Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many alternative methods of financing and administering adult education could be envisaged , none would be as efficient or as economical , none would evoke a better response than those already in operation , ‘ untidy ’ as these might seem : the Responsible Bodies ( primarily the universities and the WEA ) and the local education authorities were managing to avoid an overlap in provision and should be left to continue their work . |
| 2 | It is preferable to keep the table clear of objects other than those actually in use , while a sideboard within reach of the patient is used to hold the items which will be needed later . |
| 3 | In my judgment , when dealing with the Rome Convention in relation to persons of United Kingdom domicile under Schedule 4 , as in the present case , the court can and should likewise take into account substantive derogations from the Rome Convention in the law of the United Kingdom , especially one so directly apposite as that presently in question . |
| 4 | Many church magazines attract a readership far wider than the congregation , so it is strategic that these be prepared as attractively as possible both in content and format to create a favourable response . |
| 5 | With success inevitably came enemies , and Korn/Ferry , disliked by its competitors and seen as interested only in quantity , not quality , was banned from the headhunters ' club , the Association of Executive Recruitment Consultants . |
| 6 | The administrative burden is increased but the processes are the same as those already in place for fundholding . |
| 7 | He might also inquire how a man can come to regard that which is the main purpose of his life as dispensable just in order to fit into the utilitarian formula . |
| 8 | Yet though irregular both in incidence and attendance , assemblies provided a golden opportunity for the dissemination of royal propaganda , to insist on the notion of ‘ public ’ war ( see p. 288 ) , and to depict royal campaigns as undertaken ‘ for the defence of the realm , ’ rather than simply for the king 's self-interest . |