Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] in [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This takes us back to explanations similar to those suggested for the variation in group size early in these studies ( Crook and Gartlan 1966 ) but these do not account for the massive gregariousness of the species under optimum conditions when a more even dispersion of the population would reduce the costs of foraging . |
| 2 | It further alleged that he had been a ‘ fifth columnist ’ working for the Army in west Belfast in the 1970s , and had been given immunity by the RUC to carry a gun and carry out robberies . |
| 3 | Fortunately for the teachers in Kircubbin Primary the children , Danielle , Jenny , Ryan and Christopher Mills , from Portaferry , are not identical . |
| 4 | Various people have claimed to have had the idea for the scene in Curtiz' Casablanca where the patriots drown a German song with ‘ La Marseillaise ’ , but here , four years earlier , good-guy ex-rebels drown out ‘ The Union Forever ’ with ‘ Dixie ’ in exactly the same way . |
| 5 | The government believes that the informal , voluntary and commercial sectors should substitute for the state in welfare provision . |
| 6 | Many , therefore , blamed Callaghan for the explosion in union wage claims that followed in the early seventies . |
| 7 | With turnover down 27 p.c. to £27.1m , reflecting both the tough trading climate and the group 's reluctance to compete at uneconomic margins in the construction market , profits slumped from £1.83m to £410,000 before providing £775,000 ( £1.2m ) for the fall in land values and reorgnisation costs of £325,000 . |
| 8 | A police constable was injured as bottles and other missiles were thrown at 300 British National Party supporters as they arrived for the rally in York Hall , Bethnal Green . |
| 9 | Waiting for the upturn in scotch whisky sales |
| 10 | We regularly discuss such matters , which I recognise are important , but , as my hon. Friend will appreciate , ECGD premiums must reflect the risk for the taxpayer in export credits . |
| 11 | Indeed , the relatively slow growth of productivity in many industries is one of the principal reasons for the increase in service sector jobs . |
| 12 | Swindon author Dr Colin Francome , who co-wrote the book , explained at today 's launch that research shows that one reason for the increase in Caesarean operations is that consultants are afraid of a law suit if the baby 's born naturally and is n't healthy . |
| 13 | Some of the major reasons for the increase in resource consumption include a 23 per cent increase in Royline customers over the past year , a 60 per cent increase in the number and complexity of Back Office account enquiries and a 40 per cent increase in authorisation processing associated with online systems such as SWITCH , EDI and Cashline Reciprocity . |
| 14 | All that shows beyond reasonable doubt that eggs were not responsible for the increase in food poisoning , which has gone up 36 per cent this year , despite an overall 24 per cent drop in egg consumption and the 700,000 birds slaughtered . |
| 15 | The high level of the hormone progesterone during pregnancy accounts for the increase in breast size . |
| 16 | Clinton finished some way behind , and Kerrey and Harkin took fourth and fifth place respectively , having chosen to ignore the caucus in favour of campaigning for the primary in South Dakota on Feb. 25 . |
| 17 | Mr Tim Devlin 's surprise victory for the Conservatives in Stockton South to hold on to the seat he won narrowly in 1987 from the prominent SDP man ( now Sir ) Ian Wrigglesworth was a classic example of the collapse of the centre vote working against Labour . |
| 18 | Zborowski did have a buyer for the drawings in Lucien Descaves , the brother of the Police Commissioner who bought them up by the batch . |
| 19 | These results suggest that ( allowing for the differences in trading hours between markets ) , information from foreign stock markets is reflected in the Finnish index futures market within a few hours , but not in the underlying spot market . |
| 20 | These hints were followed up by many gentlemen : and I think I never saw Mr Loudon more pleased than when a highly respectable gardener once told him that he was living in a new and most comfortable cottage , which his master had built for him ; a noble marquess , who said that he should never have thought of it , but for the observations in Mr Loudon 's Gardener 's Magazine , as they made him consider whether the cottage was comfortable or not , and that , as soon as he did so , he perceived its deficiencies . |
| 21 | Here in May 1942 — before the raid on Dieppe that August — plans were being made for the landings in North Africa that would put an American Task Force ashore on the Atlantic coast near Casablanca , a second force ashore at Oran in the Mediterranean , and a third further east at Algiers . |
| 22 | There is the judging of the village for the Britain in Bloom competition to take place shortly and Scorton is also entered in the Best Kept Village Competition . |
| 23 | In addition to playing for the clubs in league competitions she also enjoys pairs and triples games with fellow bowlers . |
| 24 | The closing date for the receipt of applications for the Certificate in Foundation Studies in Art and Design is 31 January of the proposed year of entry to the University . |
| 25 | By 1801 , the House was providing all the clothing for the prisoners in Bedford gaol . |
| 26 | The Council furthermore emphasized that " the prospect of a role for the Union in defence matters should be considered without prejudice to member states ' existing obligations , bearing in mind the importance of maintaining and strengthening the ties within the Atlantic alliance and without prejudice to the traditional positions of other member states [ a reference designed not to prejudice the position of neutral Ireland , the only non-NATO member of the EC ] . |
| 27 | Above right : the Sixties re-created for the film in Los Angeles , 1990 |
| 28 | This shift in emphasis has taken place partly because the restrictions on the use of organo-chloride pesticides introduced in the 1960s have enabled some of the more extreme threats to wildlife preservation to recede and partly because pesticide manufacturers countered nature conservationist claims that they were responsible for the reduction in bird population by arguing that hedgerow and woodland removal could be the prime culprits . |
| 29 | Then in 1991 VAT was raised again to pay for the reduction in community charge . |
| 30 | Will he accept responsibility for the reduction in job opportunities in Wales and for the increase in unemployment ? |