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

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1 In 614 Chlothar held a council at Paris , and one at Clichy in 626/7 .
2 In 1875 Sykes achieved one of the greatest advances in railway safety in operation with his ‘ lock and block ’ system .
3 In 1875 Tosti made his first visit to London , and after this returned every year to the city , where he became very popular in fashionable circles .
4 In 1875 women became eligible for election as guardians .
5 In 1875 Kempe bought an Elizabethan house , Old Place , Lindfield , which he greatly enlarged and decorated lavishly with his growing collection of furniture and works of art .
6 In 1875 Davies became treasurer of the college , resigning in 1886 .
7 Also in 1875 Townsend made his first tour to the Continent ; throughout his life he made regular visits to Europe , especially to northern Italy , where he developed a lifelong interest in architectural mosaics .
8 In 1875 Thomas hit upon a way of removing phosphorus from iron ores in the process developed by ( Sir ) Henry Bessemer [ q.v. ] for the manufacture of steel .
9 Before his father 's retirement in 1869 Knowles began to practise independently .
10 In 1869 Skerne joined forces with a Dudley company to win a contract from the Bombay-based Grand India Peninisular Railway .
11 Thus , when considering macro- and microscopic data independently , the same results were obtained : mild acid pretreatment enhances mucosal resistance in the three experimental groups but changes are significantly more noticeable in linoleic or eicosapentaenoic acid supplemented groups than in oleic acid fed rats .
12 But if expectations are rational then this superiority disappears , for if the fall in aggregate demand assumed above were predictable , it would have no effect on real output and would not need to be countered by a change of monetary policy .
13 As detailed on May 2 , the measures gave the government the technical right to dismiss strikers in these sectors and laid down that strikes in non-essential services had to be approved by an assembly of at least one-third of union members concerned , while in essential services strikes had to be announced 48 hours in advance and a minimum level of service ensured .
14 On May 27 police in Tamil Nadu said that they were holding a Sri Lankan Tamil woman for questioning in connection with the assassination .
15 Interviews and observations carried out during a long-term follow-up study in fifty classrooms revealed that the classroom practice of nearly 50 per cent of the respondents had not changed in any perceptible way as a result of their attendance at such courses .
16 Jim and Fred Rodgers maintained that the RUC 's presence in loyalist areas had doubled since SDLP and Alliance Party delegations met the Security Minister , Sir John Wheeler , earlier this week .
17 The antigen and activity concentrations of both plasminogen activators in normal tissue showed a steady increase going from squamous oesophagus to the stomach and duodenum .
18 Hours spent waiting for instructions , wet time , and working on unbonussed operations would be included in total hours worked , but not set against the target hours .
19 Collaboration was accomplished with certain segments of society , notably with landowners and the wealthy élite , but in total Japan did not succeed in reconciling the most articulate in Korea to the continuance of the Japanese presence .
20 For example , if V I were twice V N inequality would decline as a result of the redistributive tax on capital as long as the share of capital in total income exceeded 20 per cent .
21 In the case of The Times , there is a decrease in total space devoted to public affairs news and features — 1184 sq .
22 In total Germany had guaranteed US$6,572 million .
23 The UCS won the judicial capital , Sucre , and easily defeated the AP in the Andean cities of Oruro and Potosí and in total votes emerged as the country 's third political force .
24 With the slowing down of inflation in the mid-late 1970s , the ratio of direct to indirect taxes in total revenue began to fall .
25 In total Oshima named seven senior members of the LDP who had been involved in efforts to force his party to desist .
26 In 750 Eadberht imprisoned Cynewulf , bishop of Lindisfarne , at Bamburgh , and besieged Offa , son of Aldfrith , in the church of Lindisfarne until , almost dead with hunger , he was dragged from sanctuary .
27 In 1934 Cutts commissioned James Hilton to write a short story which eventually turned into Goodbye Mr Chips .
28 In vain Auguste pleaded that the Prince of Wales would not wait until September .
29 " Profit " lies here also and some members of this school might have passed their lives in prim obscurity had their names not been made by their own publicity .
30 Johannitsa threatened the pope with accepting coronation from the patriarch of Constantinople : in 1203 Johannitsa submitted to the Holy See , the legate bestowed the pallium on the archbishop of Trnovo as primate and in November 1204 crowned Johannitsa king of the Bulgars and Wallachians .
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