Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a wide bowl there was the night glimmer of a stream which was churned to flashing silver as they thrashed through it , the spray soaking them to their thighs . |
| 2 | I hesitate , but against half a dozen girls in a tiny lavatory there is no contest . |
| 3 | As the Romans turned more and more towards arcuated construction , with the orders used in a decorative capacity there was no such restriction and the columns are sometimes separated by a distance as great as their height . |
| 4 | In a similar vein there has recently been a whole range of studies of pre-industrial states by anthropologists , largely in terns of class analysis . |
| 5 | In a European context there are many countries where a high proportion of the school population stay in school or technical education until after the age of 18 . |
| 6 | we 've been talking about individuals and what they want , and we live in a context in which if people want a thing and the , and we feel that they should have the choice particularly if they have the money that if to , if you look at it in a wider context there are seven million children living on the streets in Brazil ! |
| 7 | In a typical matrix there are two hierarchies — in this case there are Functional Managers who have staff and resources but no work , and Project Managers who control the work but have no staff and resources of their own . |
| 8 | In a monogamous marriage there are many more claims on time and labour because there is only one woman to do all the work ; looking after a husband and children , tending crops , collecting water , firewood and preparing food . |
| 9 | Hewitt and Burton ( 1971 ) analysed the record for southwestern Ontario and found that in a 50-year period there would be 1 severe drought , 2 major windstorms , 5 severe snowstorms , 8 severe hurricanes , 10 severe glaze storms , 16 severe floods , 25 severe hailstorms and 39 tornadoes . |
| 10 | In a third-class carriage there are seven compartments , seating three a side , each fitted with electric bell push for attendant , and a lavatory at either end . |
| 11 | In a shearing injury there are two parallel forces acting to give tissue failure , for example a knife slipping and cutting the side of the index finger . |
| 12 | Finally , there is the distributional argument that in a state-owned firm there is less clearly an adversarial " us against them " contest between management and employees , because the profits ( if there are any ) do not accrue specifically to owners of capital . |
| 13 | The answer is that in a certain sense there is only one categorical imperative , and all other categorical imperatives are applications of this . |
| 14 | Consequently in a static diamond there are no charged atoms to interact with the electric field of infrared radiation . |
| 15 | In a perfect world there is no expense control ( everyone is that honest ) . |
| 16 | Pervasive though this negative tradition is , it does n't quite answer why it is that in a post-Christian society there should continue to be so much indifference to the claims of animals . |
| 17 | In a new Ulster there would be capital punishment , so any crimes or treason would be dealt with in the appropriate manner . |
| 18 | Suppose we show that in a present-day vernacular there is structured variation in verb-forms of the type he does/he do ( see Cheshire , 1982 , for a relevant study ) , with one form perhaps being preferred in formal styles and the other in casual styles : we may also — by comparing the speech of different social groups and age-groups — show that one form is progressing at the expense of the other . |
| 19 | In a libertarian world there is no reason for the government to do anything about the poor ; the matter is conveniently left to private charity . |
| 20 | In association with everyone else who has the chance to speak out in a democratic society there are opportunities to support the efforts of organizations like Article 19 which fights strongly and to good effect against censorship worldwide . |
| 21 | ‘ In a democratic society there is no way I can know how a person votes , ’ says club chairman Dennis Robinson . |
| 22 | Even if the master file is held in a sorted order there will be no particular difficulty , as these files are usually stored on magnetic tapes . |
| 23 | Although the shape of the individual crystals is irregular the fit at the boundaries is usually very good and in a pure material there is good contact on a molecular scale . |
| 24 | In a rough lawn there is no place for meadow cranesbill , pig nuts , lady 's smock and others of similar character which need a longer growing season . |
| 25 | Confronted by a section in a Quaternary deposit there are physical geographers who would devote all their time to the analysis of the sediment characteristics and not look at the space relationships of the feature in which the deposit occurs , and there are others who would deliberate about morphological evolution without closely investigating the sediment . |
| 26 | In a small group there is less stress to the horses , especially those lower in the hierarchy , and it is also safer and more pleasant for the people handling and feeding them . |
| 27 | Mass anxiety is never without political consequences , and in a totalitarian society there is no more radical emotion than disbelief . |
| 28 | In a well-run company there will be no question of simply rubber-stamping management decisions when a grievance or appeal is pursued . |
| 29 | In a large computer there may be several hundred control gates in the processor , so it would be uneconomic to have a bit for each gate in the micro-instruction . |
| 30 | In a big town there is a barrier between you and the seasons . |