Example sentences of "in a [adv] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a notoriously tough profession he had the most deservedly celebrated career . |
| 2 | You may remember that , when Olympic diver Greg Louganis struck his head on the diving board , in a surprisingly short time he returned to the board to win a third Gold Medal . |
| 3 | A few moments before he died he rubbed his cheek against our hands desperate for our touch , like a kitten or a very young baby ; in the next he was once again the brave young fighter pilot , and , in a curiously jaunty gesture he put his thumbs up , as though telling control tower he was ready now for take off . |
| 4 | When you see people who have been victims in a completely different situation you realise they are human being and you have got to do your best for them |
| 5 | Young David Stirling 's frustration at his inability to have a crack at the enemy mounted , yet in a most extraordinary episode he was nearly court-martialled for cowardice . |
| 6 | She swivelled round on her heel , and struck a pose with her left hip thrown sideways , and her cigarette hand extended in a rather classical way She could have been a model , people always said so . |
| 7 | In a rather embarrassed way he told Seddon that I was in his office , and asked for instructions . |
| 8 | In a particularly perverse mood it may assume the shape of a naked man flapping a white sheet , or a chanting girl , or a giant , singing white cat . |
| 9 | Obviously , even in a statistically developed country it is an almost insurmountable task to achieve completeness in reporting spontaneous abortions , since an early miscarriage , particularly in the first weeks of pregnancy , can be easily mistaken as a late menses and some spontaneous abortions may not seem sufficient cause to some women for them to seek medical attention . |
| 10 | In a typically devious climb-down they announced they would bombard the island in future on only the odd dates of the month , as though the rain of shells was a form of parking restriction . |
| 11 | And it reached her ; in a totally unwelcome manner she seemed trapped in a web spun by golden eyes , a harshly boned face , a sensual mouth that often hid its humour . |
| 12 | I mean , I can remember seeing an interview with er , John Geilgud and he 'd he 'd done Hamlet many years ago and er but he said he 'd it was in a totally different way you know , different |
| 13 | But if they 're in a real central position they ca n't be out in the country |
| 14 | In a somewhat schematic way it is possible , I think , to distinguish three main phases in the development of modern social movements . |
| 15 | We are not proposing any subscription increase at this stage , but if we are to continue to balance our books in a rapidly changing world we will need to take some tough decisions . |
| 16 | In a deliberately egalitarian policy it becomes actually less manageable , because envy fastens most upon the smallest , not the largest , inequalities and upon those who are nearest to ourselves , not furthest away . |
| 17 | Given that we do want to study children 's capacities in a purely verbal medium we therefore need a medium which is essentially verbal but without artificial restrictions . |
| 18 | In a constantly shifting scene it must go down as the most important symbolic change imaginable . |
| 19 | However expert we may be in a fairly narrow field we are laymen to one another . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps it 's just as well , ’ murmured David and then in a quite different voice he said : ‘ Mama ! ’ |
| 21 | For instance , in a fully enumerative scheme it would be necessary to list a category for ‘ flavourings used in the cooking of foods in hotels ’ if this degree of specificity were required . |
| 22 | Hybrids such as the mule are generally unable to have offspring , but in a less restricted sense they are fertile . |
| 23 | But in a much wider sense it is also noticeable , in reconsidering the examples of present Anglo-Irish relations with which this chapter opened , how there exist apparent similarities between at least some current English discourses about Ireland and Spenser 's . |
| 24 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 25 | In a more general sense I am fascinated by some of the things you 've just mentioned in your introduction , the question of continuity in German history , how we , how this marvellous nation , the nation of Beethoven and Wagner and Marx and Freud , actually finishes up going to war twice against its European neighbours , and in the Second World War in particular committing these awful atrocities . |
| 26 | In a more recent case it was said that the evidence called must be commensurate with the seriousness of the allegations made ( per Butler-Sloss LJ in R v Birmingham CC , ex pP [ 1991 ] 1 WLR 221 ) . |
| 27 | In a more recent book he suggests that the gospel was also made available as widespread and cheaply as possible by a novel process . |
| 28 | ‘ So if we rebuilt it in a more palatial style we could make a real killing when we sold it . |
| 29 | But in a more sophisticated sense it means that the level of unemployment ‘ is not controllable by variations in demand-management ’ [ ibid. , 96 ] . |
| 30 | In a more detailed analysis it would be necessary to separate out these different factors and to attempt to assess how each has contributed or is related to changes in the family . |