Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underlying cause may be the changes in agriculture described in the earlier chapters of this book , but the newcomers represent the most visible and tangible manifestation of a disruption of community life which would have occurred in any case . |
| 2 | This was exactly the proportion of the tax in kind collected in the Roslavl' area up to November 1921 . |
| 3 | Five Democratic Party ( DP ) members of parliament ( MPs ) joined the African National Congress ( ANC ) and announced on April 21 that they would in future sit in the whites-only House of Assembly as independents ( the ANC not being registered as a political party ) . |
| 4 | Nelson and Key played together in punk bands in the late '70s until the latter went to Japan and was taken aback by Tokyo 's nascent Technopolitan revolution , with bands like Yellow Magic Orchestra taking the spirit of Kraftwerk into the 21st century . |
| 5 | Nelson and Key played together in punk bands in the late '70s until the latter went to Japan and was taken aback by Tokyo 's nascent Technopolitan revolution , with bands like Yellow Magic Orchestra taking the spirit of Kraftwerk into the 21st century . |
| 6 | The first consists in demonstrating that the element in question participates in the same semantic contrast with a third element as a proven semantic constituent . |
| 7 | Blacks ' recent involvement in sport began in the 1950s and continued spasmodically through the next two decades , intensifying as the 1980s approached ; in the spheres in which they opted to compete , many achieved excellence . |
| 8 | It is reflected in two themes that he stressed then , in work reported in the influential set of three papers appearing in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy in the late 1860s . |
| 9 | Much of Britain 's current economic mess is due to the surge in home borrowing in the late 1980s , much of which was spent on things other than houses . |
| 10 | You know they 're on brown rings with little little tiny screw screwed in metal rings in the brown things ? |
| 11 | Perhaps the most convincing indication of a dent in poverty is marketing information showing that the boom in consumer durables in the 1980s was by no means limited to the top 10% of the population . |
| 12 | Bang up-to-date tractors were seen alongside diminutive pre-war vehicles , and the latest in creature comforts in the modern cabs provided a startling contrast to the metal seat and open-to-the-elements driving position of a 1930 machine . |
| 13 | In a reverse image of Mr Major 's public appearances , as the Labour leader 's belief in victory grew in the last days , so his studied calm and restraint slipped away , and a fatal hint of the ‘ cocky Welsh boyo ’ marked his public performances . |
| 14 | Between them they turned Alfa Romeo into the biggest name in motor racing in the 1920s . |
| 15 | When this was in turn cleared in the early 1980s the site was disposed of for private construction . |
| 16 | Parson 's interest in music began in the early-'70s , but his Bowie-fandom foundered at the Aladdin Sane gig at Earl 's Court in 1973 . |
| 17 | A significant development in church planting in the 1980s was within the Church of England , although in this case the growth was not without frustrations . |
| 18 | ‘ As a matter of policy , NatWest chose to shed market share in property lending in the late-1980s , but that did not protect us from bad debts . |
| 19 | For example , planners in China do not seem aware of the cohort structure their population might have in decades to come if the drastic reductions in fertility introduced in the 1970s are maintained for 20 or 30 years . |
| 20 | ITHINK if we are ever to see grand hokum in the Mac marketplace we 'll see it in the months ahead , as the M-word — multimedia — becomes the in thing to discuss in the 1990s . |
| 21 | Nearly all fourth year pupils in mathematics sets in the lower half of each school 's attainment range took the reference test . |
| 22 | The medieval fabliaux in English belong in the first instance to the context of medieval England , and are not to be seen as foreign intruders disguised in the clothing of the Middle English language . |
| 23 | Colleges wishing to participate were asked to indicate their intention by submitting a ‘ Request for Approval in Principle to Participate in the 1989 Pilot Programme ’ ( Form HN1 ) . |
| 24 | The first book-length studies of women in film appeared in the early to mid 1970s and were an integral part of the women 's movement 's push for cultural and political change . |
| 25 | There may be occasions , however , when in order to act in the best interests of the Company , the Directors will need the flexibility to finance business opportunities as they arise by the issue of ordinary shares without a pre-VXKVK offer to existing shareholders . |
| 26 | If you are going somewhere then you have to know where you are going in order to point in the right direction . |
| 27 | It would be possible to attempt such theoretical development by conceptual analysis , in order to produce in the abstract a theoretical structure , which could then be tested empirically . |
| 28 | ‘ In order to survive in the cut-throat computer industry , we must produce our own large-scale computer . ’ |
| 29 | In order to assist in the urgent necessity for home-grown food , the Company provided 14,000 allotments for vegetable growing alongside the line , and issued a small guide giving instructions for planting , etc . |
| 30 | It was known that , if Sunderland lost their game , then Bristol and Coventry needed only to draw against each other in order to stay in the First Division . |