Example sentences of "in [det] [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In such a context it speaks plainly of the blindness of the people , and their preoccupation with the needs of the moment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In such a situation it becomes crucial to understand the economic effects of changes in defence budgets are likely to be . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Bill Service , Personnel Manager states ‘ In all the time she has been in the Mill , she was never late of absent until February 1987 when she unfortunately slipped while coming to work and sustained a dislocated elbow . ’ |