Example sentences of "[that] in a [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is so sensitive that in a noisy office it can pick up an unamplified solid electric guitar from about 12 inches and show the exact pitch on the strobe . |
| 2 | Now I 'm sure you , Brian , would acknowledge that in a certain sense we are all laymen most of the time . |
| 3 | Listening to this I on the whole thought that in a real sense he never really quite answered them , on the other hand he made every single person look silly . |
| 4 | She had taken the trouble first to find out what she could about the topic from the notes given , and had thought about it carefully , so that in a real sense she was herself involved in what was happening in the classroom . |
| 5 | Germany 's World Cup maestro believes that in a former life he popped up as a plant — or an animal . |
| 6 | God alone knew why we wanted to sail to New Zealand together , except that in a strange way we were friends . |
| 7 | He may , for instance , have a general belief that the woman 's wishes in sexual matters are immaterial , so that in a specific instance he does not bother either to enquire or to think about them . |
| 8 | In the Diaspora , our Jewish people have been inclined to sit back and think that the battle has been won and that in a little while we Jews will have our National Home in our Promised Land . |
| 9 | She knew , as Travis must surely have known , that in a little while she would begin to feel really cold . |
| 10 | And we have done something about it , grasped the mettle , and I believe that in a short while we 're going to solve this problem , and it wo n't be thanks to you and the Conservative Party . |
| 11 | It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight . |
| 12 | But I did n't have a single partner who said to me afterwards that in a corporate sense I 'd done the wrong thing . |
| 13 | Furthermore , points out O'Connor ( 1973 p 123 ) , because languages have " different numbers of phonemes , and different allophones representing them , it follows that in a foreign language we do not hear the sounds in the same way as a native speaker does … |
| 14 | Yes , I can now reveal that in a previous life I was the iceberg that sunk the Titanic . |
| 15 | And suppose that in a previous existence you had suffered a particularly unfortunate fate — let us say that you met your death in a burning building . |
| 16 | I can not say that in an administrative context we shall take up every item that appears in the new clauses , at least not in the way that is implied . |
| 17 | Or perhaps she had sense to realise that in an entrenched battle she was likely to come off the worst . |
| 18 | However , this does not mean that in an appropriate case they will not be relevant matters for a court to take into account , especially where items of equipment are complex and require specialist knowledge and materials for repair . |
| 19 | Most people say that in an ideal world they would assume to be spending roughly double on entertainment of all kinds , compared with when they were working . |
| 20 | The second weakness in the Government 's position is that in an important respect it is ambiguous . |