Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has been the largest and longest sustained fall in unemployment in the history of this country . ’ |
| 2 | THE Soviet space station Salyut-7 made its long awaited return to Earth in the early hours ( 0400 GMT ) of Thursday 7 February . |
| 3 | It provided a much needed patch of light in an otherwise sombre room lit only by two silk-shaded sidelamps . |
| 4 | There was a nicely judged degree of contempt in her voice , Loretta thought ; it implied that the speaker had quickly got Puddephat 's measure , and did n't intend to waste any more of her time on him . |
| 5 | There was a pressing , gently swaying wall of vegetation in a thousand shades of green . |
| 6 | Orton was the longest serving prisoner of conscience in Africa . |
| 7 | In 1924 Mussolini survived a personal crisis when he was accused of colluding in the murder of Giacomo Matteotti , an opposition leader , and finally became head of state in 1925 when the Fascists banned all other parties . |
| 8 | ‘ Sellafield has made the Irish Sea the most radioactively contaminated stretch of water in the world . |
| 9 | Yes , well you just put volume of water in that one . |
| 10 | Lully had already essayed recitative in French in a ballet , Les aisons ( 1661 ) : and the comédies-ballets gave him plenty of opportunities to experiment further . |
| 11 | The form of mental handicap known as ‘ Down 's Syndrome ’ is undoubtedly the best known type of handicap in Britain today . |
| 12 | The best known aspect of sexism in English is what some feminists have called ‘ he/man ’ language , that is , the generic use of masculine pronouns and the term man ( kind ) . |
| 13 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |
| 14 | I should have thought that , in the new found spirit of glasnost in the Tory Government , with public officials being required to give direct answers , the Prime Minister would hasten to give me a reply . |
| 15 | Benjamin Britten overshadowed the whole of Britain 's post-war operatic scene , from the revelatory first performance of Peter Grimes at Sadler 's Wells in June 1945 , to the desperately achieved premiere of Death in Venice , three years before his own death in 1976 . |
| 16 | The lecture he gave and the responses it provoked form perhaps the most widely read debate in jurisprudence in Britain in the period since the Second World War . |
| 17 | The Phoenicians , and in particular the Carthaginians , are still given pride of place in our handbooks for their institutions and their colonization because the Greeks recognized themselves in such things . |
| 18 | When they were once more walking side by side in the dusk , Julia said gently : |
| 19 | Fur , which relies on trapped air for insulating efficiency , can not be effective in animals that spend all their lives in water , and rapidly loses effectiveness by compression in those that dive deep . |
| 20 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 21 | My hon. Friend is also right that business wants regulations kept in bounds , with decent regulations so that markets are fair and open , but it does not want the masses of red tape that the Opposition are always recommending day after day in the House . |
| 22 | They watched the horses follow the tractor round the ever narrowing stand of corn in the centre of the field , and the tinkers who came to get work stood by with dogs and shot the rabbits that came surging out . |
| 23 | A local authority may still claim privilege against disclosure in these circumstances and the court will then have to balance the two competing public interests as in Re M. ( c ) Privilege against incrimination Another form of privilege which may be claimed by a witness is the privilege against incrimination of self or spouse . |
| 24 | The Herbarium photocopier was still giving cause for concern in respect of a lack of information and instruction on its use . |
| 25 | Cases involving taxi drivers usually took place at night in remote areas ; it was an easy form of attack . |
| 26 | As a person 's independence gradually gives way to dependence in one or more areas of daily life , it is generally accepted that the family will increase support and assistance . |
| 27 | The two elements , those who more or less kept the rules and those who never tried , had always lived side by side in Paradise Street . |
| 28 | One of them , a leather skirt she made for Dannii , still occupies pride of place in her little sister 's wardrobe . |
| 29 | Earlier this year , The Sunday Telegraph reported scientists also fear damage to life in the oceans . |
| 30 | He may also fall prey to complacency in that , having added his bottle of Preparation W , he then fails to notice ailment Z which requires a quite different treatment . |