Example sentences of "in [noun] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In preparing this Address I had the opportunity to reflect back over the last thirty years , reliving those working days when wages were extremely low , working conditions poor and when in industry a person 's life was cheap . |
| 2 | Minton 's largesse was attractive : Bernard still recollects how , at a time when he was earning £2 10s a week , in a timber yard off Greek Street , Minton astonished him with a gift of £10 , in effect a month 's wages . |
| 3 | In Laos a people 's democratic republic was established in December 1975 following the abdication of King Sayang Vatthana and the formation of a new government led by the Lao People 's Revolutionary Party . |
| 4 | In Britain a party 's first-category candidates somehow find themselves adopted for seats they are all but certain to win , second-category candidates for marginals and third-category candidates for seats they have no hope of winning . |
| 5 | Atkinson demanded for universities a ‘ self-renewing library of limited growth ’ ( or ‘ steady state library ’ ) , which meant that beyond a certain point in size a library 's acquisitions would be largely offset by the discarding of obsolete material . |
| 6 | Indeed , the divergence in background among the different groups of rebels may reasonably raise the question whether the rising of 1381 is best described by its traditional name , whether it was in fact a peasants ' revolt . |
| 7 | Speaking at the league 's annual meeting in Walsall , McKeag added : ‘ There was very little detail involved and we are not in a position to investigate in detail a club 's financial situation nor would we be able to impose any sanctions against a club which was not in breach of regulations . |