Example sentences of "in [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People found escape in home-entertainment , including violent videos and games , and in fictional and celebrity dramas enacted in Press and TV . |
| 2 | Differences were observed in the expression of the various alternative splices of tenascin mRNA between tumor and normal cells and may thus indicate differences in tenascin isoform expression and function in normal and tumor cells . |
| 3 | For thirty-one years he was a fellow of the Linnean Society , serving on the council in 1921–4 and 1927–32 , being vice-president in 1931–2 and president in 1927–31 . |
| 4 | Admittedly , there is a general difference in body-build and size between men and women , and this is analogous to sexual dimorphism in the simians , but man 's most distinctive secondary sexual characteristics are quite unlike anything found in the gorilla or chimpanzee . |
| 5 | A World Bank official reported that the government had made considerable progress in monetary and exchange rate policies . |
| 6 | It is not just in professional and business circles that personal contacts help people obtain jobs . |
| 7 | Paradoxically , as it seems to observers , such evangelicals also seem to be disproportionately successful in worldly pursuits ; many of them are highly successful careerists in professional and business life . |
| 8 | We found and filmed superbly carved treasures lying about unprotected which , within a decade , were to be stolen , and subsequently appear in private and museum collections abroad . |
| 9 | Between 1982/83 and 1986/87 , in government schools the success rate dropped from almost 80 per cent to 70 per cent ; in private and community schools from 40 to 30 per cent ; and in technical education from 60 to 55 per cent . |
| 10 | Now I do have input into what I think will sell in Europe and in Asia and my background in private and investment banking has contributed to our expansion in these directions ; I come into contact with different people from those who might normally come into Colnaghi 's , giving rise to possible purchasing opportunities . |
| 11 | Candidates should be British Citizens with a degree in Economics or other relevant subject , preferably with postgraduate experience or qualification in economic and development planning . |
| 12 | The consultative group for Bolivia of the Group of Eight ( Western ) countries , in association with the major multilateral agencies , met in Paris on Nov. 8 and agreed to a total of US$926,000,000 in economic and development loans , reportedly on " very advantageous terms " , to cover the period 1991-93 . |
| 13 | More general was the reversal in the relative fortunes of the northern and southern parts of Britain in about 1921 , when many of the older industrial regions fell into relative decline in economic and population trends . |
| 14 | Where America is heading in economic and energy terms is central to any view of the world energy future . |
| 15 | to evaluate the likely consequences for regional and local differences in economic and labour market performance . |
| 16 | Mrs Goode 's success follows that of her husband , David , who graduated two years ago in technical and computer studies . |
| 17 | Japan at the same time offered an extra $50,000,000 in technical and food aid . |
| 18 | He was a founder artist of the English Opera Group in 1947 , a founder Artistic Director ( with Britten and Eric Crozier ) of the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948 and Founder-Director of the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in 1972 . |
| 19 | He was appointed chevalier of the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau in 1948 and CBE in 1951 . |
| 20 | Majorie gained B.Litt in 1948 and D.Phil in 1976 , and expresses gratitude to Somerville for enabling her to return to Oxford to work for this . |
| 21 | Early examples include university settlements in 1913 , the Peckham Health Centre with its family club which opened in London in 1926 , Parents and Child Centre in Birmingham in 1934 , Pacifist Service Units in 1940 which became Family Service Units in 1948 and Family Advice Centres in 1965 . |
| 22 | In Labour and Life of the People ( 1889–93 ) , his two-volume study of Londoners , Charles Booth wrote : |
| 23 | In 1910 , Tom Mann came back from Australia , where he had been engaged in political and trade union campaigning for the previous nine years . |
| 24 | IN all my years in political and business life I have never seen anything like the pressure put on the rebels in Westminster on Wednesday night . |
| 25 | He also played a part in developing in England , even before the full force of the new historical criticism of the Bible had been felt there , an understanding of the authority of the Bible which did not rest simply on regarding it as the inspired and inerrant compendium from which the truths about God could be read off in literal and rationalist fashion . |
| 26 | The PS candidate Henri Emmanuelli , a Secretary of State in 1981-86 , was elected president of the National Assembly on Jan. 22 , gaining 289 votes in the second round against 225 for the candidate of the right , Jacques Chaban-Delmas ( Prime Minister in 1969-72 and president of the National Assembly in 1985-69 , 1978-81 and 1986-88 ) . |
| 27 | Forger was first flown in 1971 and production began in 1975 , the type becoming the world 's second operational jet V/STOL fighter ( after the Harrier ) when deployed aboard the Soviet carrier Kiev the following year . |
| 28 | There is also a small sector of very expensive élite schools which teach in Spanish and English , used mainly by upper and upper-middle class families who aspire to send their children abroad to university . |
| 29 | The department also offers an honours degree in Spanish and Portuguese . |
| 30 | One of Franco 's most fervent supporters , Luis Galinsoga , editor of the Barcelona daily , La Vanguardia , lauded the Generalísimo as the " sentry of the west " and the " guardian of the European spiritual fortress " — a description which undoubtedly fitted perfectly Franco 's own image of himself and his role in Spanish and world politics . |