Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] in [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | While it is very good at removing metals , dyes and some organics in solution it can not remove nitrite , nitrate , phosphate or ammonia . |
| 4 | Erm I mean I should think you want to take some shorts in case it 's warm do you . |
| 5 | ‘ The country is at the moment run by the Conservatives and they have so few votes in Scotland it should bring to their attention that there 's something not quite right in this situation . |
| 6 | Microcomputers are often described as personal computers In fact it can be quite helpful to think of them in this way when considering the differences between them and mainframe or minicomputers Usually microcomputers are used by only one person at a time ; for example , a personnel manager might have one on his desk top which he uses to examine trends in recruitment . |
| 7 | Scar tissue all right ; a birthmark she 'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant . |
| 8 | " It was unknown in the past , and in the larger houses in town it was unheard of , but in the country it was not unknown . |
| 9 | While it is not necessary to cover all of these activities in detail it is important , if the interest of the audience is to be held , to show some indications of the passage of time . |
| 10 | " My dear , in a moment I shall have to call one of the bearers to assist Mr Hopkins with his natural functions in case it should be necessary . |
| 11 | Before discussing these elements in detail it might be useful to emphasize that the notion of ‘ the demand for money ’ — which may seem a curious concept — can be thought of as a demand to hold money . |
| 12 | With these passages in mind it is well to recall the circumstances in which Nolan J. found that Woolwich paid . |
| 13 | ‘ With a lot of the hard men in football it 's all down to their characters . |
| 14 | With these points in mind it is hardly surprising that international traders seek the assistance and advice of bankers in the conduct , financing and settlement of transactions . |
| 15 | In the centre of a rich and densely populated countryside with ready access by canal and river to 5 of the most populous counties in Ireland it still remained ‘ but a small town of very insignificant appearance ’ with only about 867 inhabitants . |
| 16 | But after so many years in showbusiness it was n't surprising . |
| 17 | Although one of the sons suffered severe injuries such as a black eye and damage to his kidney and spent 5 days in hospital it took the police over 6 weeks to decide whether to charge anyone . |
| 18 | Carefully structured to cater for all tastes in tourism it allows for those who like to follow strict schedules as well as providing easy reference points for the more adventurous . |
| 19 | By offering better wages in Israel it placed an obstacle in the way of local industry , which did not benefit from subsidies or other forms of assistance enjoyed by Israeli industry . |
| 20 | Childhood should be a happy time and for many children in Britain it is . |
| 21 | We were the first union in nineteen seventy six to come out with our policy on the then Race Relations Act it 's always been a trade union issue whether it was the trade unions in Germany in the twenties and thirties fighting Hitlerism and Nazi-ism or whether it was the trade unions fighting Moseley and his black shirts in Britain it has always been part of our ideals and principles . |
| 22 | Given the predominance of feudal relations in Russia it was impossible for the men of the 1860s and 70s to see that capitalism was already spreading and inevitably must do so . |
| 23 | For all practical purposes in traffic it does not matter which gear is engaged and there is never any lack of overtaking power . ’ |
| 24 | It will be important for marketers to assess the experience of customers with their particular products in case it possesses some unsatisfactory performance or operating characteristic to which customers will eventually build up resistance . |
| 25 | If George Bush survives the Presidential elections in November it will be because the Democrats can produce nothing better than Bill Clinton whose appalling record on capital punishment ( he likes it ) is reason enough not to want him . |
| 26 | In comparison with the constitutions of other countries in Europe it is difficult in Britain to substantiate the charge of excessive domination of the executive over a legislature . |
| 27 | ‘ If I look at my last two years in football it 's been virtually to the last kick of the game in the last two seasons , so it will be the same again . |
| 28 | Written for the Macintosh by two physicists in Germany it combines a word processor , a spreadsheet and a page creation system in one program . |
| 29 | The Bowes Museum , which is celebrating its centenary year , is one of the best museums in Britain it is known as the V and A of the North but can not house the history of its town . |
| 30 | In fact given the , what 's happened politically in what was Czechoslovakia and is now the Czech Lands and Slovakia , erm and the financial pressures in Slovakia it 's not certain to me that the whole arrangement will go forward . |