Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 This is interesting because Morrissey was referring back to his days spent in hopeless fandom when he practically worshipped everything that moved within the media .
2 US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation , citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml. ( retd ) William Crowe , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , that the Vincennes had been in Iranian waters when it fired the missile , not in international waters as previously claimed .
3 She still dealt in stolen goods when she got the chance , but the police were less interested in stolen goods than they had been in the more law-abiding times of some years before .
4 She still dealt in stolen goods when she got the chance , but the police were less interested in stolen goods than they had been in the more law-abiding times of some years before .
5 Britain 's bosses are getting twelve point three percent more in total remuneration than they were last year , their workforce is getting nine point eight percent .
6 Due to a power blackout , their hotel was in total darkness when they arrived , and they had to trudge up the stairs with their luggage to the 10th floor .
7 After we had finished eating , my mother said : " Jill , that 's the first meal you 've eaten in total silence since you were three months old .
8 No , I 'll put me trust in strong peppermints while I can , and hope Doctor Lovell can spare a couple of minutes when I 'm real hard-pressed .
9 She first appeared as a strange red light , as of a ship all a-glow , in the midst of which light her masts , spars and sails , seemingly those of a normal brig. , some 200 yards distant from us , stood out in strong relief as she came up .
10 Ms Brenda Dean , general secretary of Sogat ( Society of Graphical and Alled Trades ) said : ‘ The decision will give the green light to a small minority of cynical police officers , encouraging them to build in unnecessary delays when they are investigating their own . ’
11 But at the end of the day , there simply is no point in punishing criminals if you ca n't catch them , and I think it is absolutely critical that we should be devoting our attention er , to policing that catches criminals and prevents crime , and I entirely support the , the points just made about the er , initiatives within the community particularly in the schools , because I think it is absolutely critical that we er , promote a society where crime should not pay .
12 But that is truly a narrative , including a series of songs that advance the action in definite stages before it collapses in the lover 's rejection by his ( married ) mistress .
13 Binding is not solely observed in neuronal tissue as we were also able to demonstrate binding in rat spleen extract , however it is not ubiquitous as we could not demonstrate binding in rat testis extract .
14 There is no simple answer but it is generally advisable to describe the disappointments in broad terms as they affect the whole school ( ‘ the LEA has been unable to grant our request for extra welfare assistance ’ ) and present the successes individually but anonymously ( ‘ through the efforts of the governors a reading aid has been provided for a partially sighted pupil ’ ) .
15 They began to meet in private houses where they read sermons and prayed together .
16 We then arrange for the contents of this register to be added to the store address in each instruction before it is used to access a particular location in the store .
17 Do n't be afraid to write more in each segment if you can .
18 Erm let's just take that chain in each case because it 's it is a
19 This presupposes a homogeneity of units which can not always be supported in fact , but the individual investigator must take decisions on this problem in each case as it arises .
20 I always find much of interest in each issue as it reaches me and if I do criticise from time to time , this is meant to be constructive and helpful .
21 Under this Government , the income of retirement pensioners as a whole has increased more in each year than it did throughout the Labour Government 's administration .
22 The fact that I can take pleasure in each day as it comes , that I do n't churn myself up into a state of hyperactive neuroticism ? ’
23 You tape his mouth closed , put the roll of tape in one pocket , then leave him there to search the rest of the house , pulling down the blinds in each room as you go .
24 We do n't know how many solar systems there are in each galaxy because we can only see stars , not planets , but we earlier used an estimate that there may be 100 billion billion planets in the universe .
25 And in each step as you walk along it , and it 's a , it 's a goldfish pond .
26 You do n't have to put a cartridge in each time before you fire . ’
27 No-one knew how many bands would take part in each contest until it was all over .
28 She was holding a suspender in each hand like she had a skipping rope .
29 what I 've tried to do is not to and we 've had the money , is to buy one in each set cos we have n't got the money to buy full sets , thirty books is a joke !
30 Try feeling the different pressures in each arm as you sail along .
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