Example sentences of "in [adj] and [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1875 and 1876 the Corporation purchased 3,000 acres of the open waste lands of the forest manors . |
| 2 | In 1829 and 1830 the river Ray , which had been subjected to massive engineering works in order to drain the newly enclosed moor , began to flood the land beyond Otmoor . |
| 3 | Whereas in 1660 and 1688 the alternative to the existing regime seemed positively attractive to a wide range of people , the same simply was not the case in 1715 . |
| 4 | A power that had been delegated previously is therefore removed , usually in quite a small way , by an instruction that in such and such a case the matter is to be referred upwards . |
| 5 | Others , however , joined in the exercise : ‘ It must have been in such and such a way ; I mean , there 's a story which says … |
| 6 | McDowell 's excessively subtle thesis teeters on the brink of the view that ‘ This is red ’ means ‘ This looks red to standard observers ’ and ‘ This is good ’ means ‘ This appeals in such and such a way to a normal person ’ . |
| 7 | Now they could then say well that particular group of people , if they looked at this evidence that I 've got , would want to say this about it and they would want to change it in such and such a way , and there 's another group of people who perhaps have rather different views on what history might be doing and they would view the evidence and argue about it in this way . |
| 8 | In one regrettable case , which I myself witnessed , it had become an established sport in the house for guests to ring for the butler and put to him random questions of the order of , say , who had won the Derby in such and such a year , rather as one might to a Memory Man at the music hall . |
| 9 | Saying what they 're in er erm erm , so look , and wa watch so and so very carefully Jack I 've got him in such and such a race . |
| 10 | Why have n't you sold the shares in such and such a company ? ’ |
| 11 | And if they were n't properly done , you 'd tell the forewoman that that was n't in such and such a coach in compartment was needing under the seats were needing cleaning . |
| 12 | And after that it 's , it 's partly systematic , that you discover more organisations and you go and look for them , and it 's partly luck , that erm you drop into a library or you meet someone who says ‘ Oh , did you know that erm there are these papers in , in such and such a library ? ’ |
| 13 | There 's some people send us money and say , I 've read in such and such a paper , erm somebody send it from Chesterfield the there their paper there , and they send us ten pounds or something and erm you know erm you never know how the fruits er . |
| 14 | Swore like a trooper under his breath as the bus swayed through the leafy lanes , saying he could no longer make out the landmarks , that he knew such and such a tree or house was in such and such a place , he 'd passed it so often in the bus , but now could barely see it . |
| 15 | By 1372 England had suffered a naval defeat at La Rochelle and lost most of the gains which it had made by the time of the treaty of Brétigny ; in the following year much of Brittany was lost ; in 1375 another spectacular naval defeat was suffered ; and in 1376 and 1377 the south and east coasts of England were alerted under threats of invasion or raids . |
| 16 | In 1964 and 1966 a number of Labour backbenchers who believed in the older , more historical functions of the House were elected . |
| 17 | Further changes in Grand Prix rules had been made , and in 1952 and 1953 the World Championship was run to Formula Two rules . |
| 18 | In 1981 and 1982 the group had visited the test site with their ship the Vega and on the last occasion had been attacked and arrested by the French Navy as they attempted to enter the 12-mile territorial limit . |
| 19 | If the shot is to be sent out in black and white the colour must be ignored and the shot viewed in terms of tones of grey . |
| 20 | Although the laser printed sheet is only in black and white the rostrum camera operator can add the colours optically and generate a very high quality slide for around half what it would have cost to produce using a ‘ conventional ’ electronic system . |
| 21 | If the photography is in black and white the photographer may be working with reels of film rather than with plates , in which case he will be able to take many more shots without inflating the price too much . |
| 22 | In a group of cases in 1978 and 1979 the Court of Appeal sought considerably to limit the immunities of trade unionists from criminal and civil liabilities for acts done ‘ in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute ’ . |
| 23 | In 1970 and 1971 the applicant association , representing the interests of the 300 existing licence holders , was assured by the town clerk that there would be consultation if an increase in the number of licensed vehicles was to be contemplated . |
| 24 | The biggest change has come in office building , particularly in London , where in 1989 and 1990 the City , West End and Docklands were full of cranes , hard hats and builders ' wolf whistles . |
| 25 | Its share of wool exports rose too , though less strikingly , in 1374–75 and 1424–25 the figure was between 40 and 45 per cent , by 1474–75 it exceeded 50 per cent and in 1524–25 it was 66 per cent . |