Example sentences of "in [adj] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 In each he jots down an initial point — " 1 .
2 In the 1860s Spence became interested in copper smelting , and in 1866 he set up a company in Gode to develop his ideas .
3 The Government Actuary 's Department prepared a document in 1980 which sets out a suggested basis for making the calculation and this was supplemented ten years later by recommendations from a committee of industrial tribunal chairmen .
4 Editor , — In 1980 I took out a BMA-BUPA policy for myself , my wife , and my daughter .
5 In 1933 he took out a British passport , falsely claiming his place of birth as Galway , Ireland .
6 In 1892 he took up a post under W. B. Latham in the Birmingham Botanic Gardens , studying at the technical school in Birmingham , where he won the Queen 's prize in botany .
7 In 1842 he wrote out a short sketch of his theory , and in 1844 a substantial essay that was intended for publication only if ( as he now feared ) he should die prematurely .
8 In 1678 he took out a patent for a simple ‘ engine ’ turning wheels for spinners of flax , and recommended county workhouses to Parliament in Provision for the Poor .
9 In 1932 she set up a facility at the Settlement Hall in Newport Road , teaching children basic skills , walking , and speech therapy .
10 In 1873 he took up a similar appointment with the Great Eastern Railway .
11 Fothergill was a doctor and in 1740 he set up a practice in White Hart Street very near the Collinson establishment and flowers from Peckham might well have adorned yet another house in the City .
12 Technology is a key element of our strategy , and in 1992 we carried out a major review of our research and engineering activities .
13 In 1978 he took up a Senior Registrar post in Diabetes at the General Hospital , Birmingham , and in 1981 his present post as Consultant Physician at Dudley Road Hospital , Birmingham .
14 In 1961 he set up a working group , in the Ministry , ‘ to study the long term development of roads and traffic in urban areas and their influence on the urban environment ’ ; the leader was Colin Buchanan .
15 In 1990 we carried out a limited survey of 50 Asian elders attending a day centre based in inner city Leicester .
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