Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] [noun pl] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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1 | They all like a dryish soil in full sun ; in rich conditions or in shady spots they tend to grow too lush and produce too few flowers . |
2 | C. oncophora and C. curticei are generally considered to be mild pathogens in calves and lambs respectively although in some studies they have been associated with inappetence and poor weight gains . |
3 | It is not surprising that in recent years they have served interchangeably in the hands of various theorists as models of each other . |
4 | Suggest that in small groups they make an image to show what it 's like to experience conflicting feelings — of sorrow , loss , relief , excitement , hope , expectation . |
5 | It is true that the corrective measures that can be taken do not usually have an immediate response , and that in many cases they appear to be quite small actions , relative to the size of the problem with which you are grappling . |
6 | Teachers readily admit at the present time that in most cases they have had little or no training in assessment procedures , and therefore feel they lack both the skills and the confidence to take on a more responsible role in certification . |
7 | It is submitted that in these circumstances they do not do well enough with the written word . |
8 | Suffice it to say that in some circumstances they authorise treatment despite the objections of the patient , whether minor or adult . |
9 | And some places that erm I know that in some places they have their own local way of speaking and then they speak a different way to other folk . |
10 | Although I concentrate in this chapter on sexual difference and on cultural and racial differences in the last chapter , it is worth remembering that in some contexts they interrelate . |
11 | And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish . |
12 | Left-inclined critics , whilst recognising that political inactivity can be construed as a measure of satisfaction and power for certain interests , nevertheless argue that this is not the case for all interests and in many cases they regard inactivity as symptomatic of a powerlessness and fatalism which renders any activity pointless . |
13 | And so that this tendency you see for us to see how well our world has been , rather than the depot , and in many cases they do it |
14 | Harem-masters are always conspicuously different in appearance from their females — frequently they are larger and in many cases they have special male weapons on their heads . |
15 | In some older dances they each hold a corner of a handkerchief to form a link and in some areas they link little fingers . |
16 | When ingested by animals they accumulate in the blood and tissues unchanged or after minor oxidative alterations and in some cases they form the prosthetic group of a chromoprotein . |
17 | And in some cases they take a form sufficiently extreme that investigators have been led to speak of separate languages or varieties for the two sexes . |
18 | Local authorities have , therefore , begun to help the disabled in their own homes by providing meals services , domestic help and so on , and in some cases they make arrangements to take the disabled person on holiday to give the other members of the household a break , although all of these services are restricted by cash limitations on local authority expenditure . |
19 | None of these tenants have access to any tools or materials , and in some cases they 've been told that they 'll have to pay for the repair work . |
20 | I find that some of the ‘ B ’ band kids are doing the same syllabus , and in some cases they get the same marks or better marks than us , yet they ca n't do ‘ O ’ level and they 're in the ‘ B ’ band . |
21 | Our bodies , for instance , are usually hotter than our surroundings , and in cold climates they have to work hard to maintain the differential . |
22 | All farms have rats and mice but in recent years they have been coming through from the barn into the house and getting into the furniture . |
23 | In the more seasonal forests , hummingbirds may be migratory , but in all forests they tend to breed at the time when the flowers on which they depend are most abundant , though as with the thrips and the Shorea species , there is some staggering of flowering times and avoidance of competition for pollinators between plants . |
24 | But in other ways they differ very strongly . |
25 | They do not have the ego-satisfaction of having thought up a brand new idea but in practical terms they do well ; The pioneer has developed the field and born the development costs . |
26 | Spelling mistakes do not usually stop your writing being understood , but in many contexts they carry undesirable connotations which you may wish to avoid ( " does n't read " , " illiterate " , " badly taught " , etc . ) . |
27 | In general these movements have operated only at grass-roots level , but in some areas they have been joining up to form networks of organisations of the urban poor . |
28 | Very short booms are used by experts in strong winds , but in light winds they have very little steering ability . |
29 | It is covered by scales ; in small specimens , disk diameter c. 2.5 m , it is possible to distinguish the centrodorsal and primary plates but in larger specimens they become inconspicuous . |
30 | Not all the editors are guilty : the volumes prepared by Busser , Guilmant , Hahn , Marty and Debussy , for instance , may not measure up to today 's scholarly standards , but in most respects they do not seriously misrepresent the composer 's intentions . |