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

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1 Alice then , all clean and brushed , and in a nice blouse with the small pink flowers and the neat round collar , walked out of the house and went next door , to No. 45 , as though she had been planning to do this all day .
2 A new law introducing more stringent measures against racism and anti-Semitism was approved by the National Assembly in a first reading on May 3 , 1990 , and in a final reading on June 30 ( it was not considered by the Senate , which saw no need for textual revisions ) .
3 Gradually the downward thrust of his naked loins became more urgent and uncontrolled , and in a final moment of spasm , his features spread and widened suddenly into a flattened mask .
4 The overwhelming popular approval of the Constitution was accepted as a de facto election of Aquino as President , and in a general election on May 11 , 1987 , candidates endorsed by the President won a decisive majority in the new Congress [ see pp. 35321-22 ] .
5 Attempt this in a gentle turn as well , and in a gentle turn with a little too much rudder .
6 Woods and Rawlings ( 1989 ) also point out that genetic engineering has considerable application in this field by developing improved strains of the relevant bacteria which are more efficient , can operate on a wider variety of substrates and in a wider variety of environmental conditions .
7 The measures to fulfil these three aims came in two main batches : in the frantic activity of the " First Hundred Days " from March to June 1933 , and in a second burst of legislation in 1935 .
8 He confronted savages on tropical shores , quelled mutinies on the high seas , and in a small boat upon the ocean kept up the hearts of despairing men .
9 As his eyes fell on the crucifix he realized that he 'd always loathed it , and in a small gesture of defiance he lifted it off its hook and set it down on top of the filing cabinet .
10 Lenin became more and more preoccupied with the question of national liberation , and in a tireless stream of speeches , letters , articles and pamphlets , sought to clarify the right approach to the nationalism of Russia 's minorities .
11 I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests !
12 Make sure you weigh yourself daily , preferably at a similar time each day and in a similar state of dress or undress .
13 or The final example , uses the AND in a similar fashion to the numeric operators ( + , - , etc ) .
14 In Britain the impact of prehistoric man has been considered by physical geographers and in a thematic issue of the Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers devoted to this research ( Curtis and Simmons , 1976 , p. 257 ) it was explained that :
15 I met Paul Fabian a few days later — a small , bird-like man , quite bald , dressed in a white safari suit and a Panama , and in a perpetual state of fuss about ‘ sending telegrams to London ’ .
16 Oxford Placement Tests have proved effective with all students from elementary level up to post-Proficiency and in a wide range of institutions .
17 By northern analysis of poly(A) + F9 EC RNA , the DP-1 transcript was estimated as 2.8 kilobases ( kb ) ( data not shown ) ; it is expressed in many different cell types and in a wide range of tissues during murine embryogenesis ( J.F.P. , P. Tassios and N.B.L.T , manuscript in preparation ) .
18 Use of ICI 's ‘ Cereclor ’ chlorinated paraffins rose rapidly throughout the 1960s and 1970s in cables , footwear , vinyl wall coverings , flooring and in a wide range of domestic articles .
19 in social well-being , and in a juster distribution of the fruits of Labour .
20 If you have planned and carried out your strategy of study over the earlier laps , like the 5000-metre runner , you should be on the inside lane and in a good position at the bell for the last lap .
21 Even the poorest of communities have down through the years made great sacrifices to ensure that the ‘ House of God ’ has been kept neat , tidy and in a good state of repair .
22 The Governors will require that the School Buildings and premises connected therewith be kept up and in a good state of repair .
23 However , it is important to observe that in many symphonics and in a good deal of chamber music a different situation prevails .
24 The mutually rewarding relationship enjoyed with all areas of industry , commerce and professional life is reflected in research and consultancy assignments and commissions and in a successful series of part-time , post-experience and short course programmes for business owners and senior executives in both the private and public sectors .
25 ON THE flight back to England , Alice Maynard found herself restless , and in a curious state of mind generally .
26 We shall be able to undertake that task more fully and in a better manner in future .
27 These files are indexed by the use of BDAM ( Basic Direct Access Method ) and in a typical database of just over 2 Gbytes , which they found was the average size of those they examined , the number of characters in the files comprising the database was as follows :
28 She schooled him on the lunge and in a fenced paddock over jumps , and then out in the fields and then out on the marshes , accompanying him on her own eventer and leading him over ditches and fences .
29 Here I am eighteen years old , and in a great state of elation because I was going out with a boy .
30 A fair proportion of the ducks were obviously hit but carried on and got to a point where the hunters could not pick them up , so a lot of those animals died slowly and in a great deal of pain .
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