Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | For his work in this field he was awarded the Order of the Hop medal at the International Hop Growers Congress in Tasmania in 1986 . |
| 2 | ‘ On my first day in corporate finance I was translating for a Japanese MD who was hoping to buy a British company . ’ |
| 3 | On one occasion in this period he was unusually self-revealing in a conversation with Virginia Woolf ; she sensed an agonized and lonely man , filled with " self-torture , doubt , conceit , desire for warmth and intimacy " . |
| 4 | By the tear by the time each of them came to give evidence in this case it was clear that each had brought forward in their own minds the time when daytime carers would be needed . |
| 5 | By ensuring rejection in this way he was also ensuring that he would not be enslaved by anyone else 's methods of work . |
| 6 | If Gorbachev enjoyed success in any sphere it was perhaps above all foreign policy . |
| 7 | Later , however , I did tell him that the meeting had been a disaster and that if he thought it had mollified the press in any way he was greatly mistaken . |
| 8 | If Britain had an interest in European co-operation it was as a way to withstand Soviet pressure and underpin British independence , not as a way to control Germany . |
| 9 | On the whole for someone who takes some interest in serious music it was a worthwhile and memorable experience . |