Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] in [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many words and terms have specific meanings in law which are different from their everyday use . |
| 2 | In 1806 he designed the hotel and assembly rooms in the suburb of Clifton , which the firm contracted to build ; but at the same time they were speculating by buying unfinished houses in Clifton which they completed and sold , and in 1809 they were overtaken by bankruptcy . |
| 3 | Apart from the above mentioned general problems there are specific groups in society who will be particularly affected by the legislation . |
| 4 | The rate of unnecessary operations in patients who presented between midnight and 6 am was highest in those who underwent surgery within three hours ( 18/39 , 46% ) ( table ) . |
| 5 | In order to placate Washington Israel officially claimed this was all an unauthorised operation but in the intelligence world an unauthorised operation is simply one that is too hazardous to handle by normal channels in case something goes wrong . |
| 6 | The idea that one first denies to the poorer areas of Europe the opportunity to compete on costs , to move their exchange rates and to operate their fiscal policies in ways which would attract private investment , and then compensates by redistributing funds on a vast scale , is socialism at its silliest . |
| 7 | Mr Rees says : ‘ Apart from the Americans and Doug Gardiner , we will also have top British coaches in attendance which will enable us to cater for beginners , intermediates and experienced players . ’ |
| 8 | The machine was examined by Home Office scientific experts in Huntingdon who found it used a battery-operated self-arming mechanism and was fired by a motor . |
| 9 | As Myers mentions , there are already some programmes in operation which suggest that the national resource base can be manipulated to accommodate the growing needs of the population without serious impairment of soil fertility . |
| 10 | Filtered blood is widely used to treat recurrent non-haemolytic febrile reactions in patients who depend on regular blood transfusions . |
| 11 | The whole of the party were in excellent health and had well tried each others stamina in walking up mountains etc. etc. but having so many interesting objects in view they had allowed no difficulty or danger to impede their progress . |
| 12 | They may have seen some dangers in Methodism which were not in fact there . |
| 13 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 14 | Quoting Bertrand Russell 's dictum that if you hold unorthodox opinions in England you will be disregarded at first , persecuted if you persist , but finally canonised if you live long enough , he comments : ‘ having experienced the first two stages , I seem to be approaching the third . ’ |
| 15 | They 're not oh that sometimes presents a problem but quite honestly er if you 've if you 've still got some contacts in sales we 're you know . |
| 16 | But in some no in some States you get the electric chair and some States in America you 're gassed . |
| 17 | That left me with dozens of portly gentlemen in blue who spent the rest of the night eating my shortbread , drinking my coffee and asking me if I knew Terry Wogan . |
| 18 | This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen . |
| 19 | Given the strength of interested parties in Washington who strongly favoured unrestricted nuclear testing , there was always the danger that these would be strengthened if the British were too intrusive . |
| 20 | It may be sufficient to remark that when the instrument was demonstrated to an assembly of interested parties in Oxford it met with great approval . |
| 21 | For two years the colony staggered along , with much the same problem as the early English settlements in Virginia which had failed to find any line of activity in the first three or four years that would bring in money . |
| 22 | Moreover , with a variety of acoustic transducers in use there is yet no agreement on performance characteristics : different microphones can produce different acoustic signals , and these need to be standardised . |
| 23 | Shetland is one of the few areas in Britain which remains free of feral mink . |
| 24 | Whilst the factual study produced considerable valuable information , there are gaps and some errors in methodology which mean that its conclusions can not be relied on exclusively in an assessment of the present procedure . |
| 25 | ‘ In terms of my 30 years in stockbroking I think the past three years have been the most interesting , if interesting is the right word . |
| 26 | Social differentials in fertility which have emerged in the last century have powerful implications for population growth , social welfare , and political power . |
| 27 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 28 | In some places in Kent he was known as a Borsholder , and was elected by the parish , in most cases reluctantly . |
| 29 | AD 180 , to coincide with the account of an invasion of northern Britain by the historian Cassius Dio ; the wholesale acceptance of this view , though , causes some strains in interpretation which can not be easily reconciled , chief among them being the implication that the damaged forts and other frontier works were left in a state of disrepair for the best part of 25 years , an unbelievable occurrence in Roman military affairs of the period . |
| 30 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |