Example sentences of "[coord] in [adj] [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Platform weapons were set to allow nothing to rise more than a thousand kilometres from the surface of the world below — or in other words they had a killing range of about thirty-five thousand kilometres . |
| 2 | They all like a dryish soil in full sun ; in rich conditions or in shady spots they tend to grow too lush and produce too few flowers . |
| 3 | And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish . |
| 4 | He went upstairs with his wife , and in two minutes they were asleep . |
| 5 | It is highly unlikely that any of the Pacific fish used in these tests had ever encountered a sea snake previously and in two instances they certainly could not have done so . |
| 6 | Most conservation schemes combine both mechanical and agronomic techniques , and in many instances they are complementary . |
| 7 | Harem-masters are always conspicuously different in appearance from their females — frequently they are larger and in many cases they have special male weapons on their heads . |
| 8 | In general the activities of the masses were though of as mindless but they were at least non-political and in many cases they even encouraged the acceptance of social norms and new routines necessary to urban and industrial life . |
| 9 | Trade union representatives should ensure they meet young people during their placements and in many cases they will take a pastoral responsibility , dealing with any problems they may face . |
| 10 | Old age begins officially on retirement but the majority of people in their sixties and many in their seventies remain reasonably fit , independent , active and content and in many cases they will remain so until the end of their lives . |
| 11 | They feel , and in many cases they are , stigmatized , rejected , objects of disgust or pity in other , normal , people 's eyes . |
| 12 | My mother said she thought the two qualities went together and Lili said they did n't : not necessarily , and in many cases they were mutually exclusive . |
| 13 | Left-inclined critics , whilst recognising that political inactivity can be construed as a measure of satisfaction and power for certain interests , nevertheless argue that this is not the case for all interests and in many cases they regard inactivity as symptomatic of a powerlessness and fatalism which renders any activity pointless . |
| 14 | In the past , her pupils would have been shown the way to work this out , given the formula to memorise , and in many cases they would have forgotten it . |
| 15 | And so that this tendency you see for us to see how well our world has been , rather than the depot , and in many cases they do it |
| 16 | Follow they did , and in many departments they matched and even surpassed the later Sierra releases . |
| 17 | They journeyed for four days , and in each day they crossed the seasons twice . |
| 18 | A number of rarer departures from Mendel 's laws were found , and in each case they were able to find a corresponding abnormality in the chromosomes , of precisely the kind required to explain the genetic findings . |
| 19 | In all three studies , the children were selected to be as representative as possible and in each case they were asked to perform exhaustive intelligence tests and behavioural exercises . |
| 20 | Meantime , the Brothers exercised , recited litanies , incanted the familiar battle-prayers , meditated , now and then duelled , tested themselves upon algometric pain-meters … and in spare time they scrimshandered the bones of the dead . |
| 21 | Clark had a bad back — arthritis — and in one scene they are driving through the crowd going to the rodeo . |
| 22 | In all cases English kings had to come to terms with the conditions which they found in these three different countries ; and in all cases they had to show an ability to adapt themselves and their armies to new conditions , military , social and economic , as well as to new thinking in the ways that armies were formed and war was fought . |
| 23 | In fact the words are from a novel , Jean Barois by Roger Martin du Gard , published in 1912 , and in that novel they elicit the response : |
| 24 | And in that campaign they 've made the links and made sure that sanitary products have a high profile : ’ It is important to us that the words ’ sanitary towel ’ and ’ tampon ’ are being used publicly ’ . |
| 25 | If they were to live in peace it was necessary , he said , that the Indians should have a country set apart for them and in that country they must stay . |
| 26 | The young people I know pay no attention to such dictates and in that sense they are far ahead of the politicians and the priests . |
| 27 | Er , Chairman the , the only advice that I can give Dr on that point is to say that the county council is not letting them down er the funding for major road schemes is provided by central government and we make a contribution towards it but if central government do not give us permission to go ahead with the race road scheme in terms of a grant , then in fact it will not go ahead and in that situation they may be let down , that is their judgement and that should be reflected in the way they vote at parliamentary elections . |
| 28 | These continuous blasts may last for several hours , and in that time they eject large volumes of ash , which is always new magmatic material , rather than shattered bits and pieces of old rock . |
| 29 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 30 | In 124 couples the female partners smoked cigarettes , and in 236 couples they did not . |