Example sentences of "in [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was finally sinking in that if a year could go by , then so could two , or even three . |
| 2 | It was however accepted by the Court of Appeal in 1980 that an injunction could properly be granted even if the defendant was based in England if in the circumstances there was a danger of the assets being removed , and this was put beyond doubt by section 37(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 which provides : |
| 3 | Some earlier critics of the deprave-and-corrupt test had suggested a return to a test based on ‘ outrage ’ , with the Longford Report proposing in 1972 that an article might be deemed to be obscene ‘ if its effect , taken as a whole , is to outrage contemporary standards of decency or humanity accepted by the public at large ’ . |
| 4 | This proportion will continue to grow in 1993 as the Company will be included for a full 12 months . |
| 5 | In fact , the BBC charter comes up for review in 1993 and the Government will decide how broadcasting will be run without much regard for Birt 's opinions . |
| 6 | The Bishop of London , who was responsible for church organization in America , suggested in 1749 that a bishopric should be created for the American colonies ; nonconformist Protestants in England and in America opposed it strongly enough to lead the government to lay the idea aside . |
| 7 | STUART SURRIDGE , who died aged 74 at his home in Wimbledon on Monday , wrote in his diary when appointed captain of Surrey in 1952 that the county would be champions for the next five years . |
| 8 | A Labour minister announced in 1978 that the government would introduce legislation to meet these concerns but a General Election intervened . |
| 9 | These need not be specified in full as the Listing will start on or after the start string and finish on or before the end string , without exceeding the range given by them . |
| 10 | In mothers of under twenty , there is only one chance in 2,400 that the child will have Down 's Syndrome ; this rises to one in every 100 when the mother is over 40 . |
| 11 | It was the first ‘ invisible radiation ’ to be discovered , when William Herschel found in 1800 that a thermometer would register heat beyond the red end of the Sun 's visible spectrum . |
| 12 | Leslie Reed , then Chief Inspector , told a House of Lords Select Committee in 1982 that the Inspectorate would ‘ almost certainly ’ require methods to reduce sulphur at new power stations but this had no immediate effect . |
| 13 | He wrote in an essay published in 1937 that an artist must lead a " commonplace life " if he is properly to do his work . |
| 14 | The first track was laid in 1990 and the visitor can see a fascinating photographic display of the line 's development . |