Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , what can we say with confidence about the beliefs of ordinary people , either in the nineteenth or even in the late twentieth century ? |
| 2 | And four coming to light argues forty or more in the dark , most likely for good . ’ |
| 3 | Natural law and rights theories , positivism and contextualism , are in this sense no longer incompatible theories of the law but enter into the legal languages or dialects which are spoken in different or even in the same legal systems . |
| 4 | THE Big Apple 's the location for a special programme where inventions are even wackier than here in the UK . |
| 5 | ( BBC 1 , 7.30pm ) THE Big Apple 's the location for a special programme where inventions are even wackier than here in the UK . |
| 6 | The Northern Foods shares are lower than they should be , because the stock market has got it into its head that competition is tougher than ever in the food business . |
| 7 | With Ruggles and Parkinson hitting high and hard in the third , Partners held a 14–11 advantage but again failed to capitalise , although a couple of refereeing decisions left them puzzled . |
| 8 | It transpires that the new tenant is Pris , one of the androids Deckard is hunting ( though John does not realise this until later in the story ) The presence of Pris excites him a great deal . |
| 9 | The curtains were drawn but they were thin and unlined and even in the subdued light he could see that the room was spectacularly untidy . |
| 10 | John Pemberton was Palace 's genial and gutsy full-back throughout our promotion drive to Division one in 1988–89 and then in The Eagles ' progress to the FA Cup Final and Replay of' 1990 Indeed , his surging run in the semi-final against Liverpool at Villa Park , which took him past several defender s , before he delivered the cross from which Mark Bright put the Palace on terms and on the way to our stunning victory , will probably remain for ever in the memories of those who saw it , even though he impressed enormously in the two Cup Finals against Manchester United 's sophisticated and costly imports . |
| 11 | Churchill himself was interested not only in this but also in the wider implications of nuclear developments in the 1950s . |
| 12 | Without this first step there is no beginning , and every subsequent step in the search takes one further but always in the same direction . |
| 13 | She 'd seen enough from the taxi to tell that every house , cottage , shop and inn was simply full of character , each different but still in the traditional Cotswold style she was beginning to recognise . |
| 14 | Dear Horace , I think I may be a bit late with this as here in the antipodes , and especially being some way down a circulation list , your column takes some weeks to reach me . |
| 15 | The wheel , of 16 feet diameter , and most of the machinery is still intact although apparently in a poor state of repair . |
| 16 | Their marriage was certainly not typical , yet it is possible that even in the early twentieth century it was not uncommon for retired men to take on more responsibility at home , as many do today : for lack of other evidence , we can only speculate . |
| 17 | Therein is part of the magic of cinema : to implant a visual image so strong that somewhere in the psyche the cinematic illusion becomes as real or as powerful as any actual experience . |
| 18 | The non-white population is young ; in 1985–7 , 35% were aged under 16 and 18% aged 45 or over ( compared with 20% under 16 and 36% 45 or over in the population as a whole ) ( OPCS , 1988 , p. 31 , Table 3 ) . |
| 19 | The important tactic with this type of start is to decide whether to start early or late in the gates ‘ opening ’ . |
| 20 | Recently such movements have involved up to 960 birds in one spring , and movements of 100 or more in a day are almost annual events ; 488 flying east off Beachy Head on 19 April 1976 is the largest single movement noted so far . |
| 21 | It is ironic that even in the UK the National Anti-Vivisection Society ( NAVS ) urges us in its literature to look to our own self-interest . |
| 22 | She watched in silence , her heart crying out to him , suddenly fearful that almost in the same moment that she 'd found him she had lost him , but without knowing why . |
| 23 | She looked around for somewhere to sit , but the bed looked bigger than ever in the cramped room and his jacket lay discarded on the only chair . |
| 24 | In frightening contrast fitzAlan looked tough and completely immovable , and bigger than ever in the confined space of the alehouse . |
| 25 | But at least she did not squint and his cast seemed more noticeable than ever in the morning , as if sleeping refreshed it . |
| 26 | The national conference which since late 1991 had been planned as the next stage in the democratization process , was on May 8 postponed until later in the year on the grounds that its preparatory commission had not completed its work . |
| 27 | There is much less flexing both fore and aft and laterally in the Seayak than in other plastic sea kayaks . |
| 28 | The sky sort of turns grey and then whitey-blue and then in the end it 's daytime and it 's all sunny . |
| 29 | The Council agreed to postpone the next full visit from the summer of 1979 until later in the year , and to release a press statement that had been agreed by the visiting party with the Polytechnic and the Teesside Education Authority . |
| 30 | It was difficult to imagine she had bought the dress on purpose , had one fine day long past gone into a shop and tried on dress after dress and , finally , taking this grey and unbecoming tube of cloth from a rack laden with many-coloured garments , slipped it over her head , examined herself fore and aft in the changing cubicle mirror , smiled with pleasure , clapped her hands in approval and said to herself : ‘ This is lovely , this is the very thing , ’ while a curled , perfumed salesgirl hovered , saying : ‘ But it 's perfectly you , madam . ’ |