Example sentences of "[noun sg] in a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christianity is then a historical religion in a way in which religion need not necessarily be historical . |
| 2 | But it is worthwhile to reiterate that , in a sense , every book published about recent history is of value as a source and the conventional ‘ official ’ documentation does not necessarily occupy in recent history the commanding place which its comparative isolation in a sea of illiteracy gives it in earlier epochs . |
| 3 | He set out his thinking in an address to the Central Committee in October 1985 . |
| 4 | The third question to which we sought an answer was the function of Hitler 's public persona in an explanation of the radicalization of the ‘ Jewish Question ’ and genesis of the ‘ Final Solution ’ . |
| 5 | If everyone was now to be buried in flannel then what profit could be gained in having ready-made shrouds in stock in a multitude of patterns and sizes and available on demand ! |
| 6 | It will involve a blindfolded boy trying to identify his girlfriend in a line-up by feeling certain parts of the unfortunate females ' anatomies . |
| 7 | But the madrigal was not merely a new art form — it had nothing in common with the trecento madrigal except the name — but a landmark in a revolution of which we have already seen the beginnings in the frottole and laudi spirituali and occasional passages in the Italian-influenced northerners from Dufay onward . |
| 8 | Even so , they are highly accomplished flyers , shooting over the surface of a pond in a blur of gauzy wings at up to 30 kph . |
| 9 | I dug into the pockets of my trench coat and found several guns , a half-empty bottle , a blackjack tagged POLICE EVIDENCE — DO NOT REMOVE , a pack of marked cards , several hundred dollars in small bills , a wallet full of ID in a variety of false names , a priceless necklace of grey fei tsui jade , a fistful of loose bullets , a switchblade with a snake on the handle , a bloodstained ice pick , several special editions of the Inquirer and a crumpled notebook marked CLUES . |
| 10 | During the Second World War |
| 11 | Although never an MP , he was keenly interested in politics and was an active force in a variety of parliamentary and ecclesiastical networks . |
| 12 | The conc areas he had arranged conflicted severely with the dispositions of our own Bde , and he was ordered to assemble the whole force in a camp at VIKTRING . |
| 13 | What is certainly on record , however , is de Lattre 's ineffable assurance to Acheson that ‘ If it were made possible to carry out his present military plans and if there were no Chinese military intervention the Vietminh could be eliminated as a fighting force in a period of between one and two years . ’ |
| 14 | For pre-packed foods which contain ingredients that contain copied genes , it recommended that a statement should be required to accompany the name of the ingredient in a list of ingredients . |
| 15 | Green has pled not guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to murdering his wife , Julie , 24 , by clubbing her to death with a lump hammer in a storeroom at the rear of their home in Gidlow Lane , Wigan , in October 1991 . |
| 16 | Next morning Clarissa was wandering about her bedroom in a state of undress , feeling miserable . |
| 17 | He undressed her in the bedroom in a ritual of tenderness . |
| 18 | DOWN the years Stan Flashman has brought dishonour to football in a variety of roles . |
| 19 | The developments which threaten the World Cup as we have come to know it are an increased concentration of the economic wealth of football in a handful of countries , the more intrusive role of television and its hand-maiden , advertising , and the blurring of national identities created by the political upheavals around the world . |
| 20 | That was illustrated during the Conservative party leadership contest in an article in The Sunday Times of 18 November 1990 . |
| 21 | This was to be achieved through fascination with base material ( excrement , big toes , freaks , anything that highminded principles and good taste decreed lowly ) ; through an obsessional interest in ritual and religiosity , a pagan celebration of the moment rather than investment in a scheme of forward planning and providence , a pagan worship of the icon-in-all-its-materiality rather than of the Essence . |
| 22 | Trainers may suffice , but an investment in a pair of wetsuit boots brings added comfort and increased security . |
| 23 | The White Paper of 1975 mentioned above had simply referred to the virtual impracticability of asking social service departments to commit themselves to major investment in a programme for mentally ill people . |
| 24 | ‘ The plans are aimed at creating jobs and investment in an area of great need and great potential . ’ |
| 25 | On the one hand , it is argued , people think about health maintenance and illness causation in a range of different ways , and advice will only be acted upon if it is compatible with those prior beliefs . |
| 26 | I first met this pretty parasite in a string of pork sausages ( how romantic ! ) and fell in love at first sight . |
| 27 | FIG. 4 An inherited P ( D15S12 ) -locus deletion in a patient with PWS and tyrosinase-positive oculocutaneous albinism . |
| 28 | Study the definitions of geography in a number of dictionaries and encyclopaedias . |
| 29 | Further , 9 is used to represent history and geography in a number of different contexts . |
| 30 | When sexual activity results from obsession in a parent with offspring simply because they are offspring ( a rare situation so far as I know ) psychotherapy may rectify deviant desire . |