Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pain , the principal symptom , was controlled in surviving patients with analgesics alone . |
| 2 | Under such circumstances characteristics of adult language input would be reflected in differential rates of progress only to the extent that they coincided with the child 's existing ‘ style ’ of learning language ( Gleitman et al . |
| 3 | 1.10 It appears that nearly all languages make at least one division in the words of their vocabulary , morphologically or syntactically , or in both ways , between those which commonly do instantiate and those which can not instantiate entities ; the former are traditionally called nouns , and there is a very high degree of intuitive agreement in cross-linguistic identification of nouns precisely because speakers of even widely different cultures are disposed to agree in what they regard as entities rather than properties . |
| 4 | She has been in private use in Scandinavia only , and is very well equipped . |
| 5 | But if one looks for Britain 's centre of gravity , it is found to be nearer the first in each pair of choices above . |
| 6 | Where problems do arise over cutting out narrow strips — which we have met before — it is sometimes best to cut in the background piecemeal , gluing in each subsection of background separately as you go along . |
| 7 | So it started in that kind of fashion really . |
| 8 | I do n't want to see Sarah in that way , and I would n't want her to see me in that kind of light either . ’ |
| 9 | My own experience , on the rare occasions when I have actually been asked to produce a short story with my mind totally blank , is that one can tune oneself like the strings of a wind-harp by admitting to one 's mind the desire to write a story and that in that state of receptivity even the oddest , most trivial circumstances will produce a basic idea . |
| 10 | But anyway , one day he found himself walking in our street , which was different to how it is now , because not only was The Bar there , which as you know is gone now , but also there were different kinds of people living in that part of town then . |
| 11 | Were there any different class of people that lived in that part of town then Street and Street and that ? |
| 12 | So these are the things that are worrying Robyn Penrose as she drives through the gates of the University , with a nod and a smile to the security man in his little glass sentry box : her lecture on the Industrial Novel , her job future , and her relationship with Charles — in that order of conspicuousness rather than importance . |
| 13 | This chart could then be used as the basis for an essay or a piece of revision and — although the words used might be different — you would , in fact , end up by saying just what I said in that portion of text above . |
| 14 | But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent . |
| 15 | He wo n't be involved in that sort of thing again , in a hurry . ’ |
| 16 | Not that anybody would interest themselves in that sort of thing anyway — it simply is n't important , ’ she added rather lamely . |
| 17 | Where they 're coming obviously because they believe in that sort of thing so |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been in that sort of situation before , sitting in a dressing- room after losing to a team you 've been expected to beat . |
| 19 | Eh , and they , I mean they did n't say whether it was for one year or three years in that piece of paper anyway did they ? . |
| 20 | But these glistening globes , though blown by the panting thousands , lived in that rain of ash only for frustrating fractions of a second . |
| 21 | Now in that room at Fontainebleau so many years ago , I studied Francis but my eyes were drawn to that bloody ring which sparkled on the fourth finger of his left hand . |
| 22 | Dudley was recalled in 1587 , and , despite his abysmal failures , was held in high esteem at court once again . |
| 23 | All banks involved in international finance maintain deposit balances in foreign currencies with banks overseas . |
| 24 | ‘ But the success of the US stands in marked contrast to developments elsewhere . |
| 25 | There is evidence that very early in life children engage in rudimentary forms of role-taking particularly during play : playing mother or nurse or teacher . |
| 26 | However , since the proportion who are disabled in different types of household also varies , it is necessary to see whether the differences in state provision remain after the level of disability has been controlled . |
| 27 | In another piece of coincidence even the helium traces were explained ; they had nothing to do with hydrogen fusion.l |
| 28 | ‘ I used to work in public relations in France so this is something new . |
| 29 | Being in this kind of role clearly affords a great deal of status . |
| 30 | Indeed , if Mr. Newman was right , retraction in this country of evidence previously given in the requesting state would ipso facto discredit the evidence so given and so deprive the magistrate of any power to commit on that basis . |