Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [noun] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we discovered that there were some compounds in interstellar space that we were really rather more complicated than had previously been thought possible , and these molecules had infeasible prebiotic species , in that there were very simple reactions that could take place that would allow them to form amino acids and other rather intriguing biological molecules . |
| 2 | In the words of , General Manager of the Entertainments Section , without management and dedication the would not have survived to become the major force in British theatre that it is today . |
| 3 | The two strongest left-wing guerrilla groups , the National Liberation Army ( ELN ) and the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces ( FARC ) , reportedly informed journalists in late December that they were ready to hold peace talks with the government [ see p. 37772 ] . |
| 4 | Selling overseas is a cultural as well as an economic phenomenon , and it is to the important area of cultural influences in overseas markets that we now turn . |
| 5 | Prime Minister Felipe González Márquez told the Portuguese newspaper Público in an interview in late February that he would probably have relinquished his post by 1995 ; a general election was next due in 1993 . |
| 6 | Farah Aydid told a United States journalist in early December that it was his aim to " capture Mahdi " , whom he described in an International Herald Tribune report of Dec. 10 as more corrupt and dictatorial than former President Siyad Barre . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , though , we are not very much closer to a genuine explanation of amnesia in functional terms that we were twenty years ago . |
| 8 | So much has been written concerning this question in recent years that it would waste space to reiterate arguments as to the moral , sociological , psychological and medical aspects of the problem . |
| 9 | However , the widely-perceived reluctance of the Government to raise base rates again has encouraged expectations in financial markets that it is seeking alternative monetary policies . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I told them that , ’ Francis Morgan said irritably and his wife and daughter caught each other 's eye in silent agreement that he had n't told them that Angela was refusing point-black to be married from home and was insisting on the full London set-out , reception at the House of Commons , replying unanswerably when he had objected on grounds of expense that she could well afford to pay for it herself . |
| 11 | Now that my sons are becoming more independent , I have time for myself and confidence in middle age that I lacked as a youngster . |
| 12 | If they knew that the unemployment rates were twenty or thirty percent in urban areas that they would n't migrate but because they do n't have that information that 's , that 's the reason . |
| 13 | But the important point to remember is that we do not observe these sociolinguistic patterns directly : it is the speech of individuals in conversational settings that we observe and describe , and it is by analysing a large quantity of spoken language from many speakers that we can then demonstrate the patterns that emerge from our data . |
| 14 | It is a strange reflection on the lack of modernity in British politics that it took a pillar of the old establishment to tell them they ca n't have both . |
| 15 | The reason why people are willing to spend money and time looking at the geology of Lake Tocarno of course is that some of our ancestors are lying around in the rocks and people are therefore very keen on getting accurate dating of the fossils and one way of doing that is to get erm accurate datings of changes in other fossils that you can co-ordinate with them . |
| 16 | Furthermore , bearing in mind the reservations about changes in different varieties that I expressed in section 5.2 above , the early date suggested here for the loss of the velar fricative does not affect the fact that there are dialects of English ( in Lowland Scotland ) which have not yet lost the fricative . |
| 17 | Erm , I wonder if this is a matter which budget review might wish to keep on a continuing brief , so that , to satisfy themselves that the , this council is in fact making progress , and will be in a position to satisfy the district auditor in future years that we are er , taking on board the comments that he 's making and er , moving forward . |
| 18 | Steve Cropper says that Robert Cray and Bonnie Raitt are the only two artists in recent years that he 's watched from the audience — which is either a massive compliment , or an indication of the number of gigs our Steve attends these days . |
| 19 | It is very rarely the case in real life that we can predict in detail the form and content of the language which we will encounter , but , given all of the ethnographic information we have specified , the actual occurring utterance is much more likely ( hence , we assume , much more readily processed by the addressee ) than any of the following ‘ utterances ’ which did not occur : |
| 20 | v. Lowthian the defendants knew of the existence of the contract between the plaintiffs and their co-contractors but they did not know its precise terms and said that they assumed from their experience in other cases that it could be terminated at short notice . |
| 21 | But sometimes I , I do feel that the girls , I , I know a couple of people in other departments that you could say would do the job equally well as the man they 've put in , they probably |
| 22 | It is all too clear from many published accounts of ventures in educational innovation that they have frequently been less successful than was hoped simply because the necessary consequences in terms of processes and support had not ( or could not have ) been foreseen . |
| 23 | It thus does not follow from the inappropriateness of the concession theory in modern conditions that we must accept the normative conclusions of the contract theory . |
| 24 | The bank had told the MPs in written evidence that it had not failed to carry out these duties . |
| 25 | Drink and football are linked by such a strong umbilical cord in Scottish culture that it is virtually impossible to talk about one without the other encroaching . |
| 26 | They assemble in colonies many thousand strong and nest in long holes that they have either taken over from rabbits or dug for themselves . |
| 27 | The same is equally true for managers as they wrestle with the new demands of innovations in global competition that we describe in the next chapter . |
| 28 | Although the 20 cm square shaft has been known about since 1882 it is only with developments in recent technology that it has been possible to explore it by means of a video camera mounted onto a mini robot . |
| 29 | And remember , too , the lessons in scientific death that we in the West have given throughout this bloody century . |
| 30 | We did not reckon on greedy Labour authorities utilising the change to conceal vast increases in public expenditure that they forced on to thousands of unsuspecting electors in our communities , to try to persuade them to change their allegiance from the Conservative party to Labour . |