Example sentences of "in [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The government in Moscow persistently denies that any such plans exist , but the arrival over the past year of some 20,000 Germans from Kazakhstan has kept the rumours alive .
2 Therefore the said Justice Depute by the mouth of Duncan McIlvory Dempster of Court adjudged and ordained the above named to be taken upon the twelfth day of this instant month of June being Monday next to the ordinary place of execution and then and there be hanged upon a Gibbet till he die the death and his right hand to cut off and to be affixed to the most conspicuous place of the tollbooth of Killvorow in Ila there to continue till it rot or wear away , and ordained his moveables to be confiscated .
3 However Much rural housing became a public issue , which it did periodically until 1914 , the depression in agriculture generally ensured that little new building took place and it became more and more apparent that housing conditions in rural areas would receive no dramatic improvement without external intervention .
4 The incommodiousness of Scotch windows keeps them very closely shut … even in houses well built and elegantly furnished , a stranger may be sometimes forgiven if he allows himself to wish for fresher air . ’
5 Nor can we believe that were we to allow this application , potential future witnesses would be deterred from co-operating in investigations yet to come or the police feel inhibited from giving future reassurance as to the consequences of such co-operation in the self-same terms as at present .
6 Making use of equations ( 8.36 ) and ( 8.37 ) , the simplifying condition on can be seen to be equivalent to which in practice simply means that the coil providing impedance must have a high Q-factor .
7 These categories are not in practice sharply edged and enterprises can shift their location in both directions .
8 The number of mortgages in arrears also suggest that repossessions are set to continue .
9 Furthermore , participants in talk continually listen and respond to the talk of other participants , and in so doing , display their own analyses of what has gone before .
10 Families in therapy often say that one of their children is particularly good while another is especially difficult .
11 The scholar Lipsius , mentor of Scaliger , wrote of him , ‘ In origin low and servile , in body lame and feeble , in mind most exalted and brilliant among the lights of every age .
12 The CNAA 's own response to the binary policy was remarkably muted , given probably that the policy in effect simply enlarged and extended the CNAA 's existing and developing pattern of activity .
13 The general rules on Hering 's law of cure and looking for improvement in well-being still applies but it is necessary to take into account pathological tissues change .
14 Smart 's interest in Leapor evidently faded as he did not fulfil the promise of a ‘ farther Account ’ .
15 Compaq Computer Corp and Microsoft Corp came together in Washington yesterday to announce that they have entered into a comprehensive agreement to develop new products and markets and to make personal computers easier to use .
16 Their presence is explained in an appeal of 1548 to retain both churches : ‘ The town of Henley is severed from the Parish Church with a brook which in winter so riseth that none may pass over it without danger of perishing . ’
17 In summer readily distinguished from Black Tern by conspicuous white forewing , rump and tail , shorter stouter reddish-brown bill , but in winter hard to separate except by lack of dark spot on side of breast , paler rump or brighter red legs .
18 Therefore , the observed trends were almost exclusively explained by the 400% increase during 1943–77 in cancers accurately coded as anal .
19 Polls in 1963 confirmed that in American eyes Britain was still the most dependable ally , but Gallup in July also recorded that West Germany ( 58 per cent ) was now only 5 per cent behind Britain .
20 Muccio 's considered opinion in June 1949 was that the departure of Russian and American troops left the two sides in Korea evenly balanced and that neither side was likely to risk ‘ an all-out invasion ’ in the foreseeable future .
21 Have in place easily operated and maintained record systems to enable :
22 ( Even in my dreams , I follow one of the basic tenets of old Shallot 's philosophy : In danger always run and , if you ca n't run , do nothing ! )
23 Foreign correspondents in Beijing also reported that on April 1 , relatives of Wang Juntao and Chen Zeming had petitioned the ongoing session of the National People 's Congress .
24 When in the 1950s attempts to keep dolphins in captivity finally succeeded and the entertainment value of dolphins was suddenly realised , the demand for dolphin shows led to a rapid escalation of the numbers of dolphins captured alive .
25 A straw poll in Richmond yesterday showed that , of 53 women who favoured the Liberal Democrats , only two mentioned Mr Ashdown as the principal reason for their choice .
26 Aloma Woods is a new community in Orlando so named because of its location — Aloma Avenue is the main street in front of the site .
27 A Justice Department ruling in November further stated that laws prohibiting the Army from making arrests did not apply outside the USA .
28 The February 1974 election in Ulster thus decided that the Labour Party and not the Conservative Party would form the government at Westminster and that Harold Wilson and not Edward Heath would be the new prime minister .
29 In March of the following year her ambassador in Paris publicly apologised and promised that in future she would recognise French claims to precedence .
30 No one in authority seriously considered that the labouring masses had any political rights .
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