Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] in the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Family size is shrinking as mothers no longer need large numbers of children to work either down the mines or in the factories ( the machine would take anybody to work for it at first ) or to ensure that a few would survive ; high infant mortality rates are now becoming a thing of the past . |
| 2 | In the open sea , Joseph Ritter — always there beneath the text or in the shadows of Boswell 's narrative — mystifyingly lost Johnson 's spurs overboard . |
| 3 | I think we should therefore hold the fight until a clear pattern emerges and certainly avoid international incidents which might tempt the Red Army , either at Union level or in the Republics and finally I think perhaps one useful thing we could do is too assist initially , and I stress initially , well disposed Republics with bread and sausages . |
| 4 | Moving from gardening to a musical metaphor , the poetic , sensuous qualities of her paintings suggest they could be experienced , like percussion instruments , through vibrations on the skin or in the bones . |
| 5 | The landlord may sue if he can prove that actual harm has been caused to the reversion or in the circumstances illustrated in the next case . |
| 6 | Her own college , at first encounter , struck her as somewhat dimly conformist , with long brown corridors and an unexpectedly high proportion of young women apparently wrapped up in the triumphs of yesteryear on the hockey field or in the prefects ' Common Room , but even there she had discovered part of what she was looking for : in the persons of Liz Ablewhite ( now Headleand ) and Esther Breuer ( still Breuer ) she had discovered it , and rediscovered it there each time she met them , which was , these days , on average once a fortnight . |
| 7 | Many writers interested in these phenomena tend to specialise either in child play or in the arts , the former finding clues in the activity which relate to child development , the latter establishing art as an enhancement of what is good and beautiful . |
| 8 | A general name for the familiar demon or mischievous spirit who dwells in private houses or in the chinks of trees . |
| 9 | But in a two-hour interview with reporters of the Scottish Daily Record he listed some fifteen details of the layout of the Ross bungalow and what was in it , information not mentioned at Meehan 's trial or in the newspapers , and which he could only have known if he had been there , all of which Mr Ross confirmed ( ‘ Colour of bedroom quilts was pink ’ , ‘ A light tan suit was in the bedroom wardrobe ’ , ‘ An alarm clock with black face and luminous hands stood in the hatchway to the kitchen ’ , etc . ) . |
| 10 | He explained away the list of things that Waddell had seen in the Ross 's house as having been published at the trial or in the newspapers , which was not the case . |
| 11 | Thus , there may appear to be a urethritis when the main problem is in fact an infection in the bladder or in the kidneys , or , more locally , in the prostate gland . |
| 12 | They are not available on news stands or in the hotels . |
| 13 | However , the problem with contact lenses and glasses is that your eyes can change over time , so it is imperative that problems are sorted out as soon as possible , as it will be difficult to establish whether the fault lies in your eyes or in the lenses . |
| 14 | ‘ Anything unclaimed left lying around the club or in the porters ’ cubbyhole . |
| 15 | Six men had bled to death there in the snow or in the arms of friends and relatives as they carried them home . |
| 16 | Although very large dogs can still be found , they do not excel in the show ring or in the trials arenas . |
| 17 | Some select vantage points in the town , others in the hills up to Monte , some on the harbour or in the gardens and parks . |
| 18 | I think it 's fair to say that it 's not quite as simple as just deleting that item out of the budget , there are in fact I think five or six people working for community arts and in the events of that item being deleted we would presumably have to add on the costs of making them redundant erm an an an and dis erm the community arts scheme I think represents , it 's true to say , a range of expertise . |
| 19 | While in isolation and in the hands of enthusiasts , each subject had merit ( although there was great concern about premature labelling ) , in total it was unmanageable . |
| 20 | The care which Bailey lavished on his " treasures " within the National Trust was at least equalled by his work as activist and propagandist for the " eternal values " of poetry through the Association and in the pages of the Newbolt Report where his contribution to the section on the universities was particularly notable . |
| 21 | " Saint Monday " was honoured across the spectrum of trades and in the mines . |
| 22 | In 1938 Nizan was unquestionably a winner , in his own eyes and in the eyes of his peers . |
| 23 | Her squashed-pekinese face looked peculiar , as though someone had smudged dusty shadows under the eyes and in the hollows of the cheeks . |
| 24 | The transfer of interests in the National Debt and public funds and in the debts of municipal and other public authorities , and of debentures , stocks , and shares in companies , is governed by numerous statutes . |
| 25 | The week will feature various lunchtime workshops and speakers and in the evenings we are having entertainments , such as films , a women only meeting/disco and a lesbian and gay night at a local nightclub . |
| 26 | This means job losses among many of the 250 employees at London HQ and in the regions . |
| 27 | They have faith in our work force and in the skills we offer . |
| 28 | Most of the recruits to the senior positions were from within the industry and in the months up to the planned vesting day — 1 April 1948 — most retained their old jobs in the pre-vesting undertakings as well as carrying out their new responsibilities of planning for the change . |
| 29 | Emphasis on caring for people in their own homes and in the communities in which they live means that more and more initiatives and nursing teams will become community based . |
| 30 | To what extent they provided substitutable labour for older , skilled workers is another , unresearched , question ; but , in general , interest in older workers as a source of labour and in the effects of their work and retirement status on their own health and that of the national economy waned . |