Example sentences of "in [art] [det] [noun pl] [subord] the " in BNC.

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1 The bulk of the chicks ' diet consists of leaf-eating caterpillars from oak trees , particularly those of the green oak tortrix , and these are at their best in the few weeks after the leaf buds come out .
2 What the authorities failed to realise was that in the few years since the war had ended , aircraft design had moved forward a long way , and there had been a rapid development of jet aircraft of which Tank had little or no real experience — he had not been involved in this critical new phase .
3 They have somehow , in the few days since the rains arrived , become biblically sleek .
4 ‘ I am not persuaded that the use of the personal pronoun ‘ him ’ in the phrase ‘ sustained by him ’ was intended by parliament to have the bizarre result that there was no-one to injure or to sustain injuries in the few days before the child was born .
5 After two days which give them time to gain maximum strength they are taken back and released in the same areas as the eggs were collected .
6 But while in Rome ius honorarium was administered in the same courts as the ius civile , in England law and equity , until the judicature Act 1873 came into effect in 1875 , were administered in different courts .
7 Within a few years of transfer to the South Metropolitan system , all these cars had the headlamps moved from the canopy front to the usual position on the dash , one reason being that it enabled them to carry advertisements in the same positions as the rest of the fleet .
8 It was in the same colours as the bunting , red , white and blue .
9 All the legends are clearly printed on the keytops in the same colours as the original , the only missing one is Break which ought to be on the Space bar but is n't .
10 These restitutionary provisions are in the same terms as the corresponding provisions of section 5 .
11 The fleece comes in rust and in the same sizes as the jacket ( above ) .
12 It comes in rust in the same sizes as the jacket ( above ) .
13 It would not be unusual , however , to provide ( Clause 7.02 ) that new capital should be provided in the same proportions as the original contributions unless otherwise agreedwhich would at any rate provide the basis for subsequent negotiation when additional funding is found to be required .
14 It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below .
15 They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one .
16 The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years .
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