Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some philosophical writings on causation consist in good part in a somewhat numinous insistence on the distinctive nature of the causal items as against their effects — causes , for example , are declared to be " powerful particulars " or " forceful objects at work " . |
| 2 | Recently , biochemical analyses have shown that several different types of amyloid fibril protein exist in systemic amyloidosis . |
| 3 | Small amounts of cassiterite occur in thin magnetite bands in the Carn Chuinneag igneous complex in northern Scotland ( Gallagher and others , 1971 ) . |
| 4 | Half the remainder die in old age , losing about eight years of life . |
| 5 | The roots of case management lie in social case work . |
| 6 | There is a pool , set in secluded gardens , sheltered by pine trees and palms , and with its own bar open in good weather . |
| 7 | Most students at the Belfast campus who live away from home live in off-campus accommodation in Belfast . |
| 8 | In the equally deafening silence that followed , he looked up , and saw the dust , glass , debris settle in slow motion . |
| 9 | Thin heavy mineral bands with ilmenite occur in coastal dune sands near Rattray Head , between Peterhead and Fraserburgh . |
| 10 | They are separable ; but in the end it is only when process and artists come together that the most memorable work is achieved : when Dürer and woodcut , Daniell and aquatint , Greenaway and colour printing meet in immortal partnership . |
| 11 | Often the clues to meaning lie in subtle implication rather than in explicit statement . |
| 12 | The roots of this war lie in Yugoslav history ( though not as deep as some claim ) , in the frailty of Tito 's state and in three distinct sorts of nationalism that sprouted as his odd form of communism collapsed . |
| 13 | From time to time the ‘ mothers ’ need renewing and the simple answer is to turn the nearest two-year-old shoot in full circle and bury it next to the tiring parent . |
| 14 | Humanity and nature exist in constant interaction . |
| 15 | Town fail in gallant glory bid |
| 16 | Ah , leave fretting , man ! ’ he said impatiently , feeling the fingers that clutched at his sleeve tighten in suspicious anger . |
| 17 | If , despite all efforts of encouragement , there is a member of staff who is consistently negative and undermines all attempts to make the school a better place engage in firm action . |
| 18 | The development of high quality open learning texts is expensive and those that already exist in chemistry have in major part been produced using public funds . |
| 19 | This ‘ social constructionism ’ can in turn be linked to that whole shift in critical thinking which has sought to undermine any credibility in the unified subject as a source of meaning , and most crucial here has been the contribution of psychoanalysis . |
| 20 | Next day pour in clarified butter to cover the salmon and seal it completely . |
| 21 | A two night stay in luxury double or twin-bedded accommodation includes fresh flowers and fruit in your room , continental breakfast each morning and a three course dinner each evening . |
| 22 | To varying extents in different kinds of creature , cell divisions during development occur in rigid sequence , a sequence that recurs in each repetition of the life cycle . |
| 23 | The extent to which the majority believe in parliamentary democracy or advertising will be an indication of how much power those who propagate such views have . |
| 24 | That £780 million is part of the 85 per cent. , give or take a couple of percentage points , that central taxation and the unified business rate provide in financial support to our local authorities . |
| 25 | I agree with my hon. Friend that the Government believe in serious negotiation to get the details right before signing the directives . |
| 26 | Iterative structures common in orally transmitted music survive in notated music ( sets of variations ; cumulative dance-forms ) . |
| 27 | The full benefits of price stability and statutory independence for the European central bank , and indeed for the Bank of England — that must be a necessary institutional corollary — will be enjoyed only if a future Government and Parliament agree in good time to adopt a single European currency . |
| 28 | At one point , in an announcement broadcast live in special television and radio reports , Miami police said they had the girlfriend , Patsy Jones , in custody . |
| 29 | Most men of my acquaintance revel in happy ignorance when it comes to knowing plans and dates for the weeks ahead . |
| 30 | Two conflicting stereotypes of housework exist in popular thinking today . |