Example sentences of "[adj] in a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But his procedure was different in an important way from any we have examined so far ; rather than counting the variants of a postulated underlying syntactic variable , he examined variation in the surface exponence of four semantic categories : hot news , resultative , extended now and indefinite anterior , exemplified by 39 , 40 , 43 and 44 .
2 This concern was linked with Marx 's anthropological work , as made clear in a famous letter to the Russian socialist Vera Zasulich .
3 At the end of the following year , in December 1980 , the CGLI submitted its own proposals for the constitution of the validating body and , eventually , in July 1981 , the government 's position was made clear in a ministerial statement to parliament .
4 This does not mean that names are always replaceable in a straightforward fashion by descriptive phrases .
5 A WEEK 'S self-catering in a Standard room at Somerwest in August will cost a family of four £504 .
6 The blonde was good-looking in a cheeky sort of way .
7 For example , cancer of the hard palate is found worldwide but is fairly rare ; however , the prevalence is very high in a certain area of South America .
8 The narrow strip of tarmac , not enclosed by fences , winds free in a continuous search for easy passage .
9 THE Mangiamo cookbook , containing 300 pages of Italian recipes with a healthy Californian flavour , is available free in a special promotion of August Sebastiani wines .
10 This yearning for former glories was already manifest in a particular kind of sentimentality and nostalgia .
11 The Ford Foundation was interested in a specific agenda in funding philanthropically inclined research into urban crisis in the USA in the late 1950s and early 1960s .
12 If you are talking about more general studies or if you did a non-vocational course at college or university you should show how this demonstrates that you are capable of becoming interested in a wide range of subjects and could bring the same enthusiasm to your work .
13 She is particularly interested in a possible relationship between choice of variant and communicative function , hypothesizing that the plural morpheme is less likely to be realized as [ ? ] when ambiguity results ; compare for example 31 and 32 :
14 Its members will also assist Somervillians interested in a legal career with advice and offers of work experience and mini-pupillages .
15 We are only interested in a democratic solution to the crisis , ’ Mr Lacayo said .
16 In his speech he spoke of the forces interested in a revanchist coup in Russia .
17 Why would Wilko be even remotely interested in a complete waste of space like St-wart .
18 Foucault is not interested in a grand theory of power , but in the ‘ concrete mechanisms and practices through which power is exercised ’ .
19 What neither the philosophers nor the sociologists seemed to grasp was that Mannheim was interested in a different aspect of knowledge than they were , one which was far more radical than merely arbitrating between truth and falsity .
20 It is still very much the planting-out stage at the Greenmount kitchen garden with Crosbie Cochrane who has some timely advice for anyone interested in a fresh supply of their own vegetables .
21 However , no one with any sense gets involved with casual sex these days ; and I was simply not interested in a deeper relationship with anyone else but you .
22 Readers who are interested in a detailed history of the Van Railway should turn to the Oakwood Press Vol No 32 — ‘ The Mawddwy , Van and Kerry Railways ’ .
23 We refer the reader interested in a detailed account of different methods of proof to [ 50 , pp. 30–46 ] .
24 Would members be interested in an organised visit to the Island 's railways in 1993 ?
25 There was in other words an immense amount of political activity with absolutely no result and the details of that already has been referred to in moving energy both erm in emergency number two , so I can make , need make no reference , more reference to it , but we have left ourselves surely , totally dependent in a short future from outside the country on our energy .
26 The silver-haired gentleman , who turned out to be fluent in English and very charming in a gracious sort of way , chatted to her amiably about the south of France , though Alyssia did n't miss the way his eyes wandered unconsciously across to his wife every so often .
27 You claim that you can discover things that are unknowable in an orthodox fashion by moving about the representation of this world inside your own head .
28 ‘ Dogmatic theology is the science which systematises the doctrine prevalent in a Christian church at a given time ’ .
29 For non-phobic clients , homework tasks might include being more assertive in a specific situation at work , involvement in a relaxing leisure activity , or cutting down on prescribed tranquillizers .
30 They have proved themselves to be hardy and disease resistant in a wide range of environments and are efficient food converters but perhaps not as thrifty as less productive breeds .
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