Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 We now stand poised on the brink of a great new episode in European evolution and I am proud that the party of which I am a member has taken our country forward and is now leading the way to a sustainable economic and political union .
2 Wulfhere 's reign is primarily distinguished in the surviving record , however , by his re-establishment of the Mercians as a significant political and military force in southern England and it is difficult to envisage Oswiu , king of the northern Angles , maintaining after c .
3 For the purpose of discussion we shall consider a conservative force in classical mechanics and we shall work in space only .
4 We English have an important advantage over foreigners in this respect and it is for this reason that when you think of a great butler , he is bound , almost by definition , to be an Englishman .
5 ‘ They 've got some pretty potent combinations in some areas and they 're definitely going to improve , ’ he said .
6 but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it .
7 I 've just made a huge investment in this station and you call it a stunt ? ’
8 My right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary has given them the figures on investment in this country and they are rather good .
9 Hodkinson 's defeat was only his second loss in 24 contests and he has since vowed to regain his title .
10 " Now El-ahrairah was among the animals in those days and he had many wives .
11 That takes Shearer 's tally to 10 goals in 10 games and he is also the Premier League 's leading scorer .
12 By the time they 'd put a medal round my neck in Central Park and we could visualise the noughts on the cheque to present to Oxford Street , Mill Road and Fazakerley Hospital 's Newborn Appeal , 25,000 runners had learned a lot more about how painful running 26 miles can be .
13 We have a common economic future in this world and we all share that , too .
14 Your investment will buy units in that fund and you will therefore have access to a far wider-ranging portfolio of investments than most individuals could realistically set up and manage on their own .
15 The MGFV is paid back to Ford Credit , but if you 've kept the car in good nick and it fetches more than the MGFV then you keep any profit .
16 The riders are not strapped to the car in any way and it 's clear that falling off would have serious consequences .
17 It will require some things that are going to be necessary for the statutory and voluntary sectors in any case and it will mean drawing the private sector in , like a common assessment policy for all long term care .
18 Erm the guy down who 's just done my my club earned himself eighteen hundred pound in one week and he paid about a hundred a twenty quid out for bed and breakfast .
19 Alec had been an F in first year , an F in second year and he was worried — no , perhaps terrified is a better word — that he would end up an F even in his third year .
20 Clearly , these republics will apply for admission into the United Nations in due time and we shall define our views at that time .
21 The Service Consultancy initiative is a major benefit to clients in this area and I have already received many letters from customers , advised by the circular in their invoicing , thanking us for this additional feature .
22 Morrissey , formerly lead singer of the Smiths and now a solo artist , is the central figure in this demi-monde and he has successfully mounted a long career based on a delightfully British blend of prurience and prudery .
23 There is alot of talent in this town and it is good for people to hear it .
24 And they had hundreds and hundreds of hens in deep litter and they seemed to be making a lot of money out of it .
25 Please note that there is no overture in this programme and it will probably not be possible for latecomers to be admitted before the interval .
26 The same is true of the health service , the more the private health educa the pri private health welfare comes in , the less chance there is of people who are , who are articulate and people who count in British society start speaking up with the rest of us and saying come on we we 've got a common interest and a common stake in this service and we want the best po for for everybody and the same will start happening in housing if you get your way .
27 Their stately spikes of white flowers lend a certain elegance in early autumn and I will always remember the display at Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran .
28 There is concern about the law in this area and I believe that the arguments on it are finely balanced .
29 We took off into the last of the evening sun in poor visibility and I do not recall seeing any of the aircraft that took-off in front of me rise in the evening murk , I was too busy putting the nose down and squeezing a bit more speed out of the lumbering Whitley as we cleared the boundary .
30 We are better than other countries in some things and they are better than us in others .
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