Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [art] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover that growth has been greatest where the decline in manufacturing employment has been least — that is , in the regions of ‘ the south ’ . |
| 2 | The prose which preoccupied Milton during the Commonwealth and Protectorate periods was to be seen as separate and certainly intrinsically less interesting than the poetry in which Parker portrays Milton participating in some universalised European humanism . |
| 3 | In the hitherto unpublished Leeds University evaluation of the 1991 Key Stage One National Curriculum Assessment , teachers rated the tasks they gave to children as rather more challenging than did observers , and were rather more generous than the observers in their estimates both of the frequency of open questions and of the opportunities they gave pupils to volunteer opinions . |
| 4 | By looking at the diagram though , you will probably see that the smaller sleeve length is also narrower at the top than the measurements in your size . |
| 5 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 6 | The changes have clearly been more marked than the changes in the distribution of income . |
| 7 | A socialist government was less vulnerable to communist propaganda , and was more acceptable than the Tories in the colonies . |
| 8 | Summoning troops from the reserve would be easier if the formations in which they were to be deployed existed already . |
| 9 | This is particularly interesting because the conjunction in the final paragraph of the German text , Allerdings , allows two alternative interpretations in this context : |
| 10 | If you like styling products , we recommend using a gel when your hair is wet because the moisture in your hair will dilute it . |
| 11 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |
| 12 | To avoid problems the drafter should make clear whether the reference in the terms is to the definition current at the time of drafting or to the version in force from time to time . |
| 13 | Richard disputed this before the king in 1247 , and was still in pursuit of justice in July 1248 . |
| 14 | Nevertheless it is doubtful whether the vegetation in which it occurs is sufficiently well-developed that it could be identified with the community described in the NVC . |
| 15 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |
| 16 | Conversation at table is as superfluous as a sermon in church ; all is still but for the ping of the latest microwave masterpiece . |
| 17 | It 's even more exciting when the book in question is about Willy , the marvellous character he created in Willy The Wimp . |
| 18 | ‘ Another told me he had a dream , there was a fountain and it had a name , clear as a bell in his dream : Jouvence . |
| 19 | ‘ Martin Fierro 's aim in life was to sleep on a bed of clover , look up at the stars , and live as free as a bird in the sky . |
| 20 | ‘ Just hanging there from one of the beams , swaying as free as a leaf in the wind . |
| 21 | Her heart felt as empty as the cage in her hands . |
| 22 | In this bright new world there is no place for the dragon : no one wants the shadow , wants the dark magic which is as old as the caves in the hills where we dwell . |
| 23 | it is more private than a hearing in the civil courts — the press and public are not entitled to be present |
| 24 | House closings in 1992 amounted to 695 units , marginally lower than the number in 1991 . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I see something deeper , more infinite , more eternal than the ocean in the expression in the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning , and coos and laughs because it sees the sun shining in its cradle . ’ |
| 26 | Application of duration measurements to discrete behaviours is most appropriate where the behaviour in question happens relatively rarely , but each time lasts for several hours . |
| 27 | Alan had been in the third coach of the second train and was therefore luckier than the people in the first and second coaches , several of whom were dead |
| 28 | Moreover , reform is ruled out because either the new second chamber would be less democratic than the Commons in which case it should not be able to delay legislation , or if it was just as democratic then there is no point in having two chambers , the more so since there is the potential problem of constitutional deadlock between them . |
| 29 | Hambros Jersey 's contention , if correct , would mean that the jurisdiction of the English court under the sections would be much more restricted than the circumstances in which an individual may be adjudged bankrupt or a company may be wound up by the English court . |
| 30 | The explosion , much bigger than the ones in the holes , and with almost nothing to muffle it , cracked across the dunes like a whip , setting my ears ringing and making even me jump a bit . |