Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] [noun] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be charged on the actual amount of water you use or a percentage of it , or in some areas it may be based on the rateable value of your home . |
| 2 | When we hear of a sustained flow of funds ‘ into ’ investment trusts , we must recognise that extra funds do not go into the trust at all ( except in one case we shall come to in a moment ) . |
| 3 | Choice of the insurer is yours and an existing policy can be considered , although in such cases it may require depositing with the bank as security . |
| 4 | Re-writing the partnership agreement will not be a practicable exercise in larger firms , although in certain circumstances it may become necessary , eg if in the course of negotiations with a new partner some hitherto unsuspected inadequacy is revealed . |
| 5 | There may sometimes be problems in deciding which member of a pair is the endonym and which the exonym , although in most cases we can trust our intuitions . |
| 6 | Ezra was a cobbler who also acted as a local estate agent , although in those days he would n't have recognised the term . |
| 7 | Although in some circumstances it would appear that steroid use was very sophisticated , in many instances knowledge about drugs and injection technique was very poor ’ . |
| 8 | The Abortion Pill is best used in the early weeks of a pregnancy — certainly in the first three months , although in some cases it can be used later . |
| 9 | One possibility is that the DGSE somehow hoped that by buying the dinghy in London blame for the operation would be placed on MI6 , although in this case it would have made more sense to buy one made in Britain . |
| 10 | Perhaps also , a new officer might learn how little his place was actually worth after he had accepted it , although in this regard it must be remembered that even the crown offices were poorly paid . |
| 11 | Although in both cases it can be argued that the sight of the police car is what caused the speaker to be glad , the way in which these notions are put into relation is not the same . |
| 12 | It is only now clear to me that in actual fact it must have been a day later . |
| 13 | This comparative static result suggests that in empirical work we would expect to observe a positive correlation between alternative wages or unemployment benefits , and union wages and membership , but also possibly a sharp discontinuity in this relationship . |
| 14 | Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention . |
| 15 | The problem for the draftsman of a partnership agreement who specifies the initial ratio and provides that in future years it shall be as agreed between the partners at the beginning or end of each year is that the equal sharing required under the Partnership Act in default of agreement will always benefit at least one of the partners . |
| 16 | For there to be such a fact about me is for it also to be true , roughly , that in certain circumstances I would consciously believe , desire , fear , intend , or whatever . |
| 17 | And that by now familiar music to many of you means that in five minutes it will be the Dougie Down Under competition thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline . |
| 18 | Striped shirt tapped a gold pencil thoughtfully against his teeth and said that of course one had every respect for someone wishing to take such a stand and that in that case we must see what could be done with the portfolio as it was . |
| 19 | Reed Children 's Books and Books for Students , the Warwick-based school and library supplier , have just announced that in that capacity she will be a judge for a new competition for primary school children — the first prize being a week 's holiday for a whole class at children 's author Michael Morpurgo 's farm in Devon . |
| 20 | The truth is that in European affairs it would be difficult to diminish further the power of this Parliament . |
| 21 | I 'm erm I 've been working in low cost housing , housing charities , for a very long time , with Shelter and various other charities like that , and I never cease to be amazed that the Conservative Group , here or nationally , are hostile to subsidies for council housing , because the subsidy which goes to owner-occupiers , through mortgage tax relief , is very much greater than the subsidy that goes to council housing and there 's nothing we as a Council can do about this , but I do hope that in due course we will get a fair system of subsidising houses for everybody , so that wealthy people on high incomes who are getting a big subsidy on their housing through their tax relief , erm are not getting more than people on low incomes living in council houses . |
| 22 | While such a set-up would probably be established under the auspices of the Bank of England , the main users in the shape of the institutions envisage that in due course they would take over ownership . |
| 23 | ‘ At this stage it is too early ti give an accurate figure for the likely return to depositors , however I do believe that in due course it should be substantial . |
| 24 | But Mr Heath was savagely criticised by the press and the public , and friends of Mr Major believe that in similar circumstances he would be unlikely to hang on . |
| 25 | This means that in individual families it must have been rather unusual to have grandparents surviving much beyond the infancy of their grandchildren , and thus relationships across three generations would have been comparatively rare . |
| 26 | ‘ It strikes me that in new clothes you could be highly presentable . |
| 27 | If however you hear anything of the matter , urge it as much as you can , and believe me I will leave no unconnected links in my track — and that in two years I will leave but little to be discovered here , if it please Providence to continue to me its wonted care . |
| 28 | ‘ Duart is forbidden visitors today , my lady , so that in two days he may be fit for the ceremony . |
| 29 | He stood for a moment longer , looking at her , unable to speak , seeing that she was so beautiful it was hurtful to him , thinking that in other circumstances he would be unmanned by such beauty , except that he was not unmanned , that was the very last thing … |
| 30 | The " I am lay " is a very old ritual that in other countries you can only read about in history books . " |