Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [noun] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We now have an outline of the reasons for an upswing in economic activity and for an increase in the rate of surplus-value . |
| 2 | They are a collection of short stories , The Singing Bone , published in 1912 and written by R. Austin Freeman , a formidable advocate of the detective story as an exercise in rigorous logic , who once wrote that the ideal reader should be " a clergyman of studious and scholarly habit " and that the most interesting pages must be those of the final explanation . |
| 3 | Indeed , in its evidence to the Kilbrandon commisson , my party accepted that if its then proposals had been accepted by the commission , the case for a reduction in Scottish Members to , say , 58 or 59 would have been hard to resist . |
| 4 | Recent experimental data suggest that NO acts as a neurotransmitter in non-adrenergic non-cholinergic pathways of the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 5 | The emphasis is on public acceptance of new technologies as a variable in national economic performance . |
| 6 | In a report presented to the Political Committee of FET y de las JONS on 1 April , the dissident Falangist , Dionisio Ridruejo , stated his belief that the whole affair had been a fabrication , as an excuse for a crack-down in academic and intellectual circles . |
| 7 | It was also seen as an attempt to undermine the UN 's plans for a referendum in Western Sahara [ see p. 38982 ] . |
| 8 | By 1831 the attempt to portray antislavery in parliament as an exercise in abstract moralism was absent . |
| 9 | Twelve hours as an average in normal times seems a fair measure . |
| 10 | It is however not in curriculum thinking that Fullan 's major contribution is to be found , but rather in the issues he raises about the nature of change as a process in educational terms , and the implications these have for managers in the service . |
| 11 | Enthusiasm for a change in dietary recommendations for diabetic patients was fuelled by growing awareness of links between the serum cholesterol level and coronary heart disease , and dietary fat intake and serum cholesterol in the non-diabetic population . |
| 12 | Similarly , he used his connections with the promotion of adult education in the Workers ' Educational Association ( WEA ) and the Extra-Mural Department of London University to establish a joint and full-time crash course for a Diploma in International Affairs in the London Institution of World Affairs , of which he was the president until his death . |
| 13 | The consultation document will also consider proposals for a reduction in complex orthopaedic surgery at Horton and more emphasis on day care surgery . |
| 14 | That great side of the late 1930s , always remembered as ‘ Mentle 's Mediocres ’ , had so many forgotten players that uncovering Bert Fudge ranks as a milestone in twentieth-century archaeology . |
| 15 | He managed to increase the staff in two ways ; first by getting the endowment for the chair of Greek freed from the attachment to a canonry and then the endowment of the canonry used to give a second professorship of theology ; secondly by persuading the vice-chancellor to find money for a lectureship in New Testament studies . |
| 16 | Today infertility is seen as a problem for the couple and andrology has joined gynaecology as a discipline in scientific medicine . |
| 17 | Oesophagitis was seen only in the group with impaired peristalsis , confirming the close association between a change in oesophageal motility and injury of oesophageal mucosa . |
| 18 | It is perhaps trite to say that the educational policy is only as good as its actual implementation in the classroom , but it is a point overlooked in the search for a panacea in deaf education . |
| 19 | Thus ethanol , apart from having an overall stimulatory effect on gastric parietal cell metabolism , seems to specifically stimulate gastric acid secretion through an increase in cyclic AMP and subsequently adenylate cyclase . |
| 20 | Her marriage to Archibald earl of Angus — whose name , with unwitting appropriateness , she spelt ‘ Anguisshe ’ — and subsequent divorce , combined with her demands for a place in political life , produced on one occasion the agonized response that she might have it if only she would be ‘ a good Scots woman ’ , and created continuing and profoundly irritating headaches for those who were trying to control Scottish affairs . |
| 21 | Demands for a cutback in Scottish MP numbers are fuelled by criticism of the fact that they would be able to vote on English and Welsh matters while MPs from England and Wales would not be able to vote on such matters in Scotland . |
| 22 | Now the communists are divided , and the larger wing , the Democratic Left , wears such liberal colours that it could be accepted by other parties as a partner in future coalitions . |
| 23 | In Chapter 8 , where welfare economics was introduced , we stated a very important condition for an increase in economic welfare . |
| 24 | We return to civilisation after a wash in cold water , a breakfast of buns and sour cream and a ride through knife-sharp mountain air . |
| 25 | As the two of us struggled with an awkward table at the 3p.m. closure of a day in Christian Aid Week 1992 , my companion asked me if I knew the answer to number 13 in Duncan Innes ' C.A. Quiz . |
| 26 | A report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) published in April 1991 estimated that the growth of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in Austria would fall from 4.6 per cent in 1990 to around 3 per cent in both 1991 and 1992 as a result of a fall in domestic demand . |
| 27 | Adaptation was expected to be the result of a change in visual perception or the proprioceptive sense of the arm . |
| 28 | The decreased total protein and amylase turnover rates are probably a result of a reduction in synthetic rates as the time taken for labelled total protein and amylase to appear in the duodenal juice was significantly longer in the the post-acute pancreatitis patients . |
| 29 | Consider the case depicted in Figure 5.9 where the economy starts in a position of full employment at point A. Suppose the level of aggregate demand were suddenly to fall , for example as a result of a decline in planned investment . |
| 30 | Rimington pointed out that the stabilisation of accident levels is the result of a decline in heavy industry and better health and safety regulations . |