Example sentences of "[adv prt] in [adj] [noun pl] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the Government 's policy , the pensioner 's widow is more than £17 per week less well off in real terms than she was when the Government came to power . |
| 2 | Disappointment was also the reaction of Sealink British Ferries , whose parent company Sea Containers is currently fighting a $1.036 billion bid from Temple Holdings which would involve the UK ferry business ending up in Swedish hands if it succeeds . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're only putting prices up in tenanted pubs because they want to frighten tenants out . ’ |
| 4 | A niece of the former Labour minister Douglas Jay and first cousin of Peter Jay , the former British ambassador in Washington who is now the BBC 's economics editor , her ratings went up in certain quarters when she once said of Mrs Thatcher : ‘ She is not the sort of person one would invite to dinner . ’ |
| 5 | The regulatory spotlight is unlikely to deter financial institutions from setting up in offshore centres if they perceive an advantage in doing so . |
| 6 | Our Ronnie 's mixed up in more things than he knows about . ’ |
| 7 | In Asia , the miracle rice was wiped out in many areas because it had not been treated with the necessary chemicals . |
| 8 | Union members had turned out in such numbers because they were angry at the way in which they had to deliver services to the public without adequate resources . |
| 9 | In practice most research and development is carried out in high-tax jurisdictions because it is difficult to attract skilled employees to tax haven locations , and in order to take advantage of local tax deductions . |
| 10 | But erm yes sometimes you 'd , you 'd get there in time but you see they 'd just , I , there , there were n't the telephones about in those days so you , you , you could n't , everybody did n't have a phone , they could n't ring in an and say I 'm in labour . |