Example sentences of "and in an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though we find him joining the cut and thrust of conference debate , or delivering polemical lectures , we also glimpse a man apart , and in an intellect of such stature , it is tempting to describe him as aloof . |
| 2 | Davin , whatever his limitations , is standing on and in an Irishness which can be and is described and mapped , which is not a neutral zone , and which feeds and is fed by a language . |
| 3 | The sun was getting low over the sea and in an hour or so it would dip below the horizon , where there were horizontal bars of dark colour . |
| 4 | This was for the convenience of the Bishop 's barge and any other vessels to land , and where the Bishop might take his barge at any time and in an hour reach his Cathedral . |
| 5 | Pennethorne was called to explain his proposals , and in an appendix to the proceedings , Molesworth said that after considering Inman and Phipps 's report , he ‘ proposed to commence immediately with the Foreign Office ’ . |
| 6 | The editor of Les Colonies , however , seized on this statement , and in an editorial in the very last issue his paper was ever to publish , tried to use it to encourage people to stay in St Pierre . |
| 7 | This provided information on the cultivation of Ananas ( pineapple ) and on the management of stoves and hot walls , and in an addendum many new plants were introduced . |
| 8 | These three genera seem to form a natural grouping ( Box 2 ) and in the past they have been confused with one another : in commenting on the original description of the Buluk specimens , Deslon suggested that they should be attributed to Kenyapithecus ( rather than to Sivapithecus , as they then were ) , and in an addendum to their original description of Heliopithecus , Andrews and Martin recognized the affinities of that genus to Afropithecus , which was published just before Heliopithecus . |
| 9 | Its leader ( now its president ) Jozsef Torgyan had been embroiled in policy disputes within the party in early 1991 [ see p. 38161 ] , and in an exchange of bitter personal allegations , notably with Boross . |
| 10 | The cultural formation , at this level , is still alternative , but in the crisis of those years it was both necessarily involved in political activities , with direct and dangerous consequences , and in an overlap between what might in a different period be seen as separate kinds of practice ; as Godwin justly observed in 1794 , ‘ the humble novelist might be shown to be constructively a traitor ’ . |
| 11 | I shall consider only the first of these here , since theory has no independent insular life , and in an order only partly chronological . |
| 12 | The trash cans were big and had just been emptied , and in an instant the boys were off chasing the girls and yelling at the tops of their voices . |
| 13 | Clive 's fist hit the side of his head before he could blink , and in an instant he was crushed under all four boys and someone rammed the soap into his mouth . |
| 14 | He essayed a tentative movement , and in an instant the beast jumped at him , tearing at his jacket . |
| 15 | They reminded me of my patient , Cedric , and in an instant I was back in Darrowby answering the telephone . |
| 16 | The razor-sharp edge went deep and in an instant the entire neighbourhood seemed flooded with my blood . |
| 17 | Madra tripped and fell headlong in the leaf mould , and in an instant their pursuers were upon her . |
| 18 | In the urban environment ( Douglas , 1983 ) and in an ecosystem approach to the city ( Douglas , 1981 ) Douglas employs an ecosystem or systems approach and that , particularly the control system , may provide the means for study in physical geography and so that is appropriately the subject for chapter 7 . |
| 19 | Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction is an uncommon but serious disorder of intestinal neuromuscular function which results in recurrent episodes of intestinal obstruction without a mechanical cause , in vomiting , and in an inability to tolerate oral feeds . |
| 20 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 21 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 22 | Two attacks on Jan. 22 near Trincomalee claimed 38 lives in an explosion at an air force base and in an ambush by LTTE guerrillas , and on Jan. 26 another bomb attack killed eight bus passengers and an air force patrol member . |
| 23 | Docherty was on the verge of signing a new contract with United who had just won the FA Cup and in an act of either remarkable honesty or unmitigated stupidity , he decided to inform the board that he was romantically involved with the physiotherapist 's wife . |
| 24 | Scotland fans crowded at the entrance to Wembley threatening to lynch the Celtic keeper , and in an act of sad resignation , Haffey was forced to hide in a suburban house near the stadium . |
| 25 | This was seen by a decrease of injury grades II and III and in an increase of injury grades 0 and I. Another experiment with eight rats showed appreciable repair of the gastric mucosa 1 hour after ethanol ( data not shown ) , but the recovery was less pronounced than that seen 3 hours after ethanol . |
| 26 | It is rare , today , for the House of Commons to bring a government down , but there is no escape from the quinquennial test of a general election , and in an election the constant exposure of the weakness of a government in the course of debates and questions in Parliament can be a powerful influence as , indeed , can the converse — government spokesmen consistently and persistently surviving the attacks of a hostile House . |
| 27 | Neither the Labour nor the Liberal Party had won , but it was clear that the Conservatives had lost- and in an election called by them on an issue of their own choice . |
| 28 | True , the team was not getting any younger — the average age was approaching thirty — but the manager was a past master at recharging faltering spirits , and in an emergency there was always the strong reserve force to call on . |
| 29 | A nightmare and we had to actually ring the emergency number and in an emergency ring this number |
| 30 | In 1332 , in a lay subsidy roll , a family named de Fortereshaye was identified , and in a de Banco roll for 1310 the name appeared as de Foresteresheye ; and in an inquisition document of 1305 it was rendered as de Forstereshegh . |