Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | for the class work look at that homework I got two wrong and in science steady should be finish . |
| 32 | So , while the GLC estimates that there are almost one million houses in London that are more than 70 years old and in need of modernisation , councils are having to give top priority to repairing more modern buildings . |
| 33 | Some parts of the connection are old and in need of review . |
| 34 | Our organisation does seem to be top-heavy and in need of radical overhaul . |
| 35 | Lucker cooks whilst I drink , becoming all misty-eyed and in love with life . |
| 36 | Porter , one of the country 's most respected authorities on paediatrics , had taken a shy Puerto Rican intern called Carmen Rodriguez under his wing twenty years ago and given her the confidence to start up her own practice soon after graduating from medical school , and she was now one of New York 's most popular and in demand paediatricians . |
| 37 | She retained something that the Shah had never had — an ability to appear spontaneous and in touch . |
| 38 | Three ice islands recently broken out from the Ronne-Filchner ice shelf , in the southeast corner of the Weddell Sea , in area totalled 11.5 thousand km 2 and in thickness some 500 m ( Ferrigno and Gould , 1987 ) ; a single one almost 160km long with an area of over 6200km 2 , released from the Ross Ice Shelf in 1987 , was estimated to contain enough water to last the State of California over 600 years ( Polar Record , 1988 ) . |
| 39 | The price indices ( in current prices , i.e. with no correction for inflation ) for 1980–1991 appear in Table 2 and in Figure 3 . |
| 40 | We know Sir Thomas drank the poisoned cup inside the room and not at the banquet , otherwise his death would have been public and in company . ’ |
| 41 | That is as far as the resemblance goes , however , for the pattern of joint and skin involvement in the two conditions is very different and in addition other systems are involved in Reiter 's disease which are spared in gonococcal dermatitis and arthritis . |
| 42 | Is the aid reliable and in working order ? |
| 43 | Centres should ensure that assessment procedures being used are valid and reliable and in accordance with the information contained within each module descriptor . |
| 44 | Centres should ensure that assessment procedures being used are valid and reliable and in accordance with the information contained within each module descriptor . |
| 45 | Political correspondents were told initially that the Prime Minister believed his activities to be ‘ unorthodox but in order ’ . |
| 46 | The study of English seemed to provide direct access to an apparently historical but in fact imaginary world in which a uniform English national character was fully harmonized with unique individual diversity and independence . |
| 47 | The fact that all five wrote of their understanding of " mystical " experience not in Latin but in English is a sign of their times . |
| 48 | In terms of effect achieved the form of energy applied is immaterial but in theory the four are totally interchangeable ; a concept evident from the example of cleaning a dirt layer from an oven interior . |
| 49 | It was prompted by the need to document Native American languages which were distinctive and interesting but in danger of extinction . |
| 50 | Attempts are made to teach them German but in practice it is easier to teach the factory foreman enough Turkish to communicate with them . |
| 51 | When she knocked on the door of Back Clough Dale Cottage , she had been afraid but in control . |
| 52 | Thus deviation may be held to arise either when incestuous feeling is obsessive as such or in relation to public norms , or from both considerations . |
| 53 | The centre-piece of the study is interviews with a stratified random sample of 120 employees of all levels and departments , designed to test commitment to the firm and motivation to work , alongside opinions about changes actual and in prospect . |
| 54 | Terra , who was responsible for Ronald Reagan 's presidential campaign in 1979 and in return was named US Ambassador at Large for Cultural Affairs ( from 1981–89 ) , emphasises that the aim of the museum is to foster ever stronger cultural links between France and the United States . |
| 55 | It is an orderly transition , reinforcing the impression , as it is intended to , that the social-democratic ship of state is on course , its institutions well-oiled and in working order , even though last month 's general election left the country with a hung Storting ( parliament ) . |
| 56 | All areas have a few stone buildings which were of vital importance but , in a district like northern England or Normandy , where stone is easily accessible and in abundance , understanding of construction in masonry developed much earlier . |
| 57 | After tenants ' complaints , the Nottingham local authority commissioned a structural survey which found that the estate was dangerous and in need of immediate support . |
| 58 | We recommend that teachers should be given training in the assessment of speaking and listening and in moderation methods . |
| 59 | Literature has an important role to play — in a variety of ways — in improving abilities in speaking and listening and in writing , as well as in reading . |
| 60 | ‘ In winter it 's warm and in summer it 's cool , can you explain that ? |