Example sentences of "in [Wh det] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working for Virgin was fun , in a way in which working for a large , anonymous corporation such as EMI or CBS could never be . |
| 2 | So erm I 've got a bit of time also in which to apply for a few things and go and see a few people erm |
| 3 | After 16 minutes Graham Roberts was injured by a tackle for which Perry Groves was booked ( Steve Clarke took over as sweeper , and is likely to have several weeks in which to build on a promising display ) . |
| 4 | An estimated 13 people had been killed in violent incidents on the previous day , in what amounted to a serious upsurge in township unrest . |
| 5 | In what amounted to a fledgling display of player-power and a dress rehearsal for the player 's campaign to secure greater freedom of contract , the Scots players argued bitterly with the Chelsea board . |
| 6 | However , males from the bachelor section of the band harass owners until they are able to travel with the harem as a second male in what emerges as a two-male team . |
| 7 | United Technologies ( Sikorsky 's parent group ) came to take part in what developed into a contested capital reconstruction with a proxy battle . |
| 8 | Along with shares bought in the stock market , this left Airtours with 43 per cent of the equity — just over 7 per cent short of control in what developed into a cliff-hanging battle . |
| 9 | ‘ In your attitude towards me , of course , ’ she returned in what sounded like a reproachful whimper . |
| 10 | A week away from leaving for the European leg of the current Michael Jackson tour , she was enjoying a two day break in what sounded like a hectic rehearsal schedule . |
| 11 | The alternative to managerialism was ‘ corporatism ’ , a concept which had earlier found application in the study of fascism but which was now dusted off for use in what seemed like a new social era . |
| 12 | The pressure of his kiss deepened in what seemed like a powerful and shocking invasion of her senses . |
| 13 | Now she was in what seemed like a natural theatre , a deep , round hollow in the ground . |
| 14 | In what seemed like a bizarre dress rehearsal of the fate awaiting his namesake , the Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson , words like ‘ drugs ’ , ‘ disgrace ’ , ‘ cheat ’ and ‘ liar ’ recurred in almost every newspaper . |
| 15 | For a moment there was a stunned silence from his workmates and then pent-up breath was released in what seemed like a communal sigh , before the chief waggoner yelled , ‘ Come on ! |
| 16 | Rig the rules to prevent minority candidates getting nominated , because there 's no room for the Campaign Group left even to be heavily defeated in what passes for a free election in the new model Labour Party . |
| 17 | Still , he wanted to keep something of that spirit , if only its dauntlessness in what looked like a hopeless future ; for similarly contemporary reasons he wanted to offer his readers a model of elementary virtue existing without the support of religion . |
| 18 | Its legs — if it had legs — were covered in what looked like a large brown sheet , and the light seemed to come from a kind of lamp attached to the back of what could , or could not , be its head . |
| 19 | But a few miles on , the country began to seem wilder , with more clumps of trees , culminating in the distance in what looked like a considerable forest . |
| 20 | He 'd much rather have advised a disciple — the earnest girl Fruitbat , perhaps , or her relentlessly smiling lover , Chogyam-Jones , who dressed in what looked like a Chinese carpet ; their flattery was becoming necessary . |
| 21 | Pupils have long had the guarantee of a careers service , the promise of a YT place is familiar , and the colleges rarely turn applicants away on any ground except actual lack of room or staff , but the reminder to the young person of their rights is important , as is the willingness of large numbers of companies to take part in what amounts to a joint recruitment exercise . |
| 22 | Singer Nick Jarvis , resplendent in what looks like a blonde Beatle wig , wrenches tunes from his Rickenbacker that tell of an adolescence spent listening to The Beatles and The Byrds . |
| 23 | Singer Nick Jarvis , resplendent in what looks like a blonde Beatle wig , wrenches tunes from his Rickenbacker that tell of an adolescence spent listening to The Beatles and The Byrds . |
| 24 | Now , in the courtship of many species of ducks ( see Figure 1.8 , p. 16 ) , the male points his bill towards his back feathers in what looks like a stylized modification of preening . |
| 25 | The legwork takes place in the library 's core , where video and audio tapes are stacked in what looks like a multi-store car park . |
| 26 | In what looks like a remarkable commentary on the nature of its agreement with IBM Corp for the RS/6000 , Wang Laboratories Inc is to market Hewlett Packard Co 's Unix machines under a deal announced yesterday . |
| 27 | In what looks like a remarkable commentary on the nature of its agreement with IBM Corp for the RS/6000 , Wang Laboratories Inc is to market Hewlett Packard Co 's Unix machines under a deal announced last week . |
| 28 | Er much reference has already been made to this er golden corridor between Leeds a and York and I I really fail to see th that it is going to pose the the threat that some people think it will and and the analysis that we 've carried carried out has has thrown up two two figures , one in the region of twenty er a need of twenty to twenty five hectares in what describe as a northern centre based on on Tadcaster and I think we acknowledge that er we may struggle to achieve those twenty to twenty five hectares in and around Tadcaster , partly because of greenbelt constraint and and partly because of other constraints . |
| 29 | It may be that your man is loving and living with you in what seems like a peaceful landscape when a volcano on the horizon suddenly erupts . |
| 30 | In what seems like a big complement on our powers of imagination , Unix System Laboratories chief Roel Pieper and Chuck Reilly , vice president of operations at the Open Software Foundation have been re-writing history , claiming at Utrecht a few weeks back that the press made up the entire Unix Wars all by themselves : ‘ they never happened ’ pleaded Rielly , who did n't join OSF until 1989 , after some of the worst was over . |