Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GLASGOW University can not be accused of isolation in academic ivory towers after today 's announcement that it has generated nearly £16 million in income from commercial and industrial sources in the last academic year . |
| 2 | He arrived for Monday night 's training session at the Hammersmith HQ of the Amateur Rowing Association in formal city clothes with black overcoat . |
| 3 | In late 1987 in the USA it was reported that because of increasing criticism about lateness in domestic airline flights , one action taken was to increase the scheduled flight times for journeys , an action judged by the media to be more honest . |
| 4 | Mr Gorbachov too accepted the agreement would become a landmark in modern world history . |
| 5 | The movement 's historian has described it as ‘ a landmark in Free Church history ’ although he admitted ‘ it did not take hold on the life of the Free Churches in the way that might have been expected ’ . |
| 6 | His original appeal in Air Mail reached no fewer than 40 of the 250 survivors of that grim episode in Far East war history . |
| 7 | When I was Chairman of the Crofters Commission we carried out a modest experiment in encouraging school children in crofting areas to improve the appearance of their villages . |
| 8 | The American people , struggling to adjust to mew ways of thought and to a novel technology , also faced a different sort of experiment in Federal government regulation of their drinking habits . |
| 9 | It is an experiment in social science theory and method . |
| 10 | Geodesics are also ‘ stationary ’ paths in space–time with an integral equation that will be used in later chapters when calculating the trajectories of planets and light in curved space time ( Section 6.7 ) . |
| 11 | The third member of the team is Michael Simmonds , a leading light in right-wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute . |
| 12 | By contrast with PABA-UDCA , PABA-UDCA disulphate was not actively absorbed from any part of the small intestine in everted gut sac experiments , and showed poor recovery from bile after its intraileal instillation in rats . |
| 13 | In doing so it saves the dieter from the common curse of constipation , mainly caused by lack of bulk in normal slimming diets . |
| 14 | The ‘ brain of the Army ’ , perhaps the central force in long term planning , procurement and the organisation of research and development . |
| 15 | Tony O'Reilly , who has scored a try or two in his time around the world , is the motivating force as far as Heinz and the Independent are concerned , and Guinness , of course , are the ever-present force in Irish sporting events . |
| 16 | AMP argues that its proposed acquisition of Pearl represents a significant step in its plans to become a major force in international life insurance markets . |
| 17 | Following the flooding of RFK Stadium , the Washington Redskins have given up all hope of making another Superbowl — but the city 's new Red Herrings are an increasingly powerful force in major league water-polo . |
| 18 | ‘ We are determined to become a major force in private sector infrastructure rail developments and have the requisite expertise and experience to ensure that we shall succeed in this objective . ’ |
| 19 | According to Mr Baker , Thorn 's ground-based radar activities would dovetail with Ferranti 's airborne radar and result in a formidable force in European defence electronics . |
| 20 | Ample evidence is provided to show that the structure of the labour force in post-war United States has shifted towards service employment . |
| 21 | Anticipation is an essential ingredient in good business practice ; it is one of the mainsprings that drives a successful business on . |
| 22 | However , while current challenges facing primary schools demand greater delegation and role specialization than hitherto , it is essential that schools avoid the trap of over-bureaucratization , and that they seek to retain and nurture the close informal collaboration which has always been an essential ingredient in effective school management . |
| 23 | ‘ Even if he had been out shooting , he would n't slip into a lady 's bedroom in muddy hunting boots . ’ |
| 24 | Barbara Gaskin at Jarrolds had both Norwich in Old Picture Postcards and Norwich City Football in Old Picture Postcards in her top 10 paperbacks list . |
| 25 | The volume of a board determines its buoyancy and , to some extent , its speed in different wind conditions . |
| 26 | Behind them is a combination of speed in Northern Transvaal flier Johan Visagie and Roland Beck of second division Currie Cup side Boland , and power — centre Johan Van Deventer at 6ft 3ins and 16st 4 lb is a human battering ram . |
| 27 | Figure 6.1 NPV by quadrant with respect to investment in increased market share ( Note . |
| 28 | Quadrant NPVs are only those related to investment in increased market share ) |
| 29 | Skanform panels enable refurbishment of existing clean environments to a high standard of quality and hygiene without expensive and complicated installation procedures , while allowing investment in long term reliability and cost effectiveness . |
| 30 | We see an awful lot of people have got a tremendous investment in traditional character cell terminals and by a character cell terminal I mean a dumb terminal of twenty four lines of eighty characters . |