Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Calvary is found full cleansing for ever through faith alone in the finished work of Christ on the cross . |
| 2 | The contemporary hooligan phenomenon arose in the 1960s at a time of unprecedented prosperity and low unemployment and has continued through recession both in the depressed north and the relatively prosperous south . |
| 3 | The work of Feyerabend and Kuhn suggests that unqualified talk of progress even in the natural sciences is going too far . |
| 4 | ‘ The internal dissension in the three parties , ’ wrote Beatrice Webb in her diary , ‘ each party finding its bitterest enemies among its own members or ci-devant members , would be ludicrous if it were not a sinister symptom of the decadent disrupture of British public opinion , owing to lack of faith either in the present order or in any consistent and comprehensive principles of reconstruction . ' |
| 5 | Adams ( 1985b ) illustrates this kind of difficulty in showing how a subject with good vision in the right eye , but perception of light only in the left eye , could easily bump into a half-open door before realising it was there . |
| 6 | ( The shape of the monkey could be discerned by the eye of prejudice even in the Chinese and Japanese , as witness many a modern cartoon . ) |
| 7 | The government-run newspapers tell of instability elsewhere in the communist world . |
| 8 | Perhaps the deep concern of the horsemen to keep their high standard of work even in the ordinary day-to-day ploughing can best be understood when we look at it against the background of a practice that was once common in many parts of Suffolk . |
| 9 | She felt daring at the thought of bread and cheese and a glass of wine alone in the dark garden . |
| 10 | Archaeology and history combine to show that jade was rated more highly than gold among some of the most sophisticated and highly civilized peoples of antiquity both in the Old World and the New.l To understand the appeal of jade it is essential to handle the material itself . |
| 11 | A variety of details relating to senior staff , including length of service both in the present job and in the BAA and date of retirement , can be shown on a computer report and copies are sent to both the Chairman and Managing Director at regular intervals . |
| 12 | Indeed , when at last he tossed aside his pen , sat back in his chair and raised his eyes to hers , there was a hint of amusement deep in the dark eyes . |
| 13 | In 1992 Citalia guests will have the choice of accommodation either in the beautifully-appointed hotel bedrooms with breakfast included , or in the following selfcatering apartments which , as befits the location , are named after plants and trees . |
| 14 | Thus , in 1921 , Bukharin was developing his theory of equilibrium both in the theoretical aspects and in its application to current questions . |
| 15 | Using functional notation , we can write However , since it takes time for firms to adjust their capital stocks in response to changes in demand ( remember that capital is a variable factor of production only in the long-run ) , it may be more realistic to introduce a lag into the accelerator part of the function and write Only empirical testing can determine which of the three independent variables is the most important . |
| 16 | The periods of time out in the open meadow , |
| 17 | By some quirk of physiology , the fish feels like breeding only in the warm waters of the very long , swift flowing rivers of its native land during the monsoon season . |
| 18 | And some of them , of course , emigrated to the United States because they could n't cope with life back in the old lands , the Shakers , are they part of the same sort |
| 19 | Stock , Aitken and Waterman will write the music for the spectacular , which will get under way early in the new decade . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , this policy has now freed more than £100 million for use elsewhere in the National Health Service . |
| 21 | Sometime , changes in blood either in the white cells or in the blood proteins , i.e. antibodies , can not be detected in people who react adversely to foods . |
| 22 | One other thing I nearly forgot to mention , just to please the administration staff , ‘ COMPUTERS ’ , they are all ordered and will be in place early in the New Year , is n't that something to look forward to ? |
| 23 | She had told him she was unlikely to be in Town again in the foreseeable future , and was sure he was far too busy to have time to drive down to Sussex . |
| 24 | An early contestant for the role of heir apparent , Aleke Banda , a minister in the 1960s , was restricted to his village for several years before being partially rehabilitated only to fall in disgrace again in the mid 1980s . |
| 25 | Inspiration , she says , initially came from seeing Pink Floyd in concert back in the early 70s . |
| 26 | Little Monaco , with their English Third Division crowds , could easily afford to tempt Glenn Hoddle from Tottenham ; Marseille , who paid £4.5m for Chris Waddle , were said to have earned that and more from television alone in the previous year . |
| 27 | ‘ It must be stressed , however , ’ we noted , ‘ that the book has an optimistic tone , asserting that there is still much to be gained from life even in the quickening twilight years . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Dr Proctor has been kept in seclusion temporarily in the time-locked underground strongroom of the Anchorage branch of the GenTech Nomura Agricultural Loan and Trust Co , and has not as yet been able to confer with his lawyers or issue a public statement . |
| 29 | Then I manoeuvred the auto among the trees , until I set it — according to my estimation — in the perfect position , some way from the main gates of the tower , but having them in view even in the present dismal light . |
| 30 | We do that in relation to negligence generally in the civil courts , but not in the criminal courts . ’ |