Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Either we work in humid , tropical conditions where damp and heat combined make everything go mouldy , or in dry conditions where dust abounds and gets into everything .
2 Away from Stroudwater the industry seems rather to have remained in the hands of independent craftsmen : in eight places where cloth was made , the structure of wealth resembled what was commonly found in parts where it had not taken root , with perhaps three of the four £100 men belonging to the gentry .
3 But the situation of working people in political systems where unionization is underdeveloped and is not coupled with even a social democratic form of political mobilization is anomalous for most Marxists .
4 Apart from the small number of houses in rural areas where water is obtained from a suitable private source like a spring , mountain stream or well , most water is provided through pipes which are called ‘ mains ’ .
5 As my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford said , in an intervention in the speech of the hon. Member for Truro ( Mr. Taylor ) , not only will it help parents to choose in those parts of the country where choice is practicable because transport is readily available , but , even in rural areas where choice is difficult , it will , for the first time , give parents better means to influence schools because they will be able to see , set out objectively , the performance of those schools .
6 By devising an oral rehydration solution made from home ingredients , the problem of cost was ( partially at least ) solved , as was the problem of supplying pre-packaged Oral Rehydration Salts to a population 92% of whom lived in rural areas where transportation was generally very poor .
7 Less rigid helmets may be provided for workers in enclosed spaces where injury can occur through contact with the structure .
8 In residential environments where boundary enforcement is strong , adolescents may be tempted into boundary-transgressing behaviour which may well generalise later on to drug/alcohol seeking behaviour .
9 If your organisation is involved in foreign markets then reaction in these countries would also be important .
10 Particular attention will be paid to forwarding agents in inland areas where route choices via seaports could be expected to be at a maximum : ie the Midlands in England , eastern France , south-western Federal Republic of Germany , and Switzerland .
11 In popular terms more responsibility for Britain 's lack of international competitiveness has been laid at the door of trade unions than at that of management ; an attitude strongly encouraged by the high political profile which unions have adopted since 1945 .
12 For in matrilineal societies where kinship is traced through women on the mother 's side of the family , the mother 's brother does not usually behave in this fashion towards his sororal nephew .
13 In some circumstances both possession illnesses and witchcraft and sorcery accusations afford a protest which falls short of actually severing the relationships causing the cramping pressures .
14 A poor diet , emotional stress , illness and chemical damage can all lead to dull , lifeless hair and in some cases even hair loss .
15 In some cases where peasant movements have taken place , they are said to be clientelist-based .
16 In some countries where religion is not acknowledged to be in any way a necessary part of life , and also to a lesser degree in some where it is , the very important regular holidays , i.e. the single days or short periods of relief from work , which are spaced throughout the year , and which are additional to the long summer vacations , are fixed by arbitrary law and not by reference to religious feast days .
17 The stock editor system reached a point in some authorities where work on the stock was turned over almost entirely to the ‘ specialist ’ officer , and librarians at service points were denied any real voice in stock provision .
18 In some respects however lack of acceptability is desirable .
19 It reigned almost without limit in primitive times when property was still very scanty , and it already shows itself in the nursery almost before property has given up its primal , anal form … .
20 More weed and a seed quickly becomes established in cracks on the asphalt In future years even willow trees will be in a foothold to these doomed power stations stands firm and proud as it slips and silently into decay
21 However , in recessionary times when equity markets may be weak , interest rates high and profits falling , a company with modest gearing will not have such a high debt servicing cost to deprive ordinary shareholders of dividends .
22 Having a dual occupation was the typical way of life in many parts of the country , particularly in pastoral zones where farming did not require constant application .
23 Fresh elections were due on April 7 in six constituencies where turnout on Feb. 24 had been below 50 per cent ( the average turnout was over 71 per cent ) , and were also awaited in two constituencies where a run-off on March 4 had failed to produce a winner .
24 Unfortunately natural enemies alone may not be sufficiently effective , especially in annual crops where climate or agricultural practices destroy these enemies at a critical period .
25 The dangers are no less apparent in the practical domain : they are attested in countless classrooms where teaching is confined to the transmission of textbook material rather than its exploitation for the negotiation of appropriate activities for learning .
26 What applications might these results have in developed countries where vitamin A is plentiful ?
27 In these models much attention has been focused on the interaction between markets which fail to clear , and the mechanisms by which agents ' actions are coordinated when prices are sticky .
28 Through the Petrochemicals Business the Plastics Business has an assured supply of feedstock — no minor benefit in these days when availability of propylene is tight .
29 IN THESE days when money is scarce for most rugby clubs Morley earned themselves £1,500 on the toss of a coin over the weekend .
30 In these days when money is n't worth what it was , it may not seem especially profligate to blow a few hundred thousands on transport modelling , but it is worth thinking about how else the government could have invested the money .
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