Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] they [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a simple case , we might have the following key set : These thirty-four records need only 34 storage positions , but if they were stored in self-indexing form they would take up 359 storage positions , and there would be five gaps of 91 , 1 , 1 , 94 and 138 positions respectively . |
| 2 | The lesson to be derived was one of moderation : " Not only in the exercise of political power should men of prominence be considerate towards those of low estate , but also in private life they should — if they are sensible — treat their slaves gently . |
| 3 | Given a clear run , with plenty of other values , they would almost certainly have played in 3NT , but if an adversary has overcalled in that suit they will be apprehensive of the no-trump game in case there are five immediate losers . |
| 4 | In that sense they might be seen to be moving in a different direction from the strongly centralist initiatives in connection with the national curriculum . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Let them see you and your company as you are : in that way they 'll believe in you and your people . |
| 7 | If they have one thing in that colour they may have another one . |
| 8 | In that case they would have had to break the glass . |
| 9 | In that case they would have obtained 50 per cent . |
| 10 | " In that case they 'll keep you longer , taking details The queue goes round you . " |
| 11 | and if they were disproportion or , or were excess in that regard they would fall within eighty five , one . |
| 12 | ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong . |
| 13 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 14 | That is not correct in as much as every individual officer was tasked to an individual action and therefore there was no need to come into that bedroom the area er if they 'd have heard shouting or whatever in that bedroom they would have known not to come into that area because there was obviously a threat in there . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | No doubt in due course they would become equally vocal in their complaints about the French , but Thiercelin decided that so far as possible his own behaviour should be above reproach . |
| 17 | He would tell them some story — precisely what , he had not decided — and in due course they would check and discover its falsehood . |
| 18 | While such a set-up would probably be established under the auspices of the Bank of England , the main users in the shape of the institutions envisage that in due course they would take over ownership . |
| 19 | In due course they will arrive in Safra to be offloaded over a beach and thence travel by road into the theatre of operations . |
| 20 | No doubt , in due course they will completely reverse their position on the private rented sector , large-scale voluntary transfers and a raft of other Government initiatives . |
| 21 | In lighter winds they can be picketed out , facing into wind with the wings level . |
| 22 | If they are in different departments they must be brought together physically , whatever departmental objections are raised at first . |
| 23 | If they are in different departments they must be brought together physically , whatever departmental objections are raised at first . |
| 24 | In another sense they may seem to know them too little , to be too little able to see them in relation to other , contemporary , young people : as much chance of a fair assessment from a family as from a school . |
| 25 | In another country they would have been called intellectuals , but the English have never admitted to having any intellectuals . |
| 26 | One of the dangers of majoritarianism is that majorities are always apt to forget that in another context they might constitute a minority . |
| 27 | Conservative leaders claimed that by curbing the growth in public spending they would create the headroom for tax reductions which in turn would provide incentives and liberate the entrepreneurial energies of the British people . |
| 28 | In this case they may not add anything at all to the message . |
| 29 | Most people are accustomed to follow linguistic rules more or less slavishly , but in this case they would be glad to change if only someone gave them a new set of clear rules to follow ( an earlier work by Miller and Swift was subtitled ‘ New Language in New Times ’ : it seems they take the optimistic view that we are living in a postfeminist world ) . |
| 30 | In this case they would not both get off , but would most probably get less than 10 years each , possibly as little as five . |