Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [art] [det] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He admitted the murder in the few words he spoke to the people .
2 Were it not for the single inconvenient occurrence in the data ( example 22 ) of they as the subject of a singular verb , we could set up an initial list of ‘ invariant ’ environments , which themselves are characteristic of this vernacular system , prior to an investigation of patterns underlying the variability in the many environments which permitted it .
3 This finding may have clinical importance in the few patients who have pronounced hypergastrinaemia because of profound long acting acid inhibition .
4 This finding may be of clinical importance in the few patients who have severe hypergastrinaemia as a result of long acting profound acid inhibition .
5 As the Association 's general secretary , David played a major role in the many developments which took place during the period .
6 From my position at the entrance to the dug-out I could see the wounded in the sunken road in the same positions they were in before the shelling started .
7 I can only emphasise the point that Her Royal Highness has already made on the requirements for us to have a much larger membership to allow us to speak with strong voice in the many debates we find ourselves involved on behalf of our sport whether it be windsurfers , dinghies , offshore sailing craft , motor cruisers , powerboat racing , anything that virtually goes on the water we look after .
8 I 've got James ringing around all the private houses on the island to rope in a few cooks who are n't working tonight .
9 In spite of being so fair , his skin had taken on quite a deep tan in the few days they had been there .
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