Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were in total agreement that it was the best thing for both sides that Isabelle should go . |
| 2 | But the important point to remember is that we do not observe these sociolinguistic patterns directly : it is the speech of individuals in conversational settings that we observe and describe , and it is by analysing a large quantity of spoken language from many speakers that we can then demonstrate the patterns that emerge from our data . |
| 3 | A few says later the Shah sought assurances from the US Embassy that he was still welcome in the United States cabled Rabat to say , " we assured the Shah publicly as well as in private messages that he would be welcome in the US should he choose to go there , and that there should be bo doubt whatsoever as to our willingness to receive ( him ) and provide him with appropriate protection " . |
| 4 | About four years later all three children told us in private conversations that they were missing contact with their respective fathers . |
| 5 | In grateful thanks that you had come . |
| 6 | We still cherished the idea of putting together a ‘ counterblast ’ ; but I perceived in due course that we had begun to differ regarding the objective to be demolished . |
| 7 | So common is this way of thinking in social research that it is difficult to recapture its radical and innovative character . |
| 8 | It is a tribute to how far we have come already in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal of money to perform an experiment whose results we can not predict . |
| 9 | And remember , too , the lessons in scientific death that we in the West have given throughout this bloody century . |
| 10 | It is often in popular fiction that we see most plainly the conventions that writers handle and readers learn , and where literary competence begins to be developed ’ . |
| 11 | It 's extremely rich in different species that it contains . |
| 12 | Furthermore , bearing in mind the reservations about changes in different varieties that I expressed in section 5.2 above , the early date suggested here for the loss of the velar fricative does not affect the fact that there are dialects of English ( in Lowland Scotland ) which have not yet lost the fricative . |
| 13 | We did not reckon on greedy Labour authorities utilising the change to conceal vast increases in public expenditure that they forced on to thousands of unsuspecting electors in our communities , to try to persuade them to change their allegiance from the Conservative party to Labour . |
| 14 | It may well have been so intended , as it was in the Canadian case of Malette v. Shulman ( 1990 ) 67 D.L.R. ( 4th ) 321 where the Jehovah 's Witness carried a card stating in unequivocal terms that she did not wish blood to be administered to her in any circumstances . |
| 15 | There are so many essays and books about the so-called ‘ crisis ’ in English studies that I can do little more than simply explain my own beliefs and show how these underlie the Cox Report 's recommendations for a National Curriculum . |
| 16 | It is a symptom of the high esteem in which ivory has consistently been held in civilized societies that it is often linked with gold and precious stones . |
| 17 | Drink and football are linked by such a strong umbilical cord in Scottish culture that it is virtually impossible to talk about one without the other encroaching . |
| 18 | In the words of , General Manager of the Entertainments Section , without management and dedication the would not have survived to become the major force in British theatre that it is today . |
| 19 | It is a strange reflection on the lack of modernity in British politics that it took a pillar of the old establishment to tell them they ca n't have both . |
| 20 | Despite this , standard-based interpretations have been used so frequently in diachronic description that they have greatly affected the conceptualization of language history that we inherit from older generations of scholars . |
| 21 | Wordsworth himself recalled in old age that he had first met Coleridge , together with Southey , and Edith and Sara Fricker , at ‘ a lodging in Bristol ’ . |
| 22 | Erm , I wonder if this is a matter which budget review might wish to keep on a continuing brief , so that , to satisfy themselves that the , this council is in fact making progress , and will be in a position to satisfy the district auditor in future years that we are er , taking on board the comments that he 's making and er , moving forward . |
| 23 | The DTI had already announced in early April that it was appointing consultants to consider the practicability of privatising AEA . |
| 24 | The Ukranian Supreme Soviet announced in early March that it would phase out operation of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor over the next five years before closing it down completely . |
| 25 | Brittan also said in early December that he was to look into the UK government 's award of some pounds 38,000,000 of secret financial inducements to British Aerospace , at the time of its purchase of the Rover car group in September 1988 . |
| 26 | However , public opposition from the Roman Catholic Church in particular and objections from Austrian Airlines to transporting the refugees led the government to announce in early December that it would attempt to find jobs for the Romanians rather than deport them . |
| 27 | Farah Aydid told a United States journalist in early December that it was his aim to " capture Mahdi " , whom he described in an International Herald Tribune report of Dec. 10 as more corrupt and dictatorial than former President Siyad Barre . |
| 28 | José informed us in perfect English that he would pick up the sail in the morning and deliver it , completely repaired , by that afternoon . |
| 29 | The same is equally true for managers as they wrestle with the new demands of innovations in global competition that we describe in the next chapter . |
| 30 | ‘ If your own family is so badly brought up , ’ thundered a Scottish columnist , ‘ so lacking in moral fibre that it can not make a go of its marriages , what price all those Christmas homilies ? ’ |