Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] in a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl 's defence solicitor said she was now living at home after months in a children 's home during family difficulties . |
| 2 | The picture of life in a goods station was painted by Ernest Protheroe : |
| 3 | Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes . |
| 4 | Erm , er , erm , people could extend her times if she did it like she used to do before , because what she used to do is to say she would have a a day in Manchester in a months time |
| 5 | The Clermont elections , if that is the right word , provide a startling insight into the appointment of bishops in a civitas , which , if it can scarcely be called an insignificant see , was certainly not one in the forefront of royal policy . |
| 6 | As mysterious as the absence of children in a children 's theme park is the fact that the exact cast for the gala is also secret . |
| 7 | Culyer ( 1973 , p. 185 ) provides a useful illustration of a trial PPB system with respect to the allocation of expenditure in a police force , although he prefers to call this approach ‘ output budgeting ’ , a term used in the UK civil service ( see below ) . |
| 8 | Is not the reality that there is a far greater interest at present in a mortgages-to-rents scheme ? |