Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] in [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doubly foolproof in a way , since the 103/4 is , as I had been led to expect from someone in whose ears I have complete trust , one of the most ‘ out-of-thebox ’ loudspeakers that I have had the pleasure to use — one can be very quickly up and running with it and feel only the need to make relatively small adjustments to positioning and so on in due course as listening progresses ; such changes with this loudspeaker result in subtle rather than profound modifications to the sound . |
| 2 | Currently a ‘ non-executive director for hire ’ , he gave up his partnership at Arthur Young in 1987 so that he could devote adequate time to his role as chairman of the Eurogroup for Animal Welfare . |
| 3 | The speed of document production is extremely impressive ; I have assembled and printed a 280-page directory consisting of over 40 individual text files in little more than two hours from start to finish using this approach . |
| 4 | And there 's row upon row of the string-making machines themselves — rather like lightweight industrial lathes , but each one capable of turning out one or two wound strings in little more than ten seconds . |
| 5 | They gave up other rings and wore iron ones in public so that they could be seen to have done their duty , which was what really mattered . |
| 6 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ thinkers , on the other hand , tend to perceive child care matters in personal rather than political terms and are more inclined to the views expressed or implied in the following comments by respondents from this group : ‘ you could never have done anything with this poor mother ’ , and : |
| 7 | Sir Charles Coote in 1804 again and again speaks of the North Armagh countryside as being ‘ in high population and improvement ’ . |
| 8 | Although this system was ratified by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and was widely used , there was some uncertainty about the precise relation of the resulting Roman dates to those of the Olympiads . |
| 9 | Comprising three tiers of small chambers rising up the steep slopes of the Quirinal Hill , the markets were completed by Emperor Trajan in 112 AD and formed the commercial centre of ancient Rome . |
| 10 | Cut the rich fruit cake in half diagonally and place one half on top of the other to form a triangle , sandwiching on with a little apricot glaze . |
| 11 | THIS photograph shows the staff at the Royal Bank 's Edinburgh West End Office in 1922 shortly after they had moved from to temporary premises at . |