Example sentences of "[adj] in [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yet can we really take it for granted that parents are so utterly changeless in their behaviour and attitudes to their children ?
2 Many people dislike its close connection to industrialisation , and would concur with George Gissing 's abhorrence of machinery , expressed in 1895 in his novel , Eve 's Ransom .
3 It was then , just as the first signs of Arab flexibility appeared , that in Israel the notion took root that the renunciation of ‘ grand designs ’ was erroneous in its minimalism .
4 Words like blood and loyalty and revenge and endurance awaken something primitive in their auditors , who enjoy the sensation of adrenalin coursing in their veins .
5 As we shall see later , it is not that the superego does not exist in these circumstances , but that it is undeveloped , unsupported by cultural forces of a progressive character ( and therefore vulnerable to exploitation by those of a regressive nature ) , and is primitive in its functioning .
6 And they tell us sea fishing is primitive in its thinking .
7 Hampden Babylon is unmistakably Scottish in its love of football but like all love-affairs , Scotland 's relationship with the game has been stormy and impetuous .
8 This in its turn adjoined the stables and the barn .
9 This in its turn requires that the countries concerned make exploration attractive to the oil companies .
10 Thus this in its turn can be spread as thickly or as thinly as one 's intuitions require and therefore used in defence of competing practical positions , most notably in the debates over abortion or the environment .
11 This in its turn was so successful that , within four months of its introduction in 1949 , the available places for the next four years had been booked , so that no new applications could be considered for admissions before 1953 ! 1949 also saw the introduction of Rugby football in place of Association , " to make better use of the space " , a decision then and since deplored and regretted by the Old Stopfordians ' Football Club .
12 This in its turn would change people 's pattern of purchases away from that which reflected their true preferences .
13 The defender blocks by turning his body sideways so that the blow misses the target , and then counter-attacks with a palm-hand strike aimed upwards at the opponent 's chin ; this in its turn may be countered by a downwards slapping motion with a flat-palm strike to the attacker 's hand and finished off with a backfist strike to the nose , using the same hand that was used to block .
14 This in its turn provoked similar claims from several of the Italian princes , so that " before long Munster swarmed with Excellencies " .
15 And Tan 's music surely reflects this in its yearning to reveal an inner voice , its east/west sound world , and its sense of theatre .
16 It says Glaxo failed to spot this in its animal studies .
17 ‘ There is another power , very like this in its results .
18 He adds that ‘ anyone who has knowledge of masonic working in the higher degrees , will mark a part of one ceremony which maintains a record of this in its ritual . ’
19 BSL therefore stores story information and re-tells it in a way which would occur for all languages , but spoken language surface structure ( reflecting only a specific point in time and context ) would tend to hide this in its effort for reconstruction of meaning .
20 Poitiers was on one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago and the interior of Notre Dame shows this in its layout and barrel vaulted roofs .
21 The government fears that it wrecks the bill , that b R with an unfair advantage over its competitors , could keep lines like this in its clutches .
22 Actually she was a former girlfriend , and he had n't exactly visited her , because upon arriving he discovered she was living with an Algerian rug merchant — she had somehow neglected to mention this in her postcards — who had pulled out a scimitar and threatened to send the Swede home with his goolies in a sandwich bag if he did n't clear off instantly .
23 She 'd never experienced anything like this in her life before — she 'd never met a man who had made any real , lasting impression on her .
24 What 's this in her hair ?
25 Buzz hesitated , knowing that Clare would never discuss this in her presence .
26 ‘ She left this in her apartment .
27 If successful , he presents her with a package of sperm and she collects this in her vent .
28 Mrs Pember Reeves commented on this in her study of Lambeth , published in 1913 , as did Slater and Woodside after a survey carried out during the 1940s .
29 Yeah , the , I do n't think erm , mentioned this in her paper , but er it 's a , it 's a point worth , worth mentioning in passing because it er , it er , underlines what er , you 've just said .
30 Anita took all this in her stride .
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