Example sentences of "in [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I suppose it must also have a public telephone that can be used in private and a post office that will send out mail ?
2 The devaluation of the dollar in 1971 and the oil crisis which came soon after it ushered in high unemployment and economic stagnation [ Beckerman , 1979 ; Blackaby , 1979 ] .
3 In all honesty I think they are exactly the same as newpaper reports in that if a team wins 3–0 or 4–0 they automatically say it was a trouncing , and then dredge up ‘ facts ’ to evidence their overall assumption .
4 A bare and totally neglected Sheffield Victoria as seen in 1980 before the demolition crews moved in. 76003 clatters through with the Deepcar trip working from Tinsley .
5 Wadsley Bridge in 1980 before the signal box was closed , and the station buildings , virtually untouched since LNER days , became vandalised and were subsequently demolished .
6 In fact the USSR 's oil production did not peak in 1980 and a production level higher than the Jeremiahs of the late seventies predicted , was achieved .
7 Reports on progress were not encouraging Sam had to admit in public that the swimming difficulties were also somewhat fearsome : professional coaching in that sphere would also be costly and unprofessional coaching ‘ posed certain difficulties ’ .
8 Goole , in Humberside , was a planned canal port founded by the Aire and Calder Navigation Company in 1819 while the railway towns of Crewe .
9 Economic information from French consuls about the countries in which they were stationed had begun to be published in various forms from about 1829 onwards , notably in the Annales du commerce extérieur from 1843 , while the Bulletin consulaire français began publication in 1877 and the Moniteur officiel du commerce in 1883 .
10 It is quite obvious now that if there was more to Monica 's missing Wimbledon in 1991 than the shin splints that were eventually given as the reason , she is not going to tell us .
11 Most of the route is around Severe in standard but the crux pitch , though short and well protected , is very awkward and difficult to do with style .
12 The Parliamentary Ombudsman was followed by a Local Government Commissioner in 1969 and a Health Service Commissioner four years later .
13 King John of England , desperate for Otto 's support during his struggle with the pope and his old natural enemy , the king of France , granted Otto 9000 marks in 1213 but the Welf position was weak .
14 The first Shorthorn herdbook — indeed the world 's first herdbook — was published privately by George Coates in 1822 and the Shorthorn Society was incorporated in 1875 .
15 She drew breath for the first time in three and a quarter hours .
16 Scott-Kilvert 's other interests included membership of the European-Atlantic Group , becoming a committee member in 1984 and an executive editor of its Journal .
17 The plan of Magdalen was set out in 1473 and the foundation stone laid on 5 May 1474 ; the buildings were occupied in 1480 .
18 Aurae Phiala was close enough for fishing , close to two good fords , in all but the flood months , and safe from actual flooding .
19 Because weight is such an important factor in boards planing , there are two weight groups in all but the funboard division .
20 With the growth of towns , the coming of the Industrial Revolution , and the improvements in surface transportation , the pattern in all but the staple industries changed and the whole industrial and commercial structure grew ( and grows ) increasingly more diverse and complex , to the extent that it moves ever more out of the realms of the local researcher into those of the economic or social historian working at national , or even international , level .
21 The miscalculations of Wilson in 1970 , Heath in February 1974 , Callaghan in 1978–9 and the patent inability of government to manipulate the flagging economy of the 1970s culminated in 1979 with the minority Labour government suffering the indignity of being forced to call an election when defeated on a motion of ‘ no confidence ’ by the combination of all parties in opposition in the House of Commons — the first time this had happened since 1924 .
22 What is certain is that there will be many surprises in 1992 , the game will have an ever-increasing worldwide audience , and there will be many more magnificent moments in 1992 that every tennis fan will treasure — and we , at Tennis World , will try to capture them all .
23 Ever determined , she helped to re-establish the branch in 1930 and a Tutorial Class in Psychology was launched successfully in 1931 .
24 The Dramatic Society founded in 1930 and the School Orchestra ( 1931 ) went from strength to strength , with public performances the success of which invited favourable comparisons with professional groups .
25 Christopher Martin-Jenkins succinctly summed up the situation when commenting that in less than a year England had been outplayed by the entire subcontinent .
26 But in less than a year Poland and Hungary had proved otherwise ‘ and now you have the strongest of the strong , the East Germans , jumping out like water from a bucket with a hole in it .
27 In less than a decade Japan could have moved from being the most lightly taxed OECD country to being one of the most heavily taxed .
28 It was stated that D'addario invented the half round string in 1978 and the phosphor bronze string 1974 .
29 Leslie found in 1958 that the Government papers and radio were greatly distrusted : newspapers which were anti-government were avidly sought after but not always easy to obtain .
30 Seven of these cows and one of the bulls , along with two bull calves , were taken into the care of the Ministry of Agriculture 's senior livestock officer for Scotland in 1958 and a nucleus herd was gradually built up and monitored , with the practical support of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in due course .
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