Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , in 1954 , as the car passed under what seemed a mediaeval or Renaissance courtyard gate there was Frederica , brooding grimly about a personal failure in a dreamed , unreal competition . |
| 2 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
| 3 | The real balance effect may be represented diagrammatically as a rightward shift in the IS curve . |
| 4 | She was doing all right as a nursing orderly in a geriatric hospital — one of her favourite ‘ legitimate ’ jobs as it gave her easy access to sleeping pills and downers . |
| 5 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 6 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 7 | Whatever his personal misgivings , Valenzuela hid them well and when his compulsory military service ended he signed on for a permanent career in the Air Force . |
| 8 | Democracy in industry , or , more broadly , at the work place , is an idea that has often been discussed , but with a few exceptions ( including Yugoslavia to some extent ) has hardly as yet been embarked on as a serious practice in most societies . |
| 9 | Erm , right on the expenditure side we have our normal subscriptions for the year , A S erm the F B A S which you all know , there 's no strangers here who do n't know what these are the A L A and the Whale and Dolphin er Preservation Society which we have taken on as a personal thing in the , in the er name of the club because it 's cheaper |
| 10 | This Progressive influence lingered on as a minor theme in the cinema of the 1920s and was an obvious outlet for the continental directors who were drawn in by the glamour and potential of Hollywood . |
| 11 | As a proper noun standing for the state of being modern it has never really caught on as a popular word in everyday speech . |
| 12 | The stories he told himself were , in fact , almost wordless ; simply a procession of scenes and incidents through which he moved , not as an active participant but rather as a curious watcher in an alien element . |
| 13 | ‘ The next parliament will not serve merely as a forum for making political statements but rather as a national institute in which we will all take part in formulating the country 's policies , ’ he said on television before leaving on a three-nation tour as part of Middle East peace efforts . |
| 14 | Which left cash enough for a second-hand cloak in black wool and the button boots in the window — if they fitted . |
| 15 | It is only through a living faith in God that we can make a new start in our emotional life with each other . |
| 16 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 17 | Only for a short period in the mid-1980s , when commodity prices and demand for semi-conductors slumped , did Malaysia risk hitting its borrowing ceiling . |
| 18 | We can work together as a whole group in which there is a clear focus and a clear task . |
| 19 | And she had seen his picture in trade papers and yachting magazines , usually alongside an article extolling his brilliance , not only as a prizewinning designer in the highly competitive world of trans-ocean racing , but also as a respected if demanding skipper . |
| 20 | Hence the need to stress at the outset that Nizan 's adult development can be correctly understood only as a deep involvement in the communist party , a process of attraction-repulsion in which Nizan was both deeply committed to and deeply compromised by the party itself . |
| 21 | To many geographers the general statistical tendencies revealed above do not explain anything , and the use of industrial structure in this context is seen only as a first step in the analysis of spatial change . |
| 22 | But it was only as a last resort in 1120 that the community committed itself to , and based its case upon , the expedient of introducing into existing documents the necessary phrases , which — if they had been there in the days of Lanfranc or Anselm — would have given their case a firm basis in papal documents . |
| 23 | At the end of the day 550 people sat down for a superb dinner in the marquee , prepared by and his team , where the trophies and prizes from the Grand Draw were presented , followed by a disco . |
| 24 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
| 25 | The qualifying 20s. was no arbitrary figure but the maximum ( 16s. + 4s. for livery ) laid down for a common servant in husbandry by the wage-regulation act of 1515 . |
| 26 | Considering what else might be on offer is not only in your interests but may also help bring an overall agreement nearer if your employer is willing to provide non-cash benefits in return , perhaps for a slight reduction in the lump sum that you are looking for . |
| 27 | thank you and you would accept would n't you , that if we have a brochure , let us say printed for next January , January nineteen ninety four alright , and I came along as a retired person in the Spring of nineteen ninety five or indeed the Summer of nineteen ninety five , fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , eighteen months later , those brochure figures will inevitably be out of date in the sense of being inaccurate would n't they ? |
| 28 | Katie Jane 's been stricken by the acting but too , floating in as a jilted bride in wig and mask before revealing her new crop and slinging on the trademark tousled Ophelia barnet . |
| 29 | One seems to show Samaranch being sworn in as a national councillor in 1967 . |
| 30 | NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO just might go down as a memorable year in the history of Britain , if not the rest of the world . |