Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a truism to say that we have not yet come to terms with it , or with the changes in relationships it has brought . |
| 2 | So , if anybody saw me on the morning after , either hobbling up or down the stairs in St Swithin 's or leaping up and down ( very slowly ) , with an ‘ ooh , ah ’ , accompanied by much frantic rubbing of calf muscles , you know why . |
| 3 | It may be — although we can not be sure because our knowledge is so uneven — that many of the frequently expressed fears of the effects of expanding leisure opportunities on the countryside are exaggerated , that well-publicized cases of overcrowding and ecological damage in the Lake District , in parts of the Derbyshire Peak District or on the Downs in Kent and Sussex are localized and atypical rather than the shape of things to come elsewhere . |
| 4 | Cast iron superseded lead as the main material used for gutters and downpipes but cast iron systems are now likely to be showing signs of leaking at the joints between lengths of guttering or at the joints in downpipes . |
| 5 | It could have been avoided by having the same verb in ss.18 and 20 or by the Lords in Wilson deciding that " cause " and " inflict " covered the same ground . |
| 6 | The whole operation was for Reagan 's sake , as well as the hostages ' ; it was a present for him , preferably one to be delivered by Christmas , or by the State of the Union address in January , or by the elections in November . |
| 7 | Her mother also favoured a small black number , while her father and Martin Parr were like twins , except for the differences in size and weight . |
| 8 | Although residential and day-care staff have been a priority target for training in many departments , the vast majority are untrained , except for the offices in charge . |
| 9 | In Acts 8 , I saw that for the converts in Samaria , although wonderfully converted and delivered from evil ( v 7 ) and baptised ( v 12 ) , there was still something missing . |
| 10 | In its treatment of matrimonial conveyancing , this book is not concerned with the merits of the spouses ' respective claims nor with the proceedings in connection with those claims . |
| 11 | Management fees of investment trusts are considerably lower than those of unit trusts because of the wide disparities in money spent on advertising , although with the changes in rules on advertising for investment trusts , their fees are likely to rise . |
| 12 | The real value of the method is seen to lie in its motivating effect more than in the changes in production methods . |
| 13 | The conflict was that ‘ the drug appeared to be retained much longer in the bodies of the patients in Basingstoke ( Dista 's British headquarters ) than in the patients in Indianapolis ’ . |
| 14 | The information about the difficulties of conveying the intended meaning of language , and about the problems in memory and attention experienced by many people with schizophrenia , has been combined with neuropsychological knowledge to suggest the possibility of a dysfunction of one of the two hemispheres of the brain , probably the right side ( Cutting , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | He wanted to hear all about Georg and about the boyfriends in Vienna . |
| 16 | Then came the crowning blow for France and for the Catholics in Scotland . |
| 17 | It was Macaulay who said that there was no more absurd ( and after the scenes in Liverpool I would say horrifying ) spectacle than ‘ the English having one of their periodic fits of morality ’ . |
| 18 | Note has also been taken of where particular groups have positioned themselves at various times in their evolution , and of the differences in style which have characterized such groups over time . |
| 19 | Weekend Guardian Tomorrow With events in Eastern Europe throwing much of contemporary political ideology into turmoil , the French philosopher Andre Gorz — whom Le Monde calls ‘ one of the most important thinkers of our time ’ — blends the ideas of the Greens and of the uprisings in East Germany and Czechoslovakia to map out a ‘ third way ’ politics for the 21st century , in defiance of socialism and capitalism . |
| 20 | Legal procedures were the preserve of the Instruction Book and of the advocates in court . |
| 21 | And with no sacrifices in MS-DOS and Novell network compatibility . |
| 22 | The tournaments were played at Munster Road headquarters , and with the women in trousers , the games were quite competitive . |
| 23 | Many products contain mechanisms that are interfaced to electronics and with the advances in miniaturization of these products it is only the special-purpose machines which possess the skills to manufacture and assemble them . |
| 24 | There is no difference , either , between what we have under the community charge and under the rates in respect of identifying people who are entitled to help through social security benefit , if they are on low incomes . |
| 25 | He sets out the triads that can be extracted from a particular scale , then he applies various formulae for adding and subtracting notes to and from the triads in order to realise the scale type 's total harmonic potential . |
| 26 | Edward III 's victories at Crécy and Poitiers did much in themselves to generate enthusiasm for the war , and the profits both from these victories and from the chevauchées in Aquitaine , Normandy and Brittany helped to ensure the support of the nobility for the war . |
| 27 | It is known , too , that Charles Fraser , one of the social workers involved in the abuse inquiries in the family of fifteen , and in the cases in question , is a member of the Orkney Christian Fellowship . |
| 28 | The soot deposits from its chimneys fall in the residential area in which it is sited , settling on washing , paintwork and parked cars and on the plants in people 's gardens — all of which suffer . |
| 29 | I believe that this view is too strong , that , although porn does reinforce certain attitudes towards women , in the main , it is rather a symptom , and not a major part of the cause , of power relations that exist outside the pages of Penthouse , Playboy , etc. , and outside the cinemas in Soho or Amsterdam ( see Moye , 1985 ) . |
| 30 | There are benefactions to the church of St Peter the Little in Thames Street and to the Carmelites in Fleet Street . |