Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] in [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the grandest building in Montevideo when it was built , and adopted a style which seems to have been particularly congenial to Latin American nationalism , Second Empire . |
| 2 | Sobhuza , however , possessed political skills in abundance and he cunningly blended appeal to tribal custom with a capacity to manage economic and social change for his kingdom without weakening his autocratic power base . |
| 3 | He said he knew of only one major house-building scheme at present in the area for between 40 and 50 private houses in Brotton and he felt that they would probably be executive-type houses beyond the means of the homeless people on the council 's waiting list . |
| 4 | The new president in office at the EC Social Affairs Council , Tristan Garel-Jones , told the European Parliament in July that he was ready to place a great deal of importance on social problems and to work for the improvement of social conditions for all European citizens . |
| 5 | It 's all because there 's so little hope in England that you have to turn to Paris , or somewhere abroad . |
| 6 | The Whig reformers had their own political views in mind when they described the typical Scottish politician as a man whose position was secured by extensive bribery of a small venal electorate concerned only with individual advantage , or , alternatively , by the politician ignoring the true electorate and placing reliance upon nominal and fictitious voters who had been added to the freeholders rolls in the counties . |
| 7 | On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice-president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . |
| 8 | It would , however , be a great mistake to dismiss the event as an act of folly without any serious consequences , for the proof of the existence of a serious candidate led to the definite rebirth of Bonapartism as a political force in France and it was this movement which was later to carry Louis-Napoleon to power . |
| 9 | It 's not just health problems they suffer but many people can get really depressed living in houses where they have to keep washing the mould off the walls . |
| 10 | Observers were said to be surprised at the decision to hold elections during the Christmas holiday period , when most Kenyans with jobs in cities would have returned to their rural homes in areas where they had not necessarily registered to vote . |
| 11 | I agree with my honourable friend er one of the er satisfactory features of the C B I er survey last week , one of the many , was that eighty four percent of firms er in the U K intend to increase or maintain their spending on training and of course she 's absolutely right , they will be the firms that will benefit most from that investment in training as we continue through recovery into growth in the longer term . |
| 12 | We 'd had a huge rally of 10,000 people for Ronald Reagan at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas and I was flying on to Los Angeles with one of the co-ordinators the next morning . |
| 13 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 14 | Set the alarm for half past six , gets another half hour in bed and he 's moaning about it . |
| 15 | There were some plans in existence and he studied old maps by R. Casson and J. Berry , which had appeared last in 1757 before the copper plates for them had been taken over by Harrop . |
| 16 | I put this description in quotes because it is an informal garden , discreetly signposted . |
| 17 | This standard was developed with commercial accounts in mind and it confirms the view that depreciation is a matter of allocation , not of valuation ; though in recent years it has become acceptable to allocate revalued amounts . |
| 18 | Fred Sharpe is beginning to regret the decision to buy this ingredient in advance as it will deteriorate in store and may become dangerous before the end of the budget period . |
| 19 | Crowninshield walked a few paces in silence until he was standing under the palms which edged the lagoon . |
| 20 | This is one of the reasons why we are saying to the government that they should consider what our competitor countries do , which is some form of temporary credit management ; some form of temporary credit controls to squeeze off this surge in demand before it really gets going and pushes inflation up again . |
| 21 | And this is a matter which must be given some weight in decision when you combine it with the other factors also which we have gone through today . |
| 22 | But there are so many different styles in Texas and I think that 's what I liked about growing up there ; you could just hear so much stuff . ’ |
| 23 | When the man saw this , he began to walk more quickly , then to run , as if triggered by some vulnerability in Nicola that he had n't found before . |
| 24 | He followed this with a traditional French bakery in Oxford while he set about converting a 15th century Cotswold manor house into Le Manoir , which opened in 1984 and has since become one of Britain 's most exclusive restaurants . |
| 25 | It seemed as if he received a shorter term in jail because he was a doctor . |
| 26 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 27 | Local support groups are being set up in different areas in London and they have good leaflets on various HIV related topics for women . |
| 28 | ‘ He spoke about how he had appreciated the colleagueship of the Methodist pastor in Crackow and I was then able to say that there were indeed Methodists in Italy and the Protestant Church , although small in number is quite significant , particularly in its work among refugees and migrant workers . |
| 29 | And you 're asked to complete this work in pairs if it 's easier . |
| 30 | I am not normally a follower of the daily horoscopes in magazines as I could not see how one small horoscope could possibly influence so many millions of people born under a particular starsign . |