Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crop rotation can also help reduce the opportunity for resistance to develop in the insect population . |
| 2 | The gap was about a foot and a half wide — wide enough for Sigarup to sit in the basket with his legs hanging down below . |
| 3 | Ironically , the best hope for change lies in the failure of so many new drugs to make the grade . |
| 4 | 2.3 The proposals for change embodied in the report were accepted and a new arrangement of 35 modules was agreed which may be found in Section 00 of Interdisciplinary Studies in the National Certificate Catalogue under the heading Physical Education and Recreation ( see Annex 2 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're in for a storm , ’ Ashley remarked , grimacing as thunder rumbled in the distance . |
| 6 | The strategy must be to seek to ensure that the defendants bear the costs , at the end of every successful case , of every application for inspection made in the face of an unreasonable refusal of access . |
| 7 | As to the second stage , like the Court of Appeal I can see no ground for impugning the grounds for decision stated in the letter to Mr. Choudhury . |
| 8 | A property company may promise restoration of the house in return for permission to build in the grounds . |
| 9 | The feminist debate on censorship , as for instance caught in the collection edited by Chester and Dickey , involves many complex issues of the relationship between representations and practice . |
| 10 | Costs , where taxation takes place after the date for payment specified in the judgment or order , are payable fourteen days after taxation ( Ord 22 , r 2(2) ) . |
| 11 | The original claim by the present plaintiff against the appellants was one for money lent in the sum of £500,000 . |
| 12 | At the end of the nineteenth century , dredging for gravel began in the bay when extensions to Devonport 's naval dockyard were planned , and the sinking of the protective shingle beach left Hallsands exposed to the winter storms , which in 1917 were so severe that after two days only one house was left standing . |
| 13 | A PENNILESS van driver 's master plan for murder ended in the slaughter and dismemberment of a retired bank official and his daughter — for the sake of stealing a car , an Old Bailey jury heard yesterday . |
| 14 | These record all screen and keyboard activity and provide the basis both for programme debugging in the event of the unexpected happening , and for determining whether a user needs advice or further training . |
| 15 | The London stock markets staged a complete turn round today as tension increased in the Gulf , with the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein , threatening Israel . |
| 16 | Her plea for companionship appeared in the Manchester Weekly Journal in 1727 . |
| 17 | This may be a more physiological approach to the study of platelet aggregation as platelets are studied immediately after blood sampling in the presence of red cells , white cells and the heavier platelets that are removed by the centrifugation step in techniques using platelet-rich plasma . |
| 18 | Farmers in the village of Hinderwell near Whitby say their crops are being hit after rook shooting in the churchyard was halted by the rector . |
| 19 | Their school was nine miles from Mbaga and there was no time after school finished in the evening for the teacher and his wife to come and return home before dark . |
| 20 | A particular provision in this respect ( Clause 10.08 ) should be included in the agreement to cover the case of a partner being appointed without the benefit of a charging clause where it is necessary to exclude him from participating in fees earned on behalf of the firm for work done in the estate or trust concerned : for him to accept any benefit through the firm 's involvement would be incompatible with his position as executor or trustee . |
| 21 | One opportunity for village planning in the north of England followed William the Conqueror 's ‘ harrying of the North ’ in the 1060s . |
| 22 | The figures for European buying in the UK takes in £270m for the buyout of the British Newspaper Printing Corporation by the Liechtenstein based Maxwell foundation . |
| 23 | Iran was reportedly interested in purchasing military spare parts from Israel for equipment bought in the West , although a US law prohibited the transfer of equipment of US origin without US approval . |
| 24 | The overall significance of automation for manpower planning in the manufacture of motor vehicles can then be considered . |
| 25 | Rather thick by comparison , it is not in the top competition class but , by combining the virtue of Kevlar strength with the protection of the polyester Dacron , it is popular for sport flying in the USA . |
| 26 | But there is a view , which is gaining political support , that suggests that the best way to guarantee a ‘ responsible and representative ’ media , especially with regard to broadcasting , is to remove all regulatory mechanisms altogether : for broadcasting to follow in the footsteps of the ‘ free ’ press . |
| 27 | What about village plans in the Midlands and south of England ? |
| 28 | The awareness of unity existing in the diversity of objects ( intuition or ‘ para para ’ ) — the middle level . |
| 29 | The standard of play dropped in the counties . |
| 30 | Andrew Burt explains that another common reason is that the instruments of assessment specified in the module descriptor are not being used or have been varied . |