Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | By id in this context I mean the unconscious , instinctual basis of behaviour from which man 's ego has become differentiated . |
| 2 | If I do another cardigan in this way I shall do two or even three lines on the sewing machine . |
| 3 | But in terms of saying there are easy savings to be found in terms of greater efficiencies in this authority I warn you , we are reaching the level unless we actually want in putting a completely unacceptable level of stress on the people who we employ and who universally serve this city very finely and give such a very high level of service . |
| 4 | ‘ Much as I admire your unstructured lifestyle , on the evidence of the knees in those jeans I 'd think twice before I traded bank accounts with you . ’ |
| 5 | By the " permanence " of true-kin relationships in both models I refer to the fact that if two individuals consider themselves to be true kinsmen their kinship will persist in latent form even if they do not interact with one another at all for years on end . |
| 6 | And when we doubled the company 's turnover in one year I decided to investigate his methods . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sure I will have the support of Mr McWhirter in any representations I may feel called upon to make to the Board , ’ said the headmaster . |
| 8 | If one regards the benefit in this light I can not see that the cost incurred in , or in connection with , the provision of the benefit , can properly be held to include the cost incurred , in any event , in providing education to fee paying pupils at the school who were there as a right in return for the fees paid in respect of them . |
| 9 | Even though her motive may have been a desire to manipulate the situation , her wish was supported by Dr. M. and , initially at least , by Dr. D. In those circumstances I entertain grave doubts that if Thorpe J. had directed himself in the way I have suggested , that W. 's wishes should be respected unless there were very strong reasons for rejecting them , he would have reached the decision which he did . |
| 10 | Clare Lawrence ( Mrs Hatcher ) writes , ‘ Since qualifying as a solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial work in private practice I worked in industry 1986- 8 as a Legal Director of Bricom plc . |
| 11 | ‘ If you 're not on your feet in five seconds I 'll open your leg to the bone . |
| 12 | Adoption was out of the question in this country I think in Grampian region there was four babies for |
| 13 | And then erm mother of course , I can always remember was in the Guild and erm she would , the Guild in those days I 'm always telling the er people today , were very , very active women , very active erm and you 'd got them as councillors , magistrates erm come forward to all these positions . |
| 14 | There are a lot of people here in your position and we 've got to try and please everybody , which is n't an easy job in this place I can tell you . ’ |
| 15 | And why there should be such a change these days in that line I , I , I ca n't quite agree with it . |
| 16 | ‘ Not the piano music , nor the hackneyed old Bolero , but Ravel in this mood I find irresistible . ’ |
| 17 | I have no interest to declare in the construction industry , but during my first 10 years in that industry I worked for John Laing , then I worked for Wimpey for about eight years , and I was the head of the largest direct labour organisation in the country — the Greater London council — for nearly three years . |
| 18 | During my 17 years in local government I served as the chairman of the finance committee in Ealing . |
| 19 | As a man who spent 17 years in local government I have a sense of shame that yet again there has to be another attempt to reform local government finance , due to the incompetence , extravagance and doctrinaire opposition to competitive tendering of Labour councils . |
| 20 | ‘ On my first day in corporate finance I was translating for a Japanese MD who was hoping to buy a British company . ’ |
| 21 | Erm what would present problems in real life I think would be developments of a larger kind than that in which a new settlement er might be one strategic site if we had such a policy might be another . |
| 22 | Good early ball in partial clearance I thought Ormanroyd might have got on that . |
| 23 | You may not be aware that excessive usage of the lifts does in fact cost the company a great deal of money , and in line with our cost-cutting efforts in other areas I have drawn up the following guidelines , which must be strictly adhered to from now on . |
| 24 | I 'm not sure you could take a tabloid in this direction I 'm about to propose that would also appeal to some popular customers , but it 's like , last night everyone was reminiscing about Type ninety and the high points and one of the things that came out in conversation was that there was enormous amount of sex going on which I suppose there is at all conferences , you know , but this one seemed to be , you know , the randiest conference in recent memory . |
| 25 | One night in late July I was taken out to supper by Ian Gow , the Prime Minister 's Parliamentary Private Secretary . |
| 26 | In recounting my coming out story in later years I have always sited this period of my life as extremely important to my subsequent emergence as a lesbian . |
| 27 | Whenever I could afford it you know , but erm , there was n't so much money in those days I ca n't remember exactly how much we , we used to get in for coppers you know . |
| 28 | To people who seek to follow the Labour party 's proposals in this area I suggest that the new clause demonstrates very deep and very worrying confusion . |
| 29 | Each month in this column I 'll be looking at subjects of particular interest to me that reflect certain aspects of homeownership |
| 30 | Each month in this column I 'll be looking at those quirky things that affect readers who care about their home . |