Example sentences of "in [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | What perhaps is most impressive in each of the cases we have discussed is this , that the dispossession by a new-comer of a race already in occupation of the soil has marked an upward step in the intellectual progress of mankind . |
| 2 | Using Pope 's ‘ Mobil Guide to the North Island ’ we were able to look up what was worth seeing in each of the towns we passed through . |
| 3 | ‘ This is just a story about a human being , like in some of the books we read . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We also place great emphasis on the confidence-building which comes through theatre and things like self-presentation , teamwork , personal responsibility , working to dead-lines — we 've seen some fairly amazing changes in many of the women we 've worked with . |
| 5 | ‘ In many of the instances we find that employers are not honouring the basic minimum wage and ignoring overtime rates , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Alan was able to beat defenders both by scorching speed , or by sorcery and guile , before delivering a telling cross or a powerful shot , and he was involved in many of the goals we scored during his period with us . |
| 7 | No more than one in ten of the items we submit are printed and even the report of Peter 's adoption did not appear until a week later and only then after complaints to the Editor . |
| 8 | ‘ I was with a band called Muscles until 1978 , ’ he explains , ‘ and while we were on tour in Madrid I noticed the effect of hanging pictures from a brass rail in one of the hotels we stayed in . |
| 9 | An illustration of this can be found in cross-examination of a defendant in one of the trials we considered in the court files : Prosecutor : Why did n't you ask her if she was prepared to have intercourse with you ? |
| 10 | For instance , in one of the lectures we were talking about how you know how heavy an atom is , and my colleague , Mike Pendlebury , was describing how you can actually do this by weighing a crystal and counting the number of atoms in it , erm this is certainly not the traditional way , it 's a way that 's been developed over the last few years . |
| 11 | In one of the rooms we found trunks of clothes . |
| 12 | In one of the photographs we show the latter being used to cut off a water pipe close to the floor . |
| 13 | In one of the tombs we peered through a dark gap and saw a broken mummy lying exposed at the bottom of a shaft . |
| 14 | In several of the countries we studied , we found strong evidence that good results can be achieved by community-based teams consisting of professionally-trained workers and a variety of paraprofessional personnel who bring their joint efforts to bear on a range of client and community needs . |
| 15 | The general conclusion which we have reached is that there is no clear evidence in any of the figures we have examined that the abolition of capital punishment has led to an increase in the homicide rate , or that its reintroduction has led to a fall . |
| 16 | A living medicine chest One in four of the medicines we use , owe their origin to plants and animals in tropical forests . |