Example sentences of "in the [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense , he was right , for despite the Civil War , the ensuing repression and the stranglehold of the official trade unions , Leftist ideals had not been totally exterminated in the Spanish working classes . |
| 2 | The research will describe and analyse the process of modernisation in the Spanish Armed Forces since the death of General Franco in 1975 . |
| 3 | Birch hit back from 3–1 down to level at 3–3 against the Cue Masters star but scored only 21 points in the final two frames . |
| 4 | Indeed , the data from patients with brain injury that I will be discussing in the final two sections are very puzzling indeed from the standpoint of folk psychology . |
| 5 | It was certainly so in the final two rounds , and that was another significant fact in Nick winning . |
| 6 | The unchanging inevitabilities , bereavement and personal death , are recognized in the final two chapters . |
| 7 | It was encouraging news , but the second session drew to a close with the vexed issues of religious freedom and the Jews , which were dealt with in the final two chapters of the document on ecumenism , still undecided — though Cardinal Bea insisted they would be discussed in due course . |
| 8 | After dominating for four rounds , he suddenly found himself up against it when he shipped a series of right hand shots in the final two sessions . |
| 9 | Clarke looks sure to play in the final two Tests on the blind-side of the scrum and his promotion is a huge letdown for the two original selections in that position , Mike Teague and Mick Galwey . |
| 10 | Take the latest ‘ History of the Soviet Union ’ for children in the final two years of school , which my son , Benjamin , brought home the other day . |
| 11 | Three hundred extra helpers were recruited to give eight hours help in the three months before the election , or two Saturday mornings , or four evenings in the final two months . |
| 12 | In the final sad years of the S&D , it vividly shows how the Western Region inexorably killed off the line and how Norman and his station staff were at the forefront of the fight to save the route . |
| 13 | Twice winner of the Paris event , seventh last year in London and then sprinting away in the final 200 metres to win the Berlin marathon ahead of Plaatjes , Brace has collected more money than he could have ever earned in his chosen profession of teaching . |
| 14 | He was overhauled in the final 100 metres by Alessandro Lambruschini , who placed fourth in the 1988 Olympic steeplechase final , but dipped under 55 secs for the last lap and clocked 3 mins 47.7 secs faster than Neil Horsfield and John Mayock , who ran the first two legs for Britain . |
| 15 | In the final six pages ( pp. 76 – 82 ) of the chapter on sound and rhetorical patterns we find cursus planus , cursus tardus , cursus velox , similiter cadens , similiter desinens , and the following list : Anadiplosis , Anaphora , Antanaclasis , Antimetabole , Asyndeton , Epanalepsis , Epistrophe , Epizeuxis , Isocolon , Parison , Paronomasia , Ploce , Polyptoton , Syllepsis , Zeugma . |
| 16 | Trinity held an early 6-4 lead , but were hit with two tries in the final six minutes of the first half as Saints finally clicked into gear . |
| 17 | The slippery track made it a follow-the-leader procession in most of the 15 races with the visitors from Denmark 's Super League uncertain in the early stages and the Boro 's new look team sliding to defeat as they lost their grip in the final six heats . |
| 18 | Eighteen metres of extremely strenuous 8b+ follow ; the crus arrives in the final eight metres of climbing . |
| 19 | In the final eight minutes it all came right again . |
| 20 | The south-east 15 knots wind opened up the fleet , but the gusty beat was a great leveller and provided some close finishes in the final four races . |
| 21 | They have lost in the final four times — in 1983 , 1985 , 1988 and 1992 . |
| 22 | Sean Robinson , Middlesex 's full-back , scored two tries in the final five minutes to give them victory over Hertfordshire by one point , 22-21 , in the Toshiba County Championship at Croxley Green to go into the London play-off . |
| 23 | Substitutions played a big part in setting up the amazing finale that produced three goals in the final five minutes when both defences looked wide open . |
| 24 | In the final five minutes Titterton and Jones also went after been booked in the first half . |
| 25 | Newcastle were the Cup holders , had been in the final five times in seven years and were three times League champions . |
| 26 | In the final five examples ( figs 6–10 ) are some ideas for the application of double stops . |
| 27 | She got to his tail , but then in the final hundred yards Mill Reef produced a fresh surge of power and trebled his advantage . |
| 28 | In Chapters 2 to 10 we take the various constructions in which English adjectives actually appear , and consider the grammatical and interpretative consequences of the intensional patterns which are expressed by those constructions , before returning in the final three chapters to more general issues of syntax . |
| 29 | Rod Wallace put Leeds ahead early in the second half but their inability to strike any kind of attacking rhythm obliged them , and the Elland Road faithful , to live on their nerves until Lee Chapman and Eric Cantona both scored in the final three minutes . |
| 30 | The latest CBI figures suggest settlements are levelling out after falling to 4.2 per cent in the final three months last year . |