Example sentences of "in [adj] [prep] [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | We try in vain to turn it up . |
| 2 | Her voice was beginning to rise and she tried in vain to control it . |
| 3 | erm the one at the Royal Sussex is perhaps interesting , in that in fact it 's the computer is based on a microprocessor , so it really is using the latest erm in advanced microtechnology . |
| 4 | In a note issued in June , Panmure Gordon predicted profits of £39m at the September year-end and £43m in 1993 on sales it foresees nearing £500m . |
| 5 | It fails , however , because although support was weakest in much of Nottinghamshire it was very strong in Yorkshire . |
| 6 | In patients with adenoma the incidence was increased to 9.8% ( p=0.068 ) , and in those with carcinoma it was 18.6% ( p= 0.0008 ) . |
| 7 | But for a handful of obvious reasons , Lewis does not draw a picture of ‘ the whole man ’ in Surprised by Joy It is partly that a natural reticence made him draw a veil over the two greatest facts of his emotional history : his relationships with his father and Mrs Moore . |