Example sentences of "in an [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except at weekends in the summer when the crowds would come and spread themselves in an abundance of activity on the grass . |
| 2 | Horses communicate these feelings , and many others , in an abundance of ways : with smell-messages , or pheromones ; by calling to each other ; visually , by general body tone , and by specific movements or expressions ; and through taste and touch . |
| 3 | Hector , aware of the change , sat up on the bed , following the direction of his mistress 's altering gaze with his head cocking , in an air of puzzlement , from side to side . |
| 4 | One idea is to use a red , green or blue reflector behind each LC pixel in an analogue with colour TV tubes . |
| 5 | This intuitive account would require , in an analogue of consciousness for which program-level reduction could provide a necessary condition , but no more , that there be access from a higher to a lower level of programming language in certain , yet to be specified , circumstances . |
| 6 | rapt , in an integument of ice |
| 7 | The experiment has resulted from the steady progression towards each other of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus and the azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyana , culminating in an overlap in ranges over the past 20 years . |
| 8 | Kelly , of Gainsborough Avenue , Maghull , was given a new liver in an operation at Kings College Hospital a week ago . |
| 9 | In an operation on July 15 intended , according to the USSR Interior Ministry , to confiscate illegally held weapons in three Azerbaijani villages with large Armenian populations , four people were reported killed and the population of the villages was driven out . |
| 10 | A hospital spokeswoman said it was very pleased with the progress made by Philip O'Rourke , from Donegal Town , who was given a new kidney in an operation on Tuesday night . |
| 11 | Some reports claimed that the Khmers Rouges had used tanks in an operation around Pailin . |
| 12 | The General Manager in Riyadh , in an excess of loyalty , had tried to protect Laing 's career by only insisting that every riyal be returned to the Ministry 's account , something that had now been done . |
| 13 | And by using either lean-burn combustion systems ( where fuel burns in an excess of air ) or an exhaust catalyst , very low emissions of toxic gases are possible . |
| 14 | James had won the first round , though , suffering agonies of seasickness , he was in no mood to celebrate , while Admiral de Forbin , in an excess of caution , stood so far out to sea that they overshot their intended destination , Leith in the Firth of Forth , and instead made their landfall 60 miles [ 96 km ] north of Aberdeen and 150 [ 240 km ] from the real objective . |
| 15 | In an excess of enthusiasm I suggested to a GCE examiner that with the help of well-written programmes , we would soon enable nearly all students to pass O-level mathematics . |
| 16 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |
| 17 | His bubbling forwardness could collapse in an excess of emotionality . |
| 18 | The western sun shone , drenching the morning room in an excess of light . |
| 19 | Jotan raised his eyebrows in an expression of amazement . |
| 20 | Her eyes widened to their full luminous extent , and her lips fell open in an expression of total , artless surprise . |
| 21 | ‘ We are your friends ! ’ she cried , her small white face screwed up in an expression of bewilderment . |
| 22 | The French boy pursed his lips suddenly in an expression of disgust . |
| 23 | Izzie threw out her hands towards him in an expression of exasperation . |
| 24 | In an expression of community sympathy many local children in South Ronaldsay made and sent cards to the four devastated mothers . |
| 25 | The housekeeper spread her hands in an expression of uncertainty . |
| 26 | A hundred thousand stars shone hard and steady in an eternity of space . |
| 27 | It was on the return journey to New York in a plane which seemed motionless , caught in an eternity of blue , that the plan came to her . |
| 28 | There are several measures which might reduce the chances of a suicide attempt in an individual at risk . |
| 29 | For it was precisely this idea that he promoted when he exhibited the drawings at his Gallery 291 , beginning in late May 1916 , and when he wrote about them in an issue of Camera Work the following October . |
| 30 | The traditional liberal interpretation is rooted in an approach to history fundamentally at odds with that of Soviet historiography . |