Example sentences of "[noun] in [pos pn] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the example of an art nouveau dairy part of a Parade of shops in his idealised suburb he says : ‘ First it was new-fangled , then fashionable , then merely commonplace , then out-of-date , then ( to the sophisticated ) attractively ‘ period ’ . ’ |
| 2 | At one time , I used to think that living in our little villages we were safe from all the crime , but sadly , no . |
| 3 | Because the development officer in Ipswich was not able to see these institutionalised clients in their own homes she understandably found it hard in many cases to say whether or not she agreed with the decision that they should not return home . |
| 4 | The most critical one in some ways is a change in the structure of our lower jaw , so instead of having a lot of bones in our lower jaw we have just a single bone in our lower jaw , the dentory , which articulates with a bone called the scremosal , whereas in reptiles the quadrate and articular for the articulation and those bones have now got stuck into our inner ear and do some stuff about conducting sound impulses . |
| 5 | As I gained confidence in their genuine goodwill I found that my sense of humour returned and I enjoyed making them laugh . |
| 6 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 7 | When we use fractions in our everyday life they have to be a fraction of something . |
| 8 | And some of them are good fun pop in their own right they just happen to be done in a foreign language and with different cultural influences . |
| 9 | After many years in its free-standing position it now finds itself neatly stacked against the side of the grandstand . |
| 10 | As a person in her own right she takes up her destiny . |
| 11 | The married woman 's status is changing and from being a person in her own right she is becoming a chattel . |
| 12 | If those primitive attitudes had n't also been the determining factor in my own fate I would have found it as ludicrous and pitiful as I do now . |
| 13 | The McLaggans had put grass halters round the necks of a few of Menzies ' horses ; Cameron rode on one ; from the back in his dark coat he looked like a preacher leading away the faithful to a field communion . |
| 14 | ‘ When we played St Helens in our first match we had nine players who had never competed together before , ’ he said . |
| 15 | On talking to parents , we were told that had there been a suitable provision in their own country they would not be in Budapest . |
| 16 | These morphological changes may be interpreted functionally in dietary terms as a change to a diet with hard fruit as the main constituent , and this may be related in turn to the drier and more seasonal environments they lived in , but as there was little change in their postcranial skeletons it is likely that they retained their ancestral arboreal locomotor pattern . |
| 17 | They took it on their on their They went with their ponies in their little barrels you see , and they went on horseback over it . |
| 18 | As examples of such projects in our three districts we would draw to your attention : |
| 19 | If you arc prepared to invest a lot of time and money in your new kitchen you might consider making a sort of kitchen/living or family room ; a real ‘ heart of the home ’ area , more casual than a living room , more cosy than a working kitchen . |
| 20 | Although there is in effect already a common basic curriculum in our primary schools it will help to have an agreed statement . |
| 21 | As a student in your last term you will begin to send out letters and photographs of yourself to all possible valuable contacts . |
| 22 | That 's why David could say , against thee , thee only have I sinned after he 's committed adultery , after he 's committed murder , after he 's involved other people in his nefarious deeds he can still say I 've committed sin against God ! |
| 23 | Holding the dead creature in her right palm she squeezed the pink plasticine , the white coat , the cotton hair into one amorphous lump . |
| 24 | If you are inspired to emulate the famous displays in your own garden you can even order bulbs to be sent to your home in the autumn ready for planting . |
| 25 | During the five minutes that he spoke about the Bill in his 52-minute speech he was floored by his own seconds — Conservative Back Benchers — when they expressed their concern . |
| 26 | I walk from the petrol station to the store roughly 14 times a day and if I did n't have a pair of inner soles in my flat shoes I 'd cry ! ’ |
| 27 | When we first became friends in our early teens I 'd asked her if she fancied one of the young men in the village . |
| 28 | First , when governments want to make relatively large adjustments in their budgetary positions they may rely more upon changes in taxation than changes in public expenditures . |
| 29 | Apart from representing a valuable resource in its own right it is important to note that water is paid for twice — in terms of metered supply and the effluent charge . |
| 30 | Erm if you like , you filled in all those boxes in your spare time you come up with a whole list of these follies of human beings . |