Example sentences of "[subord] in [pron] [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A poor Provençal family might find their great son 's version of a familiar dish lacking in savour , although in its original form it would have made , with a saucerful of olives and perhaps a dish of fresh figs , an entire meal . |
| 2 | As an adult she was able to see how wrong it was and she knew that they were indulging in something they should not have been doing — although in her childish innocence she had not been aware that it was anything more than an extension of the love and affection she felt for other members of her family . |
| 3 | Although in her 94th year it was always a pleasure to visit . |
| 4 | I had never lived there , although in my early childhood I had stayed for short periods ( but then my mind was occupied in forming pictures ; the time had not yet come for looking at those pictures , for interpreting them ) . |
| 5 | There is little point in getting worked up about the way different people use words ( although in my nonprofessional life I am quite prepared to get worked up about people who boil lobsters alive ) . |
| 6 | His outburst , following McKendrick 's denial of the existence of absolute moral principles ( p. 78 ) , impolitely reverses the agreement maxim to emphasise his disagreement and although in his next turn he apologises for his outburst , the impression made by his interruption remains strong because it is accompanied by a violent gesture : The importance of physical gestures as a part of the dramatist 's characterisation is indicated by this episode , for , as Stoppard 's stage directions emphasise , Anderson 's anger is strongly conveyed through the one physical action . |
| 7 | Hillary was acclaimed not only as a born writer but also as a representative of the doomed youth of his generation , although in his constant self-analysis he was in fact a most untypical British fighter pilot of 1940 . |
| 8 | Remember that this is aimed to protect children even if in your particular circumstance its a nuisance . |
| 9 | If on my time you prepare that waste wood into bundles such as any man could store at home , and if in your own time you will carry those bundles around the town and distribute them free , to rich and poor alike — but not to any man who was landlord to any among us — we may together teach them — ’ The rest of his words were drowned in a universal roar of delight . |
| 10 | It was impossible , from this distance , to see what he was wearing on his feet , but it seemed likely that he was one short of a full complement of shoes , because in his right hand he was holding a large , brown , elastic-sided boot . |
| 11 | ‘ Huh ! ’ he grunted , and , she swiftly realised , must have done a lightning analysis of what she had said , because in his next breath he was commenting aggressively , ‘ So you 've definitely decided to throw Travis over ? ’ |
| 12 | But suddenly the thought of her mama was painful to her , and to push it away she leaned back again , said , amusement plain in her voice , which , although she did not know it , surprised Neil Cochrane a little , ‘ Oh , I will be good , because in my present condition I can not be anything else , I fear . ’ |
| 13 | I sympathize because in my little way I grieve too , but over the people in my life I have allowed to die without ever having shown them any particular affection . |
| 14 | When acting in a judicial capacity he is thrown back on his own resources , whereas in his ministerial capacity he is assisted by the staff of a major department of state . |
| 15 | However , as Captain Robert Cunningham pointed out , as watchman Main was actually paid his £15 , while in his promoted post he had not been appointed to any port and held an appointment as tidesman at large , which meant that he was only paid when he was actually employed , and Haldane interest with the commissioners would make his tours of duty few and far between unless he experienced a timely political conversion . |
| 16 | This is more remarkable since in his own lifetime he had but few enthusiastic followers , nor did a school grow up around him to carry on his work . |
| 17 | Since in our simplified example there were none , then the deficit has to be shown as a fictitious asset under other balances . |
| 18 | Marx 's own use of the term is tied up with his critique of idealism and it is not surprising that when in his later work he turned his attention to a materialist analysis of the capitalist mode of production , the term and concept of ideology occurs infrequently . |
| 19 | Nor do they need their daily practice to be exposed to the analytic eye of anthropological ‘ thick description ’ , for in their task-driven world there is little to be gained by reflecting on what they already live and understand . |
| 20 | Few men living in Leicester were not , Theda reflected , for in her former life she had learned early that this was the best hunting country in England . |
| 21 | His fear was beginning to leave him , for in her unseen presence there was a kind of powerful peace . |
| 22 | I mean your examination work , for in your other work you need no encouragement , for you like it so much as it is yourself finding expression in words . ’ |
| 23 | It is a book that I greatly admire , for in his own time its author succeeded in doing what I am struggling to do now . |
| 24 | This is an unusually clear and simple notion to come from Marxist theory , though in its factual basis it is also highly contentious . |
| 25 | Brought on to lowland pastures in kinder climates , it gains considerably in size though in its own environment it is almost the smallest breed in Britain : only the Shetland and the Dexter of Ireland are shorter . |