Example sentences of "in the [adj -er] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In the Lower Primary we welcome and introduce the children to school life in a relaxed , happy and yet well-disciplined environment .
2 When this is fired into the slot in the lower ball it brings together the critical mass of Plutonium 239 in two millionths of a second .
3 If there is a party with an absolute majority in the lower house it will form the government .
4 It 's helpful in the context of the dollar preference shares we want to issue because one of the factors of this very small , and as you say cheap er , historic issue of preference shares is that , er no preference shares other than those can be repaid prior to that and the dollar shares we wish to issue which are permanent shares , can be er , can be erm repaid at our option and we do want to keep that flexibility in the context of either if interest rates get very high or if the tax treaty between the U S and the U K changes to make them more onerous on the company and in those circumstances we would be inhibited by the existence of this small historic issue of preference shares and therefore it is on balance , although you 're quite right there , a cheap er , source of capital in themselves it is helpful to the company in the wider sense I believe if they are repaid .
5 It can include the immediate team of tutors and clinical teachers within the school of nursing , but in the wider sense it includes the medical staff and all trained staff of wards and departments , each with their special skills , personalities and valuable experience .
6 In the wider world we examine the great differences between countries like our own and the less fortunate poor world .
7 I feel for Sister Hart and the barrage of criticism she has come under , but in the wider context I feel for every nurse bearing patient advocacy in the face of medical inadequacy .
8 In the stricter sense it is nearly a four percent increase but that statistic itself is absolutely meaningless .
9 There are various other points which should be noted about a reverse takeover offer : ( 1 ) Because it involves a change of control in the smaller company it will be necessary for the transaction to be sanctioned by a vote of the independent shareholders in that company and the " Whitewash " procedure followed ( see para 8.5 below ) .
10 While small influences in the short term may add up to large influences in the longer term we must conclude that , within an election campaign , television could influence but not dictate the public agenda .
11 In the longer term we aim to reimburse individuals in full for the additional costs of their disability .
12 In the longer term we would support a review of the B1 Business Use Class to extend the powers of local authorities over this form of development .
13 In the longer term they require more general financial information in order to assess whether or not there is likely to be an increase or decrease in requirement for the goods or services they supply .
14 In the longer term they should go so as to create a real ‘ Europe without frontiers ’ .
15 The standard of NHS accommodation available to trained staff is variable , and even if you are happy to put up with this in the short term , in the longer term it may have adverse effects on your personal life or hopes of a future career .
16 In the longer term it would mean adopting a local income tax .
17 In the longer term it aims to encourage the use of new pesticides with more selected activity , reduce the use of pesticides overall , and increase the uptake of Integrated Pest Management ( IPM ) schemes , which aim to reduce pesticide use by minimizing prophylactic treatments and increase reliance on alternative means of control .
18 In the longer term I am more optimistic .
19 The main reason for the better than expected results appeared to be a delay in expenditure by the regional governments but in the longer term he said that cuts in public expenditure had helped to reduce the budget deficit from a peak of almost 13 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) in 1982 to 7.8 per cent in 1988 and 6.6 per cent in 1989 .
20 Among the confused jottings in the larger notebook he found this :
21 In the earlier book he had proposed an additional reversion to classical principles : that the focus of attention be switched back from the criminal to the crime .
22 In the earlier regime it was accepted that rules had to be general to some extent , and open to change to allow for adaptation to changing circumstances .
23 In the younger group it is the Whites who have a much higher arrest rate than Blacks — 13.3 per cent .
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