Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Gradually weight loss occurs despite a good diet , and in the final stages the person ceases to recognise the family or even the self in the mirror , loses bladder and bowel control , any capacity for self-care or ability to communicate in words .
2 In the final stages the hacker 's personality undergoes a fundamental change .
3 In the indoor galleries a range of exhibitions and audio visual presentations provide background information about the lives and experiences of the thousands of other Ulster-American emigrants and the part they played in the birth and growth of the United States .
4 She slept at last , but in the small hours the nightmare returned .
5 ( Even with the economy-wide agreements in Sweden in the 1983 negotiations no settlement could be arrived at with the union side which insisted upon separate industry level negotiations being conducted . )
6 For most players in the lower divisions the issue simply did not arise .
7 The London Medical Review wrote in 1862 that : ‘ there can be no doubt that both in the human subject and in the lower animals the female does participate fully in the sexual passion ’ , and many others were sceptical of his claims .
8 Did you know that in the Soviet cities every citizen has been provided with a gas mask ? ’
9 In the pre-robotised days the job had a number of characteristics which job design experts would have recognised as leading to a reasonably high level of job satisfaction .
10 In the Pastoral Epistles the noun presbyters often appears in the plural , bishop in the singular , suggesting that one man was beginning to have a special position in both worship and charitable administration .
11 In the early stages the rigidity of the boots did put pressure on the front of my ankles , making them uncomfortable to wear .
12 Washing facilities are another priority , although in the early stages the patient might be washed in his room , as though he were in hospital .
13 In the early mornings the heat came in through her open bedroom window and when , later , she went out to take the air , there was no air , only a dense , clinging humidity .
14 As long ago as the twelfth century there appeared in the early bestiaries an illustration of a cunning fox feigning death , surrounded by birds .
15 In the early days a woman stand-up comic was not really accepted .
16 In the early days the stigma of being HIV positive had driven away about 60% of my circle of friends .
17 In the early days the stigma of being HIV positive had driven away about 60% of my circle of friends .
18 In the early days the stigma of being HIV positive drove away 60% of my circle of friends .
19 Very gifted , but in the early days the ensemble was not always very good .
20 ‘ The officials at Preston have been nothing but encouraging and in the early days the coaching staff put in a lot of time to make up for my lack of experience .
21 In the early days the Clash often went hungry .
22 In the early days the novelty must have outweighed the discomfort , or no one would have travelled in the first charabancs .
23 To keep it solvent in the early days the office sold travel goods such as baggage , guidebooks and walking-sticks in addition to the tours and other travel arrangements , which were the main source of income .
24 Special rules apply to fresh sources of income : broadly , in the early years the income is assessed on an actual basis .
25 In the early years the society mounted just one annual expedition for 50 — 65 boys ; this year there will be four , involving over 150 young people .
26 In the early years the baby boom carried almost all women before it .
27 In the early years the playgroup movement flourished in middle class areas where parents had the skills necessary to establish , fund , organise and supervise a group .
28 In the early years the executive committee of the NVA , angry at the tentative approach of the Home Office , police and the courts , decided to initiate prosecutions themselves .
29 To own a boarding house required capital in the first instance and to maintain the boarding house as a business venture in the early years the husband had to work as a taxi driver or have a part-time job during the winter .
30 Van den Boogard suggested that in the Anglo-Norman fabliaux the author assumes what he calles the persona of the clerk , i.e. a character looking for respect and admiration for his ability to tell a fascinating tale of intrigue ( inter alia ) , whereas a French author is more likely to adopt the persona of the jongleur , shocking by his anarchism but amusing at the same time through his self-mockery .
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