Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether there is upregulation of the genes that produce these antigens or merely a change in expression on the cell surface has not been investigated : in situ hybridisation should provide an answer to this question . |
| 2 | And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ? |
| 3 | Bank lending may also increase ( item 3 ) even if there is no increase in liquidity or even a reduction in liquidity ( item I is zero or negative ) , if banks respond to increases in the demand for loans by accepting a lower liquidity ratio . |
| 4 | Change of control clauses ( commonly found in software licences ) entitle one party to a contract to terminate the contract if there is a change in ownership of the other contracting party or sometimes a change in ownership of the holding company of that contracting party . |
| 5 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 6 | But such an identification was probably more than merely an exercise in wish-fulfilment by the ego on behalf of the id . |
| 7 | more than just a week in politics |
| 8 | Although not used more often than once a year in autumn , this tool saves all the hard work involved in scarifying ( breaking up and loosening the surface of ) a lawn by hand with a lawn rake . |
| 9 | The changing patterns of incidence of gastric carcinoma may , in part , be related to changes in smoking habits and perhaps a change in incidence of H pylori infection . |
| 10 | And obviously an expert in business . |
| 11 | He was a local lad and already a star in clubland , and I was a second-year apprentice comic visiting the north-east for the first time and decidedly wary of its reputation . |
| 12 | Not for the faint-hearted , the fair could reduce even the most hardened Frankfurt Book Fair stalwart to a whimpering wreck with its miles of cut-glass , Capo di Monte and leathergoods and scarcely a book in sight . |
| 13 | Benefits of this system include an improvement in urban fuel economy of between 8 and 14 per cent , remarkably stable idling with a reduction from 900 rpm to 825 rpm and a consequent gain in comfort and also a reduction in pollution brought about by the lower fuel consumption . |
| 14 | If the firm can expand its production it will lead to a reduction in average cost and hence a reduction in price , not only in the overseas market but also in the home market , which may lead to further domestic market expansion . |
| 15 | The increase in the cost of repaying mortgages ( the greatest component of the average family 's budget ) caused a reduction in the amount of money available for general consumption and hence a reduction in living standards . |
| 16 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
| 17 | The next day ( after a party at Neiman-Marcus for the competitors to meet agents , and a reception at the Kimbell Art Museum ) , there was another stunning performance , and then a party in honour of Rildia Bee , at which people lined up to talk to her as though she were Santa Claus . |
| 18 | His poems in Horizon and elsewhere , collected in book form in 1944 and 1945 , led to his appointment by the BBC as a staff producer and then an instructor in broadcasting technique . |
| 19 | This story , of Mary , in love with a lowly clerk ( tall , dark , handsome and actually an aristocrat in disguise ) owed a great deal to the sagas of class confusion and frustrated passions to be found in contemporary fiction magazines and the ‘ penny dreadful novelette ’ , both in its packaging and plot . |
| 20 | We would n't expect the County Council to be proceeding to approval of the plan , but merely an approval in principle or an approval of the concept . |
| 21 | This demonstrates not only a continuing uncertainty about the precise objectives but also a change in emphasis away from the provision of courses towards other forms of dissemination , of which more will be said below . |
| 22 | Our congregations demand from every new member not only a conversion but also a change in culture . |
| 23 | If you are confident that you can show that your contract has been broken , you might wish to pursue not only an unfair dismissal complaint , but also a claim in respect of breach of your contract . |
| 24 | The reconversion of one portion of the value of the product into capital and the passing of another portion into the individual consumption of the capitalist as well as the working class form a movement within the value of the product itself in which the result of the aggregate capital finds expression ; and this movement is not only a replacement of value , but also a replacement in material and is therefore as much bound up with the relative proportions of the value-components of the total social product as with their use-value , their material shape . |
| 25 | However , one study has not only shown persistence of enhanced platelet reactivity in response to collagen and sodium arachidonate despite a 1 6-week period of near normal glycaemic control but also an increase in platelet reactivity to ADP ( Jackson et al , 1984 ) . |
| 26 | This change process enabled the manufacturing entity to effect not only the required reduction in numbers of employees , but also an improvement in operation . |
| 27 | This is , of course , not only a plea for common sense , but also an argument in favour of estimation rather than hypothesis testing — a vaccine efficacy estimate of 77% for these data has more meaning than a of 53.1 . |
| 28 | For some men promotion was eagerly desired , but even a promotion in rank could be distinctly harmful , as John Main discovered when he was drawn into another political conflict in 1752 . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ This problem with his wrist is an irritation and inconvenience , but maybe a blessing in disguise . |
| 30 | Matiba , a former Cabinet minister , had left Kenya after almost a year in detention [ see p. 37603 for his arrest in July 1990 ] . |