Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the arm spines are cleaned in bleach the smaller ones are seen to be thin and only slightly rugose with the area of attachment reinforced while the larger spine has an almost smooth shaft with a multipointed head . |
| 2 | A vineyard needs at least 400–500 millimetres of water per year : in Champagne the vines receive an annual average of 662 millimetres of rain over 176 days . |
| 3 | In Champagne the Pinot Noir is the variety least affected by powdery mildew . |
| 4 | Always close the doors at one end before opening them at the other , unless the wind is very light , and never leave both ends open in case a wind springs up later in the day . |
| 5 | ‘ We have taken out insurance in case a coach comes along and runs over Mary Magdalene , ’ he says . |
| 6 | It 's not good keeping the prospectuses piled up in the office just in case a casual visitor asks for one , they need to be where people with young children regularly gather . |
| 7 | Some patients are , in spite of reassurance , unwilling to give their real names and in these cases a fictitious name is quite in order , with the one proviso that an attempt should be made to remember the false name in case a further visit should be needed . |
| 8 | A phobia about birds , for example , may not sound so terrible — after all you do n't have to keep chickens or buy a budgie — but when you are terrified to leave your house ( or even go into your own garden ) in case a sparrow or a robin comes too dose , your life can become a total misery . |
| 9 | It is wise for your horse to wear protective boots and an overgirth , just in case a girth strap breaks . |
| 10 | He would n't even sit down , in case a spider jumped out of an armchair . |
| 11 | The Madeirans were worried , in particular , in case a post-revolutionary Communist dictatorship should install itself in Lisbon . |
| 12 | Capitol police bolted and locked all the windows , in case a prowler was coming in after everyone had left : no luck . |
| 13 | At the Republican Convention last month George Bush expressed his concern about the whole question of liability in the US , and particularly about the amount of money trial lawyers make from suits that lead to doctors refusing to practise certain areas of medicine , and even to parents refusing to umpire childrens ' baseball games in case a child is injured and they are sued . |
| 14 | At this point all three friends felt an unruly wave of amusement sweeping over them , and the rest of the fire-drill was spent desperately avoiding each other 's eyes in case a fit of the giggles should descend , and they were all agreed ( especially Mildred ) that this would definitely not be the thing to do . |
| 15 | 24.1 In case a dispute is brought before a court of law , the courts of the City of Ghent , Belgium shall have sole jurisdiction over this litigation . |
| 16 | We had embarked two such affairs in the last year ; the most memorable being an English lawyer who had arrived with his French mistress , but only after telling his wife that he was attending a legal conference in Brussels and , to preserve the lie , he had been forced to hide every inch of his pallid skin in case a sun-tan betrayed him . |
| 17 | A quick release buckle on the hipbelt is essential in case a pack needs to be thrown off in an emergency . |
| 18 | If you encounter a specific behavioural problem later , it may also be worth discussing this with your vet in case a medical condition could be responsible , and treatment can be provided . |
| 19 | The packet of Durex , bought in a chemist 's at Ipswich to meet an eventuality that Rosie had never allowed to materialize , lived permanently in his wallet ; he put them in a brown envelope in case a chance sighting made his intentions too crudely obvious . |
| 20 | Local physicians list in case a doctor is required . |
| 21 | they all looked the same , they all had iron stakes in , they were there to strengthen the breaker in case a big wave came . |
| 22 | These investigations involve haematological tests , ECGs , chest X-rays and blood grouping and cross-matching in case a transfusion should be required . |
| 23 | Thus there could be no economies of scale in case a sleeve cut from one lay of medium blue had to go with a dress cut from another lay of so-called medium blue . |
| 24 | Kung fu always has a back-up movement in readiness in case a technique fails . |
| 25 | ‘ How kind of you , ’ she said , balancing nicely on the edge of irony , in case a few minutes more of this should see him running out of line to shoot , and make it desirable to jettison him , ‘ how kind of you to tell me all about it ! ’ |
| 26 | Slowly , in case a sudden movement on his part might break his fragile control over his own legs , Hugh bent slightly so that he could see under the chest . |
| 27 | Though participants have said that they find these quizzes enjoyable , they have not been well supported by comparison with the more usual lectures and no further quiz is planned for the moment , though I shall try to keep a few questions in hand in case a speaker is delayed or fails to arrive for some reason . |
| 28 | Every week since last September when the chat show season began Mark and his band — Eugene Glenn , Brian Skeffington , Ciara Harrison and Hugh Faloona are the others — have waited in the wings in case a guest celebrity did n't turn up . |
| 29 | In case a wild one escaped . |
| 30 | I 'm not clear about the , the sentence in case a repeat costing 's copy of the quotation given to the client must be signed by an authorised researcher . |