Example sentences of "in [adj] and [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In small-scale and closely knit communities , where self-respect is very closely tied up with the esteem in which one is held by one 's fellows , any sanction of this sort designed to erode it is likely to be particularly effective . |
| 2 | That is , they were more highly concentrated in the older staple industries which were in acute and widely recognized need of restructuring , the labour shortage was most acute in some of the highly skilled sectors of these very industries , and their loss would be acutely felt , at least in the short term . |
| 3 | Cut the tomatoes in half and then make faces on them with pieces of cheese , olive or egg . |
| 4 | Despite the difference in degree there are obvious similarities in the character of the neurological abnormalities in early and late treated children , suggesting common mechanisms . |
| 5 | In July 1897 , having already purchased the Union Canals in 1894 and just completed options to purchase the Leicester Navigation , and the Loughborough and Erewash Canals , the committee resolved to purchase the necessary land at Foxton and instructed that tenders for the lift machinery be obtained . |
| 6 | White , aged 49 , was cleared of all charges in 1984 and later left Britain for a villa in Marbella , where he still lives . |
| 7 | What this suggests then is that although it may be necessary to tolerate the practice , it should be conducted only in exceptional and highly controlled circumstances under which there is adequate scrutiny and review by institutions independent of the executive branch of government . |
| 8 | Dzerzhinsky had been made Commissar for Transport in the first place to deal with internal troubles among the railwaymen , many of whom had opposed the Bolsheviks in 1917 and nearly brought Lenin 's government to its knees after the October Revolution . |
| 9 | Educated at the City of London School , he saw active service in France in 1918 and then read history at Merton College , Oxford , obtaining a first class in modern history in 1922 , and a D.Phil. in 1924 with a thesis on The Last Florentine Republic ( published in 1925 ) . |
| 10 | After a successful experiment selling annuities and mutual funds , the bank began offering life insurance in 1992 and now sells policies in 380 branches across four states . |
| 11 | Its members maintain that Mexico 's current-account deficit — $12.5 billion in 1992 and now approaching 7% of GDP — is unsustainable . |
| 12 | In complex and highly differentiated societies there is such an abundance of different sorts of skills and knowledge which one might learn that a reliance on informal means for their successful acquisition would be useless . |
| 13 | In the meantime , in the turmoil of Vietnam in 1930 and perhaps remembering Lenin 's rather ambiguous call for soviets , the Party committed itself to what was essentially an agrarian revolt . |
| 14 | This does not preclude the possibility that the Woodvilles turned against their former ally in 1483 and cynically excluded Gloucester from the protectorship in order to secure more power for themselves . |
| 15 | This does not preclude the possibility that the Woodvilles turned against their former ally in 1483 and cynically excluded Gloucester from the protectorship in order to secure more power for themselves . |
| 16 | Rampton began life as a criminal lunatic asylum in 1912 and today takes men and women who require treatment under special security conditions because of their dangerous , violent or criminal tendencies . |
| 17 | In their absence , Jerry Jenkins , a veteran so aged that his court time is usually handed out in short and widely spaced passages , was required to carry a heavier load . |
| 18 | Only in small and relatively unified societies , not fragmented by industrialization and the resultant division of labour , was it likely that citizens would be more aware of their membership of society as a whole than of their particular social , occupational or interest group within it . |
| 19 | Despite a downturn in exploration drilling levels , even lower than those experienced in 1987 and particularly affecting Great Yarmouth operations , Wood Group Offshore continued to trade successfully . |
| 20 | Other examples of continuity , in the north west include the Redmanes of Levens , who also held land in Yorkshire and were feed by both Warwick and Gloucester from Middleham , and probably the Dogets of Grayrigg who fought for Warwick in 1469 and subsequently provided Richard with a chaplain . |
| 21 | Other examples of continuity , in the north west include the Redmanes of Levens , who also held land in Yorkshire and were feed by both Warwick and Gloucester from Middleham , and probably the Dogets of Grayrigg who fought for Warwick in 1469 and subsequently provided Richard with a chaplain . |
| 22 | In the last twenty years , in new and decisively extended areas of physical reproduction ( notably television and the disc and cassette in popular music ) , this deepseated contradiction has been especially acute . |
| 23 | Other bequests include those of Cecil Madden ( who , besides being a prolific playwright , was the first producer for television at Alexandra Palace in 1936 and later became Assistant to the Controller of BBC Television Programmes ) and , more recently , the substantial theatrical library of Alfred Emmet , co-founder of the famous Questors Theatre . |
| 24 | Mr Shove joined the company in 1937 and eventually became chairman and managing director . |
| 25 | Stewart , who has 26 knockout wins in 29 fights , gave Evander Holyfield the fright of his boxing life in 1989 and also wobbled Michael Moorer last year before Moorer knocked him out . |
| 26 | Against this backdrop , the People 's Bank — which started in 1989 and now has branches in many of Nigeria 's 21 states — is seen as a godsend for poor Nigerians . |
| 27 | Eastern never recovered from a crippling strike in 1989 and now faces liquidation . |
| 28 | He was freed in 1983 and now having custody of his children works as a full-time father . |
| 29 | Problems were encountered when personnel officials — generally lacking in senior and especially Board status — were being asked to advertise for , interview , help select and then appoint executives to positions considerably higher than those they held themselves . |