Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] [det] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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1 | But in the first few feet the delight of winter flying , even in an open cockpit , was apparent . |
2 | In the next few minutes the small parties moved in quick spurts from the deep shadow of one warehouse to the next black patch of cover . |
3 | In the next few days the Governor was out among the people , and newspaper reports spoke of ‘ the friendliest reception everywhere ’ . |
4 | In the next few days the family will arrange for her to have a check-up at the Royal Manchester Childrens ' Hospital , where she will become an outpatient . |
5 | So far the birds in this country are being reared solely for sale as breeding pairs , but it 's hoped in the next few years the stock will be large enough to sell the birds for their meat . |
6 | In the next few weeks the size of the picket increased , reaching 2,500 on 23 June . |
7 | In the next few weeks the scientists of the West were split into two groups : should or should they not try to make an H-bomb ? |
8 | In the next few weeks the writing of that book was to be a lifebelt . |
9 | IN THE NEXT few weeks the common toads of Britain ( Bufo bufo ) will converge upon lakes and ponds intent on reproduction . |
10 | In the next few weeks the first lucky 10 will take delivery of the fatest road car in the world . |
11 | In the past few months the Executive Committee has been considering most carefully a proposal of the Membership Working Party that in future all teachers , in addition to their membership subscription , should be asked to pay an Affiliation Fee . |
12 | In the past few months the complaints from my area from my customers that they are disgusted with the service they have received from Sports . |
13 | In the past few weeks the government has once again blocked an attempt to give disabled people legal protection against discrimination . |
14 | Has my right hon. Friend noticed in the past few days the widespread support for our plans to seek better-quality services from councils ? |
15 | IN THE past few years the laws forbidding the sale of alcohol to teenagers have been weakened , in the sense that they are neither as just nor as realistic as they were . |
16 | But in the past few years the trend has been in the opposite direction . |
17 | In the past few years the appeal system has been successfully used to overcome the resistance of reluctant local authorities , and development has tended to proceed on an ad hoc basis with new centres sited where developers can acquire land easily rather than on the basis of any strategic plan . |
18 | On the other hand , in the past few years the number of students in further education colleges in Wales has increased very considerably . |
19 | In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients . |
20 | In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients . |
21 | In 1877 a book was published entitled Switzerland 's Development into a Unitary State , so the trend is long term ; yet in the last few decades the country has undergone large-scale centralisation . |
22 | In the last few decades the interest shown by social scientists in such evolutionary schemes has waned , notwithstanding the growing attention paid to problems of ‘ development ’ ; for the latter notion is not usually incorporated into any general conception of the history of human society , and despite first appearances is largely unhistorical . |
23 | In the last few years the courts have contrived in effect to extend the substance of a right of occupation to a mistress who has lived on an originally permanent basis with a man , but who has now lost her partner either through death or as a result of some form of desertion . |
24 | In the last few years the Conservative government has instituted a programme called ‘ Next Steps ’ . |
25 | In the last few years the volume of literature concerned with gender and mathematics has grown apace , both at home and abroad . |
26 | I am encouraged that in the last few years the number of cyclists I see commuting to and in Edinburgh has increased . |
27 | Yet in the last few days the Romanians have started underplaying the role of Timisoara in sparking off open opposition to Ceausescu , highlighting instead the undoubtedly fearless role of the citizens of Bucharest . |
28 | But in the last few days the food supplies from CARE alone have fed at least 150,000 people . |
29 | In a great many respects the minor marriages were less successful than the major marriages . |
30 | I watched the Land-Rover grind its way up the track till a turn of the glen hid it from sight , and in a few more moments the sound of its engine had faded to silence . |