Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] in [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman spoke with anxiety of the possibility of a rise in miners ' wages as a consequence of this Bill . |
| 2 | If speaker D had gone on at some length about ‘ cobbles ’ or rough roads in general , or if the analysis only had part of this fragment , up to C 's it was rather rough , then we might have had no evidence of a divergence in speakers ' topics within the conversation . |
| 3 | It is usually the case that those things which best suit the Michels model are social movement organizations which have goals which can be ‘ compromised ’ because they are things — like an increase in workers ' standards of living or an improvement in working conditions — which are divisible . |
| 4 | This has already contributed to a fall in households ' income gearing , which stood at 11.4 per cent in the second quarter compared with a peak of 12.9 per cent in the second quarter of last year . |
| 5 | However , the growth has not been matched by an increase in lessees ' sophistication . |