Example sentences of "in an [noun sg] of [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They noted that the latter was now seen as a " junior partner in an orbit of power predominantly under American aegis " . |
| 2 | For there in the gateway , framed in an arch of clematis as purple as her face , stood Miss Lodsworth . |
| 3 | The United Nations reception centres for Contra rebels to return and lay down their weapons , opened for business in an atmosphere of hope rather than anticipation . |
| 4 | Even in an age of permissiveness not every boy — girl encounter ends up between the sheets . |
| 5 | It held him in an interval of assessment more potent than the silence that accompanied it . |
| 6 | Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks . |
| 7 | They live in an area of Florida where hurricane watches frequently occur . |