Example sentences of "in the [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nothing decided in the present case is intended in the least degree to diminish the high importance rightly recognised to attach to the concept of the implied undertaking as a necessary way of underpinning the integrity of the discovery process ( post , p. 926F ) .
2 Certainly nothing that we decide in the present case is intended in the least degree to diminish the high importance rightly recognised to attach to the concept of the implied undertaking as a necessary way of underpinning the integrity of the discovery process .
3 The non-interventionist Edward Stanley , Foreign Secretary in his father 's Conservative government of 1866–68 , stated a fortnight after taking office that " if North Germany is to become a single great Power , I do not see that any English interest is in the least degree affected " .
4 Then I suddenly saw that Syl , too , must look a very great fool , for he was twice my age and I was n't beautiful , nor talented , nor in the least degree interesting .
5 Normally that particular tone could quell a charging bull at ten paces , but this man , she thought , must have skin as thick as leather because he did n't look in the least bit intimidated .
6 It was more irritating still to realise he was n't in the least bit put out by the woman 's comments .
7 Repression would be looking at the cream cake and saying , I 'm not in the least bit interested , how revolting , disgusting , even though you actually unconsciously want it very much .
8 But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire .
9 ARDS manager Paul Malone was n't in the least bit perturbed at his side 's inept display at Newry .
10 No I was n't , no I was n't in the least bit impressed with it .
11 Be bec , the appalling thing is that they 're quite , they 're quite happy to spread this pain on those who are in the least position to burden it and they believe quite rightly and this , this is the I think , that exists between socialism and and and the Conservatism in that sense that whereas erm , you know opinion surveys bear out the fact that people are quite happy , those who can afford it to pay a little bit extra in terms of direct taxation for those service provisions , which are absolutely vital and these surveys have been conducted in public and they have been made quite er er open to the press , er , just before the last election particularly for the health authority and so forth .
12 On a fast , gusty launch a wooden glider will treat you to a series of creaks and groans , and occasionally bangs , which are alarming until you realize that it is all pretence and that the structure is not in the least danger of breaking up .
13 In the former , the key cash crop was oil palm , and in the latter cotton .
14 In the latter Japan became dominant in the mass market during the 1980S .
15 I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’
16 I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ .
17 No men in the latter type of job claimed that skill requirements had gone down .
18 In the latter type , it is the technical aspect which is important , as for example Thesis Number 490 , on methods of interpreting magnetic anomalies , in the present list .
19 Certain types of bacteria , by genetic mutation , can build up resistance to disinfectants that act in the latter way to the extent that they can become totally immune to normal concentrations even utilising the disinfectant as a food source .
20 However , many staff deployed in the latter way encountered problems in working with colleagues .
21 De Beauvoir 's adopted daughter Sylvie le Bon also features largely in the latter chapters , and their friendship is portrayed as mutually supportive and stimulating — notably different from de Beauvoir 's previous relationships with women .
22 Pam Nelson may not yet be a household name but if this young American progresses in the same manner as previous Pilkington Glass U.21 Champions Steffi Graf , Arantxa Sanchez , Jana Novotna and Manuela Maleeva , then it will not be long before her name appears in the latter stages of the world 's leading tournaments .
23 Granger , these full-blooded pictures were among the most popular films released in the latter stages of the war .
24 WC apps : 8 The Belgians tend to be ignored until they suddenly turn up in the latter stages of major tournaments — the final of the 1980 European Championship and the semi-finals of the last World Cup .
25 Similarly some women ca n't or do n't want to ride in the latter stages of pregnancy but would like their horse kept in work .
26 Fig 77 Robby Naish in the latter stages of a duck gybe .
27 Nigerian-born John Salako came up through the Palace 's Junior ranks as a pacy winger who could also score goals but , since The Eagles ' last return to the 1st Division , John has shown himself' capable of fulfilling other roles , by performing splendidly at left-back in the latter stages of the 1989–90 season , notably in the FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool and in the Wembley Finals .
28 The role of the Needs Analysis is essentially to reveal user-related issues that should be taken into account when producing the requirements specification in the latter stages of a study .
29 In the latter stages of Activity 3 , a requirements specification was developed , taking into account the problems and needs identified during the analysis .
30 In the latter stages of the project the resource level may decline again .
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