Example sentences of "in [noun sg] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is normal to select one preferred bidder and to attempt to keep a second or third bidder on hold in case the first bidder should withdraw . |
| 2 | Because , for reasons mentioned earlier , the itching may persist for some time , an just in case the first application was not exhaustive , it is quite common to advise a second treatment one week after the first . |
| 3 | However , it can not be discounted that the idea is to prepare for a direct dictatorship in case the democratic process again turns the country towards socialism . |
| 4 | We expected sabotage from the Labour extremists and hired two 100,000 watt generators in case the electrical sub-station was cut off . |
| 5 | I did not dawdle , but as I had to pass our post pigeonholes , from force of habit I looked in mine in case the second post had been sorted early . |
| 6 | He could hear her hairdryer , almost as hard on his nerves as a dentist 's drill ; it had ruined three attempts to get the message down already , but he did n't want to ask her to lay off for a while in case the uneasy peace was threatened yet again . |
| 7 | In case the damn thing tore . |
| 8 | I 'm rolling up these things in case the wee dog gets them . |
| 9 | Emmy was away , in case the Royal Air Force came with bombs again , and Der Dicke was feeling frisky . |
| 10 | The Planning Policy which applies purely to the and the in case the sub Committee have already er discussed with etc etc for this . |
| 11 | Hang around with a nobody like Scott , knowing you never dare leave him in case the mad fucker tries to kill you ? |
| 12 | This was usually discouraged in case the wild ape became too dependent on hand-outs . |
| 13 | The first priority would be for the ground crews to make the bombs safe , then put out the fires and get the injured off , and everything done at top speed in case the whole lot went up . |
| 14 | Just in case the local chieftain decides to throw a grand party in your honour . |
| 15 | In case the hon. Gentleman has not noticed , we are in the process of replacing the poll tax . |
| 16 | Just in case the old man needed her . |
| 17 | In micro-chips , Philips , Siemens and the Italo-French SGS-Thomson together fund R&D for the ‘ super ’ microchips of the next — post-1990s — generation : in aerospace the Euro-consortium Airbus competes against Boeing and McDonnell Douglas , and the ESA 's Ariane against NASA 's space launchers . |
| 18 | In aerospace the American dominance requires little comment — it obtains in both aviation and space , both civil and military . |
| 19 | With Kenny Milne ( centre ) in harness the Scots scrummage held up . |
| 20 | In response the Federal Reserve on Feb. 1 cut its discount rate ( which determined the cost of short-term loans to banks ) by half a percentage point to 6 per cent , its second half-point cut in six weeks , in an attempt to stimulate investment by encouraging banks to increase consumer borrowing . |
| 21 | In response the Interior Minister , José Luis Corcuera , on Feb. 24 challenged ETA to suspend violence for a six-month period as proof of its new willingness to talk . |
| 22 | In response the Interior Minister , Franz Löschnak , announced on Jan. 23 that police would receive better psychological training and that police doctors would make random examinations of detainees . |
| 23 | In response the Syrian-based Seljuk dynasty fought back , especially through the exploits of the Kurd Salah al-Din ( Saladdin as he became known in the West ) who himself took Egypt establishing his own Ayyubid dynasty in 1171 . |
| 24 | to build on their own interest and commitment to erm deliver improved pupil attainments at sixteen and , and at eighteen , nineteen , in response the national education and training targets is an area which should not be forgotten . |
| 25 | In part the practical difficulty of withholding tax most of which is deducted at source has prevented it from ever assuming large-scale proportions , while the fact that opposition has in the past tended to focus on specific wars , of which the Vietnam war was the most prominent recent example , ensured that it was usually a relatively transient phenomenon . |
| 26 | In part this dramatic result reflected a widespread but not necessarily dependable willingness to give the Republic a chance , in part the temporary demoralization and organizational unpreparedness of the anti- and non-republican right , whose fifty or so deputies seriously under-represented its true strength and potential . |
| 27 | This measure provided in part the financial discipline which was lacking in the budgets of earlier years . |
| 28 | A protest march planned in Warsaw attracted only around 4,000 workers , although some observers suggested that in part the low turnout could be blamed on a separate strike being staged since the previous day by Warsaw 's public transport workers . |
| 29 | Sales of DK adult publishing , which increased by 31% to £23.9m , reflected in part the strong performance of DK 's two Royal Horticultural Society gardening books . |
| 30 | that any delay which occurred was reasonable and , as the judge found , justifiable and was in part the inevitable consequence of following the Home Office Guidelines ( 1985 ed. ) referred to above ; |