Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [adv] [subord] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may have been few spiritual insights in his system , but in his Principles of philosophy ( 1644 ) he did insist that bodies continue in existence only because God preserves them in being . |
| 2 | We do not think that regular pouch surveillence is necessary after operation in polyposis even though polyps have been reported in the small bowel , because their malignant potential is very low . |
| 3 | It increased in importance latterly when Ullapool took over from Kyle of Lochalsh as the port of departure and arrival of the Stornoway ferry . |
| 4 | It was in evidence now as Tina upbraided him . |
| 5 | Just as in the residential market , buying and selling will increase in volume only when players feel confident that prices are realistic , and when the UK 's unemployment statistics improve . |
| 6 | Middle-earth itself survived in song even after people had forgotten what it meant : ‘ 0 cocks are crowing a merry midd-larf , /A wat the wilde foule boded day . ’ |
| 7 | In speech , particularly in informal conversation , we plan at the point of utterance — hence the hesitations , false starts , reformulations and so on that are part and parcel of the nature of speech and that deviate in frequency only when speech becomes either highly formalised ( i.e. " frozen " , as Joos ( 1967 ) calls it ) or highly intimate . |
| 8 | Sadly the plan is in abeyance now as Pakistan has more urgent problems on its doorstep . |
| 9 | In a country that has known hosepipe bans in autumn even as gardens disappear under floodwater , it is reasonable to wonder how much good the downpour of the past 48 hours has achieved . |
| 10 | A man is under guard in hospital tonight while police wait to question him about the killing of one of his wife 's friends . |
| 11 | The relapse rate is a result of the inefficiencies in treatment rather than features associated with the child or background variable ( Young and Morgan 1973 ) . |
| 12 | Instinct and an adolescence spent in observation rather than practice told her this was the kind of man who ate little girls like Suzie for breakfast . |