Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 2 | X. Ray 's unshowy steadiness was right for the low time in which he newly found himself — he could put the fire out . |
| 3 | We 'll continue to improve our strategy until we eliminate these potentially unsafe conditions — we 're already working on getting it right for the next overhaul in 1993 . |
| 4 | ‘ But I am depressed about the usual attitude in schools . |
| 5 | Is it possible for the ordinary man in the street to become confident and competent in handling a computer system , whether it be in his office or in his home ? |
| 6 | The fourth attribute demanded by George Corner , that of understanding , is possible for the first time in the history of civilization ; but it is a possibility which so far is available to only a small minority of specialists . |
| 7 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 8 | Derek Malcolm might have a point when he says that our idea of ‘ glamour ’ has also changed — making it possible for the 90s woman in the street to look glamorous , too . |
| 9 | These ties were particularly strong during the Hohenstaufen dynasty in the twelfth and thirteenth century . |
| 10 | Although he believes the Labour vote is firmer than that of the Conservatives , the cautious conclusion in his camp is that , in the range of possibilities , a Labour majority government has a slight edge over Labour as the largest party in a hung parliament . |
| 11 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 12 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that an enormous number of people in Herefordshire are very grateful for the spectacular increase in knee and hip replacements that has taken place in that health authority 's area during the past 10 years ? |
| 13 | I am grateful for the constructive way in which my hon. Friend is addressing the problem . |
| 14 | Penetrance was almost complete for the recessive homozygote in all liability classes . |
| 15 | It is usual for the extra length in the long format to be used to extend the precision of the fraction , while the range of exponents is the same in all formats . |
| 16 | It was memorable for the endless grind in one gully where the snow was waist-deep and we had to swim upwards , and for the point where we emerged on to the easterly ridge with views to Lyngen , and a wind that had bared the slopes and put our teeth on edge . |
| 17 | It was John Fleg , one of the Elders of the congregation who had stood , rapt as the great man in the High Churchyard had delivered his thunderous sermon against the Theatre , for all to hear . |
| 18 | Details are due after the next Budget in November . |
| 19 | To his pleasant surprise he discovered that he was now able to think with an objective clarity which stemmed from the knowledge that he was now free for the first time in his life to speak his mind without fear or favour . |
| 20 | How did you say you felt free for the first time in your life ? |
| 21 | It is curious that it should have happened , that Michel came upon the scene the very instant she was really free for the first time in her life . |
| 22 | She felt triumphantly free for the first time in her life . |
| 23 | Now I 've found out that he is n't my father I 'm learning to be free for the first time in my life , do you understand ? ’ |
| 24 | He was doubtful about being sole incumbent in five parishes — he had visualized a team ministry — and even more doubtful about the rural ministry in itself Did he … |
| 25 | The feasibility study prepared by Stephen Hickey , an assistant secretary , which provided the agency blueprint for the DSS , was unequivocal about the key asset in the operation — ‘ people will represent the prime resource of any social security agency ’ — and blunt in saying ‘ morale in some areas is low … virtually no local office staff were happy to admit working for social security ’ . |
| 26 | 1992 — THE Prince tries to kiss his wife in public for the first time in four years on the Indian tour in February . |
| 27 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 28 | Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society . |
| 29 | As Neil MacCormick has observed : ‘ It remains a contested issue whether an aspiration to justice is to be treated as essential to or definitive of the legal enterprise in all its manifestations , or is to be distinguished as a specially urgent demand issued in the name of critical morality . ’ |
| 30 | Take African sculpture , much admired by European artists in the twentieth century for its bold forms , not representational of the human figure in a Western sense . |