Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new release enables System 3000 users to connect to multiple servers in a multi-windowed format on their screen , accessing multiple databases and applications from different sources simultaneously . |
| 2 | She fumbled feverishly in a fancy box on the table for a paper handkerchief . |
| 3 | The Climate Council , a lobbying organization representing the US energy industry , has written to the UN 's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) warning that its projections — due to be included in a revised report on climate change to be published in the run-up to the UNCED in Rio de Janeiro — might be interpreted by outsiders as forecasts rather than as " scenarios " , as intended by the IPCC . |
| 4 | Hence the choice of dates in a 1989 study on the market by Drexel Burnham Lambert , chief publicist for the instrument : |
| 5 | A new law introducing more stringent measures against racism and anti-Semitism was approved by the National Assembly in a first reading on May 3 , 1990 , and in a final reading on June 30 ( it was not considered by the Senate , which saw no need for textual revisions ) . |
| 6 | Stung by comments about his walk-out from the committee meeting at Headingley on Tuesday , the 49-year-old former England opener and member for Wakefield , fired back in a modern hotel on the Wakefield side of the M1 in front of a local television crew , a radio reporter and five Yorkshire-based reporters . |
| 7 | Speaking in a hastily-erected tent on a dusty football field , Mr Mandela said the United Nations should appoint the commander of the force . |
| 8 | Once upon a time another German government let Lenin cross another Germany in a sealed train on his way to Russia . |
| 9 | In a close test on a difficult science text , for example , a phrase such as " pulmonary artery " or " nervous stimulation " may occur a number of times . |
| 10 | But the issues of rates and economy served to unite antisocialist forces in a persistent attack on every aspect of the labour programme . |
| 11 | On the evening of April 25 President Francesco Cossiga , 63 , himself resigned , in a live speech on national television , although his term of office was only due to expire on July 2 . |
| 12 | Just before leaving to attend the Conference itself , Patrick fitted in a live broadcast on Radio 4 's ‘ Today Programme ’ . |
| 13 | Eliott Abrams , 43 , assistant secretary of state from 1985 to early 1989 , pleaded guilty in a federal court on Oct. 7 to two charges of illegally withholding information from Congress about covert US support for contra rebels in Nicaragua . |
| 14 | There was no reason , except chance , why I should ever have travelled to live in a remote island on the other side of the world , for my future in England had been mapped out . |
| 15 | If you would like to cook the gammon at home , place the joint in a roasting tin on a bed of bay leaves . |
| 16 | It raised hopes for a quick end to a 51-hour siege that began in a bloody shoot-out on Sunday morning as federal agents tried to serve arrest warrants on Koresh for firearms offences . |
| 17 | How like him , Ruth thought , to come and hole up in a dumped car on Starr Hills . |
| 18 | Hash is abundant ; I keep a steady supply of Moroccan in a Japanese basket on the mantelpiece . |
| 19 | OLD Miss Miggs lived alone in a tiny cottage on the outskirts of Shadwell . |
| 20 | They had run for shelter in a tiny cave on the side of the valley a second after the storm had begun . |
| 21 | A third dummy was in a seated position on the fourth chair which was set away from the table . |
| 22 | Several people were injured in a 12-vehicle pile-up on the M25 near Wisley , Surrey . |
| 23 | Capricorn Note , owned by Stuart Ray and now trained at Wimbledon by Arthur Hitch , races in a five-dog heat on Saturday and should qualify for the second round . |
| 24 | At this time Luke was living in a two-bedroom apartment on Yokum Drive . |
| 25 | We stopped in a dull village on a plateau . |
| 26 | By then we were living in a dirt-cheap place on the Bowery . |
| 27 | The one living at the hospital was found in a poor condition on the Aycliffe Industrial Estate . |
| 28 | The Gymnasium was opened in a simple ceremony on 26th May 1966 by Alderman Sir Wesley Emberton , chairman of the Cheshire County Council . |
| 29 | Releases money currently tied up in a depreciating asset on which no direct return is being obtained or capital employed . |
| 30 | I 'll judge marmosets if you catch me nicely in a weak moment on the end of a moribund week . |