Example sentences of "in english [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If more intelligent natives were taught to read , write and speak English , and to acquire a sufficient knowledge of Arithmetic in English they would be able to occupy many of the minor posts in the service of the Administration . ’ |
| 2 | Er lots of languages have very complex kinship terms where in English they 're fairly simple , er I mean someone who is one of your parents brothers is going to be an uncle , no matter what . |
| 3 | In the classics , in mathematics , in history and in English we were taught by men of quite exceptional ability and qualifications : my history master later held a university chair and became a Welsh historian of the greatest distinction … |
| 4 | In English we often give orders , and make requests and pleas ( directives ) in the form of elaborate questions ( ‘ Would you mind … |
| 5 | For example , in English we can talk about both humans and animals " eating " , but in German " essen " ( to eat ) is an activity restricted to humans , and " fressen " ( to eat ) is what animals do . |
| 6 | In English we say ‘ I read the magazine which you read ’ — French is constructed in a similar way . |
| 7 | We which I would hope when will itemise the qualities and strengths of the child that you want to cover , like when we do personal statements or joint statements in the tenth and eleventh year that if the form teacher just ca n't write well Fred 's worked very well , he 's done extremely well in English we 'll actually start to talk about him as an individual and his strengths and weaknesses . |
| 8 | Although in English we do on occasions say yes or no and on other occasions yes or no , no speaker of English would say that the meaning of the words ‘ yes ’ and ‘ no ’ was different with the different tones . |
| 9 | In English we will look at a wide variety of different kinds of literature : novels , short stories , drama and poetry — you will be expected to read and understand them , and also to try your hand at writing stories and poems . |
| 10 | Now in its sixth edition in English it is used extensively throughout the world , but has also been translated into Spanish , Portuguese and Japanese . |
| 11 | A Eurovision spokesman hit back : ‘ If everyone sung in English it would destroy the idea behind the show . ’ |
| 12 | So , in English there is a keyhole , but in French it is a trou de serrure i.e. a hole with a lock ; in English it is a bedroom , but in French it is a room for lying down ( chambre à coucher ) . |
| 13 | If you ca n't write in English it 's just too bad . |
| 14 | In English it is more usual to use a hyphen as in co-operate . |
| 15 | In English it is not necessary to be able to class a vowel as ( +front , +round ) , whereas this is necessary for French and German ; it could be said that the major task for the learner in this case is to learn the combination of these features , not to learn the individual vowels , and ( in French ) . |
| 16 | If the brand name is standardised worldwide in English it may be found to have an unfavourable meaning in some countries , or it may not be pronounceable in other countries that lack certain letters of the alphabet . |
| 17 | A. Yes , in assembly while they say it in English I do the other one . |
| 18 | Before my first evening class in English I was no nervous that I could n't eat ! |
| 19 | John Wain 's The Contenders ( 1958 ) ends with the most resonant and decorous of all English four-letter words , ‘ home ’ , and the emphasis on a familiar term is the concluding point of the novel : ‘ In English I said ‘ Home ’ . ’ |
| 20 | Although if you if you say anything to him in Gaelic , he answers you in English I notice . |
| 21 | And like I started doing it , I 'll read it out in English I started writing it in French came to a word I did n't know and thought ah leave it ! |
| 22 | In English I was I was just listening to music . |
| 23 | If in English you reverse the positions of man and snake you change the meaning . |
| 24 | It amazes me I hear Orkney children in Orkney and they 'll be playing and talking to one another in English you know . |
| 25 | In fact you could n't adequately express yourself in English you were just better to shut up . |
| 26 | Lili had bought it because it was the only work in English she could find at the bookstall . |
| 27 | History , particularly the Tudors and Stuarts , fascinated her while in English she loved books like Pride and Prejudice and Far from the Madding Crowd That did n't stop her from reading slushy romantic fiction by Barbara Cartland , soon to be her step-grandmother . |