Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group is strongest in the resilient Midlands and a land bank stretching five years is good security . |
| 2 | In this way the territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and Franche Comté made by Louis XIV in the 1660s and 1670s were careful to leave private and corporate rights there untouched . |
| 3 | In the 1970s America spent two years and $500m so that two crews could shake hands in orbit — the mission in which the last Apollo capsule docked with a Soviet Soyuz . |
| 4 | In the 1970s Ezra Pound 's laminated view of vital and moribund cultures , centred partly on Provence , made her see M. Grimaud 's easy educating communications about the land , the lore , the language in which she found herself , as a sign of real energy in his community which had been ersatz , or only wished-for , in post-Festival of Britain Yorkshire . |
| 5 | Later in the 1970s Idi Amin , then dictator of Uganda , was accused of eating parts of the human beings who , indubitably , died in his torture camps . |
| 6 | A series of inconclusive experiments failed to settle the issue until in the 1970s J. L. Gould finally confirmed von Frisch 's theory . |
| 7 | Will my hon. Friend remind Opposition Members that in the heady days of politician-directed industrial strategy in the 1970s Britain had a deficit on our steel trade of £1 billion per year and British Steel lost £16 billion during that decade , whereas now British Steel is the most efficient steel maker in Europe and we have a surplus on our steel trade of £1 billion per year ? |
| 8 | Back in the 1970s Alexis Hunter was notable as an overtly feminist artist who produced a series of ‘ photographic narrative sequences ’ designed to challenge the construction of gender roles . |
| 9 | In the 1970s Australia and California were producing such full , fruity and oaky Chardonnays that it was hard to drink more than one glass . |
| 10 | In the 1970s Portugal and Spain both emerged from long periods of dictatorship and established parliamentary-electoral systems with remarkable smoothness . |
| 11 | In the 1970s Ann McMillan , later to be Vice-Chairman of the Society , began popular classes at Leatherhead Leisure Centre for TODDLERS and for children . |
| 12 | The impacts of traffic on street life were described as ‘ subtle , complex and , in many instances , very destructive ’ by Donald Appleyard in his pioneering work in the 1970s Pushkarev and Zupan agree , though they perhaps express their view with more poetic licence : |
| 13 | Writing in the Labour Sunday newspaper , environmental journalist Tran Trong Thuc , suggests : " Officials fear they 'll get a bad reputation among foreign investors if they reverse their decision " . |
| 14 | EX-MARINE Doug Pearson proved too tough for his rivals in the final North Yorkshire and South Durham Cross Country League meeting of the season at Loftus yesterday . |
| 15 | In the final Arnaud was too strong , and threw Hughes twice , taking her backwards for a koka ( three points ) and then with a shoulder throw for yuko . |
| 16 | Guidance to this effect is required in the final PPG Note . |
| 17 | We believe clear guidance on this issue should be provided in the final PPG Note . |
| 18 | In the final UN resolution , voted on 1 June 1984 , the GCC text was somewhat watered down so that Iran 's role was in less sharp focus . |
| 19 | They were thrashed by six wickets in the final Texaco trophy one day international at Old Trafford . |
| 20 | Nicholas Bennett , speaking in the final Commons debate in March , said : |
| 21 | He turned on a star performance to come past Peter Morgan , Andy Skues , Richard Whiteside and in the final James Gronland . |
| 22 | In the final Mike McFarlane was drawn adjacent to Chidi and he also was disqualified , for the same offence as Cameron . |
| 23 | The overall retardation of black youth is due , in no small measure , to the inadequacy of Caribbean families to cope with the exigencies of education in the modern UK . |
| 24 | ART SHELL , the first black head coach in the modern NFL , recorded his first victory as the Los Angeles Raiders beat the New York Jets 14-7 . |
| 25 | Diana is also a published poet ; her poem Great Grandma and James Andrew won 3rd prize in the 1991 Peterloo Poetry Competition . |
| 26 | That report voted best piece of research in the 1991 Extel survey of institutional investors — was inspired , Mr Smith says , by the belief that ‘ much of the apparent growth in profits which had occurred in the 1980s was the result of accounting sleight of hand rather than genuine economic growth ’ . |
| 27 | THE closing date for entries in the 1991 Tankard Awards competition organised by the British Guild of Beer Writers and sponsored by Bass is 1 November . |
| 28 | He had , after all , surpassed himself once more in the 1991 Ryder Cup by winning 4½ points out of 5 . |
| 29 | Bryan was manager of the Irish teams which played in 1981 at Long Beach , in 1985 in London and in the 1991 Perth Festival , and he says : ‘ They were wonderful events , all of them , but we are planning in Dublin to make 1993 the jewel in the crown ’ . |
| 30 | If you run for St. John Ambulance in the 1991 ADT London Marathon |