Example sentences of "[conj] in [art] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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1 | This may take the form of requirements for reports , returns and information or the holding of enquiries , or in a few cases the issuing of directions , e.g. by the Secretary of State for Education to a local education authority . |
2 | In Crohn 's disease the frequency of IgG anti-α antigen and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies did not differ statistically from the control group , although in a few instances the antibody levels were surprisingly high . |
3 | Washing facilities are another priority , although in the early stages the patient might be washed in his room , as though he were in hospital . |
4 | Again , it was the darkest ones that survived best , with the result that in a few generations the peppered moths living near the big industrial cities were nearly all black . |
5 | If such an arrangement has the result that the group , taken as a whole , can not avoid payments , the FRED would require that in the consolidated accounts the instrument be reported as a liability . |
6 | The fact that in the lower orders the convex or concave condition is constant for individual veins helps in determining their homologies . |
7 | Van den Boogard suggested that in the Anglo-Norman fabliaux the author assumes what he calles the persona of the clerk , i.e. a character looking for respect and admiration for his ability to tell a fascinating tale of intrigue ( inter alia ) , whereas a French author is more likely to adopt the persona of the jongleur , shocking by his anarchism but amusing at the same time through his self-mockery . |
8 | It was certainly the case that in the first centuries the example of Jesus must have been a tremendous model for living and for dying . |
9 | Mr Ackerman stressed that in the five years the 20-pupil day school had been run by the Mannafields Christian Education Association at Carberry , near Musselburgh , East Lothian , no pupil had been punished in this way . |
10 | Mr. Newman also submitted that in the above circumstances the order for committal of the applicant was an abuse of the process of the court , and for that reason the court should exercise its discretion to refuse to make such an order . |
11 | Blood-filled spaces or lacunae soon develop in the wing-pad ( appearing in the and instar of Pteronarcys , for example ) and alter as growth proceeds so that in the later instars the lacunae correspond in arrangement to the veins of the adult wings ; the veins , in fact , arise by differential sclerotization of the integument adjacent to the lacunae . |
12 | Both slow movements are warmly and elegantly done , and if in the outer ones the soloist sometimes seems to be hell-bent on reaching the winning post first , the orchestra keeps up with ease . |
13 | In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work . |
14 | Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child . |
15 | Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive . |
16 | The plant-eaters grew bulkier and heavier as a kind of protection , and in a few instances the flesh-eaters also grew commensurately bigger . |
17 | It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working . |
18 | Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away . |
19 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |
20 | Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it . |
21 | ‘ The officials at Preston have been nothing but encouraging and in the early days the coaching staff put in a lot of time to make up for my lack of experience . |
22 | None of us really knew what we were going to see , and in the early days the tapes were rather artificial because the lessons were all so well prepared , the kids knew they were going to have a video in the classes , it did n't mean that they were always well behaved ! |
23 | Most of our population stock arrived later , from northern Germany and Denmark , as shown in the place names of most of England and southern Scotland , and in the Middle Ages the Kingdom of Scotland was one of the poorest areas of Europe . |
24 | The London Medical Review wrote in 1862 that : ‘ there can be no doubt that both in the human subject and in the lower animals the female does participate fully in the sexual passion ’ , and many others were sceptical of his claims . |
25 | Gradually weight loss occurs despite a good diet , and in the final stages the person ceases to recognise the family or even the self in the mirror , loses bladder and bowel control , any capacity for self-care or ability to communicate in words . |
26 | In the last years of the Soviet Union and in the new republics the militia found itself dealing with a level of public demonstration — and sometimes disorder — of which it had no previous experience , and it did not always deal efficiently with them . |
27 | Many of the most committed Calvinists , who had wrestled for lengthy periods with the doctrine of predestination before finally convincing themselves of the assuredness of their salvation , reacted with fury and outrage to Arminius 's teachings , and in the United Provinces the resulting theological controversy provoked a major political crisis , culminating in the defeat of the Arminians at the Synod of Dort in 1618 . |
28 | The road was very pleasant , and nice peeps were opened out along the shore , those scenes peculiar to this and neighbouring isles ; long flat stretches of heath and sand , and lines of cliff ; and in the pearliest hues the mountains of the north-west of Scotland graced their glowing setting of sunlit cloud and sun-reflecting sea , while the ether was embalmed in shades that partook of many emerald rays . |
29 | Very gifted , but in the early days the ensemble was not always very good . |
30 | The school had a capacity to accept 625 boys but in the relevant years the school was not full to capacity . |