Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harrods was in low water financially when Hugh Fraser , a Scottish draper , made his take-over . |
| 2 | The chronic phase shows progressive deterioration in emotional stability so that relationships become progressively damaged . |
| 3 | There had been cows in that yard outside and horses stabled around . |
| 4 | This raises the question of the appropriateness of organising community interests in spatial terms alone and questions the legitimacy of the community consultation process . |
| 5 | Not only the peerage but many of the more prosperous country squires in the eighteenth century came to maintain houses in their local market towns , to serve both the needs of trade and of society ; as Joseph Seagrave remarked in 1804 , ‘ the domestic building in every part of the kingdom , is greatly improved within the last forty or fifty years ; but in few places more than Chichester ’ . |
| 6 | Until now , the bridge had been believed to date to the 1820s , when the dilapidated castle was re-clad in fresh stone so that part of its keep could be used as an expanded county prison . |
| 7 | Though God is totally free of culture he chooses to clothe his message in cultural form so that people will immediately see its relevance and feel its impact . |
| 8 | Collecting data in different forms so that results can be collated and compared can be done in several ways and can form the basis of much useful discussion . |
| 9 | Different roads are marked in different colours so that motorists know how big each road is . |
| 10 | The familiar adage is that ethnographic research provides depth by sacrificing breadth but , as Finch ( 1986 ) argues , it is possible to build an element of generality into this type of research not by random sampling , which is usual in quantitative research , but by constructing individual projects in the mould of similar ones in different settings so that comparisons can be made and a body of cumulative knowledge established . |
| 11 | Life stories have not been previously used in this way partly because sociologists have been more concerned with problems of deprivation , and oral historians with recapturing the experience of childhood and early adulthood in previous periods . |
| 12 | For example , psychedelic elements in the musical style — blurred or tinkly timbres , for instance — are typically interpreted as such by reference to a subculture of drug usage ; in other words they are defined in this way primarily because hippies said they should be . |
| 13 | Racial and cultural difference are addressed in this context both as determinants in the production of meanings and as a means of putting the concerns of White Western feminist film criticism into perspective . |
| 14 | This meant that you had to type everything , including the definitions for forms and reports , making dBFast more primitive in this aspect even than dBASE III Plus ! |
| 15 | And with this in this thing now that B M K's in , every had got to be spot on . |
| 16 | ( We will refer to P1 as P1* in this section so that tableaux are distinguished from those in Section 11.2 . ) |
| 17 | the task can be systematized or programmed in some way so that others can carry out the routines strictly to your requirements , thus reoccurring items are frequently delegated without undue risks being incurred |
| 18 | Only a few years after claiming that there were no known substitutes , the companies are discovering a wide range of alternatives — including soap and water — which are not only cheaper but in some cases better than CFCs . |
| 19 | The thegns lived in increasing grandeur but in wooden halls rather than masonry villas ; although tapestried and heated by a central fire they must have been both dirty and draughty . |
| 20 | The Minister is probably aware that the additional cost of living in inner London is more than £4,000 per year and in outer London more than £3,500 per year . |
| 21 | But as he was brought in six months later when Curzon died , age was hardly a reason for excluding him from an office without portfolio in 1924 . |
| 22 | But the mare was arching her back and groaning in such agony now that Luke only just managed to keep her on her feet . |
| 23 | British UN troops shot dead three Croat gunmen who fired on a Muslim aid convoy near Vitez in central Bosnia today after Croat forces had shot and killed eight of the convoy 's drivers . |
| 24 | Blood vessels at the surface are constricted in cold conditions so that blood is confined to the deeper vessels , which has the effect of conserving blood heat . |
| 25 | The property is in good condition throughout and viewing is strongly advised . |
| 26 | Recommendation ( ix ) calls upon local offices and the Department of Social Security to give higher priority to those entering residential care to make sure that their claims for income support are processed in good time so that people do not have weeks of worry or possibly weeks in a home without paying . |
| 27 | It has been found that g = 0.25 in good solvents so that equation ( 9.21 ) becomes |
| 28 | In many instances Dwelly and others provide only the plant 's generic name , and where necessary the different species have been distinguished by qualifiers such as ( ‘ meadow ’ ) , ( ‘ marsh ’ ) etc . |
| 29 | Over time , those rules will be altered : in many cases slowly as responses to gradual changes in both the society and the environment that it occupies ; in some cases rapidly , as a reaction to a sudden crisis ; and occasionally as a consequence of contact with other cultures , when changes may be either voluntarily adopted , because the impacted group has observed the benefits from doing something differently , or imposed by powerful external groups . |
| 30 | It said the 51-unit proposal would result in increased costs rather than savings . |