Example sentences of "in [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The issue of competence to carry out a review is critical considering that in only a quarter of all cases were outsiders much involved . |
| 32 | In only a handful of cases did the interviewer have to direct the interview to any great extent , and then only in cases where the informant responded only in short phrases . |
| 33 | Without authorisation he was placed in a strip cell ( a room without furniture ) clad in only a canvas suit for 3 days , and was then transferred to a cell , still on his own , where he was observed every 15 minutes . |
| 34 | There is no evidence that I 've finished , I 've finished eating and I 've finished my meal involve different senses of finish , so we must say that complete is a cognitive synonym of finish in only a sub-set of the grammatical occurrences of the latter . |
| 35 | He gestured towards the door , where Hilary Frome was standing , flaunting his fair hair and profile , and looking still more like an illustration of one of Baden Powell 's scouting manuals ; a fine specimen of British boyhood , who in only a matter of a year or two might be imagined assuming the burden of Empire , and administering imperial justice with rod and gun to one or other of the lesser breeds without the law . |
| 36 | We established that she and Sir Richard are lovers , adulterers , fornicators , and in only a matter of time we could have had a confession that they were guilty of Sir Thomas 's death as well as the . |
| 37 | I 've got a classic on the T V in a few , in perhaps a hour 's time . |
| 38 | Johnson , in perhaps a fit of amending courtesy , reflects upon the excellence of ‘ Isle of Muck ’ as a landlord . |
| 39 | In short , you have your own luxurious retreat situated in perhaps the world 's most exclusive location for a commendably affordable price . |
| 40 | As there is already a stop in approximately the location you describe I regret that I am still unclear as to what your request comprises . |
| 41 | I get up on my skates and dance to my left , in exactly the style I learned from him 25 years before . |
| 42 | This method has to be handled with a great deal of care since the danger is that it will result in exactly the kind of antagonism which the salesperson is wishing to avoid . |
| 43 | Swearing and taboo language , for instance , are strongly linked to both class and gender in exactly the way you would predict . |
| 44 | He had brought a boy called Jay to meet her , in exactly the way Arthur had taken her to meet his mother all those years ago . |
| 45 | The first thing to note is that a chase should be built up in exactly the way you built up the whole of your book . |
| 46 | The use of econometrics as a regular part of the marketing function is growing fast and in exactly the way described above , that is , using it to measure the return on investment . |
| 47 | Unknowingly the big Doberman had reacted in exactly the way his devious human opponent had wanted . |
| 48 | He was tied to her and to Mr Malik in exactly the way he was tied to his own parents . |
| 49 | Walter Ruttmann 's film from the apogee of German Expressionist cinema uses the cinema in exactly the way a poet uses language to give a dynamic , reverberant and meaningful portrait of one of the world 's great cities and its people . |
| 50 | In horsy terms , that means that if you do n't ask for canter in exactly the way he 's been taught , he just carries on trotting round wondering what you meant . |
| 51 | He had been sitting all evening in exactly the spot from which the gun had been fired . |
| 52 | I had no intention of taking the Transit up West — I 'd had enough trouble round the launderette , which doubles as a common room for the junior branch of the Hackney National Front — so I left it parked outside the front door in exactly the spot where Frank and Salome usually plug in the nightlight for their VW Golf . |
| 53 | And there , in exactly the manner I have recommended for putting in clues in the traditional whodunit , Hammett gives his readers their clue , full-out and in the open but made to look as if it was there as part of the particularly laconic , cool conversation the two men are having over the newly-slain body . |
| 54 | In just a year , Barratt 's has turned round from a £106 million loss to an £11,300,000 profit . |
| 55 | And as your career prospects have changed so dramatically in just a year , I 'd say your girlfriend was probably justified in feeling you left her for no good reason . |
| 56 | Of course , we have not done everthing in just a year , nor have we taken things forward in every aspect as much as we would have wished . |
| 57 | The number of British cot deaths halved in just a year after the advice . |
| 58 | The figure has more than doubled in just a year . |
| 59 | John Gorman will be the latest in a line of influential and successful managers who 've brought the little Wiltshire club from the fourth division to the top flight , in just a decade . |
| 60 | Among the bank of local runners was Alresford man Mark Thwaites who completed the course in just a fraction over three hours . |