Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] in [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | She found that in the boys ' peer group , powerful members used direct imperatives like ‘ gim me ’ and ‘ get off ’ . |
2 | Dr Jaleel argued that in the country 's more economically deprived areas , the pressure on the health service is far worse . |
3 | Mr Fowler added that in the Government 's even-handed approach to employment , people would have the right to belong to a union and could not be excluded from a job on the grounds that they were trade unionists . |
4 | But pro-devolutionists warned that in a week 's time they would return in larger numbers , each bearing a fiery cross , the Jacobite symbol of warfare between the clans . |
5 | In Holland opposition to the ambitious and unsuccessful foreign policy of King William I meant that in the quarter-century 1825 – 50 the number of missions abroad was reduced by five , while four others were downgraded and the salaries of Dutch diplomats cut by an average of a quarter . |
6 | It emerged that in the magistrates ' courts the distribution of sentences did not differ greatly between Blacks and Whites , and this was also the case in the Crown Court . |
7 | I hoped that in the Queen 's Speech the Government would set out a programme that showed that we were prepared to play our part in removing the scourge of poverty , of short life and of environmental destruction which is the lot of so many people in the world . |