Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [noun prp] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 And it was precisely what in normal circumstances Lisa would have done .
2 He was an excellent storyteller and in normal circumstances Loretta would have enjoyed his acerbic comments on his colleagues ' conduct at the meeting .
3 She also had some concern as to whether in eight week Alan might develop a taste for the alcohol , the chocolate , and even the cigarettes !
4 In that way Rocky would get chance to play and develope , Strachan would be able to run rings round the opposition and maybe we get get to beat the scum for a change .
5 Even in that company Beatrice would look original ; sometimes she carried an open wicker basket with a live duck inside .
6 Except that in that case Timmy would n't be Timmy , and the thought that there might be no Timmy , that there might be some other person altogether occupying his space in the world , fills me with terror , as if I had looked out of the bedroom window and found the solid earth beneath the house had disappeared .
7 Yet they all seemed to stand in that wind Ruth could n't feel , and she knew she was in the presence of men greater than kings .
8 In another age Preston would have been out there with the self-flagellants , scourging away for all he was worth .
9 When Jordana informed Ambassador Hayes in November 1942 that an Allied landing in French North Africa would be considered an act of aggression against Spain , he was undoubtedly expressing Franco 's , not his own , view .
10 In advance of the operation , the Americans had assumed that Giraud 's prestige in French North Africa would clear the way to a rapid ceasefire .
11 It is unthinkable that in this passage Mozart would have written dots inst .
12 It is tempting to believe that in this story Poe may have had in mind a case of premature burial , in which the principal figure was the mother of his patron , John L. O'Sullivan .
13 In this case Woolwich would , in relation to the revenue , have been no worse off if they had refused payment of the tax claimed and raised the defence which subsequently proved successful .
14 In this event Philip might well have approved of any plan which would make proper provision for his half-sister and her husband , whether it was Aquitaine or even something more .
15 In this sense Jesus can be as well represented by women as by men .
16 In this way France can recover the moral leadership of Europe . ’
17 In this way Minton can be seen to have had an influence on the tougher and more abrasive realism that first emerged at the ‘ Young Contemporaries ’ exhibition at the RBA Galleries in January 1952 .
18 In this way Burma can win an honoured place in the United Nations and live up to her recognised standards of charity and hospitality .
19 In this environment Healey could be sure of an audience when he argued that Nato should plan on the basis of the forces that would definitely be available .
20 Quite rightly the Journal emphasized the importance of attracting industry to the town , and warned that if unsuccessful in this respect Cramlington would be in danger of becoming a dormitory town , resulting in social imbalance .
21 In this respect Nigeria may be the key reference point , because its enormous population of more than 100 million will continue to force it into constitutional experiments , because its press has seldom been effectively muzzled , and because its leaders have never acquired the absolute power of many neighbouring heads of state .
22 Many more businesses in nearby Edward Street could also face demolition while in Woodhouse Street enormous gaping holes were punched out of walls .
23 This view was qualified by other officers of the company who said in some instances Informix could provide backing for startup firms , such as those which may have developed important technology but were unable to productise it due to lack of funds .
24 In some sense Angela may have been paying for the assets — they had assets valued at £600,000 then , most of it in the lease on the building .
25 In some respects Kerrier may have constituted an exception , yet although the mean of £4.4 per head may need scaling down to take account of the multitude of labourers discovered and roped in for the subsidy , upwards of seven-tenths of the assessments made in 1522 were at £2 — £4 .
26 In some situations Postscript can be faster than the escape sequence type of printer control file .
27 In old age Arthur would still come to the brewery for an hour or two every day and later ride on horseback to his flour mills at Kilmainham .
28 In fact Macmillan had established Britain 's space policy for decades to come : in military space Britain was dependent on the USA ; in civil space Britain would take part in co-operative European ventures .
29 It is intended that in future sessions SCOTVEC will publish a catalogue and associated HN Unit Specifications which give information on all its advanced provision .
30 Johnson 's coach , Charlie Francis , an ex-international sprinter himself , had forecast that in perfect conditions Ben would run 9.85 seconds .
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