Example sentences of "in [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Given that snail longevity has to be bought at the cost of some loss in the snail 's reproductive success , the fluke genes are ‘ happy ’ to make the snail pay that cost , since they have no interest in the snail 's reproducing itself .
2 Given that snail longevity has to be bought at the cost of some loss in the snail 's reproductive success , the fluke genes are ‘ happy ’ to make the snail pay that cost , since they have no interest in the snail 's reproducing itself .
3 Without going into the details ( they are distractingly complicated ) what matters is that their genes do not leave the snail 's body in the snail 's sperms or eggs .
4 The real reason why a fluke is recognizably separate from its host , the reason why it does n't merge its purposes and its identity with the purposes and identity of the host , is that the fluke genes do n't share the snail genes ' method of leaving the shared vehicle , and do n't share in the snail 's meiotic lottery — they have a lottery of their own .
5 He thought that it could not be synthesised by the whelk and must therefore ( when present in the snail 's shell ) have come from the food .
6 The flesh of many boletus species will turn a surprising blue colour when bruised as chemicals in the fungus 's flesh oxidise on contact with air .
7 None of the old historians of this County take notice of this Chantry , not even Mr Lambarde , who lived some years in the Bishops ' Palace here .
8 But on forty one minutes it was Milton who took the lead as new signee from A E R Harwell , Robbie Munn , was on hand to slide the ball home from close range as Matt Utteridge in the Bishops ' goal could only palm away Nigel Mott 's probing cross to send Milton in at the interval leading by a goal to nil .
9 Unfortunately the people er involved in the associations we were trying to block people joining , if , if you were wealthy in any way or if you had er you were a landlord they did n't want you to be , to be er a member of this cos I think there was fear that if you were to join you may be able to , yeah
10 GOLD bullion closed up a dollar in London helped by a pause in the dollar 's advance with an absence of fresh news .
11 Plaza Agreement 1985 This agreement by the governments of five major economies ( Japan , West Germany , France , UK , and the USA ) , known as the ‘ group of five ’ , was that the dollar was overvalued ( see Table 9.6 ) and that the central banks of the group of five should regulate the decline in the dollar 's foreign exchange value by a policy of managed floating , i.e. foreign exchange market intervention by the central banks .
12 There are indications that the US trade deficit is increasing at a lower rate , and that inter-governmental cooperation has contributed to an orderly decline in the dollar 's foreign exchange value .
13 Duncan was n't too concerned because he soon realized that there was little difference in the policeman 's driving whether he used one hand or two .
14 Duncan saw the panic in the policeman 's eyes .
15 Freddie glanced fearfully in the policeman 's direction but he was already walking smartly along the narrow street .
16 Roses and conifers , long impossible to grow in London because of sulphur dioxide and soot , once again appeared in the capital 's streets and gardens .
17 11am : A BBC worker personally hands tape to Thames TV for ITV network after travelling by taxi to the company in the capital 's Euston Road .
18 Student and opposition protest recurred during May and June , matched on the Abidjan university campus and in the capital 's streets by military and police repression .
19 More than 300 casualties a day were reported in the capital 's hospitals .
20 The number of people in the capital 's suburbs grew by about 50 per cent during each decade between 1861 and 1891 and by 45 per cent during the last ten years of the century .
21 A HARD-UP Middlesbrough man who travelled to London in search of work but ended up plastering sex-for-sale stickers in the capital 's call-boxes to raise some quick cash , was going straight back to his parents as soon as he could , Marylebone Magistreates Court heard .
22 The firm are in the last two months of a three-year maintenance contract for work in the Capital 's central area , including the repainting of the Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens .
23 Until about twelve years ago , they wore frock coats , and Clifford ( an Englishman who has adopted tartan trews himself for evening wear ) sees the new uniforms as not only an escape from the banality of the present outfits , but an opportunity to take part in the Scotland 's resurgence of national pride .
24 With 80 per cent of the seats in the arena again empty , it might have been a good opportunity to bus in the LTA 's young hopefuls to see for themselves what success in the game requires .
25 Tomorrow night Rose would lie in the boy 's place .
26 But hidden in the boy 's answering nod was an equal contempt for Moran 's work , which he regarded as nothing short of voluntary slavery .
27 He said he wanted to be pleased at this news , but had been unable to confirm whether it was true or not , since Susan had not requested assistance in the boy 's upbringing , nor did she intend to call on him for support .
28 Donald had one hand in the boy 's hair , and he was whipping the boy with a leather belt .
29 He liked that contempt , that resentment ; the first time he saw it in the boy 's face he knew it reminded him of something , but it was weeks before it came to him what it was .
30 He almost gagged , and Jean-Paul 's hand tightened around the nape of his neck , pulling him down , so the whole of his cock was in the boy 's mouth .
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