Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But recent reality had also taken its toll : his father 's lamented death , his guitar teacher 's suicide , and that of a cousin ; the presence of his grandfather Klinitsky-Klein , now reduced unhappily to senility in his mother 's house ( at which he would surprise Leonard by encountering him suddenly , in odd moments of clarity , saying , ‘ Oh , yes , you 're the writer , are n't you ? ’ ) created other pressures . |
| 2 | Any conversation there was was snatched in odd moments of repose . |
| 3 | Roads that carried any considerable amount of through-traffic had to be wide enough , and could be wide enough in unenclosed country , to allow of detours around the impassable stretches that developed in unsurfaced roads by mid-winter . |
| 4 | Forfaiting involves a contract between the exporter and the forfaiter [ probably a subsidiary of a major bank ] to purchase accepted bills at an agreed discount at future dates , in normal circumstances without recourse to the exporter . |
| 5 | Active citizenship requires an opportunity to participate in normal patterns of life , to overcome unemployment , poverty , homelessness , create equal education and equal opportunities , and strengthen social and political rights which have been under attack . |
| 6 | The current study clearly shows for the first time that PT-gliadin and/or fragments are intracellulary present in normal enterocytes after exposure . |
| 7 | Numerous empirical studies have suggested that both m and LP are invariant with respect to alterations in normal levels of output and employment . |
| 8 | In this study , the glutamate/GABA ratio is raised in the epileptogenic hippocampus , particularly in the postseizure period when glutamate remains high as the GABA concentration returns to normal , which may cause the hippocampal damage characteristic of temporal lobe epilepsy , since a similar pattern is produced in normal animals by stimulation of excitatory input to the hippocampus . |
| 9 | The February index shows the increase in total earnings at management level down from an annual rate of 8.3 p.c. in December to 7 p.c. , from 7 p.c. to 5.6 p.c. at clerical level and from 7.4 p.c. to 6.8 p.c. among operatives . |
| 10 | A randomised trial of children in South Australia who were prone to recurrent respiratory infections showed a reduction in respiratory events for those taking vitamin A , but not a reduction in total days of illness . |
| 11 | Their best effort of the entire proceedings was a superb save in 75 minutes by keeper Kevin McKeown who brilliantly touched away a searing drive by full back John Drake who had moved on to a Totten free kick . |
| 12 | We provide a full sailing programme with rescue cover at least six hours a day ; we do n't allow sailing in strong winds without rescue cover , so if level 5 sailors ( can carve gybe ) wish to sail outside normal hours they must arrange alternative rescue cover . |
| 13 | And only if such change occurs , and local government is organized in strong units with power to take major decisions , will present trends towards centralization be reversed , and local democracy secure its place as a major part of our democratic system . |
| 14 | Glyn and Sutcliffe ( 1972 ) argued that low profits have been a major factor in low levels of investment in the UK . |
| 15 | On the edges of the Trees , the Copper Beech Naiads had simply sunk to the ground , their hair falling about their bodies in rich cascades of colour , making pools of glowing russet and brown all about them . |
| 16 | This autumn there is an envelope clutch with handstrap in rich colours of ruby , emerald and sapphire . |
| 17 | Mars , which lies in 3,100 feet of water , is just one project in a highly prospective area that could become one of our major profit centres in the future . |
| 18 | Dr Meyer is a behavioural scientist interested in predator-prey relationships in wildlife and on the cricket field ! |
| 19 | Under such circumstances characteristics of adult language input would be reflected in differential rates of progress only to the extent that they coincided with the child 's existing ‘ style ’ of learning language ( Gleitman et al . |
| 20 | Failure to appreciate the functions of specific syntactic structures in signalling given and new information can result in unnecessary shifts in translation . |
| 21 | The Issue Department frequently engages in open-market operations as part of the Bank 's debt management . |
| 22 | Two years later a new Diploma in Professional Studies in Education was approved , for the first of which — in health education — guidelines were approved in December 1977 . |
| 23 | By the end of the 1970s the CNAA had established a Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing , joining the twenty courses now in existence for the Diploma in Professional Studies in Education . |
| 24 | By the end of the 1970s the CNAA had established a Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing , joining the twenty courses now in existence for the Diploma in Professional Studies in Education . |
| 25 | The knowledge that confidence will be respected is an important feature of effective nurse/patient communication , and is incorporated in professional codes of practice in a number of countries . |
| 26 | An examination of changes in professional relationships between field and residential social workers |
| 27 | To some extent , such compilations of American research as this volume are relevant in placing the interests and problems of older people in broad debates about family functioning and the abilities of welfare services to impact on this . |
| 28 | The system is one which breeds product specialisation , whilst also ensuring overlap in broad areas of competence . |
| 29 | Forest Goblins wear warpaint in broad bands of colour over their bodies . |
| 30 | As we have seen , while teachers and educationalists may agree in broad terms on content , there is much less harmony when the method of its delivery is discussed . |