Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Learning is a more or less permanent change in behaviour not due to maturation or damage . ’ |
| 2 | The Oxford English Dictionary refers to the following gloss : ‘ a meaningless or even misleading phrase in English ’ . |
| 3 | But none the less , it is better to start off with some conceptual purity or relatively homogeneous phenomenon in order first to describe better the extent of that particular type of crime , second to facilitate its sociological understanding , and finally to evaluate the likely effectiveness of possible control/regulation proposals . |
| 4 | This is because the assumption is made that all important power in society is concentrated in the hands of the state . |
| 5 | No matter where we go in space , nor how far back in time , we find power . |
| 6 | The occasion of Macleod 's fury was the process by which Lord Home had come to be chosen as Leader of the party and thereby Prime Minister in succession to Harold Macmillan . |
| 7 | This resulted in high profits and thereby increased investment in industry . |
| 8 | The first and most crucial step in training children to be social beings takes place when they develop a willingness to do as they are told . |
| 9 | And one might one might say in six , erm perhaps not avoid but minimize the best and most versatile land in accordance with the provisions of P P G seven . |
| 10 | Put bluntly , the Lexus has the smoothest and most refined drivetrain in existence . |
| 11 | A case might be made for this ( although there is no other evidence for it ) and so substantive interference in Ulpian 's text could be taken to be limited to generalization or to the addition of per omnia . |
| 12 | It aims to provide 40,000 training weeks by next April under its innovative and highly successful Training in Employment scheme . |
| 13 | Let's hope advertisers get the message and give us more laughs and less po-faced hype in future . |
| 14 | Looking at the BBC 's sample of a dozen or so voters , one realised that people still have an abiding and entirely irrational belief in government as a form of magic fairy . |
| 15 | They share a common and deeply significant trend in philosophy , and that trend is to get away from hierarchy and control and to move towards emphasis upon what Peters calls ‘ The Front Line People ’ — and we know who they are ! |
| 16 | It is also due to a long term and possibly accelerating rise in demand . |
| 17 | The economists , for example , have insisted on more and more technical emphasis in order to ( as they see it ) equip ‘ their ’ graduates to compete better in the marketplace . |
| 18 | These changes were accompanied by a greater and more sustained increase in energy intake in the steroid group . |
| 19 | Dr William Fore , former WACC President and now Visiting Lecturer in Communication at the School , said in a recent letter to delegates : ‘ The meeting promises to be a landmark , since it is the first time that teachers of communication in seminaries and schools of theology will have come together to consider their distinctive task in theological education . ’ |
| 20 | Yes , advertisers do keep coming back , precisely because they are currently finding it extremely difficult to secure worthwhile business as more and more companies are cost saving and doing all their collections and even legal work in house . |
| 21 | It was , I think , unlikely that the white Rhodesians — who had already shown some signs of division in their opinion — would have remained undivided indefinitely and a breakaway group might well have sought the allegiance of the black population , enabling them to play a large and even decisive role in government . |
| 22 | It is , however , a worthwhile exercise to compare the Shipman 's Tale with these tales of Gower to see where Chaucer may have drawn the line between permissible and even useful scurrility in literature and unconscionable sin . |
| 23 | But the use of microphones , amplifiers and speakers can entail unsightly ironmongery , technical clutter and hazardous cables which can provide visual distraction and even physical danger in church . |
| 24 | It 's a quality project and is further endorsement that our wide and deep rooted experience in building and refurbishing hospitals is giving us the advantage in this sector of the market . ’ |
| 25 | The central section , ‘ New States of Consciousness and Social Change ’ then deals with a range of beliefs and attitudes which are said to have followed in the wake of these developments , and in particular with what Le Roy Ladurie calls ‘ a deep and sometimes lasting permutation in peasant mentality ’ . |
| 26 | Richard and Philip decided to winter in Sicily , and there celebrated Christmas in style , while the Christian forces across the sea suffered terrible privations from disease and starvation . |
| 27 | All in all , this is a valuable stage which researchers who do not accept criticism very easily will probably wish to avoid , but if they do consciously and deliberately avoid it , they have only themselves to blame for not taking advantage of a most useful and quite inexpensive step in schedule preparation . |
| 28 | Encina 's unadorned villancico , Trista Espana sin ventura ( Disc 1 , track 9 ) , highlights the Hilliard 's accurate intonation and almost psychic rapport in phrasing . |
| 29 | David was not a big man but , like several Palace midfield players and defenders , he excelled under intense and almost continuous pressure in Division One . |
| 30 | For example , in 1980 the Home Secretary , William Whitelaw , introduced the ‘ short , sharp , shock ’ punishments for young offenders , involving a few months ' strict discipline and almost para-military training in detention centres . |