Example sentences of "[noun] in a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christianity is then a historical religion in a way in which religion need not necessarily be historical . |
| 2 | However , there was also a considerable consensus from the non-arts staff of LEAs and colleges that arts teachers were not helping the advancement of the case for the arts in a number of ways . |
| 3 | We have the additional reference in The Recluse ( see p. 109 ) and a further reading of that poem shows that the Wordsworths approached Grasmere in a mood of mystical elation verging on trance . |
| 4 | But it is worthwhile to reiterate that , in a sense , every book published about recent history is of value as a source and the conventional ‘ official ’ documentation does not necessarily occupy in recent history the commanding place which its comparative isolation in a sea of illiteracy gives it in earlier epochs . |
| 5 | Paul had one tench in a net of bream up to 2lb 8oz and two roach both over 2lb while using pole and maggot bait . |
| 6 | He set out his thinking in an address to the Central Committee in October 1985 . |
| 7 | The third question to which we sought an answer was the function of Hitler 's public persona in an explanation of the radicalization of the ‘ Jewish Question ’ and genesis of the ‘ Final Solution ’ . |
| 8 | Probably as the snorting monsters emerged from the Black Hole of Balcombe in a cloud of smoke and steam , a merry crowd of villagers who watched from the top of the embankment gave a wary cheer and wondered what the world was coming to ! |
| 9 | If everyone was now to be buried in flannel then what profit could be gained in having ready-made shrouds in stock in a multitude of patterns and sizes and available on demand ! |
| 10 | It will involve a blindfolded boy trying to identify his girlfriend in a line-up by feeling certain parts of the unfortunate females ' anatomies . |
| 11 | Bullies like to be Number One and the thought that someone else could be muscling in on his top-spot got Herod in a bit of a strop . |
| 12 | But the madrigal was not merely a new art form — it had nothing in common with the trecento madrigal except the name — but a landmark in a revolution of which we have already seen the beginnings in the frottole and laudi spirituali and occasional passages in the Italian-influenced northerners from Dufay onward . |
| 13 | Only last week , the last time I sat in court er there was an instance of one individual who had had twelve cautions in a period of eight months er he was still a youth so his name obviously can not be divulged , erm and it 's not only the cautions , I wonder how many warnings he 'd received as well . |
| 14 | Even so , they are highly accomplished flyers , shooting over the surface of a pond in a blur of gauzy wings at up to 30 kph . |
| 15 | I frightened the cat and down dropped the little bird ; it was bleeding from the beak and did not move except its legs in a spasm of pain . |
| 16 | Meredith reminded him that Cyril thingumajig had lost both legs in a skirmish in North Africa . |
| 17 | Her skirt swirled around her legs in a froth of black lace as she stalked across the room . |
| 18 | And this time China 's rulers knifed it in the back with shameless savagery — then set about hounding the survivors in a reign of terror . |
| 19 | I dug into the pockets of my trench coat and found several guns , a half-empty bottle , a blackjack tagged POLICE EVIDENCE — DO NOT REMOVE , a pack of marked cards , several hundred dollars in small bills , a wallet full of ID in a variety of false names , a priceless necklace of grey fei tsui jade , a fistful of loose bullets , a switchblade with a snake on the handle , a bloodstained ice pick , several special editions of the Inquirer and a crumpled notebook marked CLUES . |
| 20 | During the Second World War |
| 21 | Although never an MP , he was keenly interested in politics and was an active force in a variety of parliamentary and ecclesiastical networks . |
| 22 | The conc areas he had arranged conflicted severely with the dispositions of our own Bde , and he was ordered to assemble the whole force in a camp at VIKTRING . |
| 23 | What is certainly on record , however , is de Lattre 's ineffable assurance to Acheson that ‘ If it were made possible to carry out his present military plans and if there were no Chinese military intervention the Vietminh could be eliminated as a fighting force in a period of between one and two years . ’ |
| 24 | Will the Secretary of State explain how he was able to commission a review of teaching methods in a matter of a few weeks , although his minimum standards — first laid down in 1981 — were not met in the 10 years that the Government allowed themselves , and the current review will not now report until the autumn ? |
| 25 | For pre-packed foods which contain ingredients that contain copied genes , it recommended that a statement should be required to accompany the name of the ingredient in a list of ingredients . |
| 26 | She then gives Scott and his team a lift to a congress in Budapest in the early hours of Tuesday in an aircraft of the Queen 's Flight for further lobbying of her fellow International Olympic Committee members . |
| 27 | There can not be many lyric-writers who have begun their careers in the theatre by dancing Scheherazade in a strip-club in Los Angeles , gone on to appear at La Scala , Milan and then to play the title-role in Mother Company . |
| 28 | Checking of word structure may be achieved by looking up each of the possible character combinations in a list of words . |
| 29 | Next weekend , on Designers ' Saturday , they scurry from design showroom to design showroom , laden with colourful brochures , bags , posters , booze and designer snacks in a fleet of black cabs laid on free by the organisers . |
| 30 | Green has pled not guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to murdering his wife , Julie , 24 , by clubbing her to death with a lump hammer in a storeroom at the rear of their home in Gidlow Lane , Wigan , in October 1991 . |