Example sentences of "[coord] in [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be difficult to justify an economic system in which wages were determined by a form of lottery ; or in which monopoly and exploitation were the order of day ; or in which each person earned the same wage regardless of effort , risk or training . |
| 2 | They would be segregated from members of the caste system and lived on the outskirts of villages or in their own communities . |
| 3 | The CAS Director saw more than 130 practices during the year , either at the RIBA or in their own offices , to offer help and advice . |
| 4 | Under the Act the Poor Law acquired the responsibility of visiting and supervising , in institutions or in their own homes , children who had been the subject of cruelty proceedings . |
| 5 | Robin SeQueira , Dorset director and ADSS junior vice-president , says cash constraints may force some local authorities to cap the cost of caring for people , either in residential care or in their own homes . |
| 6 | ‘ Submitting ’ to the experience is a necessary step which a participant may be deterred from taking for a number of reasons , particularly if he has too great a vested interest in the subject-matter or in his own reputation . |
| 7 | As part of Stone Grove , a four-piece band who have spent the last two years quietly writing and recording in the relative obscurity of Clapton , east London , Simon has been revising , reassessing , investigating his roots , or in his own words , ‘ taking notes ’ . |
| 8 | He might be downstairs in the plush lounge , or in his own room talking to Lee . |
| 9 | In all other cases we have to find support in the literature , in what other people have done or in our own experience . |
| 10 | We report our experience in 40 patients in whom such criteria were fulfilled and in whom this technique was applied . |
| 11 | He declared : " The new confederation should therefore , on the contrary , make the path to the EC easier for these countries and in its own way prepare it and act as its mediator . " |
| 12 | Catechesis takes the experience of liturgy , and evokes it to enrich the meaning of what has been experienced , and in its own way to express praise and thanksgiving . |
| 13 | It proved in due course , and in its own degree , the Life of a Great Sinner itself . |
| 14 | It has very strict rules , both in its Charter and in its own Guide to Producers , but these have been increasingly flouted . |
| 15 | The hunt will occur later , on its own terms and in its own time . |
| 16 | Sometimes you have to be more patient and allow the universe to bring you joy and abundance in its own way , and in its own time . |
| 17 | But the end of her husband 's affair and their reconciliation came unexpectedly and in its own time . |
| 18 | Likewise , all sources of the ‘ Vol des Zephirs ’ ( Act 5 scene 7 ) agree on a scoring of unison flutes and violins plus continuo ; the piece is marked ‘ tres vite ’ , and in its own terms is perfectly successful as a representation of the rapid entry of the Zephyrs . |
| 19 | But that release must be confirmed on its own terms and in its own modality . |
| 20 | His is the priority over everything , and in him all things hold together . ’ |
| 21 | Liz had never admired , and had at times expressed somewhat freely ( and in her own view wittily ) her lack of response to Henrietta 's frigid style and vapid conversation , but nevertheless felt herself , in Henrietta 's presence , rendered almost as dull as Henrietta , and moreover uneasily aware that in other houses , in other milieux , at a distance , in other circles , she had seen Henrietta sparkling , laughing , surrounded by life — vacuous life , feverish small talk , no doubt , but life — a life that froze in Liz as she contemplated her guest 's stiff blue taffeta gown ( this was surely a gown , not a dress , and , not even English , probably French ) , her exposed white bosom , her diamond necklace ( well , probably diamonds , why not ? ) , her high white forehead , her thin dark-red lips . |
| 22 | Bearing the name of Mandela , and in her own right , she increasingly became one of the symbols of resistance to racist tyranny both at home and abroad . |
| 23 | She had her eyes on the figure striding across the hall towards the telephone table , and the look on her face caused him to close his own eyes for a moment , for he knew how she had taken what Martin had said : although it had been voiced lightly it was meant to have serious intent , and in her own mind his marrying would mean once again that she would have notice to quit . |
| 24 | Tenor sax and guitar played well together and in their many solos . |
| 25 | Even relatively unsophisticated observers could see that the Roman leaders were basically interested in their own power and in their own wealth ; their estates , the number of their slaves and all the other signs of unilateral exploitation were daily becoming more conspicuous . |
| 26 | They also sang about their own lives and in their own accents so it became really unique . |
| 27 | Other critics praised Street Scene : George Blaisdell for instance liked the way in which ‘ simple persons have come into their own ’ and Photoplay told its readers that here they would find the ‘ humour , the pathos and the gripping drama ’ which they saw again and again in their own lives and in their own newspapers , but then it went on to ask : ‘ Will it be box-office ? ’ |
| 28 | In the later stages pupils need to know about the use of references , and in their own work should be encouraged to keep a record of the sources they have consulted . |
| 29 | While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense . |
| 30 | So an essential skill of counselling is to avoid completely the giving of advice , and to allow counsellees to take what eventually must be their responsibility to arrive at their own decision , in their own time and in their own way . |