Example sentences of "[pron] in the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For someone in the early stages of mastering Coke throat-burn like myself , this is impressive . |
| 2 | Someone in the High Police — probably Fouché himself , we know he 's obsessed with intrigue — sees it as an opportunity to introduce one of his agents into Vienna . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
| 4 | We suddenly found ourselves in the Turkish baths with a dozen nude men . |
| 5 | Tatian was also influential for making a harmony of the four gospels which in the Syriac-speaking churches of the East long remained the standard lectionary text . |
| 6 | Broletto is the ‘ little ’ version of brolo which in the Middle Ages was a tree-lined meadow , a place where , traditionally , the Archbishop dispensed justice . |
| 7 | In terms of arguments about the Caucasian Albanians , a people which no longer exists but which in the Middle Ages inhabited the disputed region . |
| 8 | Disagreement between the two parties had threatened to topple the government , which in the early hours of Aug. 29 survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence . |
| 9 | The series gave Chapman and his players their first experience of air travel , a venture which in the early days of flying took some courage . |
| 10 | It 's a remarkable rise for a company which in the early days operated from a nissen hut at the same site . |
| 11 | However , the duties to promote good and minimise evil may sometimes be outweighed by other duties , such as that of keeping a promise or a duty of gratitude , which in the particular circumstances are more stringent . |
| 12 | We can not hope to recover that certainty about good and evil upon which in the ethical religions salvation itself depends . |
| 13 | Lear 's participation transformed the work of Mrs Gould , which in the Himalayan Birds was little more than a continuation of eighteenth-century productions , into dynamic and expressive works of art . |
| 14 | I seem to remember several cases in which the court considered to what extent the solicitor involves himself in the financial arrangements for a conveyancing transaction . |
| 15 | Acheson himself in the early months of 1950 set out to imbue the British and other members of Nato with a greater sense of urgency . |
| 16 | I think he even been on the boards himself in the early days . |
| 17 | He felt no call to entangle himself in the ecclesiastical-political questions of his day . |
| 18 | Since the literary works to which Ken devoted himself in the long years which followed his brief episcopate were largely unremarkable and unread , the waste of his inspired and inspiring vocation as a bishop has appeared both to contemporary and subsequent critics exasperating ; for his scruples about swearing the oath of allegiance to William and Mary were so nearly overcome by his friends that he asked them not to continue their arguments lest he succumb . |
| 19 | Guy Ferris , already making a name for himself in the right circles , made a surprisingly determined play for the younger Miss Fox . |
| 20 | The New Religious Right in North America eschew humanism when it threatens the fundamental truths of God 's revelation of himself in the sacred scriptures ( at least as they understand them ) . |
| 21 | Every gesture , each movement has something planned , even the way he arranges himself in a chair , his hands behind his head , catching glimpses of himself in the polished surfaces , squinting at his reflection , all with an inquisitive vanity . |
| 22 | Extraordinary as those visits were — and as warmly welcomed as he found himself in the diverse Kesparates of Yzordderrex — the city state was an autocracy of the most extreme kind , its excesses dwarfing the repressions of the country he 'd been born in . |
| 23 | He called again that evening , burying himself in the hurrying crowds in the centre of Luton . |
| 24 | Mr Clinton this week temporarily abandoned his cosy , common touch and wrapped himself in the full trappings of the presidency . |
| 25 | At no time during his life did Vincent show any sign of wanting to involve himself in the socialist movements of his day . |
| 26 | In the long run such a scheme might help to keep at home people who in the early months need only limited assistance . |
| 27 | Since he did not exhibit at the big Salons his name may not have been as well known to the general public as those of Matisse and Derain , who in the previous years had emerged as the most important and controversial figures in the Fauve movement , but there were a large number of people who believed in his genius . |
| 28 | Also serving his apprenticeship at Kerrs , in the railway wagon design team , was one Reg Mitchell — who in the coming years was to play a vital part in the Battle of Britain with his design of the legendary Supermarine Spitfire . |
| 29 | Algebra will help you in the following Problems . |
| 30 | Are you in the warm woods in the south ? |