Example sentences of "in [noun] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ethical ’ is to be preferred to ‘ moral ’ because to speak of ‘ moral positivism ’ implies that the role of law is simply to apply the moral rules of society , whereas the theory is that law deals with conflict in a way which at least in part transcends the moral disagreements endemic in societies of men or of nations . |
| 2 | It is a measure of the tension and complexities of our contemporary society that the police have gradually been transformed from a universal corpus of ordinary police officers performing all manner of general duties , including public order maintenance , to one which now in part approaches the quasi-military-order police model of continental Europe and elsewhere . |
| 3 | The fact that the materials which emerged , for all their faults , were usable in schools reflects the hard work and experience of the writers , but as many of the participants themselves readily admitted the original ‘ Entebbe ’ books needed considerable modification — and the further down the primary age range one travelled the more they needed it . |
| 4 | All contributions to the pulse echo from anywhere along the line XY , which in practice means the two patches of the planet 's surface on this line , corresponds to unique values of a certain two quantities which no other points on the surface possess . |
| 5 | Sightseeing in Kashmir includes the formal Moghul Gardens , a Kashmir carpet factory and bazaar . |
| 6 | The optimum composition for glass to be manufactured in bulk has the approximate formula ( Na2O ) , CaO(SiO2)s . |
| 7 | In concentration camps the age-old adage primum vivere deinde philosophare was no longer applicable . |
| 8 | Further fieldwalking in Northamptonshire emphasises the widespread distribution of such settlements , some near earlier and later settlements , others having no such connection ( Taylor 1983 ) . |
| 9 | The Duke 's Arms at Presteigne in Powys provides the perfect illustration of how the misguided quest for the ideal ‘ traditional ’ pub character can seriously threaten genuine historic features . |
| 10 | He also accuses Althusser of covert ‘ idealism ’ in that his structuralism in effect denies the genuine role of the economy in constraining legal and ideological forms . |
| 11 | Tennyson reinforces this with the words ‘ one and all ’ which in effect multiplies the dull shade already created . |
| 12 | As the conduct in question enters the public arena of moral argumentation , what lies behind it , and so what kind of thing it ‘ really is ’ , changes . |
| 13 | We go so far as to say that in choice of partner it is a wise unconscious that falls in love with and marries its own unrecognized problem and then in marriage recreates the problematic situation . |
| 14 | Bill Clinton 's ominous rhetoric in Washington threatens the very source of its prosperity : exports . |
| 15 | Goodwill , which comprises the amount by which the cost of acquiring shares in subsidiaries exceeds the fair value of net assets acquired , is written off to reserves in the year of acquisition . |
| 16 | The test is whether the public interest in disclosure outweighs the public interest in the preservation of confidence . |
| 17 | Domnall 's death in Strathcarron underlines the strategic importance of this ‘ the central cross-roads of Scotland ’ , where Britons , Scots and Angles intermingled . |
| 18 | Taken together , this restricted definition of support for families and children in need constitutes the new ideology of residualism and this will continue to provide a challenge for good practices in child care . |
| 19 | SOUTHERN FRIED SLIDE Sonny Landreth From way down in Louisiana comes the blinding slide guitar of Sonny Landreth , mixing blues with rock , cajun with zydeco , and passion with mind-boggling technique … |
| 20 | The single most important technological issue in multimedia concerns the effective handling of images in general and full motion , full screen video in particular . |
| 21 | Pivoting as shown in P2/T7 gives the optimal tableau P2/T8 , in which x 2 = 6. x 3 = 0 , σ 1 = 0 or ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) = ( 2 , 6 , 1 ) . |
| 22 | unc Long division in decimals follows the same method . |
| 23 | On the contrary , for teachers to be grappling individually and collectively with the deepest and knottiest problems in education provides the only hope they have of recapturing their equanimity and satisfaction . |
| 24 | The RAF officer who was so noble in conflict becomes the devious villain in Cage of Gold ( 1950 ) . |
| 25 | Although the small sample size and bias in selection limits the predictive power of some of these measures , it demonstrates that there are real differences that distinguish companies that are suited for high temporary debt from those that are not . |
| 26 | A fountain pen in Paris fulfils the same sort of emblematic function as a car and may cost almost as much : all kinds of social and identity messages are tied up in it . |
| 27 | ‘ The hub initiative is continuing to generate high yield traffic and the growing number of transfer passengers in October illustrates the growing popularity of Manchester as a key connecting point , claimed Thompson . |
| 28 | But in other respects the cultural shake-out has been immense . |
| 29 | But in other respects the royal affinity was potentially vulnerable . |
| 30 | But in other respects the royal affinity was potentially vulnerable . |