Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] [pers pn] is " in BNC.

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1 The third rule is that in general it is better to tax than to borrow .
2 At some maxima Mira can reach the second magnitude , and in 1779 it is said to have risen to 1.7 , much brighter than Polaris , while in 1969,1977 and 1987 I estimated it as 2.3 at its peak , though on other occasions it never exceeds magnitude 4 .
3 Batch production work is often of this kind and in general it is by no means as unchanging or boring as it might appear to the casual visitor to the factory .
4 It is a typical Karajan project because in one respect it is enormously sophisticated — the technology is elaborate , expensive , and bang up to date — and in another it is very simple , inasmuch as its ultimate aim is nothing more or less than the lucid presentation of the music .
5 She does want to be ‘ one of the gang ’ and to be admitted to the fortress den and in this she is successful .
6 Certain drafts of The Cocktail Party , for example , are marked with Mary Trevelyan 's handwritten alterations " as dictated by T. S. E. " From the late Forties she kept a diary of their friendship , and in this it is possible to see how bewildering Eliot could appear , even to those who knew him best .
7 There are earlier Berman recordings of nearly all the pieces in this latest recital ; in no instance is the interpretation all that different ( though he has found a better edition of Funérailles ) and in most it is rather less satisfying .
8 This guidance is , of course , not available in smooth-brained animals like rats and mice , and in these it is extremely difficult to make accurate cortical removals .
9 It is likely that the panel requirements will be under regular scrutiny and in particular it is likely that there will be an increasing tendency towards ongoing monitoring of those who are panel members .
10 A member is obliged to comply with the Rules and in particular he is obliged to comply with rule 2.12(1) under which :
11 She has almost certainly overestimated both factors ; but in general she is correct in saying that Britain comes up with good ideas and often ends up importing the products that stem from those ideas .
12 Property ( other than a legal estate in land ) may be transferred , and binding promises may be made to an infant , but in general he is unable to make a binding disposition of his property or to make binding promises to others .
13 But in 5 it is at least canonical .
14 Tower House will never be grand but in this it is timely .
15 In one way it is more limited , in that it is restricted to rodents , but in another it is less limited because rodent incisors are less variable between rodent taxonomic groups than are the molars .
16 Lunch on the mountain is the norm in many areas , but in most it is consumed in cafeterias designed more for efficiency than atmosphere , and even these are not immune from crowding .
17 Do n't expect a sales person to do the job of analysing your requirements because in general it is just too difficult a task .
18 Thus in one field the U- figure may be given a value of 90 per cent as take up is known to be very strong , while in another it is given a value of 25 per cent since only 1 in 4 of such applicants is thought likely to accept .
19 While in 1990 it is clear which of these views is currently favoured in Rome , it is far from clear which will finally prevail .
20 There will be meetings in 1986 in Beijing and in Cambridge , whilst in 1987 it is hoped that a national conference attended by the Rank Xerox Unit will introduce the whole of China to the techniques and analysis .
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