Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing in the final results leads you to sense of how it was achieved . |
| 2 | In the 1960s buyers thought they could raise cash flows by forming conglomerates , applying their management skills and diversifying risk . |
| 3 | Sonia clocked 8.38.12 in the ‘ 3,000 ’ and collected 30,000 dollars and her second place to Lyudov Kremlyova in the 1,500 metres landed her a further 20,000 dollars . |
| 4 | I used to ride both horses in the early days to take them to be shod over to Lowson 's Smithy at Romaldkirk . |
| 5 | Mike Benton 's ideas are reminiscent of those of Tony Swain and Gillian Cooper-Driver who proposed that dinosaurs became extinct through their dietary requirements They suggested that the development of alkaloidal synthesis of cyanogenic glycoside precursors in the early angiosperms made them unpalatable to the dinosaurs , effectively starving them into extinction . |
| 6 | It was also a mistake not to have organised a separate workshop on Islamic fundamentalism and Salman Rushdie 's book , because this ended up dominating discussion in the International workshops making it difficult to discuss other anti-imperialist issues . |
| 7 | These included Jespersen 's Primer of the English Language , a book I had not opened since my student days , and then only to shut it immediately , never in the intervening years opening it again . |
| 8 | Quiet and modest in manner , speaking with an occasional stutter , his initiative , absolute reliability and willingness to help in the humblest duties endeared him to his many friends , not only in the literary world . |
| 9 | Mark Archer in the Financial Times thought he had written ‘ a marvellous account of a much misunderstood age ’ . |
| 10 | Not once in the long years had he attempted to get in touch , to correspond with a daughter he had been all too ready to abandon . |
| 11 | So the changes in the spectral lines tell us of changes in the Sun 's temperature , which in turn reveal changes in the solar luminosity . |
| 12 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 13 | In the austere Shades act he perhaps overdid the stunts -but otherwise the height of his jumps coupled with the careless speed of his preparation was breathtaking . |
| 14 | The ODP-MT victory in the legislative elections enabled him to claim that his credibility had been increased . |
| 15 | The second point is more difficult , for how often in the social sciences do we have ‘ complete knowledge ’ of a cause/effect relationship ? |
| 16 | So , in the next elders meeting we used a management technique , brainstormers think the say what you think . |
| 17 | Was that so in the old days do you know ? |
| 18 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 19 | When Deportivo stormed to the top of the league early in the season , vocal sceptics in the big clubs said it would n't last . |
| 20 | The existence of successful black sportsmen in Britain is not the recent phenomenon it is often considered to be , though the upsurge in the post-war years makes it appear that way . |
| 21 | Someone , somewhere probably studied just how different companies choose their model series , and in all probability the men in the white coats took him away . |
| 22 | The case itself has very little internal bracing ; a narrow crack in the bottom boards allows us to detect only one structural member — a bottom brace passing from the middle of the bentside directly across to the spine . |
| 23 | In the 1980s buyers thought they could raise cash flows by breaking up these conglomerates , by giving managers different incentives and controls , and by exploiting more fully tax breaks for debt interest . |
| 24 | It was leaked to the press nearly a month before its official launch ; a national paper detailed many of the leaflet 's suggestions in the some ideas to get you going section which includes a variety of unusual ideas between its first suggestion — pecks on the cheek , and its last — cuddling up and sleeping . |
| 25 | To his chagrin , A.J. Wilson , a lifelong oralist and successful businessman , got headlines in the national newspapers describing him as ‘ deaf and dumb ’ . |
| 26 | All the houses looked like Gloucester in the olden days andf it was snowing in the streets . |
| 27 | I like the I like the I like the old the old art we used to have in the olden days mind you I like everything that 's old er that 's why I like you Geoff cos you 're old . |