Example sentences of "in the [adj] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1970s when feminism first drew attention to sexist language it also argued that sexism was deeply rooted in our attitudes precisely because of the power of language to make sexist terms appear to describe permanent cultural values . |
| 2 | Forgetting his appointment with a client , Stevens read on : ‘ It all began in the 1970s when oil prices quadrupled . |
| 3 | Needless to say , this has never been the case , although in the 1960s much excitement was temporarily generated by what appeared to be a relationship between the possession of an extra Y chromosome and persistent crime ( see Hall Williams , 1982 , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 4 | Right , see you in the six o'clock news er spot . |
| 5 | The guiding light in Lewis 's life then went with her son to speak to the pupils of Bellahouston Academy and visit a retail development on the outskirts of Glasgow before he rounded off his day in the male only setting of the St Andrew 's Sporting club by watching Scotland 's Kris McAdam fight . |
| 6 | Two important non runners there in the twelve fifty , number seven Far Senior and in the two o'clock number thirteen the I would n't say old timer but Panto Prince anyway shame he 's not going to get a run . |
| 7 | In the first ever referendum of its kind , voters in Amsterdam have supported a proposal to ban cars from the city centre . |
| 8 | In the first ever issue of Practical Fishkeeping , December 1978 , we listed the top 25 community fish . |
| 9 | The TV put out my name in the nine o'clock bulletin , and by ten they 'd added a picture . |
| 10 | She turned away , leaving Peggy standing stiff and cold , although the sun was shining and it had been in the seventies all day . |
| 11 | I 'm not saying it 's bad , necessarily bad , but I think it has changed something and , and it 's , I , I certainly saw it when it came onto fire stations in the fifties how life changed in the fire station . |
| 12 | Manchester was unlucky to be in the strongest ever field of candidates for an Olympic Games , Jim Knight I R N Tokyo . |
| 13 | Silverpoint enjoyed a brief period of popularity in the 1890s when silverpoint kits , including specially prepared papers , were made commercially available by Winsor & Newton . |
| 14 | As you may have heard in the seven o'clock news , three British hostages are now on their way home from Iraq , after being freed from jail in Baghdad . |
| 15 | Bob Geldof 's initiative resulted in the biggest ever sum of money being wrung out of the haves on behalf of the have-nots ; in itself and in isolation an admirable achievement . |
| 16 | But it should be remembered that such hesitation was an endemic feature of British politics during the inter-war years and was even exhibited in the 1930s when fascism , that other major problem of the age , threatened to consume Britain and Europe . |
| 17 | Another effect was that it engineered a prevailing mood of despair about the quality of urban and industrial life which in turn bred a determination to rebuild and sweep away the past when the time came — which it did , in the 1940s when town planning was able to assume the mantle of the new provider . |
| 18 | But it was only near the end — and especially in the last fortissimo outburst at about 6'09 ’ in track 6 — that I missed sheer volume . |