Example sentences of "and in the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since October 1989 teachers have been delivering the first stages of a new national curriculum ; and in the early summer they will start testing ( sorry , assessing ) all seven-year-olds on the three core disciplines : mathematics , English and science . |
| 2 | Pork is still eaten throughout the world and in the Far East it is a very important ingredient in many stir-fried dishes as it is tender and cooks quickly . |
| 3 | After two fruitless days spent trying to place 60m shares in Midland Bank , owned by the Kuwait Investment Organisation , at 362p apiece , a decision to chop the the offer price back to 356p , together with the rise in Hongkong & Shanghai Bank 's share price in Hong Kong overnight ( increasing the value of its paper offer to 394p ) , eventually convinced arbitrageurs both here and in the Far East it was worth taking the stock . |
| 4 | Such portraits were far removed , in appearance and in the moral authority they were intended to convey , from contemporary images of the Macedonian kings who then ruled the Hellenistic world : royal portraits suggested the physical attractions and hopes of youth . |
| 5 | ‘ In the judgment of this court it would be difficult , and in the present case it is unnecessary , to reduce within specific limits the general terms in which the duties of police constables have been expressed . |
| 6 | Some problems in the Marxist theory of history , and various new interpretations of it which allow a greater autonomy to political changes for example , the emergence of the absolutist state — were discussed earlier ; and in the present context I would like to focus attention upon two more recent phenomena , and to ask whether or not they can be considered as major changes of political regime . |
| 7 | However as regards 40% of the subjects examined the correlations were not significant and in the remaining subjects they were significant but low . |
| 8 | Raynor made a warning movement , but the creature was before him , and in the uncertain light they could see the gleam of moonlight on bare sinewy thighs , which quivered with strength and intent to spring … |
| 9 | And in the recent article he had read on the subject , even the sergeant in charge of the course had not believed that any woman would take his one piece of infallible advice . |
| 10 | I dragged mightily and in the mauve gleam I could see Davis more clearly , the bunched muscles in their tanktop . |
| 11 | At latitudes greater than about 40° the banding is less clear , and in the polar regions it is replaced by smaller-scale cellular features . |
| 12 | We never asked for these technologies , and in the long run they give us fewer choices , not more . |
| 13 | Forest fans gave it to that slag Clough and in the long run they got a bitter reward . |
| 14 | This is humanity 's oft-repeated experience , and in the long run it is experience which really teaches , and no amount of scriptural citation of divinely allocated land will ever alter that . |
| 15 | In those instances I 'd force myself and in the long run it turned out better . |
| 16 | Robin Dew equalled his personal best time of 15.4 secs. in the colts 100 metres , taking fourth place , and in the long jump he was also fourth in an excellent 4 metres 15 , the BAF standard for this event and close to his personal best . |
| 17 | They have no chance of winning the title this season and in the long term they 'll struggle to win the Premier League because they ca n't compete with Blackburn , Arsenal , Leeds and Manchester United … not only on the playing field but on the financial front . |
| 18 | Resident Simon Halliwell says ‘ This place is a gift for a person with a big ego and a big wallet and in the long term they wo n't be of any use to the island . ’ |
| 19 | Localised knowledge is put to better use and in the right circumstances it may be less costly to establish area factories/offices than to control everything through Head Office ( eg. costs of transportation and travelling may be less ) . |
| 20 | The tears gathered more thickly in his eyes and in the partial darkness he imagined he saw the form of a young man standing under a dripping tree . |
| 21 | This passage is somewhat unsatisfactory in its lack of certainty and in the wide discretion it appears to leave to the courts . |
| 22 | We do not need to raise VAT and in the European Community we have fought harder than anyone could have done to maintain our zero rate . |
| 23 | But even in the eastern region Mr Livingstone lost 10 constituencies more than last year , and in the southern region he lost 20 more . |
| 24 | This meant individual and private as well as state and municipal ownership ; and in the political sphere it meant ‘ genuine popular rule — rule of the people by the people themselves ’ . |
| 25 | Students follow a general course in their first year , and in the final year they select one of three specialist areas of study . |
| 26 | Here she was , possessed of more than she had ever dreamed of , this house , its comforts and warmth , those servants whose lives were spent in caring for hers , friends such as the Chamberlins who had taken her to their hearts , this first , unforgettable Christmas with all its bounty and then — Michael Swinton , in that bleak and dreary place , with only drunken old Meg and silent Punch , his loneliness accentuated by the life he had known these last few months in London and in the great houses he had stayed in . |
| 27 | It turns out ( though we are not going to prove it here ) that the exact shape of the current loop is immaterial ( not unreasonable if the loop is far away ) and in the general case we only need to replace unc by S , the area of the loop . |
| 28 | Apprentices could be sanctioned by neither , and in the general sense it is hardly surprising that resort to corporal punishment was so common . |
| 29 | I think at the time of the er , of the A G M , I said we were pleased by the prospects and in the current statement I say the outlook continues promising , but I do n't think at any point we 've made more of a forecast than that . |
| 30 | Analysis is always a necessary prelude to resistance , and in the following discussion I will not attempt to separate them . |