Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a close encounter last season , Gloucester pipped Northampton by 7 points to 6 . |
| 2 | In a close encounter last season , Gloucester pipped Northampton by 7 points to 6 . |
| 3 | All three countries were already in a deep recession last summer , which the war has made worse . |
| 4 | When the same question was put in a similar survey last year , the figure in support was 79pc . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Dagenham — greatly to his political peril — refuses to acknowledge the resentment that was felt by those living alone because their liability under the rating system was the same as the family living in a similar property next door . |
| 6 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
| 7 | Two of the burns victims were in a critical condition last night . |
| 8 | Shona died at the scene and Gavin , who suffers from asthma , was in a critical condition last night . |
| 9 | Faye Herbert , aged 24 , who was four months pregnant , was in a stable condition last night in hospital following the accident at Timsbury , near Bath . |
| 10 | Robert Fleming economist Peter Warburton , in a powerful assessment last week , focused on the critical role of real interest rates , combined with a fixed currency value , in posing a threat to asset prices and economic activity . |
| 11 | It was like watching the corn being cut in a southern village last summer . |
| 12 | John Smith tried to kill off such speculation by emphasising that in a general election last week 's results would have given Labour a majority of 87 . |
| 13 | In a modernised house next door , a two-earning couple will be liable to only £100 each . |
| 14 | Faced with a collapsing economy and the prospect of becoming the major player in a new government next year , the ANC 's national executive committee said it would call for an end to economic sanctions as soon as there was agreement with the government on dates for an all-racial election and for the establishment of an interim government of national unity . |
| 15 | I soaked it in a hot bath last night ; it should be okay now . ’ |
| 16 | McKinlay won the British Girls ' Championship as a 16 year-old in 1989 , and Moodie , 17 , claimed the British Under-18 , Scottish Under-21 and the Wilson PGA Junior Stroke Play titles in a glorious August last year . |
| 17 | LUCKLESS St. Helens Town , better than their record of one win in 15 games suggests , had to thank a last-minute goal by nomadic striker Steve Cannon for a deserved point at Darwen in a 1-1 draw last week . |
| 18 | She was in a Canadian hospital last night suffering from exhaustion . |
| 19 | A TOP judge was being held in a psychiatric ward last night , charged with harassing and blackmailing his ex-mistress . |
| 20 | She was in a psychiatric hospital last night . |
| 21 | Silvia had been in a bad state last night . |
| 22 | He needed the run when not disgraced in a valuable handicap last time , and is well in on just a 5lb higher mark than when impressively landing the Mildmay Of Flete at the Cheltenham Festival in March . |
| 23 | GAZZA , 25 , faces a lawsuit from a man he punched in a late-night brawl last year . |
| 24 | Toby Bourne , a London eighteen year-old , was shocked when his C grade in A level French last summer put paid to his chances of reading French at university — he had been expected to do well . |
| 25 | Cos he was in a filthy mood last night was n't he ? |
| 26 | Middlesbrough General Hospital said Miss Harrison was in a satisfactory condition last night . |
| 27 | In a parliamentary debate last month Mr Bell claimed the two were ‘ unfit persons ’ to run the ports . |
| 28 | However in a parliamentary debate last week , members of the House of Lords , reflecting concerns expressed by many university vice-chancellors , claimed that the offending clause could be used to justify direct intervention by the government in university administration — and was , as such , an infringement on academic freedom . |
| 29 | I mean we were in a particular discussion last night I mean that chap was making a particular point and we were able to ask questions and that was very useful and it helped everything else and as a result I have a view that Hydro Electric have a certain commitment to the community and I respect it for having that commitment . |
| 30 | Donaghy was one of his more consistent players in a struggling side last season while Philson was voted Young Player of the Year . |