Example sentences of "in the [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the long-run I 'd like to be looked on as a composer rather than a stick player . |
| 2 | ‘ I have it in mind to promote Jules to a more prominent position in the firm one of these days , ’ Félix commented . |
| 3 | The only difference is that in the 1950s and the 1980s the Conservatives had more than 10 years to cure the ills of the economy while in the 1970s they had but four . |
| 4 | In the 1970s they had been required to obtain land for future projects , and they could hardly have been expected ? sell at such severely-depressed prices . |
| 5 | In the 1970s they were eagerly offered loans by Western banks suddenly awash with oil riches ; in the 1980s the debt collectors have come knocking . |
| 6 | The construction and development industry is best known for this and there were notable scandals in the 1970s which linked architects ( such as John Poulson ) , who were highly dependent on local authority orders , to key local politicians ( such as T. Dan Smith ) , who had some influence over their allocation . |
| 7 | GKR laid the foundations of a world network in the 1970s which broadened in the following decade from Europe to the Far East . |
| 8 | Density might have remained the most accepted form of classification but for three developments in the 1970s which gave a great impetus to the classification of rural populations into different typologies or groupings : |
| 9 | Manley stood for social justice despite the failure of his earlier administration in the 1970s which was derailed by powerful domestic and US opposition . |
| 10 | IN THE 1970s everyone seemed to be worried about the dangers of work : Jeanne Stellman and Susan Daum , with Work is Dangerous for your Health , and Patrick Kinnersley , with The Hazards of Work , were among the authors to bring the problems to our attention . |
| 11 | In the 1970s there were only two types of potential replacement DMU being considered by BR 's passenger marketing people and the engineers . |
| 12 | In Britain , West Germany , and Scandinavia in the 1970s there was a steady reduction in working-class support for parties of the left . |
| 13 | When the Marxist Left and the radical Right emerged in the 1970s there was one point on which they were agreed : that many of the seeds of decline were planted in the immediate post-war years . |
| 14 | In the 1970s there were already some moves in this direction , reflected in the formation of regional agencies , such as water authorities and health authorities ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 , Ch. 7 ) . |
| 15 | In the 1970s there was a renewed interest in site-related folklore . |
| 16 | Indeed research from the National Child Development Study clearly identifies public matters where the state could intervene to prevent harm to children : In the 1970s there was concern about the ‘ cycle of deprivation ’ ( Joseph , 1972 ) and the war against poverty ( Jordan , 1974 ) . |
| 17 | To obtain true security in Europe , NATO still wanted to see a reduction of Russia 's conventional strength , which remained overwhelming , and as in the 1970s there was some concern that Moscow and Washington could together decide the fate of Europe without European representation . |
| 18 | In the 1970s there were developments that integrated compliance and value for money auditing . |
| 19 | However although fragmentation was a feature evident in the 1960s , in the 1970s there were at least two trends that tended to foster integration : namely the use of common techniques and a more realist approach . |
| 20 | Before the property boom took off in the 1970s there were still cheap flats around in London . |
| 21 | S. cordifolia had traditionally been confined to the Western Himalayas , but in the 1970s it spread to the Sivalik Hill region . |
| 22 | Moreover as inflation began to rise in the 1970s it made no sense to wait before buying ; the price would inevitably be higher if you did so . |
| 23 | Another place of worship was built in 1828 for the Methodists but as attendances dwindled in the 1970s it was decided to share with Christ church , a facility which made economic sense . |
| 24 | In the 1970s it turned over more than £50 million , but it sank last year after an unsuccessful relaunch . |
| 25 | It initially developed to provide trade financing for the entrepot centre , but since the multinationals started to arrive in the 1970s it has developed into a sophisticated financial centre . |
| 26 | In the 1970s it was only a curiosity but around 1980 it had a renaissance when people discovered that in certain complicated molecules , involving both deuterium and tritium , the presence of a muon caused fusion to occur much faster than had been previously thought possible . |
| 27 | Close attention to constituent needs has always been an indispensable condition for success in elections to the US congress , but in the 1970s it assumed a new significance . |
| 28 | In the 1970s it used to be said that the British paid themselves more than they really earned . |
| 29 | In the 1970s it was also the biggest in Europe with a population of 70,000 . |
| 30 | In the 1970s it was recognised that for decades there had been a growing imbalance between the consumer and the supplier or manufacturer . |