Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the wake of Hillier 's retirement in 1882 , he was appointed assistant inspector-general and in 1884 he became one of the country 's four new divisional magistrates , with his headquarters in Athlone . |
| 2 | Batch production work is often of this kind and in general it is by no means as unchanging or boring as it might appear to the casual visitor to the factory . |
| 3 | ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year . |
| 4 | The colonial government entered the field of the press soon after the German defeat when in 1923 it introduced Mambo Leo ( ‘ Affairs of Today ’ ) . |
| 5 | This belief is firmly backed up by the experience of the West German government when in 1965 it attempted to bring criminal charges against nine Chemie Grunenthal executives who were indicted for causing bodily harm and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the drug thalidomide . |
| 6 | Mr Berry already had ambitions to expand Blue Arrow 's personnel services on a global basis and in 1987 he discussed with County the possibility of his company 's launching a takeover of Manpower , a US-listed agency . |
| 7 | It is an all too sobering thought that in 1993 we have not developed the mechanisms which will enable us to index , search , and analyze those data according to our very many and particular research interests . |
| 8 | Despite this bitter tragedy the town again rallied itself to the Yorkist cause when in 1470 they assisted King Edward IV in dispelling a Lancastrian uprising at the battle of Loosecoat Field . |
| 9 | Up to this time , the Trinity Association which was called ‘ The Corporation of the Shipmasters of the Trinity House of Leith ’ had been a charitable institution but in 1797 it developed those functions with which it was to become chiefly associated , that of examining and licensing Pilots . |
| 10 | In 1779 it was the more radical of the parliamentary reformers and in 1790 it probably told against supporters of the third effort to do away with religious tests that they tried such unconventional methods . |
| 11 | May be she did not do as well in the major championships as in previous years but in 1990 she still managed to win one Australian , get in to the final of the French and the US Opens , and the semi final of Wimbledon . |
| 12 | He and Richard must have heard about these things but in general they had failed to register . |
| 13 | In 1984 she came third in class in the Yachting Monthly Triangle and in 1985 she came second in class in the Round Britain Race , taking part in Ann Frazer 's Contessa 32 Gollywobbler . |
| 14 | After the war I edited these letters and in 1955 I sent a typescript off to the publisher Jonathan Cape , out of the blue . |
| 15 | In 1872 he served briefly on Birmingham town council , being elected to fill a casual vacancy in October only to be defeated at the municipal elections a month later , but by this time it was apparent that he was a talented organizer and in 1873 he was appointed full-time secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association in succession to William Harris . |
| 16 | Dan Mason of the Chiswick Polish Company — ‘ Cherry Blossom Polish ’ — was a great benefactor and in 1922 he bought Boston House in Burlington Lake , Chiswick , and had it converted into a club for the female staff of his Company 's factory . |
| 17 | His extraordinary conceit and capacity for intrigue spilled over into a genuine mental instability and in 1869 he was removed from Rome to a lunatic asylum in a convent at Passy , a suburb of Paris . |
| 18 | It is likely that the panel requirements will be under regular scrutiny and in particular it is likely that there will be an increasing tendency towards ongoing monitoring of those who are panel members . |
| 19 | So all that phrase means , in plain English , is that the goods should be of a reasonable standard and in particular it means that the goods should not be broken or damaged or faulty and whatever you 've bought should work . |
| 20 | His 1932 work had been greeted with great interest and in 1958 he rightly decided that the news from ZETA merited a press conference . |
| 21 | Much remains unknown about viral persistence but in general it results from stalemate in the battle between the virus and the body . |
| 22 | Well of course the biggest social thing in Ireland is the pub and it 's not I mean the Irish have a a name for being very heavy drinkers but in general they 're not heavy drinkers they just spend a lot of time in pubs . |
| 23 | He received nine honorary degrees and in 1914 he was appointed honorary GCVO . |
| 24 | The Tower of London was William 's first and most important care and in 1080 he built the stone keep now called the White Tower . |
| 25 | He suffered , however , from severe seasickness and in 1885 he was placed on the retired list . |
| 26 | Here he was impressed by America 's industrial progress and in 1862 he visited London for its World Exhibition and to see the museums of South Kensington . |
| 27 | In 1947 it had an average daily circulation of 2 , 134,000 copies but in 1961 it only sold 1,394,000 copies . |
| 28 | He started by writing occasional articles but in 1939 he wrote The State of Music , a trenchant and provocative assessment of the machinery of the musical profession at the time . |
| 29 | Lunn was later promoted to General Assistant and in 1891 he started to take geological photographs in the field . |
| 30 | His works were on a small scale until in 1823 he became engineer for the Difference Engine project of Charles Babbage [ q.v. ] , which gave him the opportunity to build highly accurate large machine tools for his workshop , the best known of which was his large planing machine , built in 1831 . |