Example sentences of "in [adj] [art] [noun sg] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | News spread like wildfire , but it brought Burke unexpected trouble in that a man called Samuel O'Rourke claimed to be a friend of the dead Byrne and challenged Burke to a fight which Burke did not want . |
| 2 | It differs from boiling in that the steam produced cooks the food resulting in a smaller loss of minerals and nutrients , however as steaming takes longer there is a corresponding reduction in the level of vitamin C. |
| 3 | In 1986 a report commissioned by the Home Office estimated that prison officers worked an average of 16 hours per week overtime , but that prisons could be run safely and efficiently if officers worked on average eight hours less but with revised shift systems and working practices . |
| 4 | In 1453 the French returned in force and at Castillon , on 17 July , they defeated the English whose commander , John Talbot , earl of Shrewsbury , a man of long experience , was killed by the murderous fire of French cannon . |
| 5 | In 1935 the Committee moved to 35 Hills Road and then was given the large house next door — number 55 - by Jesus College . |
| 6 | In 1893 a clerk named Alexander Howland Smith , more familiarly known as ‘ Antique ’ Smith because of his activities , received a sentence of twelve months ' imprisonment for his forgeries of a wide range of letters , including some from Carlyle , Thackeray and Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 7 | In 1980 a computer built at Bell Labs began to win regularly , though not invariably , against masters . |
| 8 | In fact it must have always been his intention , after this grand restructuring to retire , and in 1980 the PS elected Diop to be party president . |
| 9 | The anthology Poems by Four Authors ( 1923 ) contained ten poems Ackerley had written while an undergraduate , and in 1925 the play based upon his experiences as an internee , The Prisoners of War , was produced in London . |
| 10 | Then in 1881 an expedition led by Giulietti , accompanied by thirteen other Italians , had been massacred somewhere to the north of Aussa , as was another expedition under Bianchi three years later in much the same area . |
| 11 | In 1540 the house passed to Anne of Cleves as part of her settlement , after which it came into the hands of the Chauncy family . |
| 12 | In 1895 the family moved to Whitechapel , London , and Bomberg attended Old Castle Street School , off Aldgate High Street . |
| 13 | After her father 's death in 1876 the family returned to their beloved West Surrey . |
| 14 | Secretary hands In 1571 a work written by Jean de Beauchesne and John Baildon called A Booke containing Divers Sortes of Hands was published . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , in 1776 a fire burnt the theatre to the ground , and with the building of La Scala it was never rebuilt . |
| 16 | In 1985 the firm changed from a federal structure of 12 individual practices into a single unit — a process that had taken more than three years to achieve . |
| 17 | He was succeeded by his daughter , and on her death in 1826 the Barony passed by will to Lady Vernon of Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire . |
| 18 | In 1991 the event attracted over 18,000 visitors . |
| 19 | On this occasion , the Canadian bags in question had been inadvertently included in such a consignment sent to Wandsworth . |
| 20 | In practice , contexts have routinely included text describing software design , command files for compiling and issuing software , test data sets and actual data sets , instructions for carrying out manual procedures and even source text for word processing — this section of this manual is in fact held in such a module stored in LIFESPAN . |
| 21 | Where better , then , to hide the heart of some treacherous web of intrigue than in such a megavessel lost in the vastness of the warp , that all sane voyagers would shun ? |
| 22 | When he stands alone in such a place confronted by several police officers , usually some of high rank , the dice are loaded against him , especially as he knows there is no one to corroborate him as to what exactly occurred during the interrogation , how it was conducted and how long it lasted ’ . |
| 23 | In 1849 the university decided to institute examinations in natural science and in history with law , in addition to the traditional classics and mathematics . |
| 24 | In 1904 the show moved to St George 's Hall , Langham Place , and on Cooke 's death in 1905 , the famous magician David Devant became Maskelyne 's partner . |
| 25 | Watson also deserves credit for lifting the veil from Braidwood 's secret teaching methods by publishing after Braidwood 's death in 1806 a book entitled The Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb : or a theoretical and practical view of the means by which they are taught to speak and understand a language , which made the early technique of such teaching in this country public knowledge . |
| 26 | The Regional Council has been considering the likely impact of a fixed link since the early 1980s , and in 1984 a study commissioned from consultants Bechtel-France resulted in a comprehensive planning strategy . |
| 27 | In 1975 the Council agreed to the award of the degree of Master of Education , on condition that it was not taken as a precedent for a variety of other masters ' degree titles . |
| 28 | Robert Slessor 's alcoholism lost him his job , and in 1859 the family moved to the industrial town of Dundee , looking for work . |
| 29 | In 1662 the family moved to Middelburg in the Netherlands , where they openly professed Judaism . |
| 30 | In 1921 a report placed before the Prussian Diet revealed that of the 460,884 hectares of land purchased by the Commission up to that time , only 27.4 per cent had come from the Poles ; a staggering 72.5 per cent had been purchased by the Commission from German estate owners . |