Example sentences of "in the [adv] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It was the first time we had managed to get eight aircraft into the air in one formation in the nearly two months I had been on the island .
2 ‘ I assume you 're using the word ‘ nice ’ in the true sense of ‘ neat ’ , as in the neatly ruthless deals I 'm sure he 's notorious for clinching , or the neat asset-stripping technique which I dare say he 's renowned for ? ’
3 Well I 'd like to say to that that er no Marx did n't specifically erm erm look to Britain or er Germany , only in the sense that they , at the time most advanced and he , he reckoned that er ideas of communism would spread only in the most advanced countries who in course of time would influence other countries .
4 Throughout the book I have extolled the virtues of the post office , mainly because , even in the most rural areas you are likely to have a sub post office , where you will be able to deposit and withdraw money all week and on Saturday mornings as well .
5 In the most recent mills it was made of steel ; but more commonly it was a piece of springy willow wood collected from a convenient pollard .
6 … that after paying at least a dozen visits to Cambridge and engaging in the most unpleasant negotiations I have ever had in my life , we have managed to retain recognition as a body which is normally recognised for Chapter III powers and obtained an agreement which the University people hate like poison .
7 The report states that those who have lived on state pensions , income support or low pay , are most likely to live in the most energy-inefficient homes which are incapable of being heated to a minimum comfort standard .
8 In the starlight , her sister 's colourless face seemed itself a pale round wafer of a moon , her expression , the anxious brows rising to meet each other , mimicked the moon 's own self-dramatising look of melancholy ; Caterina felt like snapping her fingers in front of her sister 's nose , or pinching her fat ribs hard , to wake her from her indulged state , but she restrained herself , and instead , in the most solicitous accents she could muster , coaxed Rosa into telling her the matter .
9 Given the setbacks encountered in the really big cases it is understandable that the authorities now wish to make some headway as regards the Barclays ( Asia ) and West L.B. accusations which , although dwarfed by comparison with Carrian and B.M.F.L. , were nevertheless concerned with really serious offences : as witness the long sentences imposed on those who have been dealt with on kindred matters .
10 Mr Phillipson wrote : ‘ Hancock recalls that in the less traumatic moments he was struck by the rich red colour of some of the massive formations as they slipped by barely a metre from his wing-tips . ’
11 The root of the problem is located in the culturally inappropriate methods which were adopted in response to this evangelistic and pastoral challenge .
12 My Lords , the short answer to this lies in the very extensive powers which Lord Chetwode [ the settlor ] had over the assets of the settlement and so over the share capital of Attleborough .
13 In the very early days I looked at the market and decided one of the things I wanted to do was to build a big PR company because the market suffered from too many small companies .
14 In the very best hotels it is those who have an instinct for the business who will stand out .
15 In the very last months they cry more than ever .
16 In the more vulnerable areas there was serious depopulation as villages were abandoned .
17 To become a member during that brief period demanded a lower level of commitment than in the more repressive years which preceded and followed it , and intelligenty members were now heavily outnumbered .
18 This undertone of political symbolism is less overt in the more recent paintings which effect a happy marriage between Western abstraction and Eastern ornamentation .
19 Manufacturing accounts for a relatively small proportion of employment in rural areas , and in the more remote regions it has been estimated that this can be as low as 10–20 per cent ( Gilg 1976 ) .
20 In the more complex warrens there may be as many as 100 such holes .
21 The familiarity of their London setting accounted , perhaps , both for their easy assimilation into the literary world and for their contemporary readers ' lack of genuine interest in the more esoteric themes they raise .
22 It was n't just the overwhelming sense of power that seemed to emanate from him as he stood there , it was something in the startlingly blue eyes which raked her slender figure and delicate features with an intensity that almost took her breath away .
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