Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] in [art] [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian 's 27 goals that season represent the club record in the higher divisions of the Football League , while his 87 ( correct to the end of 1990–91 ) is also a best in Divisions One and Two in the Palace club history and , towards the end of February 1991 , he became our most prolific post-war marksman , ahead of Johnny Byrne . |
| 2 | In order to absorb growing labour militancy , maintain and prevent turnover among their ( mobile ) key workers , and strengthen their right to manage , employers ' labour strategy in the larger enterprises turned to establishing their own training schools and internal promotion ladders . |
| 3 | Consequently he was not able to invest in improved mining techniques in the later years of his life . |
| 4 | The brick wall faced by virtually all suppliers attempting to win modernisation contracts for city telephone exchanges in the larger cities of the Russian Federation seems to have been breached by the Slovenian firm IskraTEL . |
| 5 | Yet field officers often find it difficult to predict when senior staff may wish to consider prosecution , owing to the invisibility of the decision process in the higher reaches of the agency . |
| 6 | This view is espoused by Myers ( 1986 ) , who believes that deforestation in the Himalaya has been responsible for flood disasters in the lower reaches of the Ganges and Brahmaputra and the higher incidence of flooding that has occurred since 1940 ; apparently flooding now affects some 10 6 ha of land as compared with 6 × 10 6 ha in the early 1950s . |
| 7 | It is possible to see faint remnants of the city/ savage confrontation in the later plays , and Carol Smith continues to track the ritual elements in these , but the feeling in them seems to me increasingly one of whimsy and , eventually , gentle pastoral . |
| 8 | The US environmental think-tank recommends the abolition of government subsidies , which amounted to $120 billion last year , and a 50 per cent reduction in meat consumption in the wealthier nations . |
| 9 | Germany is now paying a price few other countries would have accepted for not providing itself with better citizenship and immigration laws in the calmer years before unification . |
| 10 | The ROA would prefer to see the money used to increase prize money in the lower races , but when money is reallocated in that manner it has a way of disappearing . |
| 11 | Although one consequence of their detached status was that the Commissioners tended to be remote from the day to day process of policy formulation in the higher echelons of the Home Office , they had the advantage of being perceived by the Prison Service as providing a collective leadership in which the professional element in the service could and did play a significant part . |
| 12 | Much of the pathogenic effect is attributable to the presence of the adult worms in the larger vessels and eggs and larvae in the pulmonary arterioles and capillaries . |
| 13 | So if you are starting out with a good deal of weight to shed , it is wise to allow scope for reducing calorie intake in the later stages of dieting . |
| 14 | Towards the end of his time with us , Peter began to develop a midfield role in the craftier confines of Division Two , but it is for his goalscoring exploits that Palace fans chiefly remember him . |
| 15 | There can be little doubt that one of the main reasons for the urban problem is a reduction in both economic activity and employment opportunities in the older conurbations . |
| 16 | The bill to reform the legal profession and abolish barristers ' monopoly rights in the higher courts will pave the way for solicitors to appear in any court , up to the House of Lords . |
| 17 | The bill to reform the legal profession and abolish barristers ' monopoly rights in the higher courts will pave the way for solicitors to appear in any court , up to the House of Lords . |
| 18 | THE BILL to reform the legal profession and abolish barristers ' monopoly rights in the higher courts will pave the way for solicitors to appear in any court , up to the House of Lords . |
| 19 | THE BILL to reform the legal profession and abolish barristers ' monopoly rights in the higher courts will pave the way for solicitors to appear in any court , up to the House of Lords . |
| 20 | ( These outcomes had already appeared in draft outline in the earlier Guidelines , but were now modified and revised following the response to consultation . ) |
| 21 | Surprisingly , the court seems never to have decided this ‘ territoriality ’ question in relation to the predecessor sections in the earlier Acts , such as sections 42 and 44 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 , section 320 of the Companies Act 1948 and section 172 of the Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 22 | Strategic planning involves top management and the main company functions in the earlier stages , and departmental management in the later , as they progress from the broadest market and company considerations to the details of specific product launches . |
| 23 | These include multidisciplinary practices in Scotland , an application by patent agents for litigation rights in the higher courts , an application by the Institute of Licensed Debt Practitioners for recognition as an authorised body under the Courts and Legal Services Act , the proposal issued by EC Commissioner for a new legal entity for the association of liberal professions and the long term selection procedure on entry to the Bar . |
| 24 | Three interesting questions arise : why do Blacks have higher arrest rates in the lighter areas than in the darker areas ? |