Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Now in this respect , of course , twenty-five years is rather a short time in the life of a university , and a good deal of this time has been spent in building up a research base , and now , as you mentioned in your erm remarks a few moments ago , Andrew , we have an enviable research record in a very wide range of disciplines .
2 Well I firmly believe in building up a library .
3 At Question Time today , the Prime Minister , in ruling out a referendum , boasted that the right hon. Lady in her speech yesterday had promised him her full support .
4 But , in ruling out a coup , Trent had to presume that the arms had a further destination and were n't connected to the drug scenario .
5 We followed him in silence up a flight of stairs to a corridor too dark for eyes to pick out its furthest point .
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