Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is interesting because Morrissey was referring back to his days spent in hopeless fandom when he practically worshipped everything that moved within the media . |
| 2 | US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation , citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml. ( retd ) William Crowe , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , that the Vincennes had been in Iranian waters when it fired the missile , not in international waters as previously claimed . |
| 3 | She still dealt in stolen goods when she got the chance , but the police were less interested in stolen goods than they had been in the more law-abiding times of some years before . |
| 4 | She still dealt in stolen goods when she got the chance , but the police were less interested in stolen goods than they had been in the more law-abiding times of some years before . |
| 5 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |
| 6 | One sees more of the bowl and stem of the Picasso Compotier , for instance , than one would in normal vision if one assumed the same high viewpoint when looking at the top of it ; and the gourd behind is painted as though in silhouette or directly at eye level . |
| 7 | Unfortunately the colonic response to a meal is not consistent even in normal subjects and its absence does not point to a specific lesion in the nervous system-colon axis . |
| 8 | I was only thinking really of erm particularly extreme situations erm and I would expect it to be used for example in normal training or anything like that and er certainly all the studies show that the normal thrust , full thrust that was available was sufficient to meet the threat and this extra capability really was a a sort of an extra that was added in early on and really was n't felt on any of the combat modelling to be necessary . |
| 9 | Britain 's bosses are getting twelve point three percent more in total remuneration than they were last year , their workforce is getting nine point eight percent . |
| 10 | Due to a power blackout , their hotel was in total darkness when they arrived , and they had to trudge up the stairs with their luggage to the 10th floor . |
| 11 | After we had finished eating , my mother said : " Jill , that 's the first meal you 've eaten in total silence since you were three months old . |
| 12 | They were in total agreement that it was the best thing for both sides that Isabelle should go . |
| 13 | But the important point to remember is that we do not observe these sociolinguistic patterns directly : it is the speech of individuals in conversational settings that we observe and describe , and it is by analysing a large quantity of spoken language from many speakers that we can then demonstrate the patterns that emerge from our data . |
| 14 | Will we object in 75 years if our ancestor 's medical records become publicly accessible ? |
| 15 | Most of the live and frozen foods are available in freeze-dried form and there is evidence to suggest that there is little nourishment lost in the freeze-drying process . |
| 16 | No , I 'll put me trust in strong peppermints while I can , and hope Doctor Lovell can spare a couple of minutes when I 'm real hard-pressed . |
| 17 | She first appeared as a strange red light , as of a ship all a-glow , in the midst of which light her masts , spars and sails , seemingly those of a normal brig. , some 200 yards distant from us , stood out in strong relief as she came up . |
| 18 | This was Paul Bedford ( c .1792–1871 ) , a popular actor who excelled in low comedy and whom CD mentions by name in Sketches of Young Gentlemen . |
| 19 | I look forward to further reductions in unnecessary disconnections and I know that that is also the desire of the independent electricity regulator . |
| 20 | Ms Brenda Dean , general secretary of Sogat ( Society of Graphical and Alled Trades ) said : ‘ The decision will give the green light to a small minority of cynical police officers , encouraging them to build in unnecessary delays when they are investigating their own . ’ |
| 21 | But at the end of the day , there simply is no point in punishing criminals if you ca n't catch them , and I think it is absolutely critical that we should be devoting our attention er , to policing that catches criminals and prevents crime , and I entirely support the , the points just made about the er , initiatives within the community particularly in the schools , because I think it is absolutely critical that we er , promote a society where crime should not pay . |
| 22 | But that is truly a narrative , including a series of songs that advance the action in definite stages before it collapses in the lover 's rejection by his ( married ) mistress . |
| 23 | Binding is not solely observed in neuronal tissue as we were also able to demonstrate binding in rat spleen extract , however it is not ubiquitous as we could not demonstrate binding in rat testis extract . |
| 24 | He remembers his lonely school days , in assured manner that his son will not grow up in the same way . |
| 25 | There is no simple answer but it is generally advisable to describe the disappointments in broad terms as they affect the whole school ( ‘ the LEA has been unable to grant our request for extra welfare assistance ’ ) and present the successes individually but anonymously ( ‘ through the efforts of the governors a reading aid has been provided for a partially sighted pupil ’ ) . |
| 26 | There is some movement either way , but in broad terms and it seems to me what proponents of other sectors are doing basically , is suggesting that their particular segment is better because of erm possible improvements which may or may not take in the future . |
| 27 | Her hands were covered in dry blood and she had mud on her back , ’ said Mr Wilken . |
| 28 | He had a clear understanding of his social position in Georgian society and his writings show an undue deference to the gentry . |
| 29 | The hearth had been very badly damaged in Georgian times and somebody had just dug a pit straight through the middle of it , perhaps for drainage . |
| 30 | Harry Pascoe heard the laughter following this remark and was in little doubt that it was at his own expense . |