Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 From this treatise and other evidence , it can be deduced that Dom Pérignon achieved the following innovations : he was the first person in Champagne to produce a truly red wine ; the first person to produce a perfectly limpid white wine from black grapes ; he invented the traditional Champagne press ; perfected the art of blending wines from many different vineyards to produce one consistent and superior cuvée , or blend ; reintroduced the cork-stopper to France ; and pioneered the use of stronger English glass to withstand the internal pressure generated by sparkling wine .
2 All classic vineyards in Champagne possess a very thin layer of drift ( ABOVE LEFT ) , under which exists a seam of brilliant-white chalk up to 300 metres thick .
3 His St. Philomena ( in statue form a background to fruit and flowers ) could serve to all indifferent artists as a free lesson in how to wield paint and handle a difficult concept .
4 No equipment in existence has a refresh rate of 57 hz .
5 Captains had therefore to use their own resources to pay their men and bargain as best they could with the Exchequer ; but there is little evidence that delays in payment became a political issue .
6 Although the patients in remission showed a slightly higher absorption of PEGs , this rise was not statistically significant .
7 It seems clear that Rider Haggard intended Ayesha in part to embody a moral distinction between physical and ideal love .
8 Learning science is in part learning a language .
9 These tracts did in part reflect a radical Whig philosophy : for example , the connection was made between a standing army in peacetime and absolutism , and it was also suggested that the right to resist would be nullified by a standing army .
10 The ideas of the Laingians in part struck a chord because someone with mental disorder causes enormous disruption and upset in a family — so it is no wonder that relatives appear deeply concerned and closely involved , a factor which professionals often forget .
11 In his imaginative play , the child in part creates a world of his own and the creatures or objects in it .
12 These comments were in part reflecting a recent review of eight research studies on the frequency of childhood sexual abuse in the UK , published in Health Trends ( Markowe , 1988 ) .
13 For Mrs Thatcher and her government , antagonism towards the miners in part reflected a desire for revenge against the union which was widely perceived as precipitating the political crisis which led to the downfall of a previous Conservative government , led by Edward Heath , in 1974 .
14 Nor could he ignore American enthusiasm for British membership of the EEC , in part to ensure a better balance among the states of Western Europe , but also in the hope that Britain would strengthen those in the Community who favoured more liberal and outward looking economic policies .
15 What 's In Orbit ran a blinder when runner-up to the useful Travado at Newbury , but was beaten when falling two out last time .
16 The name of " Jhesu " concentrates an understanding of the energy of love which continually works to this end and used in prayer becomes a kind of brief mnemonic for this whole area of understanding and longing .
17 Meanwhile the money was not bad , and forgetting the occasional pound in change proved a useful means of saving .
18 It is the fact that when people and territory previously ruled by the Crown in Parliament become a separate and independent state , we do not , because we can not , endow it with a statehood like our own .
19 Unrest in Parliament reached a new intensity this week .
20 Er Madam Speaker , I understand the position you ma you the point you make about er ministers det er determining whether they 're going to make a statement by an oral statement or by a written parliament question , but surely the speaker does have power if he or she so determines to summon er a minister here and particularly if there 's pressure in parliament to require a minister to come here and make a statement , that must be right .
21 The British Field Sports Society is preparing to defend itself against another attempt in parliament to impose a ban on hunting .
22 Central America Report of March 6 stated that opposition by ecological activists had resulted in parliament rejecting a 40-year exploration concession with the US transnational paper concern , Stone Container Corp .
23 Labour MP 's Jo Richardson and Gavin Strang , are at present putting forward proposals in parliament to introduce a new clause to the proposed Employment Bill which would make such discrimination illegal .
24 This suggestion was , not surprisingly , refused by Mrs Thatcher , who , despite the fact that her Government used the guillotine in Parliament to ensure a jury can no longer have a say in the public interest , as they had in the trial of Clive Ponting , declared in a written reply to Baroness Ewart Biggs , that :
25 The commission dismissed charges of forgery of private and public documents , and in addition applied a December 1989 amnesty for offences committed before June 1989 against rules governing party political financing , in connection with allegations that Nucci had used funds to further his own election as a National Assembly deputy .
26 We have , of course , in addition undertaken a considerable change
27 This has all the facilities mentioned above , and in addition uses a medical model of the treatment of rape .
28 The seller can not expect on the one hand to be fully compensated for the sale falling through and on the other to be allowed in addition to retain a deposit already received .
29 There was talk of Minton in addition illustrating a book for Elek on South London but nothing ever came of this .
30 The words in square brackets should most definitely be included and in addition to avoid a continual stream of persons demanding access to the premises , the tenant may consider it advisable to add the following proviso at the end of this clause :
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