Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The lessee in a lease — the defendant so covenanted in this case — covenants in effect that he or his assignee will perform the covenants and observe the conditions contained in it ; and when , as in the present instance , the defendant sets up no performance by himself of the covenants sued on , his defence must be either that his assignee has performed them or that his assignee is in some way as between himself and the lessor absolved from performance .
2 Viennese modernism thus became in large measure a conservative modernism .
3 Football people were far safer , although a man from the Football Association once wrote in pained protest at the implication that Premier League chairmen were a bunch of avaricious mediocrities with the industrial attitudes of 19th century mill owners .
4 Armed forces units loyal to Najibullah immediately responded by attacking the Defence Ministry ; heavy fighting quickly erupted in other parts of the city .
5 The cotton industry also flourished in industrial villages and small company towns so that by 1851 almost 17 per cent of Lancashire men over the age of twenty and 15 per cent of women worked at the manufacture of cotton .
6 ‘ We also know , ’ Benjamin continued , breathing deeply to contain his anger , ‘ that on the Wednesday after Falconer was killed , Abbe Gerard from the nearby village also died in mysterious circumstances .
7 One other conspicuous feature of the modern scene also appeared in these years .
8 Eight others connected directly or indirectly with the dig later died in mysterious circumstances .
9 An unfortunate error also resulted in seventeen questionnaires with the question deleted being issued on a week day .
10 It is very tempting to suppose that the lack of any such reliable signals , and the perilously low level of security often reached in human communities , must be connected with a high level of conceptual and , in particular , predictive thought , and also an associated capacity for deceit .
11 Crack shots on both sides would display their deadly virtuosity by firing , not at enemy soldiers , but at inanimate targets close to the enemy soldiers , a technique also used in Western films ( like shooting out candle flames ) .
12 Bidding was kept lively by a large number of Italian clients who according to one organiser all arrived in open Porsches with Milan number plates and invariably occupied front row seats ‘ flamboyant but not the very rich sort of Italians , you understand ’ , he said .
13 The concept already existed in French politics of an ‘ eternal ’ nation which transcended the frequent changes of regime .
14 Their handiwork also appeared in other areas .
15 This kind of melodic doubling often occurred in old operas , as if the composer felt the voice needed support .
16 One compromise sometimes reached in appropriate circumstances is a mixture such as ‘ in the reasonable opinion of the seller ’ .
17 Her never-failing enthusiasm and dedication helped to build the strong support now enjoyed in this area , and although she is now retired , she still attends a weekly class .
18 This arrangement naturally resulted in frequent complaints by the forest inhabitants about illegal extortion by the foresters .
19 Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again , and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’
20 Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’
21 The baby subsequently died in intensive care .
22 When John Singlaub , a retired military man also engaged in anti-Communist operations , visited Casey in his office while the Boland amendments were in force , he would sometimes — inadvertently — mention Nicaragua .
23 While making primary products more competitive , the devaluation of the kina inevitably resulted in higher inflation which , by the end of 1990 , was running at around 7 per cent per annum .
24 By contrast , Anderson 's Flesh and Blood suggested the cinema as its inspiration , with an all-woman troupe elaborately costumed in clinging silver lamé .
25 The parricide probably occurred in different parts of the globe , where groups were at the first stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens , It is probable that the killing was done , although Freud is not insistent on the point , if the horror of the actual deed has been faced emotionally and the resistance to the idea that it was a deed is not based on emotional resistances .
26 Where ancillaries can not be afforded , their skills can often be found less conveniently amongst teaching staffs themselves , or else acquired ; and it was noted by many schools visited during the Resource Centre Project that a surprising potential sometimes existed in voluntary form in the community .
27 The white and the gold together shone in holy radiance , and even in the stilted emphasis of embroidery the angel was watchful in its fluttering , heaven-touched thread .
28 The company also shared in new output from the Angus field and has an interest in the recently discovered Fife field .
29 Such haste inevitably resulted in cursory recording being a characteristic of research at this time , which is particularly regrettable in Faussett 's case because of the scale of his activities in Kent .
30 Whether civil liberties or freedom of expression really languished in this period is open to debate .
  Next page