Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] 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 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 4 | This is particularly interesting because the conjunction in the final paragraph of the German text , Allerdings , allows two alternative interpretations in this context : |
| 5 | If you like styling products , we recommend using a gel when your hair is wet because the moisture in your hair will dilute it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Richard disputed this before the king in 1247 , and was still in pursuit of justice in July 1248 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |
| 10 | Conversation at table is as superfluous as a sermon in church ; all is still but for the ping of the latest microwave masterpiece . |
| 11 | It 's even more exciting when the book in question is about Willy , the marvellous character he created in Willy The Wimp . |
| 12 | ‘ Another told me he had a dream , there was a fountain and it had a name , clear as a bell in his dream : Jouvence . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Just hanging there from one of the beams , swaying as free as a leaf in the wind . |
| 15 | Her heart felt as empty as the cage in her hands . |
| 16 | it is more private than a hearing in the civil courts — the press and public are not entitled to be present |
| 17 | House closings in 1992 amounted to 695 units , marginally lower than the number in 1991 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The danger is the convert being more zealous than the Pope in suddenly believing that we can abdicate on all issues of policy . |
| 21 | If you have ever tried growing anything taller than a lettuce in a grow-bag , you will have encountered the problem of floppy stakes . |
| 22 | The taxi ride from the airport to the little village where she was staying , only six kilometres from Nice , had been uncomfortable because the air-conditioning in the car had broken down three days before her arrival and was waiting to be repaired , and all in all her last vestiges of good humour had finally bitten the dust as she 'd stood in front of the house and realised that it had n't finished being built . |
| 23 | The submission was however inconsistent with the law as stated by this House in Reg. v. Governor of Pentonville Prison , Ex parte Sinclair [ 1991 ] 2 A.C. 64 , 81–92 , in which it was made clear in the speech of Lord Ackner ( with which the remainder of the Appellate Committee agreed ) that , under the provisions of the Extradition Act 1870 , the powers of the magistrate are specifically laid down in sections 3(1) , 8 , 9 and 10 of the Act ; and that in consequence , apart from consideration where appropriate whether the offence in question was an offence of a political character , the magistrate is not concerned with questions of foreign law at all , being concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to an English crime or crimes specified in the Secretary of State 's order to proceed . |
| 24 | In Cumbria , said Redfern , the ‘ height increment [ growth ] does appear to have fallen off markedly since about 1975/6 … down as much as a quarter in recent years . ’ |
| 25 | Hydrogen you can think of very much as a fuel in the manner of north sea gas and it 's got a high calorific value , it burns well and , despite rumours , it 's actually a very safe fuel as well . |
| 26 | As she watched him leave , without so much as a glance in her direction , such a feeling of desolation had swept over Isabel that she had almost cried out . |
| 27 | Savouring the sweet taste of his victory , he did not even acknowledge the Controller 's presence by so much as a glance in his direction . |
| 28 | It all became too much as a woman in the crowd shouted : ‘ We love you , Di . ’ |
| 29 | At the same time , and as we have already seen , ‘ homophobia ’ is an inadequate term to describe all this since what is at issue is not personal phobia so much as the recurrence in mutated form of structures integral to cultural identity and social formation . |
| 30 | Once again the importance of style needs to be stressed , given that the poundage you lift does not matter as much as the way in which you lift it . |