Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] [noun] in [noun sg] " 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 food was unspeakable , most children wore threadbare clothes and badly worn shoes in need of repair . |
| 3 | He has created regional delegations , encouraged bodies that finance innovation , such as ANVAR , to move away from the capital , and generally supported initiatives in research at regional level . |
| 4 | The raid on Gay 's The Word bookshop in 1984 was merely the largest and best publicised exercise in State censorship this decade . |
| 5 | The superstars who race fearsome 175bhp four cylinder twostrokes in the 15 GP 's , stretching from Japan , Australia and America through Europe to Brazil and Malaysia , are the most famous and best paid performers in bikesport . |
| 6 | Had they conceded the truth of Mrs. Morgan 's amply corroborated testimony instead of challenging it and simply argued belief in consent on the basis of her husband 's assertions as to her sexual proclivities , they might have been believed . |
| 7 | THANKS to the efforts of thousands of persistent and courageous newsmen from all over the world , the war in ex-Yugoslavia that started in June 1991 may already be the most closely reported and copiously documented conflict in history . |
| 8 | The Bivvy Dome is a proven and firmly established shelter in use throughout the camping world which offers superb protection against the elements but saves the angler the need to carry a umbrella around with him . |