Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the clues to meaning lie in subtle implication rather than in explicit statement . |
| 2 | So , we are talking about countries which in total cover more than one quarter of the earth 's surface with a population of 400 million people |
| 3 | So , we are talking about countries which in total cover more than one quarter of the earth 's surface with a population of 400 million people , stretching from well north of the arctic circle to the Mediterranean . |
| 4 | THE Government 's coalfield massacre plan was in total disarray yesterday after the High Court ruled it was illegal . |
| 5 | Harrods was in low water financially when Hugh Fraser , a Scottish draper , made his take-over . |
| 6 | Of course there is some overlap between the two ; there are some black people in professional work just as there are whites in unskilled labouring jobs . |
| 7 | Why do you think many of the farmers prefer to have a long ley in each field rather than changing from arable crops to grass every one or two years ? |
| 8 | The Social Democratic Party considers it to be its positive and principal task to further the self-determination of the proletariat in each nationality rather than that of peoples or nations … it is only in isolated and exceptional cases that we can advance and actively support demands conducive to the establishment of a new class state . |
| 9 | He knew in each piece exactly where the real climaxes were and he avoided completely the kind of hurrying or dragging which ruins so many performances . |
| 10 | Well I , I , I , I think that you 've got to move in that direction rather than maintaining the status quo . |
| 11 | She turned in that direction even though it meant leaving the path . |
| 12 | Plus , of course , it means you 're gon na go back in that direction so if they say something like erm two chlorapropane active with you need to be able to get structural formula from that name . |
| 13 | It was Samuel Heinicke who pioneered the pure oral system of teaching the deaf in Germany with the foundation of his school in 1760 , a method of teaching which has persisted in that country ever since and which in the nineteenth century came to be known as the ‘ German System ’ . |
| 14 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 15 | 193 , 208 should be construed as referring to the absence of specific Community legislation in that field rather than to the complete exclusion of E.E.C . |
| 16 | A person can obtain a controlling interest in a company by means of an issue of new shares in that company rather than by a general offer to acquire the shares already in existence . |
| 17 | I do not find that the refusal as made evinced a settled intention on her part to persist in that refusal even if it is injurious to her health and when the best interests for her health require that blood be transfused to her . |
| 18 | We certainly , if you look at the breakdown of our sales er , we only sell about a hundred and fifty er , million pounds worth er , of goods and services in Asia , Pacific erm , we would certainly like to make acquisitions in that area just as we did in North America er , in the seventies and eighties and we have now small Pearson er , office , for instance in Tokyo , it 's quite slow , erm , er , in that area but certainly we 're on the lookout for acquisitions in , in Asia , Pacific . |
| 19 | I do n't think I could ever go back to Bedford to live , and I could n't never live in that flat anyway because it 's been desecrated . |
| 20 | She disliked Milan 's climate and saw no reason why she should spend all her time in that city merely because her husband needed to be there for business . |
| 21 | The old man has lived in that house ever since I can remember . |
| 22 | Mother did all the cooking as well , and there was a problem in that department too because our oven was going home — that is to say , it was on its last legs — even before the war . |
| 23 | Nanny 's not going without you , we 're just going to get in another car park , right but nanny 's got to nip in that shop quickly cos look , we 're late picking Ben up , we 've only got ten minutes and we 've got to be at , be at the nursery , alright , and nanny 's gone into that shop and we 're now gon na drive round the other side of that , that square and then erm , nanny will be back , alright ? |
| 24 | Yet after all , these original compositions had less historical importance than his Geystliche Lieder , au–den Choral ( Königsberg , 1597 ) , the familiar melody in the highest part while the four lower ones move in ornamented harmony rather than true polyphony . |
| 25 | When legislative change was being considered , attention was often drawn to the so-called ‘ perverse incentive ’ that saved local services money if they supported people in residential care rather than in their own homes . |
| 26 | The reasons given by those who take part in commercial crime rather than straight business tend to stress the pleasure involved in ‘ trying to beat the system ’ , and the battle of wits with creditors , as well as the pleasure that the proceeds of crime bring . |
| 27 | The best canned fish is further improved if it is steeped in olive oil rather than a cheaper vegetable oil . |
| 28 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 29 | It is a valuable thing to remember that you can never succeed in public life further than your friends will let you . |
| 30 | Indeed , they have probably risen in public sympathy precisely because they have been attacked and weakened . |