Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] in [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Crowninshield walked a few paces in silence until he was standing under the palms which edged the lagoon . |
| 6 | And you know some years in advance if you 're in a secondary school erm that the total secondary school population is going to drop by , say , erm fifteen per cent in the next five years or whatever it might be . |
| 7 | I know if I get into trouble again I 'll be done for the arson charge and breach of probation , and that means a few years in jail and I could n't handle it . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've tried growing interesting plants in grass but it 's very hard . |
| 9 | But that particular day she did n't know beforehand , this was planned a few weeks in advance as you can imagine . |
| 10 | THERE are few guarantees in politics but it is a more than reasonable bet that John Major and Bill Clinton will both be smiling and behaving as if they are buddies when they give a press conference at the White House tomorrow afternoon . |
| 11 | Use the public booths in town where it 's much cheaper . |
| 12 | ‘ It helps to be a woman and I can exploit that when it suits because there are so few women in Parliament and it concerns a lot of people . |
| 13 | It is going to be a really great weekend with that super colt St Jovite among a host of top horses in action and you will also be able to sample the exotic Paris nightlife . |
| 14 | A BESSBROOK man has been sentenced to six months in prison after he was overpayed a sum of £5,666.32 by the DHS . |
| 15 | Watkins L.J. , in Berry ( No. 2 ) may have had such dicta in mind when he stated , |
| 16 | BRITISH No.2 Chris Wilkinson tamed one of the fiercest serves in tennis as he dumped Wimbledon finalist Goran Ivanisevic out of the Stella Artois championships at Queen 's yesterday . |
| 17 | When they come back into work , begin feeding the highfat/performance-type diet about six weeks in advance while you are training them up for the extra work ahead . |
| 18 | Ballesteros knew 10 days in advance that he was due on the 1st tee at 9.45 a.m . |
| 19 | clearly had such problems in mind when he summarised his reasons [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 790 , 849 . |
| 20 | The BeSHT — ben Eliezer is known by that acronym — produced a shock-wave of such proportions in Judaism that it has still not recovered from him . |
| 21 | In the end , Lamb 's men had 10 overs in hand as they cruised to success . |
| 22 | Hearts had n't scored three goals at home in a league match since August and , apart from the introduction of Thomas , it was thanks to one of their brighter performances in midfield that they defeated Falkirk with something to spare . |
| 23 | It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers . |
| 24 | It lasted three days in court and I had to do night duties and then , finishing between 12 and 2 a.m. , going on nights again , going off early , going to court . |
| 25 | Do this for three days in succession and you will be able to make up your own mind whether it works or not . |
| 26 | Griffin spent three days in jail after he refused to give a breath sample . |
| 27 | to put these things in ice and they had n't got any of the , of the |
| 28 | I have described these studies in detail because they are considered by many to be the best evidence for sophisticated residual pattern vision after visual cortex ablation . |
| 29 | Hill has ended his last three games in agony since he first suffered the muscle strain at Ipswich earlier this month . |
| 30 | It is important that we bear these differences in mind when we attempt to analyse the formal nature of public sector organisations . |