Example sentences of "[det] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , speakers can also realise /a/ as [ a ] and /Ε/; as [ Ε ] , although inner-city speakers very rarely do this in casual speech . |
| 2 | If pruning is needed , do this in early spring . |
| 3 | The only defence against this in total darkness was to remove your jacket and hold it in front of you with both hands as a shield . |
| 4 | This in complete contrast to Holden who , although he criticises other people 's behaviour , does not describe them as individuals ; consequently in ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ , there is no serious development of any character except the central figure , whereas in ‘ Villette ’ , several characters are developed . |
| 5 | This in actual fact is called an automatic free latch |
| 6 | Since writing about this in New Scientist , I have received numerous letters from readers asking how they can do the same thing in Britain and Europe . |
| 7 | I have tried to deal with this in good faith , but if anyone feels they have a problem , all they have to do is come back to this office . ’ |
| 8 | Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries . |
| 9 | If ‘ yes ’ was this in male coloration ? |
| 10 | There are hints of this in Middle English — the critical moment in Sir Orfeo comes when the king in his madness sees ladies at falconry , and laughs — while there is a modern analogue in Joseph Conrad 's The Shadow-Line ( 1917 ) , where laughter is an exorcising force . |
| 11 | The prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer , or Thomas of Learmouth , the self-proclaimed seer , who claimed he had dreams of Alexander 's death , constantly warning the King of this in four-line doggerel verse . |
| 12 | As for how Robertson 's order was interpreted by those who received it , we shall come to this in due course . |
| 13 | Thus though it might well be that the very short-term phases of memory are dependent on the continued electrical activity of the brain — and there will be more to be said about this in due course — in the longer term any persistent record or trace must demand some more permanent incarnation . |
| 14 | Done this in awful haste — forgive if egg-sucking but just first speedy thoughts to turn round a.s.a.p . |
| 15 | We need a comprehensive and effective system of access to advice for this in legal aid . |
| 16 | I think , Bill , Pauline 's expressing the frustration that we feel , that as David was saying earlier , as Christians we feel particularly that we are called to serve people like this in great trouble , and yet sometimes you think , you know , however many times I try erm there seems to be many people for whom erm all my effort gets nowhere , and I feel that things are getting worse in society and one feels more and more helpless and hopeless , and therefore there 's a kind of frustration erm that builds up here erm |
| 17 | I do n't want to discuss this in open committee . |
| 18 | Remember though , you can only do this in open water ; if there are snags around you can bet the bream will head for them , and there is no way you are going to stop a big bream on 2lb line . |
| 19 | The weather is of course the most quoted example of this in British English . |
| 20 | This in large part won in return their acquiescence in the research , at least for the majority , even though this was usually a reluctant and resigned co-operation . |
| 21 | Political sociologists generally acknowledge that political science has a long , honourable and scholarly tradition of studying the apparatus of government and the state but worry about its tendency to consider this in relative isolation from its wider social context . |
| 22 | One way of accomplishing this in English law would be to merge provocation into a widened doctrine of diminished responsibility . |
| 23 | Elinor and her mother had clearly found all this in bad taste . |
| 24 | I do not see that a poet who can write like this in old age , again like Thomas Hardy , deserves to be sneered at and abused with phrases like ‘ fossilized ’ and ‘ quite dead ’ . |
| 25 | Is there warrant for this in constitutional theory or judicial practice ? |
| 26 | The Doctor watched all this in horrified fascination . |
| 27 | ‘ How did you get this in past father ? ’ |
| 28 | Just be very brief , chair , erm could I ask that we have a report before council on this , and I know it will be an extra two hours on the poor council debate , but I think this is so important , and it does affect the planet for hundreds of years to come , and I think if we ca n't have a discussion on this in full council , well , it 's the most important thing we 've had for years probably , and I think we should have a discussion before council sit . |
| 29 | They are expert at handling situations like this in strict confidence . |
| 30 | There are many ways of practising this in daily life . |