Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally and in total conclusion I must tell you what happened when we took Adam to a specialist to find out if he had a particular familial complaint . |
| 2 | In civvy street she would have found it hard to find a fellow to chat with and so she likely considered the war a godsend . |
| 3 | In a simple case , we might have the following key set : These thirty-four records need only 34 storage positions , but if they were stored in self-indexing form they would take up 359 storage positions , and there would be five gaps of 91 , 1 , 1 , 94 and 138 positions respectively . |
| 4 | In broad outline we can designate the Asiatic , the ancient , the feudal , and the modern bourgeois modes of production as progressive epochs in the economic formation of society . |
| 5 | Even in private conversation he would explain how his client could not possibly have broken into the house in the way of which he was accused , because he was far too drunk at the time , and so on . |
| 6 | In private practice you could provide services for large , corporate clients , or for private individuals and small businesses . |
| 7 | Perhaps Elena thought that if she was in sole charge she could make a proper tyrant out of him . |
| 8 | In each case we may trace from them important effects on learning in schools today on the curriculum plans , on policy and programmes for teacher training and , most significant , on the attitudes of teachers themselves and of those who train them . |
| 9 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 10 | In each case we can choose a scale above which the material may be considered homogeneous , but below which the structure needs to be considered . |
| 11 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 12 | In each case I will stop the film every five seconds . |
| 13 | In each case I will stop the film every five seconds . |
| 14 | In each award you must complete four sections . |
| 15 | Just like a dance and they sung and they had just in each station you could hear them in Papa Stronsay we could hear them singing and dancing . |
| 16 | In each gear you could tell the carburettors were better balanced after 12,000 miles as the slower increments always favoured the later set of figures . |
| 17 | But in that sense she can use the car on her own . |
| 18 | But it says humble yourself under the hand , under the mighty hand of God , then in that day he will lift you up , he will exult you ! |
| 19 | ‘ If you try to get home in that state you 'll wind up back in London . |
| 20 | Perhaps one day when you are in that direction you will allow me to show you my department in the university . ’ |
| 21 | I have tried to emphasize the positive in this book , and in that spirit I should like to repeat that the longer term counter to fighting , jealousy and acquisitiveness is to train the child , patiently and repetitively , to share , to wait patiently , to see that pulling hair hurts , to co-operate — in other words to be socially sensitive . |
| 22 | If they were to live in peace it was necessary , he said , that the Indians should have a country set apart for them and in that country they must stay . |
| 23 | In that instance you could issue a B one so that he would have some money coming in . |
| 24 | Let them see you and your company as you are : in that way they 'll believe in you and your people . |
| 25 | In that way we shall have a Europe that is stronger , more sympathetic and a better one in which to live . |
| 26 | In that way we will raise standards of service and boost staff morale . ’ |
| 27 | And our systems need to be consistent because in that way we can manage and control them and yet they need to deal with the variable requirements of our different categories of users . |
| 28 | Most of us will be working part time and voluntary work will be considered work just as much as paid work and in that way we can distribute the enormous amount of work that needs to be done more evenly . |
| 29 | What they 're able to do with that money this year and in that way we can make a reasonable assessment as to what has to be done next year and the years after and budget all , but we 're talking about how they 're going to spend the money that we 've just earlier on voted for , for us so that we can see what is being done and also that the public can see because after all this all came up , the report to the ombudsman and the public will not be satisfied about our performance on that . |
| 30 | Everybody knows if yi laugh at a man in That Way he will wilt for ever , wo n't he ? |