Example sentences of "in a [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are in a flat for the homeless . |
| 2 | Sieve the flours and salt together twice then toss the cherries in a little of the flour . |
| 3 | Pour in a little of the grape jelly over the bottom — it will thicken quickly . |
| 4 | This time the lips parted , taking in a little of the water . |
| 5 | I 'd probably best to put it all in a all in the corner there . |
| 6 | And now they have an added attraction a few weeks ago they danced to the music of the 14-piece Cleveland Orchestra in a first for the group . |
| 7 | In a foreward to the book , The Dictionary of British Sign Language ‘ English ’ , Diana wrote : ‘ As a consequence of my involvement with deaf people , I have become aware of the richness of BSL as a distinctive and inedependent language . ’ |
| 8 | The US Treasury , in a brief for the president on 26 June 1965 , darkly concluded that Britain required an austerity programme of almost wartime stringency . |
| 9 | Cyberscience says that reports can often be produced in a hundredth of the time that it takes with Cobol . |
| 10 | So we want to do this is in a sixth of the time , right ? |
| 11 | He says , We want this job done in a tenth of the time . |
| 12 | Fortunately most of the corridors were bright enough and only in a few of the darker , damper ones did he need his torch to see where he was going . |
| 13 | As darkness made it impossible to continue , all that remained was to put in a few of the darkest reflections . |
| 14 | Following the implementation of the new Financial Services Act , licensed dealers dragged their nets to pull in a few of the old-style hard sell merchants . |
| 15 | ( 6.5 ) unc provided x is free in no unc ( 6.6 ) unc provided x is free in no unc Note that it is possible to deal with cases where x is only declared in a few of the |
| 16 | Hovering in the background to it all was the commanding officer ( played by Eric Barker , also to be seen in a few of the other early ‘ Carry On ’ films ) and his instruction that was so familiar to every ‘ sprog ’ who ever put on a uniform , ‘ Carry on Sergeant ’ . |
| 17 | Wooden cocktail sticks and skewers are used in a few of the cakes in this book for propping up , for securing and also for decorative items such as flagpoles . |
| 18 | Fetch in a dozen from the crowd and do n't argue , ’ said Garvey tetchily . |
| 19 | An examination of the curricula of twenty LEAs enabled me to discover the word ‘ death ’ to be included in a third of the schemes for the different age groups from 7 to 14 , although tucked away beneath such general headings as ‘ Beliefs , Practices , Customs and Artefacts ’ ; ‘ Rites of Passage ( e.g. Initiation through Baptism , Burial Rites ’ ) ; ‘ Self-understanding ( e.g. Integrity , Pride , Humility , Loneliness , Suffering , Bereavement and Death ’ ) . |
| 20 | We see : in ex.5a the first violins with this theme combination ; in ex.5b the first oboe in a parallel spot ; in ex.5c on the upper stave the cellos ( in the tenor clef ) first with the twice-repeated dotted linear theme , then the angular four-note theme , marked with strokes , joining ( now in the bass clef ) in bar 401 the basses in a third of the five themes ; on the lower stave the basses announcing the angular theme , with strokes , followed by a dotted fragment of the linear theme ( in support of the cellos ) leading into the third theme with its signal-like opening and descending quaver passagework . |
| 21 | And with son Peter living at Norwich , he and his wife can travel there in a third of the time it would take by road . |
| 22 | Julie Hall , the 1987 English Champion who was to finish as high as third , had an opening 82 which took in an 8 at the 12th where her 2-iron second took off in a gust and ended in rough so deep that her third was an air shot . |
| 23 | If an increase in the claim ( or counter-claim ) results in an increased in the plaint fee this must be paid on filing . |
| 24 | These data were all to hand by early February and he prepared to speak about them at the APS ( American Physical Society ) meeting set for 1 May , sending in an abstract for the announcement of the talk . |