Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 4 hearings began in a federal appeals court in Honolulu on the constitutionality of a Guam territorial law of 1990 , permitting abortion only when a pregnancy threatened to kill the woman or " gravely impair " her health . |
| 2 | Nield , from Cheshire , joined up as a boy in a junior leaders battalion before passing out into the Royal Engineers . |
| 3 | Designed by student Jonathan Hitchen , the cover was described in a graphic arts magazine as : ‘ Combining strong colour and semi-abstract line . ’ |
| 4 | The constant impact against the field 's rim , of everything from showers of meteors down to stray molecules of gas , resulted in a cosmic fireworks display of spectacular proportions : a long tail of deteriorating matter stretched out along the path which the ship had taken . |
| 5 | The survey was based on an assessment of litter and dog fouling in a 500 metres circle round the parliament building . |
| 6 | There 's also the soft side , the Bill Morrison who is reduced to tears by Harry Secombe — ‘ I 'd love to be as good as him ’ and the Bill Morrison who confesses in an unguarded moment that as an epitaph he 'd like the description that appeared in a recent Times leader about him : ‘ a man they can trust ’ . |
| 7 | An Oxford student has been sentenced to four months in a young offendors institute for supplying drugs . |
| 8 | He sentenced both to four years in a young offenders centre for hijacking and to six months for criminal damage . |
| 9 | McHugh , who is now also serving nine months in a young offenders centre for motoring offences , was sentenced to three months in jail on the Customs offences . |
| 10 | Fenton was given 18 months detention in a young offenders institution for the aggravated burglary and 12 months concurrent for each of the other offences . |
| 11 | In a Financial Times poll of senior businessmen , 70% said the budget made little or no difference to their companies or their view of government policy . |
| 12 | The National Curriculum , whilst being consistent with the other government sponsored programmes in its instrumental-vocationalist view , has made provision for the arts through music and art as second tier essential subjects with drama mentioned for possible inclusion with art , music and design in a joint arts option for older pupils . |
| 13 | The violence in Blackburn , in which riot police were attacked , has resulted in a million pounds worth of damage . |
| 14 | Avesco Plc yesterday announced plans to demerge its VideoLogic Ltd multimedia subsidiary , which has joint venture agreements with IBM Corp : it says that Videologic 's turnover for the year that ends today will be not less than £10.4m , which is an increase of 44% over last year : Avesco also plans to raise £12.1m net of expenses in a one-for-three rights issue at 63 pence ; the news put 12 pence on the share price , which reached 97p . |
| 15 | Three managers of the German firm Imhausen-Chemie were sentenced by a Mannheim court on Oct. 9 to suspended prison terms ranging from 10 to 16 months for contravention of foreign trade laws in exporting materials to Libya between 1984 and 1988 for use in a chemical weapons factory at Rabta , south of Tripoli . |
| 16 | The company , which is raising the money in a two-for-five rights issue at 155p a share , said attractive opportunities to increase investments were in sight with tenant demand increasing . |
| 17 | The charges related to the administration 's attempt to conceal the US role in a secret arms-for-hostages shipment by Israel to Iran in 1985 , an issue which had led to the filing of charges against former Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger , in June 1992 [ see p. 38955 ] . |
| 18 | Within a book detailing several fascinating cases of the implementation of new technology and its organisational impact , they detail two applications of computerised equipment controls to a biscuit making line in a United Biscuits factory in the UK . |
| 19 | Warwickshire completed their five-match tour of South Africa with their second victory , by 57 runs , over the Boland President 's XI in a 40 overs game at Stellenbosch . |
| 20 | THREE men were hurt yesterday when a keg of firework powder exploded in a special effects workshop at Pinewood Film Studios , Bucks . |
| 21 | Kingfisher is calling on shareholders for as much as £313 million in a two-part rights issue to part finance the deal . |
| 22 | Fixed-price contracts have been normal for production contracts but on occasion this has led to claims that excess profits have been made and in a few cases repayment of the excess has been enforced . |
| 23 | In a few hours time in Toronto Lynn Gibson will be racing for Britain in the 800 metres … |
| 24 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 25 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 26 | wait a bit , and they said so , they looked at it and said we 'd have to take it back in a few days time for them to do , they could n't do it there and then . |
| 27 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |
| 28 | See you in a few years time with fucking . |
| 29 | Both of the Deanses have been charged with fraud in a continuing police investigation into the affairs of the club . |
| 30 | Now , each householder or tenant in a Scottish Homes estate in West Lothian has to pay for this service as well their poll tax . |