Example sentences of "[noun prp] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The radicals of the Agency committee were as concerned as Buxton in his plea to the slaves on the eve of their emancipation that they ‘ by every motive of duty , gratitude and self interest … do their part towards the peaceful termination of their bondage ’ . |
| 2 | Thus the conventions expressed a provincial assertiveness and dissatisfaction at both parliamentary manoeuvre and the sense of apartness manifested by Buxton in his parliamentary role . |
| 3 | He named Mark Flatts in his squad at Sheffield United only a week after giving 18-year-old Ian Selley his debut . |
| 4 | Below : The Dreadnoughts did not operate to Fleetwood in their heyday , and it is only the restored car 59 which has appeared there in recent years . |
| 5 | It also involved a sensational TV interview martin Crowe had with his brother Jeff in which he revealed he had been asked to resign as captain on the fourth day of the third Test . |
| 6 | Industry gadfly Judith Hurwitz in her new vehicle ToolWatch predicts ‘ NT will stumble . ’ |
| 7 | It was within 30 minutes of a wake ordered by Mrs Rinehart in her own mansion in old-money Dalkeith . |
| 8 | Paddick had just finished his run as Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady at Drury Lane . |
| 9 | Strictly visual language to make scientific points had been used as early as 1555 by Pierre Belon in his Oiseaux , where he put the skeleton of a man and a bird side by side to demonstrate their unity of plan , or homology . |
| 10 | But they wo n't have injured duo John Hendrie and Willie Falconer in their bid to down the Reds . |
| 11 | ‘ We considered that but Sir John Dacourt , an honest old soldier , was with Falconer in his room when he broached the bottle . |
| 12 | Rachel asked the switchboard to page Dr Markham in his meeting , then she sent for Greg and the factory ambulance . |
| 13 | A black-clad Famlio contingent had a marched through the door , with Pulvidon in its midst , blank-faced and hot-eyed . |
| 14 | The Arab League envoy Lakhdar Ibrahimi took the plan to all the various Lebanese parties during July , visiting Gen. Aoun in his Baabda headquarters on at least three occasions . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , yes , work , ’ said Dr Neil in his rather hateful way , as though every word she said was dubious in itself , and , even though they were , Sally-Anne could not help feeling righteously indignant . |
| 16 | There is , however , some conflict between detail provided by Gregory in his Histories and that to be found in his other works ; moreover earlier evidence is at odds both with specific points in the Histories , and also with their general interpretation , which sees Clovis 's reign as the manifestation of divine support granted to the king after his conversion . |
| 17 | Hyperactivity and aggression was defused within days of radical diet changes , according to Dr Peter Mansfield in Which ? |
| 18 | Not that Evan in his youth was one of these . |
| 19 | They LIED last Tuesday in their weekly works ' newsletter when they said : ‘ Reprocessing has been temporarily halted because of maintenance work . ’ |
| 20 | As the princess arrived back in London , amid new rumours of a marriage rift , it was disclosed that 11-month-old Louis Lonsdale , the only son of Laura and James Lonsdale , died on Tuesday in his cot . |
| 21 | As the princess arrived back in London , it was disclosed that 11-month-old Louis Lonsdale , the only son of Laura and James Lonsdale , died on Tuesday in his cot . |
| 22 | Could we , could we have it from next Tuesday in my room ? |
| 23 | This suddenly appeared to confirm an impression gathered by Vanderbank in their contact , a strange sense that his visitor was so agitated as to be trembling in every limb . |
| 24 | The Reverend John Walker in his " Report on the Hebrides " 1764 and 1771 writes " There is not the smallest appearance of coal in Ila . " |
| 25 | The irrepressible Kay Ward , famous for her naughty jokes and amazing vocal talents has a new alternative show for those of stronger morals , and guess what ? no saucy comments , just sensational singing from Kay in her new , smut-free role . |
| 26 | I refer to your letter sent to Mr Drewry in which you request special leave to attend your fiancé 's father 's funeral . |
| 27 | Since this condemnation of research opportunity , few studies have penetrated deeply beneath the sensitive skin of ‘ police culture ’ , and even though Chatterton in his notes to my thesis argued there has been a considerable amount of ‘ participant police research ’ , I would question whether many of these inquiries achieved the finer grain and detail' of the insider 's account , for they can never really know or tell if they have been excluded from the inner workings of police practice or prevented from gaining access to the hidden realities ‘ contained inside the heads of the constables ’ . |
| 28 | Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who er , wrote a famous book called Leviathan in which he explored this er fundamental question of social order . |
| 29 | Indonesia In its second year the Southern Sumatra Geological and Mineral Exploration Project continued the bilateral technical cooperation programme between the Directorate of Mineral Resources ( DMR ) , the Geological Research and Development Centre ( GRDC ) of the Directorate General of Geology and Mineral Resources of Indonesia , and the British Geological Survey . |
| 30 | Also from Chicago is promised High Renaissance Art in St Peter 's and the Vatican : an interpretive guide by George Hersey in which the papal commissions from such artists as Michelangelo , Raphael and Bramante are placed in their historical context ( £45.50 , $57 ) . |