Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy to imagine how the early inhabitants of the Middle Fast , and in particular the ancient Egyptians , could have converted this African race into a domestic partner and there is little doubt that this is what occurred , with the more northerly European form being left out of the story altogether in the initial stages . |
| 2 | At Calvary is found full cleansing for ever through faith alone in the finished work of Christ on the cross . |
| 3 | Atrophy of mild to moderate severity was present in the antrum , corpus , and fundus in eight of 11 subjects and in the antrum only in the remaining three . |
| 4 | The law of breach of confidence can supplement copyright and patent protection especially in the early stages when there is nothing tangible or substantial enough for copyright or patent to protect . |
| 5 | In one house , on the corner , there was a light on in the front bedroom . |
| 6 | The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them . |
| 7 | She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser . |
| 8 | All they could do now was to turn Moat Hall upside down in the forlorn hope something remained in the near-derelict place to hint at its erstwhile owner 's present refuge . |
| 9 | It has not been easy to pull this programme together in the prevailing economic climate , but we hope you will find much to enjoy and help blow away those recessionary blues … |
| 10 | Adams ( 1985b ) illustrates this kind of difficulty in showing how a subject with good vision in the right eye , but perception of light only in the left eye , could easily bump into a half-open door before realising it was there . |
| 11 | Specialization of this kind was not , of course , the practice elsewhere in the civilized world ‘ but it is worth noting that the broad curriculum of Europe and America is almost equally under fire ’ . |
| 12 | Political Islam made its biggest splash not in the Middle East but in distant Algeria , and for reasons wholly unconnected with the Gulf war . |
| 13 | Each judge will submit a completed list of nominations over the next couple of weeks and the eventual winners will be presented with their awards at a special ceremony early in the new year . |
| 14 | THE staff of the School of Food and Consumer Studies at Aberdeen 's Robert Gordon University were balloted for strike action yesterday in the growing dispute over the sacking of a senior lecturer . |
| 15 | When he opened the door for her she stepped out towards the dark stairs of the barn , her mind still in the bright , airy room , and at the top of the steps she suddenly swayed giddily , pitching towards the stairs . |
| 16 | I accept the Liberal 's is and so 's the Conservative , but I 'd be interested to know whether anyone allows a free vote ever in the Liberal party . |
| 17 | Coeliac patients have a conspicuous fluorescence in relation to the lateral membrane/intercellular space of enterocytes and intense staining intracellularly in the apical region . |
| 18 | They are things that you do which actually improve your department both in the short and in the long-term . |
| 19 | Illicit relations with the enemy during war-time echo also in the recurrent phrase ‘ the languages fraternise behind their own façades ’ ( 55/449 ; variations : 53/447,123/517,148/542,154/548 ) . |
| 20 | Self Inflicted Wound , that was how they had referred to sunburn back in the old days of Counter Insurgency . |
| 21 | I played that on almost every album back in the early days ; it 's a black one and it 's a beautiful guitar . ’ |
| 22 | mm , did you take that tape out in the other room ? |
| 23 | Examples of the work of a leading exponent now in the British Museum include portrait busts of George I and Sir Isaac Newton by David Le Marchant ( 1674–1726 ) . |
| 24 | Tasks identified for the South were the encouragement of small-scale local industry particularly in the rural sector and improving education and sound domestic economic management through realistic tax and expenditure policies . |
| 25 | Hans Weber , a frail , piercingly blue-eyed Swiss , had been a sea-captain here in the early 1900s specializing in smuggling Bird of Paradise feathers back to Europe when they were all the rage for ladies ' hats . |
| 26 | Hundreds of fun lovers made a splash today in the annual Merseyside Police Speke to New Brighton raft race and raised money for charity . |
| 27 | Cardinal Hume , in a statement issued immediately after the vote was announced , said : ‘ I am disappointed but not surprised by the vote today in the General Synod . |
| 28 | ( The shape of the monkey could be discerned by the eye of prejudice even in the Chinese and Japanese , as witness many a modern cartoon . ) |
| 29 | Honours students may , if they wish , spend a term abroad in the European Community ( under the ERASMUS programme ) or in Finland . |
| 30 | The Wheel Tapper pub behind the railway station in Taunton was my haven when I worked at the art college there in the late 1960s and early 1970s . |