Example sentences of "in [noun] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In awarding penalties for failure to comply with precepts issued under s 51 , TMA 1970 , the General Commissioners had taken all the relevant circumstances into account and the Court would not vary the amounts determined , according to the Chancery Division in Delapage Ltd v Highbury General Commissioners and IRC [ 1992 ] STI 205 .
2 Expeditions to the far-flung corners of the world in search of scientific novelties were in vogue that season as they had never been before .
3 Americans successfully resisted a push towards cluster housing and common open space when those ideas were in vogue 20 years ago .
4 Dolphins are very much in vogue these days .
5 I arrived expecting high rise hotels and crowded shores , instead I was treated to pretty villages built in honey coloured stone and fields of poppies .
6 In Forres that morning , Johnson and Boswell argued about evil .
7 I was in barracks each time .
8 Often sand and gravel , but in Champagne alluvial deposits may also include chalky pebbles and concentrations of chalk debris cemented into convex banks several metres thick , and younger alluvial soils may contain chalk clay .
9 Furthermore 80% of all deaths in the inducible group were instantaneous and in 63% ventricular tachycardia was documented .
10 Had the attention of the court been drawn to Article 119 of the EEC Treaty and the judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case 43/75 Defrenne v. Sabena ( 1976 ) ICR 547 , I have no doubt that , consistently with statements made by Lord Denning in previous cases , they would have construed section 6(4) so as not to make it inconsistent with Article 119 . ’
11 Thus , in its judgment in Case 6/64 Costa v. ENEL , the Court held that , by contrast with ordinary international treaties , the EEC Treaty had created its own legal system which , on the entry into force of the Treaty , became an integral part of the legal systems of the Member States .
12 But hang on to your water and electricity shares for the winter , just in case economic recovery once again takes longer than the boffins say .
13 Tom laughed absently , then continued to muse aloud , ‘ Dr Greene says the baby is possibly going to be macrosomic , but at this stage that 's not a problem and he 'll monitor closely in case early delivery is indicated . ’
14 Just in case real travel was in order , I took my passport ( real name ) and spare driving licence .
15 Is not it a strong strategic interest of the United Kingdom to maintain an effective and comprehensive defence industrial base , in case international circumstances change ?
16 The reason I ask these things is that we will have to look ahead in case certain difficulties present themselves . ’
17 Erm , I think Chair , it , there is a need obviously for all committees to be realistic , and erm , that certainly is our intention within those , but I would say again , it leads me to believe that you should keep a reasonable er , committee contingency in case certain difficulties present themselves in terms of those additional er , pressures and requirements .
18 As Gatfield points out , ‘ I ca n't work on a host of acts who I am vaguely interested in , just in case one day they come up with something exciting .
19 I prefer low-wattage heater/stats , especially in a cold environment , in case one packs up .
20 The RUC urged the public to be on the alert in case other bombs got through the sorting system .
21 But in case other soaps feel dull in comparison we suggest they do some rapid recruiting .
22 Even though workers are prepared to accept a general reduction in the level of real wages , they are unwilling to take the first step of accepting money wage cuts in case other workers with whom they regard themselves as comparable fail to follow suit .
23 Before the rabbit is taken out of the net , another net should be set over the hole in case other rabbits bolt .
24 The crucial words were : ‘ and in case such person be convicted , the overseers [ of the parish ] are forthwith to pay £10 to each of such inhabitants . ’
25 In case such arguments failed , the king also reminded the commons frequently that the war had been undertaken with their consent and that this consent had from time to time been renewed , as Sir William Thorp pointed out in the parliament of 1348 .
26 The matter was further considered in relation to Article 67 of the original version of the EEC Treaty in Case 203/80 Casati , which illustrates the other approach .
27 Mike [ Foot ] said wryly that if , as Harold Lever said , we had only a 50 per cent chance of avoiding catastrophe , we had better work out a contingency plan in case that chance did not come off .
28 This was clearly shown in Case 28/84 Commission v. Germany , where the animal foodstuffs directives , which , as mentioned in the previous paragraph , had been held not to preclude health inspections under national law , were found to create a comprehensive system with regard to the composition and preparation of animal foodstuffs , so that Germany could not lay down its own rules on minimum and maximum levels of certain ingredients .
29 But in case another address does n't reach you soon , you can write to me as ‘ Visiting Expert ( ! ) in English Language ’ , c/o Municipal Education Bureau , Nanking ’ .
30 In Case 1 we saw how the Nuer linked legitimacy to the payment of bridecattle ; in Case 2 Nayar legitimacy was established by the child 's mother being of the proper social age , a " mother " and not a " child " , with the added proviso that the presumed genitor must not be of lower caste than the mother .
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