Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 By id in this context I mean the unconscious , instinctual basis of behaviour from which man 's ego has become differentiated .
2 If I do another cardigan in this way I shall do two or even three lines on the sewing machine .
3 As a result in this country we have had a heavy tax burden and a structure of taxation which is a major disincentive to take risk , to invest and even to work .
4 They have to be outstanding academically , and must show that having served pupillage and completed a limited period of practice in this country they intend subsequently to return to their country of origin , and that the experience of English pupillage and practice will be of significant benefit in establishing a practice in their home country .
5 With snow in plentiful supply we have a special section in this issue for those of you who want to get off the piste .
6 And when we doubled the company 's turnover in one year I decided to investigate his methods . ’
7 To look at the work of an art critic in this way we have to turn to historians of taste for the past and to journalists for the present .
8 If this were a study in local history we should now , of course , be looking ever more closely at the ups and downs of everyday life in Frome .
9 Miller 's Vinca rosea ( now Catharanthus roseus ) had been brought forward : ‘ as this plant is a great novelty in Europe … the Figure of the Plant has not yet been seen by any living person ’ and of Gardenia capense , called by him Jasminium , he wrote , ‘ Could we have procured a good drawing in proper time it would have been in its proper place , but as this is so curious and being an undescribed plant , we hope our purchasers will not be displeased with insertion here . ’
10 John said : ‘ By reducing our holding in this block we are spreading our risk and freeing up funds for development elsewhere .
11 In order to assess the progressive development of international law in this direction it is important to determine what claims may be made by or against third parties , either as a particular third party or as a member of the international community , and the possible outcome of those claims .
12 If one regards the benefit in this light I can not see that the cost incurred in , or in connection with , the provision of the benefit , can properly be held to include the cost incurred , in any event , in providing education to fee paying pupils at the school who were there as a right in return for the fees paid in respect of them .
13 In cross examination he accepted that there was no such reference in any report he had written in this case and agreed that quote , I do n't think I 've discussed Cheshire Homes before today , unquote .
14 The Chief Officer needed to contribute to this work and to help the Council maintain the influence in higher education it had developed in the previous six years , and to develop public awareness of the Council 's aims and activities .
15 If we lost our political influence in this area we should suffer a great economic setback . '
16 In order to see context-dependence in conditioned suppression it will be necessary to devise a procedure in which the contribution of the inhibitory association will be negligible .
17 ‘ When I was a boy in Harlan County we were real poor and every morning I used to wake up and look out of my bedroom window at this mountain called Gray 's Knob .
18 As a boy in high school he 'd progressed from World-War-I aircraft-kits to model railways , his mind and his hands responding most happily to the assemblage of pistons , valves , wheels , with their appropriate adjustments and lubrications .
19 Although it seems to go against the ‘ golden rule ’ of covering an honour with an honour in this situation it ca n't be right .
20 Since there is an intelligent system at work in each person it follows that if discomfort or dysfunction is necessary in order to maintain harmony within the system as a whole then the disease will manifest in the least important parts possible thus preserving the higher functions of the person for as long as possible .
21 For anyone else trying to find work in middle age it 's worth remembering that the real Churchill did n't get his big break until he was 66 .
22 Clare Lawrence ( Mrs Hatcher ) writes , ‘ Since qualifying as a solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial work in private practice I worked in industry 1986- 8 as a Legal Director of Bricom plc .
23 I have seen for myself the value of ACET 's work in the community and I would whole heartedly recommend other churches get behind the work in any way they can . ’
24 For his work in this field he was awarded the Order of the Hop medal at the International Hop Growers Congress in Tasmania in 1986 .
25 For us to stay in contention in this group we need to get some sort of result .
26 Never forget that girl in that bungalow we saw .
27 Adoption was out of the question in this country I think in Grampian region there was four babies for
28 The publicity spoke of there being no lesson in the film : Bogart was quoted as saying that ‘ if there is one thing that has no place in theatrical show it is an attempt to preach ’ , but no member of the audience could miss the point of this film .
29 There are a lot of people here in your position and we 've got to try and please everybody , which is n't an easy job in this place I can tell you . ’
30 We 've also had significant growth in our chain store business in this country we 've signed a new two-year contract with Air Canada and we 're much more optimistic about the rest of the year we 've got orders , production and sales all nicely in equilibrium ready for the second half .
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