Example sentences of "in [Wh det] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An employee who is dismissed after two years ' service has three months in which to complain to an industrial tribunal . |
| 2 | Working for Virgin was fun , in a way in which working for a large , anonymous corporation such as EMI or CBS could never be . |
| 3 | So erm I 've got a bit of time also in which to apply for a few things and go and see a few people erm |
| 4 | After 16 minutes Graham Roberts was injured by a tackle for which Perry Groves was booked ( Steve Clarke took over as sweeper , and is likely to have several weeks in which to build on a promising display ) . |
| 5 | An estimated 13 people had been killed in violent incidents on the previous day , in what amounted to a serious upsurge in township unrest . |
| 6 | In what amounted to a fledgling display of player-power and a dress rehearsal for the player 's campaign to secure greater freedom of contract , the Scots players argued bitterly with the Chelsea board . |
| 7 | However , males from the bachelor section of the band harass owners until they are able to travel with the harem as a second male in what emerges as a two-male team . |
| 8 | United Technologies ( Sikorsky 's parent group ) came to take part in what developed into a contested capital reconstruction with a proxy battle . |
| 9 | Along with shares bought in the stock market , this left Airtours with 43 per cent of the equity — just over 7 per cent short of control in what developed into a cliff-hanging battle . |
| 10 | ‘ In your attitude towards me , of course , ’ she returned in what sounded like a reproachful whimper . |
| 11 | A week away from leaving for the European leg of the current Michael Jackson tour , she was enjoying a two day break in what sounded like a hectic rehearsal schedule . |
| 12 | The alternative to managerialism was ‘ corporatism ’ , a concept which had earlier found application in the study of fascism but which was now dusted off for use in what seemed like a new social era . |
| 13 | The pressure of his kiss deepened in what seemed like a powerful and shocking invasion of her senses . |
| 14 | Now she was in what seemed like a natural theatre , a deep , round hollow in the ground . |
| 15 | In what seemed like a bizarre dress rehearsal of the fate awaiting his namesake , the Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson , words like ‘ drugs ’ , ‘ disgrace ’ , ‘ cheat ’ and ‘ liar ’ recurred in almost every newspaper . |
| 16 | For a moment there was a stunned silence from his workmates and then pent-up breath was released in what seemed like a communal sigh , before the chief waggoner yelled , ‘ Come on ! |
| 17 | In what seemed like an innocuous joke , Nicholas allegedly tried to steal a chip from a holiday-maker outside the ‘ Confusion Bar ’ in San Antonio on the holiday island of Ibiza . |
| 18 | Rig the rules to prevent minority candidates getting nominated , because there 's no room for the Campaign Group left even to be heavily defeated in what passes for a free election in the new model Labour Party . |
| 19 | Still , he wanted to keep something of that spirit , if only its dauntlessness in what looked like a hopeless future ; for similarly contemporary reasons he wanted to offer his readers a model of elementary virtue existing without the support of religion . |
| 20 | Its legs — if it had legs — were covered in what looked like a large brown sheet , and the light seemed to come from a kind of lamp attached to the back of what could , or could not , be its head . |
| 21 | But a few miles on , the country began to seem wilder , with more clumps of trees , culminating in the distance in what looked like a considerable forest . |
| 22 | He 'd much rather have advised a disciple — the earnest girl Fruitbat , perhaps , or her relentlessly smiling lover , Chogyam-Jones , who dressed in what looked like a Chinese carpet ; their flattery was becoming necessary . |
| 23 | The mothers , says Mr Wijeratne in what sounds like an unfeeling remark , should have paid more attention to what their children were doing . |
| 24 | The 864 legislation mentions en passant in what sounds like an urban context the selling of bread and meat per denerarios : by pennyworths ( ninth-century hamburgers ? ) — which may imply more about normal price levels than Charlemagne 's decree in the famine year of 794 that a penny should buy 12 two-lb. wheaten loaves . |
| 25 | Pupils have long had the guarantee of a careers service , the promise of a YT place is familiar , and the colleges rarely turn applicants away on any ground except actual lack of room or staff , but the reminder to the young person of their rights is important , as is the willingness of large numbers of companies to take part in what amounts to a joint recruitment exercise . |
| 26 | Singer Nick Jarvis , resplendent in what looks like a blonde Beatle wig , wrenches tunes from his Rickenbacker that tell of an adolescence spent listening to The Beatles and The Byrds . |
| 27 | Singer Nick Jarvis , resplendent in what looks like a blonde Beatle wig , wrenches tunes from his Rickenbacker that tell of an adolescence spent listening to The Beatles and The Byrds . |
| 28 | Now , in the courtship of many species of ducks ( see Figure 1.8 , p. 16 ) , the male points his bill towards his back feathers in what looks like a stylized modification of preening . |
| 29 | The legwork takes place in the library 's core , where video and audio tapes are stacked in what looks like a multi-store car park . |
| 30 | In what looks like a remarkable commentary on the nature of its agreement with IBM Corp for the RS/6000 , Wang Laboratories Inc is to market Hewlett Packard Co 's Unix machines under a deal announced yesterday . |