Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Thomas Hardy was given the freedom of the borough in 1910 he made a comment of particular interest to family historians : he said that ‘ of the shops as I first recollect them [ he was born in 1840 ] not a single owner remains ; only in two or three instances does even the name remain … |
| 2 | The idea of the state as societas corresponds to civil association in that it provides a vision of the state as a non-purposive , rule-based institution . |
| 3 | WHEN Fattorini & Sons , of Birmingham , were commissioned to fashion a trophy for a new competition to be run by the Essex Football Association in 1882 they really went to town . |
| 4 | After his retirement as secretary of the English Association in 1950 he spent four years in India , encouraging the growth of youth hostels in that country , and subsequently paid two extended visits to Africa for the same purpose . |
| 5 | Walker was one of the most active members of the steering committee appointed in 1853 to establish the museum ; and as secretary of the British Association in 1859–61 he helped organize the Oxford meeting of 1860 , which inaugurated the museum but became famous for its discussion of Darwinism . |
| 6 | The first published book using photographic illustrations was William Henry Fox Talbot 's The Pencil of Nature , which appeared in six parts , 1844–46 and is an important landmark in that it was the first book in the world illustrated without the aid of an artist in pen , pencil or paint . |
| 7 | The agreement is also seen as a landmark in that it is said to be the first time that Apple has licensed Macintosh technology under such an OEM agreement , terms of which were not disclosed . |
| 8 | When the firm became Bell Lawrie in 1986 he became managing director and the firm changed simultaneously from being a partnership to a limited company . |
| 9 | " In the organization too there were exponents of continued cooperation ; although Younger worked to defeat coalition in 1922 he did not rule it out as a future possibility . |
| 10 | In the terms established earlier this , like the Monadology itself , seems an unsatisfactory account of consciousness in that it ignores the unity principle , for what that is worth . |
| 11 | Although South Dakota carried little electoral weight , either nationally or in terms of its proportion of delegates sent to the nominating convention , it had considerable significance for the Democratic contest in that it was adjacent to the native states of both Harkin and Kerrey , each of whom needed a good showing after their disappointing results in New Hampshire . |
| 12 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 13 | It differed from the budget proposed by the President in that it included an additional $4,400 million for domestic spending on education , health and social service programmes at the expense of space and scientific programmes . |
| 14 | It protects the defendant in that it prevents the jury from speculating on the possible effect of adult literature on a young person who may just happen to see it , although it does not put the prosecution to proof that a majority , or even a substantial number , of readers would be adversely affected . |
| 15 | The selection of the preferred bidder from the second phase is straight forward in the case of the strict auction in that it will be the highest bidder . |
| 16 | After Rizzio 's murder in 1566 it became the residence of Mary , Queen of Scots . |
| 17 | Before regaining his seat in 1811 he viewed the Peninsular war theatre . |
| 18 | After losing his Auckland seat in 1975 he moved to Christchurch and , after a series of manual jobs , trained as a psychiatric nurse . |
| 19 | On the weight-loss programme in Part-Two you should not spend any more than usual on your week 's shopping . |
| 20 | The reasons for this neglect are many and complex , in the case of social anthropology in particular it is rooted deep in the history of the discipline . |
| 21 | Well , this morning it 's our great pleasure to welcome three visitors to the session , one of whom I 'm not entirely sure is welcome because I understand that in fact he 's in some way a slight opposition in that he runs his own training course . |
| 22 | Jerry also earned three full International caps for Eire ( qualifying on his father 's nationality ) , but once the Palace began to lose their way his laconic and delicate style became on occasions at least , something of a luxury our side could ill-afford , and when he became a free agent in 1985 he chose to move over to Chelsea . |
| 23 | Eastern Bengal 's broad engine works at Saidpur feature two superb examples of inter-war Stephenson 0–6–0 tender heavy goods locos , slightly modified in West Bengal in 1936 I was reliably assured by the works ' superintendent that both of the black-painted engines were recently in steam . |
| 24 | Association with the cloth trade was a necessary step towards getting to the top in Coventry , and when wealthy baker Thomas Astelen became mayor in 1529 he was described as a clothier . |
| 25 | ‘ Despite a disabling stroke in 1970 he continued painting and , surprisingly , his work acquired an increased vigour ; he adopted a more varied palette and made use of more vivid colours . |
| 26 | Following a second stroke in 1892 he retired , and he died 15 June 1893 in Torquay . |
| 27 | Gilbert Edelson In 1962 I was an associate working with the law firm where the late Ralph Colin was a managing partner . |
| 28 | When Susan Einzig was appointed to the illustration department in 1946 she saw instantly how destructive Minton 's influence could be , for the drawback of his teaching was that it did little to encourage the discovery of a personal style . |
| 29 | After she retired from the headship of her department in 1920 she gave much time to various women 's groups and to societies for the promotion of women 's interests . |
| 30 | In Pakistan in 1983–4 he took over again when Willis had to return home sick and gained two creditable draws , after which he was officially appointed to lead England against the West Indies in 1984 , at the age of 27 . |