Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In normal spirits he seemed to need only two steps to cross a room . |
| 2 | The obvious comparison is with housework : if women want to eat and live in pleasant surroundings they have to cook and clean . |
| 3 | It could be argued that anyone who is idiot enough to send a cheque for thousands of pounds to a salesman of shares in unquoted companies he has never heard of deserves to lose it all . |
| 4 | In strong winds we do n't want beginners to be overpowered and so we reduce the sail area , that 's known as reefing . |
| 5 | In monetary terms it made a lot more sense to extend episode numbers within a serial , thereby getting more television hours with fewer changes in location . |
| 6 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
| 7 | In broad Scots he asked Selkirk for his authority , the soldier flourished a piece of parchment and told him to hurry . |
| 8 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 9 | In eight years he built his television services company , Carlton Communications , to a value of £1 billion . |
| 10 | In economic terms they seem to have had little effect : in Merseyside , for instance , which has had every new scheme , economic decline has not even been halted , let alone reversed . |
| 11 | In technical terms we say that Socinus rejected the ‘ forensic ’ idea of salvation . |
| 12 | In memorable phrases he spoke of things being ‘ changed utterly ’ as a ‘ terrible beauty ’ was born . |
| 13 | in life-supporting mysteries we share ; |
| 14 | In political matters he supported American independence , ridiculing the ‘ very idea of distant possessions ’ . |
| 15 | To a certain extent this made economic and political sense : in economic terms it is where the council had most leverage and control , and in political terms it represented a move to a new base , one built on the strength of the white-collar and public sector unions in the changing economy and society of Sheffield . |
| 16 | Its powers , however , do include a measure of budgetary control and the Commission is responsible to it and can , in the final analysis , be dismissed by it , so that in political terms it enjoys a potential influence of considerable substance which , however , it has not yet fully developed . |
| 17 | Replying formally on April 5 , the Supreme Council repeated the call for immediate negotiations , but in conciliatory statements it acknowledged the Soviet leadership 's concern at events in Lithuania , and stressed that it did not seek to sever economic relations and " cultural and human ties " with the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | So in literal terms you have , you 've given me , among all flowers of the world , the flower of the rose is chief and beareth the prize , or and bears the prize , because obviously the erm , suffix for the third person singular is going to be , you 're going to use the modern version . |
| 19 | They would sit outside wait in that days we had a seat out in the and even if was a seat for sitting outside they would sit on their own way or on a rock . |
| 20 | In rural areas it assumes a greater significance , comprising , in 1971 , 24 per cent of the total housing stock compared with 21 per cent nationally , although this proportion is falling quite rapidly everywhere . |
| 21 | ‘ Even though other bidders have reportedly put in lower bids I have pointed out to Hong Kong ministers that in the past some of those have not always been able to complete the job , ’ said Mr Lilley . |
| 22 | In split-brain patients it has been shown that the left hemisphere retains language function , the right does not . |
| 23 | Ms Penumbra is n't the only one with friends in high places you know . ’ |
| 24 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 25 | In social situations it has to be recognised that there is at least one other sentient being present who has his own objectives which might accord with or oppose those of the first person . |
| 26 | Meanwhile sister-in-law Kim had been working hard too and in 12 months she lost 5st ( 32kg ) , plus 12½ins ( 32cm ) from her bust , 11 ins ( 28 cm ) from her waist , 14ins ( 36cm ) from her hips and 10½ins ( 26cm ) from each thigh ! |
| 27 | In chartered helicopters they hovered over the empty stretch of road between Fenny Stratford and Buckingham to photograph the bare tarmac and the last few barriers and police cars parked there at first light . |
| 28 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
| 29 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
| 30 | Given the amount of calls and the fact that they 're telephoned in different areas it seems a lot of trouble to go through if it was a hoax . |