in my speech , yes please , read the rule , it does n't say at every stage and that is all we 're asking for , that at every stage in the procedure a member knows why he or she has n't won the appeal . |
| 28 | For some roles , younger people are deemed by some quarters as more suitable , just as in the theatre a certain role will require a certain age range to portray it . |
| 29 | When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery . |
| 30 | Once we have tasted the intimacy of a whole group being with the Father and hearing his voice , there is placed in the believer a hunger for this that will not go away . |