Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] we [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To maintain rapport in a postal survey we must always put ourselves in the position of the respondent . |
| 2 | Without this single find in a remote country we should only have doubtful knowledge , from some remarks in Herodotus , of archaic decorative metal-work on this scale . |
| 3 | But we still need to know how , I mean maybe in a participatory democracy we can defend freedom and equality to the system not in it seems absurd to say that democracy we have now is a way of embodied freedom I mean maybe weak notion of equality , but nothing |
| 4 | However , the content through which these mathematical skills are taught has a set of messages all of its own and because we live in a capitalist society we can easily be unaware of these messages — about the exploitation of labour , the sexism , the inequalities based on racism and social class — that are all a part of the ideology of capitalism . |
| 5 | In a similar way we can use the die figures for the early imperial bronze coinages minted at Corinth to calculate that the total value coined over a century was only about half a million denarii , or less than 5000 per year . |
| 6 | In a similar way we can first examine ray average costs and returns to scale along a ray . |
| 7 | In a similar way we can mock an accent or dialect , projecting a stereotyped figure more in the manner that stage actors do than in the manner that mere quotation provides … |
| 8 | So to put it another way you could say in a typical year we would receive about twenty thousand complaints and enquiries about shopping . |
| 9 | If we flew a perfect mission every trip then there would be no need to train , but then in a perfect world we would not need an Army and I would be out of a job . |
| 10 | In a limited way we can understand this , because for all of us certain dates stand out with striking significance . |
| 11 | There was one particular hole and I looked at it and thought , in a million years we will never get up there . |
| 12 | ‘ Even if we celebrated in a small way we would have attracted tourists from all over the world . |
| 13 | Hence for the calculation of e.m.f. in a moving loop we should take both effects into account leading to a definition in terms of the force per unit charge as follows : |
| 14 | But if we try to use the same two adjectives with the same two nouns in a predicative construction we shall find that the result is ungrammatical : ( 49 ) that rival was possible those two sailors are occasional As in other instances , it is not enough merely to record that possible , occasional and certain other adjectives are ungrammatical in predicative position when constructed with certain nouns . |
| 15 | These terms are only relative to the particular causal model in hand : in a different model we might want to explain what gave rise to the prior variable . |
| 16 | And we opened a small shop there and , in a whole week we could n't even sell fifty pence worth of sweets . |
| 17 | Although in a numerical case we can find the degeneracy of AB by evaluating and studying C , it is instructive to examine ( 18 ) in numerical cases . |
| 18 | It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight . |
| 19 | If we live in a free society we can not carry out experiments on the real world so it would not be possible to go ahead and build the road just to see what would happen . |
| 20 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be . |
| 21 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be meeting the teenager who 's joined the elite in the world of magic . |
| 22 | Welcome back … in a few minutes we 'll be catching up with one of the fastest men on water … |
| 23 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be turning back the clock with the men who kept Britain 's coalmines working during the Second World War . |
| 24 | In a few minutes we would be ready for Firstlight , and then we 'd we clear . |
| 25 | In a few moments we 'll be joined by Dan Topolski , a man who did more for Oxford rowing than anyone else . |
| 26 | In a few days we shall announce our exact demands which must be fulfilled before we release Liam Shakespeare . |
| 27 | In a few weeks we can expect to see the likes of Boris Becker chomping away on a banana between sets at Wimbledon , and the saga of the Euro-banana versus the Dollar banana is likely to keep the fruit in the news . |
| 28 | Talks on privatising Deutsche Bundespost Telekom have entered a critical phase , with a key decision due next month , Germany 's postal and telecommunications minister Wolfgang Bosch told Reuter at Hannover on Friday : ‘ In a few weeks we will know whether or not there will be a change to the constitution , ’ he said , noting that decision will not only affect privatisation of Telekom but also Bonn 's position at the upcoming talks with the European Commission — an agreement on privatisation would pave the way for Bonn to approve the Community plan to open domestic and international telephone calls to competition ; the current strategy to get agreement from Germany 's opposition socialists is to win over the postal union , which so far rejects turning Telekom into a joint stock company for fear of massive job losses . |
| 29 | If our English binge had been held in a medieval university we should have had , mixed with the bawdy songs , tragical and even devotional pieces , equally authorless and handed on from mouth to mouth in the same way , with the same individual variations . ’ |
| 30 | Coming up in a little while we 'll be talking greyhounds , but for now we 'll go back to football and deal with the local classified results with all the local leagues . |