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

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1 At Cambrai in 1076 a Cathar who had been judged heretical but not sentenced was being held in the local jail .
2 Weight loss does lower the metabolism in that every time you lose one pound , you will need to eat about 18 calories a day less to stay at a stable weight .
3 I find myself in some difficulty in that the statement I have prepared does not debate the merits of the inner and outer routes , but merely the question of is there a need for a relief road er and what are the benefits that the particular relief road er that we are currently promoting which is the outer northern , whether that is is sufficient to demonstrate that it is meeting a need .
4 It was in the course of his translation work that he received in 1790 the stimulus which led him to his radical rethink of medical treatment .
5 ‘ But its situation , ’ continues Johnson , ‘ seems well chosen for pleasure , if not for strength ’ ; and then in half a sentence he gives us a glimpse of local life and activity : ‘ It stands at the head of the lake and , by a sloop of sixty tuns , is supplied from Inverness with great convenience ’ — which description immediately conjures the vessel plying up and down Loch Ness with provisions , armaments , soldiers ' wives .
6 In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut .
7 First , I wanted to see the Castle of Zenda and in half an hour I had climbed the hill to it .
8 Well that 's a , that 's a thing of that particular day , at that time th th and life erm and then they get what they call , they bought a steam hopper , so the steam hopper would say , could get to sea quicker in half the time the dumb hoppers could and so we were rotating all the time , there used to be one dumb hopper go to sea , one steam hopper and we 'd be loading the other dumb hopper and then th course the steam hopper would be back in half the time we 'd that and that 's how we rotate , day to day .
9 You can no longer say , ‘ OK , but there will be a smart worker who will learn how to do that in half the time it takes now ’ .
10 The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market .
11 We were in such a state we decided to swallow what seemed the bitter pill of Thatcherism .
12 ‘ They reckoned it was haunted and no one would buy it , and in the end it got in such a state they got the council to pull it down .
13 In fact , when he drove us home he was in such a state I had to get out of the van .
14 They say that in such a case you search for your mother for the rest of your life .
15 ‘ Oh , I 'm sure ! ’ he replied in such a way it made Maggie giggle again .
16 ‘ I was in such a fury I hung up .
17 In such a context it speaks plainly of the blindness of the people , and their preoccupation with the needs of the moment .
18 And in such a situation it becomes difficult to say whether the temporary worker is brought in because of a shortage of permanent staff or because there is ( now ) a once-off task to be performed .
19 In such a situation it becomes crucial to understand the economic effects of changes in defence budgets are likely to be .
20 ‘ … in such a thing I do not trust myself .
21 I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that
22 In such a setting we learn as much through observation and experience as we do through deliberate instruction or training .
23 In such a liturgy it becomes apparent , in a way in which in a traditional liturgy , with a man celebrating , it does not , because there is not the same incongruity , that women are , at the very core of their religion , dependent on the male world .
24 But in such a climate they begin to look unique .
25 In such a climate it seems even more suitable to pursue the creation of a radical , insider ethnography and in the not too distant past this even seemed to have official support .
26 Miss Andrews did not invite me to order that the sum should be paid out to Crossman Block on terms that they should not part with it without a further order of the court ; in such an event she accepted that it would be better that the sum should remain in court .
27 In such an event I anticipate an additional fee , over and above the fees indicated above , of £ [ ] payable at the conclusion of the contract .
28 Consequently there appears no reason why regulations could not be included in such an agreement which prevent or restrict odour emissions , particularly as the 1971 Act provides that a local planning authority may take into account the ‘ improvement of the physical environment ’ .
29 In such an organization you feel hemmed in by people who can refuse you permission to do something or who are only waiting to jump all over you if you appear to be taking the initiative , or achieving something which even they may recognize as being highly desirable , in ‘ the wrong way ’ .
30 Furthermore , in 1975 an executive who suffered emotional distress after being demoted was awarded £500 compensation .
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