Example sentences of "[adv] in a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | undertake a range of chronological writing including some at least of diaries , stories , letters , accounts of tasks they have done and of personal experiences , records of observations they have made , eg in a science or design activity , and instructions , eg recipes ; |
| 2 | Still , people often do it without thinking , especially in a fight when everyone falls over and starts rolling about on the ground . |
| 3 | Since rural development here is a major aim of government policy , such research is an essential prerequisite to the formulation of efficient management programmes : clearly , long-term development of this kind is only sustainable if the soil resource is adequate , especially in a country that already has a widespread soil erosion problem . |
| 4 | Does the Secretary of State imagine that such figures could have been given to any other Parliament in the European Community — especially in a country that had enjoyed a North sea oil bonanza over the years ? |
| 5 | She just thought that people were remarkably ill-advised in not coming to offer her love and devotion , especially in a town that had residents as diverse as Lord Olivier and Dame Flora Robson — and Dora Bryan . |
| 6 | One does n't fall in love in five seconds ; but five seconds can set one dreaming of falling in love , especially in a community as unrelievedly masculine as that of the Lord Byron School . |
| 7 | He collapsed by the roadside after wandering off alone in a daze and died hours later in intensive care . |
| 8 | He saw Maud once in the Kurfûrstendamm , eating alone in a cafe and looking a little desolate , with a stack of coins already piled beside her plate although her meal had only just come . |
| 9 | POLICE were last night trying to trace an actress whose 11-year-old daughter was found alone in a flat after she apparently flew to Spain on holiday . |
| 10 | Perhaps in a minute or two the door would open again and there would be … who ? |
| 11 | The fact that the teacher finds that the child has spelt a word correctly in one context and then perhaps in a sentence or two later may misspell the word , makes the teacher think that this is a question of carelessness , where we know , in fact , that is a feature of dylexia — that you may be able to get a spelling correct in one context and yet you will misspell it , as it were , a few moments later . |
| 12 | Other people , however , have a long tradition of breakfasting wholeheartedly , but perhaps in a way that is not wholesome for the heart . |
| 13 | Questions concerning the juggling of home , business activity and painting work are often asked , perhaps in a way that few male artists would be quizzed . |
| 14 | But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise . |
| 15 | Perhaps he 'll be sitting at home in Brighton next month not remembering a thing about it , perhaps in a year or two Sony or Akai will be marketing a small black box the size of a cigarette packet that cuts and scratches at the touch of a button . |
| 16 | At the moment , only as a dream at the back of his head , was the future , perhaps in a year or two ; Lear , with his Dinah as a stubborn , tactless Cordelia whom , nevertheless , France had loved . |
| 17 | Then I can deliver the finished uniform when I come this way again … perhaps in a week or so ? ’ |
| 18 | But , a marvellous thing happened whilst the trial is going on do n't forget , it 's in the dead of night and whilst the trial is going on there is Pilate 's wife at home in bed sleeping , and she has a dream , and seemed as though God spoke to her , and she saw and recognized the awful deed that her husband was about to commit , so she sent an urgent message to him that is , you 've got it in ve ve verse nineteen have nothing to do with that righteousness man for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of him . |
| 19 | It is even possible for the solicitor to draft a submission for the client to present personally in a court or tribunal . |
| 20 | It is doing so in a way that does not give wind a good name . |
| 21 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |
| 22 | It was recognised that what would be most welcomed by policymakers and others was a service that not only helped to keep people out of institutions if that was their wish , but did so in a way that was both acceptable to recipients and less expensive than alternative institutional care . |
| 23 | However , the question was whether it did so in a way that was unfairly prejudicial to Mr Nicholas . |
| 24 | The council does , however , bring a disciplinary case against a doctor who , having decided to practice a particular form of medicine or to carry out a particular procedure , does so in a way that can be shown to have been irresponsible , or unnecessarily hazardous to one or more patients , because the doctor has failed to exercise a proper standard of professional care ; the council also brings a disciplinary case when a doctor makes outrageous and false claims regarding the efficacy of a particular form of treatment . |
| 25 | so in a way that 's not really audio description , although it 's |
| 26 | And it has the secondary virtue that it destroys a prevalent type of sceptical move , and does so in a way that explains the attraction of that move . |
| 27 | In particular , I will focus on those occasions when executives try to solve problems that are potentially threatening , and they try to do so in a way that communicates caring and respect for the other . |
| 28 | The important point to remember is that all the sub-units are needed if the production function is to meet its aim of providing the goods required by its customers , and to do so in a way that meets the profit , growth and other objectives of the organization as a whole . |
| 29 | Even if subjects are deliberately attempting to recall the risky situations it would still be interesting that they are able to do so in a way that makes them distinct from all the other situations encountered . |
| 30 | So in a sense that might come later on . |