Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But eventually the arguments all boil down to the fact that it is more economic to harvest the rainforest sustainably than clear-fell it in the idiotic way we have been doing until now , and that this is of immense benefit to us , the human species , because of the maintenance of that genetic diversity which will cure all sorts of dreadful diseases in the future . |
| 2 | Is that you in the flash car pushing my little one out of the way ? |
| 3 | Finally a woman I worked with told me in no uncertain terms that she had no such desire , which threw me utterly . |
| 4 | Similarly the italicised we in the third line of the fourth stanza . |
| 5 | At the moment this innovatory scheme was still at the planning stage , but once it got off the ground I could n't fail to gross a minimum of fifty thou in the first year of operation , after which the sky was the limit . |
| 6 | A prolonged breather , during which he took a bar of chocolate out of his pocket and unwrapped it in a leisurely way . |