Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or rather the house in Mouncy Street had been taken over by a succession of dead bodies . |
| 2 | If Labour Members are so keen on Ravenscraig staying open , why does the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) not have the guts — or perhaps the influence in the shadow Cabinet — to give an unequivocal commitment that if the Labour party came to power it would keep Ravenscraig open ? |
| 3 | After perhaps 80 Ma or so the increase in the temperature in the sub-lithospheric mantle below the supercontinent will lead to uplift , rifting and continental fragmentation . |
| 4 | In 1987 , the Howarth Bill took a different route , proposing to add an alternative test based on whether or not the work in question was ‘ grossly offensive to a reasonable person ’ . |
| 5 | However , deficiencies in the ability of the study to accurately record information on the cause of death meant that it could not be shown whether or not the reduction in mortality had been due to a reduction in diarrhoea-related deaths and hence due to the programme . |
| 6 | The scheme is applicable whether or not the school in question is the student 's main base . |
| 7 | The subject of whether or not the situation in Golding 's ‘ Lord of the Flies ’ would have been different had girls been on the island is very difficult to reach a decision on and depends on many things . |
| 8 | The situation without a check varies depending on whether or not the action in question has an escapement mechanism . |
| 9 | This is to allow the Commission an opportunity to determine whether or not the aid in question is compatible with the Treaty of Rome . |
| 10 | Never taking his eyes from her , Gregson slipped out the photo of Paula Wilson and quickly explained the reason for his and Finn 's presence , enquiring whether or not the face in the monochrome picture rang any bells . |
| 11 | The basic principles set out in this Code will apply whether or not the lending in question is secured . |
| 12 | Because of the small number of women completing 24 cycles or more the suggestion in our data that both groups will eventually have the same pregnancy rate , must be interpreted with caution . |
| 13 | He writes brilliantly of the great circumnavigation of Magellan , of his own voyages around the Horn , through the Panama Canal or up the peak in Darien where Balboa ( not Keats 's stout Cortez ) first spied the Pacific . |
| 14 | No doubt many of my readers will instantly distrust such apocalyptic explanations as meteoritic impact , nuclear explosion or equally the increase in cosmic ray activity favoured by other palaeontologists , such as Schindewolf ( 1962 ) . |
| 15 | Or even the airport in Prague ? |
| 16 | Gradually weight loss occurs despite a good diet , and in the final stages the person ceases to recognise the family or even the self in the mirror , loses bladder and bowel control , any capacity for self-care or ability to communicate in words . |
| 17 | The quietness seemed somehow to be incredibly loud , perhaps because wherever else I have been I could at the very least , listening hard , pick out some distant sounds of life , or even the wind in the trees . |
| 18 | They are the drawing office , or the secretaries , or simply the people in the Phase 4 building , noted for its poor heating and ventilation . |
| 19 | Again it may not be thought to be particularly helpful that God in God 's undifferentiated nature ( or indeed the Spirit in its rather vague nature ) are to be understood as ‘ female ’ , while ‘ divine energies ’ ( sic ) , that which is clearly differentiated and self-determining , is to be seen as ‘ male ’ . |
| 20 | Unlike the men 's Tour , or indeed the LPGA in America , prequalifying has not yet been introduced , although many agree that the day is not too long in coming . |
| 21 | Or why the man in the potato-patch was stone cold ? |
| 22 | I think that perhaps the snake in alcohol was left too . |
| 23 | When they reached Etaples and had pitched their tents for the night , Charlie decided that perhaps the gymnasium in Edinburgh had been luxury after all . |
| 24 | On the evidence , the hearing officer considered that only the reduction in the disposal of scrap material amounted to a proven and readily quantifiable benefit . |
| 25 | The implication was that only the retailers in each destination market would be permitted to vary prices according to local conditions . |
| 26 | From January 1983 , married women will have the right to apply for Family Income Supplement ( a means-tested supplement for low wage-earners with children which currently specifies that only the husband in a married couple may apply ) and , provided the couple agree that she has been and is the main breadwinner , a married woman may then apply for means-tested supplementary benefit . |
| 27 | The great problem we face is that obviously the authorities in South Africa do n't want the picture to be made , and we 're shooting it in Zimbabwe , where we 've been made very welcome , and erm the difficulties is the creation of South Africa in Zimbabwe , which means you have to go all over the place . |
| 28 | In patients with clinically active Crohn 's disease , blood flow was lower than in both of the other groups , although only the difference in median values relative to the control group was significant ( p=0.02 ) . |
| 29 | This is so , to speak metaphorically , since almost all mental events , although not the ones in which we are principally interested , are elsewhere than at the focus of consciousness . |
| 30 | First I would relax , lie upon a bed , although not the bed in which I normally slept , go through the breathing exercises until I felt that I was part of the bed , weightless and sinking through it . |