Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [noun] [prep] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lily — she became in my mind at night the abandoned young prostitute . |
| 2 | It 's obvious that in their heart of hearts the Japanese do n't really trust calculators . |
| 3 | Scottish prison officers are to strike for the first time in their history on November the fifth . |
| 4 | In their villages of origin the women had been regarded as contributing less to the economic position of the family than the men , but they had at least been recognised as crucial to the economic life of the community . |
| 5 | Greater peace could be found on a boating pond in Regent 's Park than at the populated end of poor Loch Morar in summer , with speed boats raping its once enigmatic waters and queues of cars waiting for senior citizens in their caravans to unblock the single track road where they have parked in a passing place to brew up a cuppa . |
| 6 | In their dispute with Iran the British set out to close off all outlets for Iranian oil . |
| 7 | In their notice of appeal the plaintiffs ask for that order to be set aside and , in its place , for an order declaring that they are entitled to object to items in the accounts , whether litigation costs or non-litigation costs , on the ground that the items are unreasonable in amount , and for an order declaring that the first defendant is not entitled to have its litigation costs taxed on an indemnity basis if and to the extent that the court has deprived the first defendant , as mortgagee , of any costs nor in respect of litigation costs already the subject of an order for taxation on some other basis . |
| 8 | Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film ‘ How to Marry a Millionaire ’ is seen in her cabin on board the Queen Mary trying to come to terms with her Travellers Letter of Credit . |
| 9 | In its decision on Finucane the court referred to " the probable risk " of his being " assaulted or injured by illegal action by prison staff " in Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | The second of them in 21.4–9 recalls in its words of complaint the stories of Exodus 16 and 17 in particular , and also Numbers 11 : ‘ Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? |
| 11 | He told her the one about the grand lady and the taxi driver who was reluctant to take her and her poodle home in his cab in case the dog wet the seat . |
| 12 | His loss could be less than £5 if , for example , in his contract with Q the price was £104 . |
| 13 | That is what we propose to do , and in his heart of hearts the hon. Gentleman and many other Conservative Members know that that is the right course . |
| 14 | In his statement of claim the plaintiff admitted that since termination of the contract he had by reason of continuing to work within the insurance industry acted in such a way that , if the contract were still subsisting , he would have been in breach of clause 9A . |
| 15 | The restoration of sight was made a general activity of Jesus in his answer to John the Baptiser , who was imprisoned by Herod , but seemed to have had doubts about whether Jesus was the expected one . |
| 16 | Poindexter remembered that Casey invited himself , that they ate sandwiches , and that they discussed what Casey had said in his briefing of Congress the previous day . |
| 17 | In our panel of voters the Conservative lead over Labour increased by 34 per cent amongst Sun/Star readers but by a mere 2 per cent amongst Mirror readers , which suggests the tabloids were able to influence their readers . |
| 18 | Ours is the only Government who have as a priority in our negotiations in Brussels the provision that all subsidies should be subject to some form of environmental assessment . |
| 19 | We got er , the wrong dates , we 've got you down in our list as December the tenth |
| 20 | Those two batteries I told you put in your pocket in case the batteries went flat this morning . |