Example sentences of "in [adj] of [art] [noun] [pers pn] " 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 | Grieco is able to show that in each of the situations she studied in different regions of Britain , proportions of the workforce had kin connections with the firm for which they worked . |
| 4 | Few fish can survive in some of the torrents they can inhabit . |
| 5 | In some of the cases he deals with these interests supplement one another ; but they nevertheless remain distinct . |
| 6 | The typically inner shape is high and wide so you can at the least sit up comfortably — in some of the models you can just about stand . |
| 7 | I expect the conditions in some of the houses you went into were , were er pretty poor . |
| 8 | The researcher noticed that the adult sex ratio was significantly skewed towards males in some of the groups she was observing . |
| 9 | I think there 's dangers in some of the things you 're saying . |
| 10 | In the explicit limits to their power which they had to accept in some of the areas they ruled ( especially in Hungary and the Basque provinces ) the Habsburgs and the Spanish Bourbons had something in common with the Hanoverians . |
| 11 | ‘ This is just a story about a human being , like in some of the books we read . ’ |
| 12 | In some of the series it is compressed by the top margin of the frame but pours out of the bottom in great rivers of paint . |
| 13 | ‘ Sadly , though — and this is the way of the world as you will find out when you grow up — my friend is less interested in the car itself than in some of the people it carries . |
| 14 | At the 1931 election the Labour Party retained only one in six of the seats they had won in 1929 . |
| 15 | In much of the discussion it has been assumed that it is a parent who seeks the information . |
| 16 | He only knew one word in three of the lyric he 'd chosen . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | Eve Bendall ( 1976 ) in ‘ Teaching for reality ’ states that ‘ … the major part of written answers to nursing questions bear little or no relationship to the nursing performance of the writer in 80% of trainees ’ , and she goes on to say ‘ … we are producing trained nursing staff who are ( through no fault of their own ) woefully lacking in many of the skills they need . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ In many of the instances we find that employers are not honouring the basic minimum wage and ignoring overtime rates , ’ she said . |
| 20 | In many of the pictures he is accompanied by his half-sister Peggy , about ten years older than he , who was devoted to him . |
| 21 | Yet at the moment there is a feeling in many of the schools I visit ( both in this country and abroad ) that to give attention to the child who is already a ‘ high flier ’ is difficult and somehow immoral . |
| 22 | That , you know , in many of the words you came up with to start with , there 's an element of of fashion , in avoid ageism , avoiding sexism , and things like that . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | Feeling in one of the pockets I found a black eye patch for added colour and realised that my crew were endorsing the senior officer 's joke about piracy in the Channel . |
| 28 | And I would also point out that we are not proposing excessive development , in one of the papers I 've I 've put round , and I repeat the point I made it earlier . |
| 29 | He smilingly proffered me a cup of watered wine in one of the goblets I had hidden away the previous evening . |
| 30 | In one of the tenses I singing |