Example sentences of "in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 're not entered in a road-rally . ’ |
| 2 | He faces seven rivals , including Kentucky Derby contender Dr Devious , who impressed Cash Asmussen in a gallop at Newbury on Saturday . |
| 3 | Get robbed of a race in the weighing room , smash your shoulder up in a gallop — that 's racing . |
| 4 | On Wednesday 14 October 1953 at 12 noon the Trustees gathered to see a steel box , 8″ x 6″ x 3″ , specially made by Portadown Foundry Ltd , placed in a cavity in the foundation stone and firmly sealed . |
| 5 | Technically , a nut is a single-seeded fruit , with the embryo free in a cavity and the pericarp hardened and woody . |
| 6 | In a cavity between it and the central part of the body , most species have gills which are continually bathed by a current of oxygen-bearing water , sucked in at one end of the cavity and expelled at the other . |
| 7 | What is the evidence in support of this claim ? located in a cavity on the top ( dorsal ) side of the animal ; the rear end of the cavity forms a fleshy spout or siphon . |
| 8 | Used correctly , you should n't have to bend your back during general digging , although it wo n't lift out the soil and put in a barrow if you need to move it ! |
| 9 | He can devote a few paragraphs to Brecht but pages to the crippled young would-be philosopher who spends his life in a barrow flicking through Spinoza and Kant with his tongue . |
| 10 | ‘ A small cromlech was discovered by some miners about the year 1837 near the Cheesewring in a barrow or cairn and under it was found a bell-shaped gold cup with a sphere or sceptre . |
| 11 | Serpulid tubes are preserved here in a siltstone , with parts of the original shell material adhering . |
| 12 | The fish is preserved in a siltstone nodule , which has partially formed around the body of the fish . |
| 13 | Possibly the only person ever to have succeeded in upstaging Margaret Thatcher in a photo-opportunity , Katharine lined up to shake the Prime Minister 's hand wearing a T-shirt declaring ‘ 58 per cent Do n't Want Pershing ’ at a Downing Street reception in 1984 . |
| 14 | This has some advantages , as the rotational envelope results in a spreading of the intensity of a band over a wide range , and may lead to overlapping of bands due to different vibrations . |
| 15 | Such cheating may take the form of coaching or practice , but it may also take the subtle form of the chemistry teacher who asked the GCE student , ‘ are you sure that is what you want ? ’ when she was asking for some particular potion to complete an experiment in a practical examination , or the American teacher on the same 1987 visit who pointed to a particular answer in a workbook and asked the student to ‘ check that out ’ . |
| 16 | It is obvious that one chapter in a workbook can not be very comprehensive on any one subject and we certainly hope that you will be involved in some further reading from the suggested reading list . |
| 17 | Water can be placed in a burette and the fresh air can be collected displacing the water by removing the stopper and releasing the tap . |
| 18 | And they are ambitious : while the job is regarded as important and worthwhile , it is for them , only a first step in a pollution control career , even though the present organizational structure of the agencies provokes anxieties about the limited prospects of promotion . |
| 19 | This summer members of the team promoted the UV Ski sponsorship by demonstrating exercises in the video ‘ Fit to Ski ’ and taking part in a photoshoot on the glacier at Tignes . |
| 20 | ‘ The last creature who told me that is living in a green-grocer 's shop now . |
| 21 | Her father 's trade was probably closed to her ; if her mother worked , it was more likely to be in an irregular way as a charwoman than in a regular , let alone a skilled Occupation . |
| 22 | Just us , fair and dark , peas in a pod , little and large ( well , I exaggerate here , she 's smaller , more slender ; but then Jeff , he 's given me new trust in my ass ) . |
| 23 | can be green or black and are a collection of aromatic seeds contained in a pod which must be split to release the full flavour . |
| 24 | As like as two peas in a pod . |
| 25 | However , it was realised the AI Mk 10 radar fitted in the rear cockpit could be housed in a pod beneath the engine , and of 328 NF.IIs planned only 37 were built , these being later converted back to Mk 1 standard . |
| 26 | Four were like beans in a pod . |
| 27 | They were like two peas in a pod , both with the same high cheekbones and widow 's peak . |
| 28 | They were peas in a pod ; two blue-eyed blondes |
| 29 | ‘ Peas in a pod ! |
| 30 | The D R one A is currently an excellent er tactical reconnaissance aircraft , all weather , at night etcetera and er it will go on well into the next century so there 's no great hurry to make a decision er one of the first points has got ta be decided is whether we carry the reconnaissance equipment in a pod under the aircraft replacing some of the other weapons or whether we try to build it in and er but taking first things first we have to get the requirement sorted out . |