Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is not at all clear how the testator 's intentions are to be discovered ; the force of the word maxime may be to suggest that there is a presumption that in normal circumstances the heir will redeem .
2 In normal circumstances the suggestion that a contracting party can rely on his own breach to establish consideration is distinctly unattractive .
3 In normal subjects the rank order of the various phospholipid classes was : PC>PE>PI>SM>LL>PS .
4 In normal situations the uncertainty principle implies that one can definitely predict either the position or the velocity of a particle or one combination of position and velocity .
5 pH >7 was used to define abnormal alkalinity in the oesophagus because in normal volunteers the pH of the oesophagus is between 4 and 7 for 96% of the time .
6 In total numbers the army of officialdom increased from 1.3m to 1.7m between 1960 and 1975 [ Bacon and Eltis , 1974 ; Eltis , 1979 ] .
7 In order to alleviate the fears and objections associated with the movement of large tankers in narrow waters a radar navigational system covering the deep water channel from the Fairway Buoy of Inchkeith Island to the Forth Bridge came into operation on the 1st September .
8 In question-answering systems the computer generates answers to the user 's query based on stored information .
9 A point to note about technique is that when you actually go round the mark in strong winds the daggerboard should be retracted first then the mast track moved back in preparation for the reach .
10 In 1357 the clerical author of the short De miserabili statu regni Francie , reflecting upon the disaster of Poitiers , praised the courage of the king , John II , who had fought bravely up to the very moment of his capture , but condemned in strong terms the failure and lack of heart of the nobility , the ‘ duces belli ’ who had failed in their obligation to the French state .
11 In low conditions a shingle bar is visible between the old and new bridges .
12 They are the years , roughly , of British industrialisation and urbanisation , so this work is in broad terms an examination of various aspects of the regulation of sexuality within the period of industrial capitalism .
13 Erm so in in broad terms the master plan is is unchanged in concept but we think improved in detail the is the other thing at each end erm represents on the left hand side er , what is currently Honey Hill I believe the name may be changed in due course erm and those behind me here are the houses on the Fern Hill side and then , although some of you will have difficulty seeing it at the moment , at the bottom there are detailed drawings showing the internal arrangement of the houses and flats and , and detailed drawings of the elevations with dimensions , so one can have a have a bit of a feel for the the sort of space standards that we 've aimed at , but there are in fact , furniture plans shown on the drawings .
14 A review of the significance of natural contamination to planning and development in Great Britain is being carried out for the DOE with the aim of outlining in broad terms the relevance of the physical and chemical restraints on planning and development imposed by natural contamination .
15 What is required is that the patient knew in broad terms the nature and effect of the procedure to which consent ( or refusal ) was given .
16 In dry wines no sugar is left after fermentation .
17 In stable times the constitution " worked " .
18 Chapter 4 extended the analysis to consider in economic terms the position of the ‘ personal sector ’ wage and salary-earning employees , and the effects of the saving of this sector on accumulation — the expansion of the salaried strata in particular being , at least in part , the obverse of the rise of the impersonal capital .
19 But in economic terms the relationship was different .
20 In economic terms the state has now become a mammoth corporation which produces coal , steel , oil , gas and electricity ; the primary source of rail and major source of air and other transport services ; the greatest property and house owner in the whole country ; a provider of most educational and health services ; a massive supplier of welfare services , for the young , the old , the pregnant , the unemployed , the disabled and the poor ; and a disposer of grants and subsidies on a scale hitherto unknown in human societies .
21 In economic terms the truth of the matter was that Western capitalism had underinvested , overspent ( as one does at a party ) and failed to keep the machine in running order .
22 Eczema or dermatitis is a term used to describe the appearance of the skin which is inflamed , red , itchy , swollen and with leakage of a clear discharge ; in prolonged cases the skin may become thickened and scaly and crack and become sore .
23 In the absence of any significant improvement in agricultural techniques the peasantry were acutely vulnerable to harvest failure , and living standards in many areas actually declined in the period .
24 In agricultural terms the death and resurrection of Osiris as a very early nature god were celebrated each year in simple popular ceremonies at the time of the Nile flood , when the seed crop was sown and when the harvest was gathered .
25 Giles recalls one remark when Montini was criticizing the De Gasperi Christian Democratic government for inaction while denying that he was doing anything of the kind ( a typical Montini ploy ) : ‘ In political questions the Church has to be general , just as in religious matters she can not afford not to be particular ’ ( ibid. , p. 109 ) .
26 In political terms the position might be quite different for parties and non-parties , as exemplified by the response of the United States and the concern expressed by certain European States at New Zealand 's decisions .
27 In political terms the myth preserves some dim historical elements of a time during the Predynastic Period when Egypt was divided into two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt , each with its own ruler .
28 Apprentices do not wake up in strange beds the night before an important ride and then tell all to the boss 's wife .
29 In simpler situations the system of mirrors still works well , and is , of course , much cheaper than a television camera and monitor .
30 In Spanish eyes a quality lamb is a British reject .
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