Example sentences of "[adj] and in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then on the slope above , there was a snort from a watchful hind and in a second every beast was in flight , careering down the hillside , leaping , bounding , in jerky yet fluid motion . |
| 2 | This was true enough : the Company needed to sell about £100,000 of goods a year in West Africa to carry on enough trade to cover its fixed costs for shipping and for its forts ; it was never able to manage this and in a good year it could only take about 6,000 slaves across , which might be worth £90,000 . |
| 3 | ‘ I was free and in a way I was happy . ’ |
| 4 | Consider adding the following words to this clause : by which date the Premises shall be watertight defect free and in a fit state for fitting out and sufficient access thereto together with a sufficient electricity and water supply shall be available to enable the Tenant to carry out the Tenant 's Works/ [ fitting out works etc/ ] |
| 5 | On the other hand he was proud of what he was up to , and it was exciting and in a good cause ; so he talked about it . |
| 6 | It had surprised Ruth that the Carsons should choose to live in a boarding-house , until she discovered that in New York it was quite the thing-always supposing that the establishment was high-class and in a good locality . |
| 7 | Oh indeed , but er you have to consider the situation the diplomatic situation between Britain , er the West in general and Iran which is the backer of Hezbalar which does pull the strings of the kidnappers , is perhaps er diff , different and in a more improved state than it ever has been before . |
| 8 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |
| 9 | we witness his growth and personal development , times when he is content and in a lot of cases not content , he relationships with friends and people around him ( and how they get along together ) , but also we see how money and wealth can affect a little boy 's life so suddenly and drastically . |
| 10 | In a group there is more acquiescing and in a team there is more commitment ( see Agreeing on page 3 ) . |
| 11 | In Kutná Hora there are several interesting churches of which the most notable is that of S. Barbara , which is large and imposing and in a fine state of repair . |
| 12 | Observers of a mining community in the 1950s noted that ‘ husband and wife live separate and in a sense secret lives … it is a point of honour among men to keep some time for drinking and attending sporting events with their mates ’ . |
| 13 | Oxford Placement Tests have proved effective with all students from elementary level up to post-Proficiency and in a wide range of institutions . |
| 14 | One , already mentioned , envisages a gradual consolidation of a new kind of middle-class , post-industrial society ( Bell , 1973 ) , based upon advanced technology , a mixed economy and a broad consensus of opinion about social and political goals , which would be peaceful , liberal and in a certain sense ‘ classless ’ . |
| 15 | The Wedding Present are seen by many as a victory for the ordinary and in a perverse way , their lack of image has become their image . |
| 16 | She remained sedated and in a critical condition throughout Tuesday 7 July although she showed some slight improvement . |
| 17 | This should be minimal and in a well-designed unit all you should have to do is replace the tube every six months or so , if used continuously . |
| 18 | The pattern of law was provided by an ideal realm of geometrical shapes which were eternal and in a perfect state of absolute rest , like the real world of Parmenides . |
| 19 | Er , so you can say that er Mr is a friend of pensioner 's , he said , he said he would be prepared to , what I , I , I approached him and said er , what about Harlow Caring Council , are they prepared to assist the pensioners in any way or do they wish to join in on this , oh yes he said , of course Norman he said , how much are you paying er Ron I said well his asking forty pound for the , for the morning , oh he said I 'll go half way with that , then he came out and said to me , pull me up afterwards and ask me to go to leisure services about the Tuesday , and so I 'm still following that up and hopefully we will have two days on pensioner 's week , because you want to have as much impact as possible and in a few moments , when I nearly finished here , I shall be reading you something where you 'll see that it is important that we make an impact on the people of Harlow . |
| 20 | ‘ When he discovered you 'd disappeared , he went storming off half cocked and in a filthy rage that would have rocked the very mountains . |
| 21 | ‘ Both the girl and her boyfriend are extremely upset and in a state of severe shock . |
| 22 | He was sharp , alert and in a sense no different from his old self , but he was not — somehow — Li Shai Tung . |
| 23 | When you have the newspaper and the three answers you will at least know that your daughter is still alive and in a fit state to respond . |
| 24 | The list would be in ASCII format , Data Ease 4.5 and in a compressed form . |
| 25 | ‘ Obviously I would love to get back playing All Ireland League rugby again , but I 've no intention of returning unless I 'm convinced I 'm fully fit and in a position to make a decent contribution . |
| 26 | We worked hard and in a month the boat was finished . |
| 27 | Essentially the same arguments were presented by Serrano Suñer when he met Hitler and Ribbentrop at Berchtesgaden on 19 November ; by Serrano to the German ambassador , Stohrer , on 29 November 1940 and 27 January 1941 ; by Franco in December 1940 and January 1941 , in response to German suggestions that Germany fix the date for Spanish entry , in his meeting with Mussolini at Bordighera in February 1941 and in a further letter to Hitler , also in February 1941 . |
| 28 | I mean suddenly we had the example of a women 's support group from the miner 's strike th that we had the idea you know fr from that erm and Yona really put it in a nutshell when she said I think er er you know behind closed doors the women worrying about what was gon na happen next you know they felt very frustrated and in a way it was a way to channel o our energies away i i i it was seen as that really in the beginning you know as a a sort of a more as a way of getting rid of the well y you know the sort of desperation er the impotence one felt of not being able to do anything in this situation and it 's er and by now of course we 've all become as a group very close er you know we 're we 're more like a big family now really an sort of er a lot of the women have never really sort of regularly been to meetings an th the commitment there is very strong really that we all turn up to our Tuesday meetings sort of . |
| 29 | Looking at these pictures one senses that an explosion was inevitable and in a sense the explosion was the Demoiselles . |
| 30 | In such a setting , too , conversation is more likely to be encouraged if the furniture is so arranged that the interviewee and the interviewer are not physically separated by a desk ; that the chairs are reasonably comfortable and in a position to allow eye contact ; and that there are no unplanned interruptions . |