Example sentences of "in [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He adds : ‘ The whole thing brings to mind the art troubadour that was in vogue around 1830 . ’
2 On Shrove Tuesday the most unmanly and cruel exercise of ‘ cock scailing ’ was in vogue everywhere
3 She always worked in good places , in the West End ; the hands she did were in Vogue once .
4 And then pull out tables was in vogue then .
5 The headline accompanied the story of the unfortunate Suzanne Lloyd who recounted her ‘ acid times ’ with the new pop/folk singer Donovan , which had included a visit to Jean Luc Godard 's Pierrot le Fou which she labelled as one of ‘ the ‘ acid ’ films that are in vogue now ’ .
6 There was a severe , worn pressure of thought about his temples , a fire in his eye ( as if he saw something in objects more than outward appearance ) , an intense , high , narrow forehead , a Roman nose , cheeks furrowed by a strong purpose , and a convulsive inclination to laughter about the mouth , a good deal at variance with the solemn , stately expression of
7 A labyrinth of caves known as the ‘ Sassi ’ or ‘ rocks ’ , is hewn in tiers out of the flanks of a deep ravine and linked by a warren of stairways and alleys .
8 At Sainsbury in Boreham yesterday morning head office spokesman Nick Green said staff and customers wanted the shops to open on Sundays .
9 Someone suggested they should all bathe in champagne beforehand and the bath was filled with some cheap bubbly .
10 With the advent of numerous chemical sprays to combat various disorders and pests , the greatest hazard facing the vine in Champagne today is frost .
11 Grand cru villages There are seventeen villages in Champagne officially rated at 100% and thus designated grand cru status .
12 With the advance of viticultural techniques the volume of grapes produced in Champagne naturally tended to rise and , always provided that they did not over-produce — a responsibility of ComCon which must be ratified by the non-partisan decree of the minister of agriculture — the quality of the fruit yielded also rose .
13 She lives in Beith where she in on the committee of the Earl Haig Fund Charity .
14 In case not , I have enclosed a copy of the statement agreed at our National Council in March which sums up our position fairly well .
15 I will probably have spoken to you on the ‘ phone before you get this note , but just in case not I thought I would let you know how things are going .
16 Yorkshire 's Richard Blakey , who made his Test debut in Madras last week , stands-by in case either Stewart or Fairbrother is ruled out .
17 It had shaken her faith , made her afraid to form deep attachments in case somehow the pain was repeated …
18 That evening I went to see an old friend ( that is , old in years ) in case out of the experience of a long life she might bring forth words of wisdom .
19 Its nice to have a few bob in the bank in case too .
20 With the increase of industry and commerce in the nineteenth century , and especially with the development of joint stock companies with limited liability , investment in money rather than in land became the most convenient and popular form .
21 There were no sudden changes in direction even though employers and government began to modify their attitudes towards trade unions in such a way as to encourage negotiations at the highest level .
22 1974 was the time of a change in direction not only in career but also in fossil hunting .
23 The fact that the Council 's Structure Plan , in which their planning policy is enshrined , has not yet been accepted by the Secretary of State makes these changes in direction all the easier .
24 Whole chapters can be SKIMMED in minutes rather than hours .
25 Note that workouts are given in minutes not miles .
26 Novel methods of analysis made it possible to do chemical separations in minutes instead of days or weeks .
27 Karl Heim , German Lutheran theologian , scientist and writer , recounts an incident which occurred in Moscow shortly after the Russian Revolution .
28 In Moscow tomorrow we shall discuss with the Russian authorities the way forward on a number of difficult economic questions .
29 The declaration left open the possibility of bilateral aid , and the West German government subsequently pledged a loan package amounting to US$3,100 million in advance of the Gorbachev-Kohl summit on German reunification in Moscow later in July [ see pp. 37659-61 ] .
30 There was also concern about the environmental damage that had been suffered as a result of decisions about economic development taken in Moscow rather than in the republics themselves .
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