Example sentences of "[adv] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With no daylight at all penetrating to the interior of the foundry , it looked more hellish than ever , its furnaces glowing fiercely in the smoky gloom . |
| 2 | The announcement was greeted sceptically in the National Assembly and by the press , which claimed that the surplus was illusory as the government trade figures were distorted by smuggling , variable exchange rates , barter deals and restrictions on imports . |
| 3 | This bugles-and-banners stridency , drowning out the elegant salon music of pre-war Europe 's Indian summer , culminated inexorably in the Great War and the subsequent rise of Fascist dictatorships . |
| 4 | The situation quietened somewhat in the following days , as Serbia despatched 2,000 police reinforcements to the province ; at the same time , however , the neighbouring republic of Slovenia withdrew its police contingent on Feb. 4 . |
| 5 | General Lee had entered Maryland with 50,000 men , but the Brigade that was skirmishing its way towards Harper 's Ferry had left nothing behind but blackened camp-fires and crushed grasses , while the advance line of MacArthur 's Guard moved warily upstream in the late evening in pursuit . |
| 6 | The Tyne was heavily polluted , from about Prudhoe down to the sea , but after rain , salmon swam upstream in the clean water on top of the flood . |
| 7 | The infectivity of these particles was expected since they incorporate both the antibody-envelope fusion protein and unmodified envelope protein which is also expressed abundantly in the retroviral packaging cell line . |
| 8 | regardless in the other direction . |
| 9 | He stood straighter in the water , his broad chest glistening wetly in the multicoloured light . |
| 10 | Following the solo epics reported here over recent months by Catherine Destivelle on the Petit Dru and Jean-Pierre Lafaille on Mont Blanc , there 's news of another very difficult new route climbed solo in the French Alps . |
| 11 | Further evidence that you have to climb solo in the big hills to make a name for yourself these days was produced , in dramatic fashion , in the Mont Blanc massif this summer . |
| 12 | fixations might do better in the long run by holding out until you 've got enough cash to buy the real thing . |
| 13 | They argue , on pragmatic grounds , that judges must sometimes act as if people had legal rights , because acting that way will serve society better in the long run . |
| 14 | Is the community so anxious that its judges not behave as pragmatists that this " noble lie " will help him serve its true interests better in the long run ? |
| 15 | The resale potential of other Anatolian items is less clear , but it seems probable that the finer quality Dobags and the more tribal items , whether village or nomadic , will fare better in the long term than " furnishing " or " decorative " rugs . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman 's contribution stood better in the traditional approach of the House in the past two decades to issues relating to consumer affairs . |
| 17 | So a female who can persuade two males that they each have a stake in the brood will do better in the evolutionary struggle . |
| 18 | Indeed the lasting effect of this period is seen better in the political pressure groups — the Gay and Women 's Liberation movements — which it spawned than in the actual pop music of the time . |
| 19 | Prince Charlie can go a lot better in the tartan game than most for he can , officially , wear no fewer than 11 different tartans . |
| 20 | Evidence is most abundant for specialists involved in ceramics and metal-working , because it survives better in the archaeological record . |
| 21 | Harper had told the court he twice briefly lit tufts of hay in order to see better in the darkened barn . |
| 22 | Harper , no relation to the girls , of Homecroft Drive , Uckington , admitted he had twice briefly lit tufts of hay to see better in the darkened barn . |
| 23 | Lastly in the southern suburb several infant burials were found alongside the timber predecessor of the stone barn ( p. 84 ) . |
| 24 | Lydia woke suddenly in the tangible blackness that was moonless country night . |
| 25 | A cricket chirruped suddenly in the tall grass by his ear . |
| 26 | ‘ So I 'll get clobbered if people read suddenly in the Daily Mirror that I 've been giving some away . ’ |
| 27 | Not only does the house contain one of the most interesting ‘ collections of collections ’ , but it is surrounded by the first pleasure garden to be run entirely organically in the National Trust . |
| 28 | In the USA , for example , where most of the research is done , without central funding , at individual libraries and even by MSc and PhD degree students , many valuable projects have been carried out ( eg in the comparative testing of different teaching techniques ) . |
| 29 | Although such numbers are obviously justified by the particular circumstances of Lewis and Harris , eg in the developing world they would be regarded as lavish for a much larger population . |
| 30 | Most independent traders have premises outside the main town/shopping centre — eg in the local High Street or on a large housing estate . |