Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] in [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a view is inadequate in that there has come into existence , in the twentieth century , a body of literature in social science which is not poetry , nor is it a traditional style of philosophy . |
| 2 | He thought I was cross , so he got flustered and started telling me how much he loved me , and that was n't what I wanted to hear either , though of course in one way it 's what I always want to hear . |
| 3 | Of course in high season we do have to ask for a bit extra if there 's going to be empty space in your place , but for all departures before May 31st and after October 1st there are NO UNDER-OCCUPANCY SUPPLEMENTS in selected accommodation . |
| 4 | Example 104 is taken from Percy Scholes 's Oxford Companion to Music ( 8th edn ) , where it is quoted as music which ‘ abandons all pretence of key in any strand whatever ’ , and is therefore completely atonal : However , far from being atonal , the upper part is very clearly in G minor — ; G being merely a substitution note for A , on which it resolves ( an octave lower than usual ) . |
| 5 | They have to be outstanding academically , and must show that having served pupillage and completed a limited period of practice in this country they intend subsequently to return to their country of origin , and that the experience of English pupillage and practice will be of significant benefit in establishing a practice in their home country . |
| 6 | The museum with old apparatus and machinery is one kind , but in the nineteenth century it was the museum as a centre of research in current science which was more important . |
| 7 | The McClure reading types for children gives examples of type in decreasing size which can be used to test this . |
| 8 | And is not the thought of , say , blue different from the thought of green in some way which we may one day be in a position to describe , just as we are now able to describe the causal conditions for the experience green which is different from the experience of blue ? |
| 9 | Periods of low income when workers are in their 50s and 60s can only mean a sustained period of poverty in old age itself . |
| 10 | Special Rapporteur Riphagen expounded what he termed the three parameters of relationship in international law which are set up by an internationally wrongful act . |
| 11 | Given that the Provisional Banding List is publicly available and the likely level of enquiry in this regard I favour option ( c ) supplemented by advertisement in the local press . |
| 12 | Until the advent of man in physical geography it could be argued that physical geographers had escaped from the effects of human activity by concentrating their endeavours upon rural and unmodified spatial areas and upon time scales prior to the time when human activity began to exercise a significant influence . |
| 13 | To consider whether Freud overestimated the importance of sex in human psychology it is necessary to consider exactly what Freud said about sex in human psychology . |
| 14 | He should be free to use or disclose or sell his skill and knowledge after the end of employment in any way he thinks fit . |
| 15 | Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze in his report on July 3 gave a strong defence of perestroika in foreign policy which took up many of the themes featured in Gorbachev 's address . |
| 16 | It was known to Paracelsus in the fifteenth century , it can be found in the fourth century BC in Hippocratic writings and is one of the principles of treatment in Ayurvedic Medicine which was written down over 5000 years ago . |
| 17 | If , however , the shares are expressly divided into separate classes ( thus necessarily contradicting the presumed equality ) it is a question of construction in each case what the rights of each class are . |
| 18 | However , for the purpose of discussion in this chapter it will be more appropriate to preserve the distinction between them . |
| 19 | Before the Fijians had scored , Townsend had essayed a daring cut , but the pass to Stark was delayed over-long , while in the second-half , before the Fijians could build on their 14-0 interval advantage , Stark was the recipient of possession in some space which he embellished by brushing off a couple of tackles , only then to run crossfield into trouble . |
| 20 | I conclude with some remarks about various points of view in moral philosophy which bear on the claims of the attitude theory . |
| 21 | A commonly recognised problem is a lack of coordination in conservation policy which comes about because the wide-ranging issues implied in its brief are traditionally dealt with by separate ‘ line ’ ministries . |
| 22 | In a recent review of rural leisure and recreation research Owens ( 1984 ) has commented on not only how participation in rural leisure and recreation grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s , but how it was also accompanied by a surge of interest in applied research which has since spawned an enormous literature . |
| 23 | 1889 was a better one still ; as a matter of fact in that year we reached , perhaps , the zenith of our power . |
| 24 | With snow in plentiful supply we have a special section in this issue for those of you who want to get off the piste . |
| 25 | With Hitchock in this mood it already looks a good signing and Porterfield said : ‘ We are not bringing the Russian to take Kevin 's place . |
| 26 | In support of the idea that ear differences in recall may have something to do with position in lateral space there is an intriguing but brief report in the literature that the magnitude of ear asymmetry can be modified by requiring subjects to wear prism lenses that displace the visual field to one side of the true position ( Goldstein and Lackner , 1974 ) . |
| 27 | So can the spread of knowledge about the behaviour patterns associated with fitness in old age which has resulted from epidemiological research . |
| 28 | For example in one school we asked the head of French to show us on the shelves the books she had ordered under the project . |
| 29 | For us to stay in contention in this group we need to get some sort of result . |
| 30 | Whenever there has been a change within television in this country there has always been the accusation that quality would suffer . |