Example sentences of "in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same holds true about the plasma concentrations which , although they were determined by a new ELISA , were within the same range ( 70–350 ng/mL ) in responsive patients from Cameroon and the Congo as in non-responsive patients from the Congo . |
| 2 | Given the long dormancy of the virus , some people now in monogamous relationships of several years standing could have become HIV positive before they met their present partner , and be completely unaware of this fact . |
| 3 | In contrast , where calculations are carried out to assess the comparative importance of differences in reproductive success versus survival for each sex , only variation in mate number may be included ( see Wade & Arnold , 1980 ) — though measures of the intensity of sexual selection as conceived by Darwin should also include variation due to differences in mate quality , which may be an important cause of variation in lifetime breeding success both among males and females in monogamous species . |
| 4 | Moreover , sex differences in the length of effective reproductive lifespans and in the influence of age on breeding success are likely to be more pronounced in polygynous species than in monogamous ones . |
| 5 | Variation in reproductive success should be greater in males than females in polygynous species but similar in the two sexes in monogamous ones . |
| 6 | However , this example serves to emphasize how misleading it can be to assume that the breeding sex ratio necessarily reflects the extent to which male reproductive success varies for , even among closely related species , it is likely to be the case that males have substantially longer breeding lifespans in monogamous species than in polygynous ones ( see Wiley , 1974 ; Clutton-Brock et al . , |
| 7 | However , competition between males can also be intense in monogamous species ( Lack , 1954 ; Kleiman , 1977 ) and data are not yet available which would permit a meaningful comparison between the two groups of species . |
| 8 | In fact , it is unsafe to assume that the intensity of direct competition between males should necessarily be reduced in monogamous species . |
| 9 | The most likely explanation is that the factors determining breeding success in males and females tend to be most similar in monogamous species and most different in highly polygynous ones . |
| 10 | Electrons are like spouses in monogamous countries ; there is either one or none . |
| 11 | Competition among males for mates is stronger in polygamous than in monogamous species . |
| 12 | Currently it is among the 10 per cent most solvent UK corporations in PAS-score terms . |
| 13 | First , both in his childhood home and in his education in Moravian schools , he was imbued with a deep and warm Christian piety which never left him ; but at the same time he reacted against what he felt to be a too strict insistence by his father and his teachers on doctrinal principles . |
| 14 | The effort will be conducted by the support organisations of the member companies and will be managed by Symbologic Corp , based in Redmond , which claims expertise in customer-support technology . |
| 15 | However , the strippings and restorations are recorded in dated pencilled notes on stocks or in butt-traps which helps recreate a gun 's personal history . |
| 16 | The deep voice was rich in mocking laughter but , underneath , the anger remained . |
| 17 | In mocking fashion the fable puts stress on two outstanding characteristics of anthropological field research : a central concern with kinship and marriage and an emphasis on gaining understanding through participant observation and the intimate , first-hand , use of vernacular concepts . |
| 18 | ‘ A shower of rain wo n't kill me , ’ she retorted , as that derisive eyebrow lifted again in mocking challenge at her apparent hesitation . |
| 19 | Travis McKenna inclined his head in mocking acknowledgement . |
| 20 | Mistress Philippa tightened her mouth and Athelstan cursed ; he did not wish his interrogation to end in mocking laughter . |
| 21 | In Spain , in Italy , in Saudi — well , no , forget Saudi — and above all here , among your warm-hearted and hospitable people , I had been sought-after , even lionized . |
| 22 | Following the pipeline in Saudi was a life-saver . |
| 23 | Not a large amount in Saudi terms , but enough ; l per cent of every invoice paid out to contractors by the Ministry . |
| 24 | A doctor who works in Saudi said : ‘ The floggings are ferociously inflicted . |
| 25 | A doctor who works in Saudi told TODAY : ‘ The floggings are ferociously inflicted . |
| 26 | It all began because my friend Pat was called by the Lord to work as a nurse in Saudi , and her experiences there gave me an interest in that country and especially in the Women as they seem to have such a hard life . |
| 27 | There were no colleges of nursing in Saudi to get a job in . |
| 28 | In early May OPEC oil ministers met in emergency session in Geneva [ see p. 37475 ] and an agreement was reached on cutting production , but the Paris-based International Energy Agency , in its June 5 report , said that OPEC output actually fell only by 400,000 barrels a day ( bpd ) in May , a figure which was wholly attributable to cuts in Saudi Arabian production and which was far short of the 1,450,000 bpd reduction pledged at the OPEC emergency meeting . |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia 's Oil Minister , Hisham Nazer , emphatically ruled out any cuts in Saudi output , declaring before the meeting that " nobody has to approve what Saudi Arabia produces " . |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia ( whose Petroleum Minister Shaikh Hisham Nazer did not attend the meeting himself , on grounds of " exhaustion " ) entered reservations for the opposite reason , to keep its options open for a possible increase in Saudi production above 8,000,000 bpd ( its allocation being 7,880,000 ) . |