Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 " . |
| 3 | About four years later all three children told us in private conversations that they were missing contact with their respective fathers . |
| 4 | In grateful thanks that you had come . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The man told him in sarcastic tones that he could have his £9 back at any time if he brought in the young lady in the photograph . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're fairly relaxed about it ’ , adding that Mr Kohl has made it clear repeatedly in previous statements that he was keen for all 12 members of the Community to proceed towards union together . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , though , we are not very much closer to a genuine explanation of amnesia in functional terms that we were twenty years ago . |
| 13 | But it is in domestic affairs that they are most controversial . |
| 14 | It was when we had settled down to talk in comfortable armchairs that I told him that the man for whom I had substituted at Marlborough , in the hope of replacing him altogether , now planned to return , so that once more I should be out of a job . |
| 15 | In 1848 an experienced mines inspector and engineer could write in A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries : ‘ Explosions of gas have unfortunately become so numerous in late years that it would be impossible in the absence of specific records to enumerate them . ’ |
| 16 | The concepts of a right and a liberty ( as opposed to freedom generally ) probably originated however , in systems of juridical law , and it is in legal systems that they have their most subtle and interesting applications and most thorough and detailed elaborations . |
| 17 | They assemble in colonies many thousand strong and nest in long holes that they have either taken over from rabbits or dug for themselves . |
| 18 | Selling overseas is a cultural as well as an economic phenomenon , and it is to the important area of cultural influences in overseas markets that we now turn . |
| 19 | ‘ Far above the rot and vapours of the world the sun was riding high and golden ’ , but all the hobbits can see and hear is ‘ the faint quiver of empty seed-plumes , and broken grass-blades trembling in small air-movements that they could not feel ’ . |
| 20 | Although the subject was never directly mentioned , it was subtly intimated in various ways that I was beholden to the Parsons for what was after all a free holiday , and was therefore expected to do rather more than my bit when it came to chauffeuring , chaperoning , shopping and suchlike chores . |
| 21 | It is no use telling a man who has received a thousand pounds a year in giro cheques that he has the means to better himself . |
| 22 | She had a little flat in the Falls , a house she shared with girlfriends , her family home being in a village outside Derry , and she told him in blunt terms that she had n't seen enough of him at it for too damn long , at it or anywhere else . |
| 23 | The nodules standing proud on his skull started to glitter in shifting patterns that she could n't understand . |
| 24 | But there are companies who advertise in Yellow Pages that they will do investigations on behalf of employers of future employees . |
| 25 | But during the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic they occurred in such profusion in inshore sediments that they are frequently important components of the rocks in which they are found . |
| 26 | Now they have started again , as investors convince themselves that the worst of the recession is over ; as some junk-bond issuers take advantage of falling interest rates and the stockmarket rally to refinance their debt more cheaply or turn it into equity ; and as bond-raiders speculate in distressed companies that they think may restructure themselves or be taken over . |
| 27 | Then the world seemed to be going round and he was falling down and someone was running from a distance , one of the Keepers , in a grey uniform and with a fat pale face that filled him with such fear that he began to cry out in Hebrew words that he had forgotten he knew . |
| 28 | ‘ Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord . |
| 29 | Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? ’ |
| 30 | And secondly the fact that it was n't in the budget erm and the fact that they 're late means that we 're not also realizing the productivity in other areas that we had anticipated so we 're gon na be some six months late coming in . |