Example sentences of "in [adj] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Where the town in 1440 has 13 churches , in 1840 it has 7 , all new-built , for in nineteenth century England more churches were erected than in any other century since the middle ages .
2 The pianist due to play a concerto in public spends many hours in practising the techniques of using his instrument that the piece requires .
3 The disqualification stage in this bears some resemblance to denunciation , which we found to be of limited value as a justification of punishment .
4 Daru has only been beaten once in six starts this season , when starting slowly in a moderate handicap at Ripon , and he will be a tough nut to crack .
5 Fall in jobless boosts Irish PM 's poll hopes
6 resorted to by the most abandoned characters — poachers , smugglers and night depredators who pass their time in playing at cards for the expenses of the night , in raffling for game and poultry , and concocting plans for future mischief … and not one in ten sells home-brewed beer .
7 Mains and his men have already used 25 players in five matches this season — and now they are taking away 15 players who are novices in terms of international rugby .
8 He adduces some non-musical reasons ( the plague of Thomas Nashe 's London in 1592 has 400 years later a qualitative and psychological , if not numerical , counterpart ) , but the score itself speaks to us now as perhaps it did not manage to do in its own time , when for ‘ significant ’ and profound modernity people looked towards composers who made a more assertive break with tradition .
9 We do not share Dr Bailey 's confidence that urinary infection is unimportant in the pathogenesis of reflux nephropathy and believe that deep tissue infection in general requires longer treatment than uncomplicated lower tract infection .
10 The remote rural areas have a long history of continuing depopulation : there are problems of farm structure and current argument about land use in general raises important issues of concern for the future .
11 Kelman ( 1988 ) in particular takes this kind of line , pointing out that those most opposed to the Vietnam war were those who had no chance of actually going there and being in danger .
12 Paul Tukey in particular provides new methods for exploratory data analysis , and his work is an excellent start for the curious .
13 The second part ( Sections 4–6 ) deals with specific features of LIFESPAN and in particular provides precise descriptions of LIFESPAN modules , packages and the modification control mechanisms .
14 Meadow ( 1980 ) in particular emphasises early language intervention and proposes a form of Total Communication as the most effective approach .
15 While her investigations take her into history and communication networks , one sequence in particular carries metafictional implications .
16 The research project explores the substantive and technical issues of analysing hierarchical structures and in particular develops general purpose computer software .
17 The first example in particular illustrates two features of many tests of rational expectations models .
18 The Emissions Trading Policy established in 1982 incorporates previous policies known as ‘ bubble ’ , ‘ offsets ’ and ‘ banking ’ into a single transactional instrument , the ‘ emissions reduction credit ’ .
19 In four states Democratic incumbents were re-elected , while in Delaware , Missouri , and North Carolina the party wrested control of the governorships from the Republicans .
20 The tone of the guidance issued in 1989 suggests little flexibility :
21 Lanchester , who have been rained off in two matches this season , are at Ushaw Moor , while Sedgefield take on Tudhoe .
22 Reanalysis of childhood mortality data first published in 1988 raises new concerns about the health and circumstances of one of the fastest growing and most disadvantaged groups in society : lone mothers with dependent children who are largely reliant on social security benefits .
23 The former England Under-21 player has found the net just twice in 20 matches this season but last night he insisted : ‘ My confidence is still sky-high .
24 A book of traditional recipes compiled by the Yorkshire Federation of Women 's Institutes in 1927 reveals that sultana cakes in those days called for butter , flour , eggs , sultanas and sugar with a dash of baking soda .
25 The soul-searching that went on in the security community , in the think tanks and universities throughout the United States in 1990 gives some hint of that ‘ sense of loss ’ .
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