Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she has to generate both questions and answers , and in a well-organised text it is the generating of questions that is the most difficult task . |
| 2 | Although it was said in a jocular fashion it was too much for Maura . |
| 3 | In a final hearing it will also have seen the guardian ad litem 's report . |
| 4 | As in a modern context it is immediately clear that students find it hard to combine study with a full-time job ; so , addressing a would-be contemplative , the Cloud-author explains his view that it is impossible for man to pursue the discipline of meditation and study unless he first ceases external activity , and impossible to come to mystical knowledge of God if the mind is engaged in discursive thought . |
| 5 | Even in a healthy society it is enough that the officials accept the secondary rules of recognition , adjudication and change and that the citizens acquiesce . |
| 6 | In order for a house to be maintained in a healthy state it is necessary to provide a means whereby soil and waste water can be quickly and inoffensively removed from the property . |
| 7 | Yet in a curious way it was John who did more to restore Sam than any of them . |
| 8 | For example , in a fast-moving train it is better to look at the horizon than at the close landscape — it is even better to avoid looking out of the window . |
| 9 | In a strange way it can actually contribute to the success of many marriages , for not every woman wants to spend her life with an eternal Romeo . |
| 10 | In a similar way it was the growing wealth of the planters which first drew English manufactures to the American colonies . |
| 11 | The dark cream also sets off the bright red roses well — had I chosen a white satin , card or fabric in a similar shade it would have been too bright and could have detracted from the frame . |
| 12 | In a similar manner it is possible to draw a profile of the flight showing its height above the ground relative to the terrain over which the aircraft was flying . |
| 13 | In a similar fashion it was becoming common for quite trivial legal disputes to go to the papal Curia on appeal : this was to transform the very nature of papal jurisdiction and authority , and is a striking example of the cosmopolitan links and assumptions of twelfth-century culture . |
| 14 | This is so sensitive that in a noisy office it can pick up an unamplified solid electric guitar from about 12 inches and show the exact pitch on the strobe . |
| 15 | In a typical year it supports some three hundred brand new or very young ventures . |
| 16 | With Rune 's jaw hard and his mouth set in a straight line it was easy to imagine just how terrifying their enemies had found the invaders . |
| 17 | If it just went in a straight line it would take fifteen minutes . |
| 18 | Hosts : Horses and donkeys Site : Caecum and colon Species : For many years there has been a great deal of confusion in the classification of this group of parasites and in a recent revision it has been proposed that the genus Trichonema be discarded and replaced by four genera , namely Cyathostomum , Cylicocyclus , Cylicodontophorus and Cylicostephanus , these being collectively referred to as cyathostomes . |
| 19 | Moreover , in a recent study it was suggested that aging is associated with increasing gastrin and pepsinogen secretion in humans , particularly in men . |
| 20 | In a post-imperial age it has shown a vitality more than sufficient to live to itself . |
| 21 | He points out that when John uses that term in a negative sense it is with ‘ specific reference not to the whole of culture , but to a particular use of that culture by the forces of evil . ’ |
| 22 | It makes sense to say , and in a certain situation it will be true , that ( 1 ) if the switch is not flipped , the wipers will not start . |
| 23 | No , no , you see it 's the fact that you 're working , your conditions , your environment , if you 're working in a certain place it 's almost built up in the beginning . |
| 24 | In a head-modifier construction , the modifier is the selector , but in a head-complement construction it is the head which is the selector . |
| 25 | The war changed national life and individual ways of living , and so in a general sense it struck at the very roots of conservatism . |
| 26 | There is clearly — indeed there would have to be — more to Cemaleddin Aksarayi 's life than the sources record , and while in a general way it is unquestionably right to urge caution in adopting Husameddin 's material , in this particular case there appears to be evidence which at the least requires an alternative explanation before being dismissed . |
| 27 | For example , in a general index it might be adequate to regard Prisons and Dungeons as one and the same , but in a specialist index devoted to Criminology , this would probably not be acceptable . |
| 28 | In a general index it may only be possible to distinguish between different meanings of the one homograph by using scope notes or qualifying terms wherever the term arises , and thus in some way replace the context that is normally absent in respect of index terms . |
| 29 | If a church has grown to a membership of 300 and wishes to send one of its leaders and several of its members to start a new and similar flourishing work in a neighbouring area it may meet with problems . |
| 30 | It is normal procedure for this sort of evidence to be made available to defence lawyers , although in a civil case it is not a legal requirement . |