Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun sg] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE chances of John Toshack completing his two-year contract as Real Madrid 's manager look thin , with speculation growing in the Spanish capital that he will go by next summer . |
| 2 | This we shall certainly do , in the firm belief that it is the true way forward — based on a realistic appraisal of the continued role of the nation state — towards peace , stability and prosperity in Europe . |
| 3 | It 's a resource erm that is needed in order to provide children with a whole variety of learning problems with specialized teaching , with specialized education , and we think in the Labour group that it is a tragedy that those needs are not going to be recognised . |
| 4 | The EC stated in the final declaration that it expected to implement an offer to remove or reduce duties on tropical products " once a satisfactory balanced conclusion has been reached in the Uruguay Round " . |
| 5 | There is still a perverse pride in the modern county that it was the last area in England to be converted from paganism . |
| 6 | As for the old houses , there were none in the immediate area that I knew of , other than these which had been built as a nostalgic memento , as a reminder , as a gift both to himself and his family from a man who must have known innately that in discarding the past his people were in danger of losing their touchstone . |
| 7 | And her suppliant 's face , round and even in this twilight , thickly flushed in the hectic way that he had seen before , repulsed him and made him take her by the arm she had raised and move it like a detached limb back to her side . |
| 8 | One last kiss , then Kate was left alone in the small bedroom that she used when she came home . |
| 9 | It is not the case that we can or do simply distinguish , in a completely neutral way , some major historical types of political system , even in the non-evolutionist manner that I have suggested ; for on one side , what is seen to be significant in the past is influenced by current concerns , and on the other side these concerns have , in any case , a very great practical importance and are bound to engage much of the attention of political thinkers . |
| 10 | I was so uninterested in the damn thing that I did n't bother to keep a copy . |
| 11 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 12 | Some of them undoubtedly were pirates in the straightforward sense that they were ready to seize and plunder any passing ship without regard to the religion or nationality of its owners , but Spanish charges ranged much more widely . |
| 13 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 14 | but that ought to satisfy my Noble Friend and I should have thought , but I agree with him , in in the general point that it is very much more easy when these bills are consolidated and they do end up in one consolidated act . |
| 15 | Considerable discussion , interlaced with esoteric mathematics , resulted in the general agreement that it was worth about the equivalent of one very fat sacrificial boar . |
| 16 | Northamptonshire TEC says bluntly : ’ It became clear to us in the early summer that we would not be fulfilling our Youth Training guarantee . ’ |
| 17 | Residential and industrial premises can be extended by up to ten per cent ( in volume terms ) , provided in the latter case that it does not materially affect the external appearance of the premises . |
| 18 | At a consultation you 're not in the vulnerable position that you are in a hairdresser 's chair . |
| 19 | If he had been born in Australia or Lithuania or even Manchester , Sheikh al Hassan could have ejected his minion on to the street in the sure knowledge that it would be put down to robust good humour . |
| 20 | However , the North and South poles correspond to the beginning and end of the history of the universe in imaginary time , not in the real time that we experience . |
| 21 | Yet it is perfectly obvious to anyone who mixes in the real world that they are wicked people who have exercised a choice in favour of the nasty option . |
| 22 | The second is that it is only when people think about what the visual system does in the real world that they begin to study it appropriately . |
| 23 | But is it not a fact in the real world that we prepare for war during peacetime by keeping our armed forces equipped and ready , rather than disbanding them and waiting until war breaks out before beginning to re-arm and train new forces ? |
| 24 | Lovegrove , 33 , is one of the handful of industrial designers who are so highly regarded in the international arena that they can win commissions from Hermés , one of France 's most famous luxury goods groups . |
| 25 | The next time that she 'd spoken to her father , she 'd suggested a meeting in the certain knowledge that it would be Joe who would turn up ; and he had . |
| 26 | What can you expect is a certain amount of resentment or sour grapes between October 1–4 and , frustrating as it may be , all you can really do about the situation is put up and shut up in the certain knowledge that you will gain your freedom , however long it takes . |
| 27 | Make any necessary payments around the 15th , in the certain knowledge that you wo n't be out of pocket for long . |
| 28 | He has enjoyed every minute of it in the certain knowledge that he was never going to be held to account by being elected . |
| 29 | It is likely to slip further , as exporters delay converting foreign exchange into pesos in the self-fulfilling expectation that it will . |
| 30 | Such triumphalist narratives can be empowering in the symbolic sense that they invest ethnic minorities with special powers of knowledge and action . |