Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] and [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good !
2 I look forward to further reductions in unnecessary disconnections and I know that that is also the desire of the independent electricity regulator .
3 There is some movement either way , but in broad terms and it seems to me what proponents of other sectors are doing basically , is suggesting that their particular segment is better because of erm possible improvements which may or may not take in the future .
4 MacArthur was not personally much interested in economic matters and he was faced in 1947–48 with vocal pressure for a new approach to economic questions .
5 Civilian revolution was organized in Masonic lodges and it is the undoubted contribution of Freemasonry to the Revolution of 1820 that created the myth of its occult force .
6 One of the things that does , I 'm not being Chairman , just asking questions , but one of the things that slightly concerns me because I know that in his document the director has put about providing day care type facilities in rural areas and I remember at our last meeting , the last meeting at one , we discussed specifically and area , erm it does , does worry me a little whether the absence of any capital expenditure on our part means that we may be providing day care facilities in some areas but it 'll be of a very much lower quality or a lesser quality than we may be providing anywhere else in the areas like and and .
7 Given their manpower resources , it is not reasonable to expect the police to be able to enforce rigorously a large-scale , blanket speed limit in residential areas and it is apparent that they do not try to do so .
8 You do see this much more in foreign companies and I think if we in Britain could match the physical and the vocal more we would really be on top with our training resources .
9 Holders of this theory would suggest that syphilis was already established in Europe in pre-Columbian days and it was the increase in knowledge and the travel resulting from the Renaissance that made it appear as if a new disease had been introduced .
10 Such words do occur , however , in historical writings and you must familiarise yourself with them .
11 But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit .
12 Every night I go to see her in different plays and she 's always wonderful . ’
13 And the accumulation of capital has been internationalized by the internationalization of production : it has generated flows of direct investment as multinationals expand their enterprises in different countries and it has also indirectly generated flows of portfolio investment as the multinationals ' cash and financing needs have been channelled through the financial markets of the City , New York and Tokyo .
14 Erm so , in principle we 've agreed that schedule , er I 'm waiting for erm Bob to sort V I out and the name erm as you may be aware erm Bob wants to call it client servicing and our view was that by and large it was n't a question of having to have loads more different screens we just needed them in different areas and they could , they 'd go to Louise to get where people were going to be and it 's mostly about the R S six thousand for commission erm on which there are only about twenty of those anyway , twenty seven so I did n't really see that as being a major issue .
15 I , I do n't often agree with Jim about anything , but I really do agree with him about this , that there has to be some clear guidelines , I think , as to how these are fixed , they are not going be have the potential of being very unfair to people because people operate in different ways in different areas and I would suggest that it would be a good idea if this community were to ask for erm guidelines to be drafted for this committee to agree so that there is a more even fair , laid down procedure for dealing with the cases coming before the panel .
16 They put us all in different homes and I ca n't remember the whole family being together , ever .
17 Mr Chairman erm I would like personally take up a suggestion that was in The Star about the possibility of a regional company being based at the playhouse in other words for a few months I would see it as people getting to know this company and rather like a repertory theatre of old then people would want to come and see these people in different roles and I think that would add to the you know repetitive .
18 They come in different types and you need an assortment of types of brick .
19 Children cope in different ways and it may be that the only support they need is from you .
20 Recognise that addictive diseases affects different people in different ways and it is very variable in its intensity but that all share the denial of believing that they are not addicted : the crucial test of addiction is not whether one can stop the use of an addictive substance or behaviour but whether one can happily stay off and not be drawn back to it or to something equally addictive .
21 I 've got money , money in premium bonds and I 've never won anything .
22 The sun and moon frequently appear in mythic tableaux and they are clearly there in some symbolic role , as epiphanies of one or more deities .
23 We have been living in exciting times and it has needed a strong hand to keep order in the town , where all the disorderly elements tried to take advantage of the situation .
24 Of course , you 'll then ask about foreigners playing in English clubs and I 've no objections to that provided that not too many are brought in .
25 Doctors were encouraged through financial incentives to practise in designated areas and they were normally refused permission to start practices in restricted areas .
26 Graphic Communication is a new subject in Scottish schools and it replaces Technical Drawing .
27 The committee 's first leaflet , We Must Win , declared : ‘ We must set out ideals and objectives in clear terms and we must so order our own mode of life and social system that men may know that we offer a happiness , freedom and prosperity which can never flourish under Hitler 's totalitarianism .
28 And they were tiny and we tied them in wee bunches and it was Miss who was the teacher then and she made a cross and put
29 No one should ever underestimate the trauma of change on res on residents their relatives and the staff involved , either in the refurbishment programme or in future closers and we have never denied that there will not be closures , we have consistently proposed that there should be .
30 Hopefully as we improve our business , we may indeed see TV advertising in future years and we hope that we will become as well known as IBM , 3M or ICI . ’
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