Example sentences of "in a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is obvious that one chapter in a workbook can not be very comprehensive on any one subject and we certainly hope that you will be involved in some further reading from the suggested reading list . |
| 2 | An animal in a desert must breathe as little as possible . |
| 3 | Anger in a relationship can be viewed positively . |
| 4 | On the former definition , pushing someone in a river would have to be called a signal because it certainly would change his behaviour-but this would be excluded by the definition requiring the influence of the signal to be mediated by the recipient 's sense organs . |
| 5 | He did what any timorous man in a panic would do , ran away and hid himself within the community , where he was known and respected , and no one would ever guess he had attempted such a deed . ’ |
| 6 | The choice of other healthy hot meals in a pub may be fairly limited . |
| 7 | You ca n't very well go in a pub can you ? |
| 8 | A week in a chalet would have cost the Majors £214 — less if two friends shared . |
| 9 | Article 38 is the only specified exception , for it preserves the position that a rule set forth in a treaty can become binding upon a third party as a rule of customary international law . |
| 10 | A human being who suffers a fatal heart attack when out walking in a wood would not have been setting out to ‘ die alone ’ . |
| 11 | In this way , squirrels in a wood can remain hidden from view while a predator explores the whole region . |
| 12 | Peculiars are by definition uncommon but they are worth searching for and if present in a case would strongly favour any remedies showing that same symptom . |
| 13 | But there are some policy decisions with which , I think , the courts in a case can , if necessary , interfere . |
| 14 | Sometimes counsel for one of the parties in a case will make objection to a particular judge hearing the case . |
| 15 | The axiom states that a population not represented in a parliament can not share a government which that parliament controls . |
| 16 | A clause which purports to exclude liability in a contract may be unreasonable in the light of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 17 | The article is set out to try and answer some of your questions and help you map out how best to set about producing and marketing without becoming involved in a contract should one be made available . |
| 18 | Where in a hotel might you use CCTV to help you manage ( which is what efficient communication is all about ) ? |
| 19 | For example , maintenance staff in a hotel can benefit in situations where they need to talk constantly to another member of staff located in a separate part of the hotel , such as while they are repairing and testing lighting or heating . |
| 20 | There is no choice here , all the Fanatics in a unit must be released as soon as enemy are within this distance . |
| 21 | Trolls must be organised into units of the same type , but the number of Trolls in a unit can be less than the normal minimum of five models . |
| 22 | A blind man with his head tied in a sack could see this one coming , could n't he ? |
| 23 | The union is currently in negotiation with management about the transfer of staff to the company 's Ferryhill factory , but the total number of jobs expected to be created in a transfer will probably be less than 30 . |
| 24 | The lexical items in a taxonomy may be thought of as corresponding to classes of things in the extra-linguistic world . |
| 25 | Unlike a petrol engine with a throttle , or accelerator , to vary the amount of fuel and air being sucked into the engine , diesel works on the principle that air in a cylinder will , if it is compressed , heat enough to ignite fuel without the use of a spark plug . |
| 26 | In this way , classroom discussion of — for example — the characters , themes , and moral , social or emotional issues in a work can be related to the writer 's technique and craft and to the boundless potential of language for the creation of new meanings . |
| 27 | I assumed that since the author was not black , the appearance of Africanist characters or narrative or idiom in a work could never be about anything other than the ‘ normal ’ , unracialised , illusory white world that provided the fictional backdrop . |
| 28 | She , in whom a natural clear spring of charm flowed vigorously , who expostulated , articulated and knew her own mind with commanding grace — in private , not in public of course ( before others who were not family , such confidence in a girl would seem an outrage ) — could not speak up now and tell Rosa what she felt . |
| 29 | Note that a single-point gas water heater in a bathroom must be fitted with a balanced flue : a good idea for others , too . |
| 30 | If belief in an Ultimate develops , belief in a self will not be difficult . |