Example sentences of "in the [adj] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mundane we have to live by the laws of the mundane and these do not always concur with the laws of the transcendent . |
| 2 | President Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria said that Africa had failed to meet its challenges : " Ever since the majority of our countries became independent in the 1960s we have conducted our lives as if the world owes us a living . " |
| 3 | In the short-term it might work as a morale-booster for players to see a fresh face , but in the long-term I do n't think anybody else could do any better than Howard . |
| 4 | But of course since that boom in the sixties we 've had the seventies ' economic depression , uncertainty about the future , the problem of the bomb , changed family attitudes , better contraception erm a great drop , and in fact a population a birth fall rather , of something like a third between nineteen sixty four and nineteen sixty seven . |
| 5 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 6 | Dual-subject degrees exist in both the universities and polytechnics , but their place in each is subtly different ; in the former they are seen largely in relation to the single honours degree , which constitutes a kind of academic gold standard , whereas in the latter they come under the general rubric of ‘ combined studies ’ . |
| 7 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 8 | In the former you examine design specifications from which are produced a drawing , diagram or plan to scale , looking at the most economic and effective way of manufacturing the article . |
| 9 | In the above we have talked about companies , but these concepts also apply to government and local government , trade unions , charities , in fact all and any organisation . |
| 10 | In the above I have assumed that we are dealing only in values , and that we are not considering how prices of production , average rate of profit , etc. , are formed by the introduction of ‘ Dept . |
| 11 | In the two I 've just mentioned you will find a character who lives many years without the benefit of some vital knowledge , something they really needed to know . |
| 12 | The way it gets most of its growth in the first I mean , |
| 13 | Er not very long because he er he started a business and er and he did n't do ever so well cos times were bad in the twenties you know as you know . |
| 14 | In the first case we need a level ‘ above ’ physiology and in the second we need a level ‘ below ’ reasoning . |
| 15 | In the first , which we cover in this section , we examine the relationship between spot and forward exchange rates , and in the second we examine the relationship between the rates of return on assets with differing terms . |
| 16 | Erm it 's for it 's it 's in order that , that in the nineties we have a historical record , I think I 'm I think I 'm saying this right , there is a historical record of the kind of words that are being introduced into the into our language into our vocabulary like for example i.e. |
| 17 | In Twelve Tasks for Social Democrats , issued on the day of its launch in 1981 , the Social Democratic Party made the point that in order " to secure Britain s livelihood in the nineties we need a consistent economic strategy in the eighties , one that is not disrupted every few years by a political upheaval " and by " pointless conflict , the dogma , the violent lurches of policy and class antagonisms that the two old parties have fostered " . |
| 18 | However successful these policies may have been in the fifties we have , I believe , convincing evidence that they have failed since the world-wide inflation which started with the mismanagement of the finances raised to pay for the Vietnam War . |
| 19 | Here in the Med we see boats from many nations and , with the exception of a very small number of elderly Britons and Dutch , most are comparatively recent recruits to the joys of yachting . |
| 20 | Weiner says that in the Eighties we 've gone past the ‘ grazing ’ stage , in which we picked at this and that all day long , to ‘ refuelling ’ : the pit-stop in which we shovel food in our mouths as fast as we can . |
| 21 | In the Eighties we have doubled it . ’ |
| 22 | Fortunately , in the eighties we have begun to recognise that modern communication skills go far beyond the concept of advertising . |
| 23 | In the 1980s we have seen greater emphasis than heretofore on the voice of the consumer . |
| 24 | Since the club 's formation in the 1930s we have reached the first round on no less than 42 occasions . |
| 25 | And in the same you know , I mean er two or three years so there 's not gon na be much , and it 's only been a couple that are gon na |