Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] in [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During 1686 and 1687 , it was once again representatives of this English Protestant opinion who made overtures to the leading political champion of European Protestantism , the Dutch stadtholder William of Orange , for help in opposing the Catholic policies of James II . |
| 2 | They have also appealed for help in tracing the blue van 's movements since it was sold privately three weeks ago . |
| 3 | Police have appealed for help in tracing the last movements of Anthony Buck , 46 , of Bishopthorpe Road , York , whose body was discovered in the River Ouse at Selby on Wednesday evening . |
| 4 | He was replying to the disclosure by John Ward , the dead woman 's father , that he had written to Mr Rowland earlier this year asking for assistance in persuading the Kenyan authorities to open a murder inquiry . |
| 5 | These provided for training co-operation and for assistance in modernizing the Czechoslovak army . |
| 6 | It also commented with concern on the lack of progress in negotiating the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs ( GATT ) and the dangers of a rise in protectionism . |
| 7 | The test of difficulty in setting the appropriate standard of care poses problems . |
| 8 | Not so in the case of Edith MacArthur , until recently best known as an elegant presence in repertory theatre drawing-rooms , or as Mrs Cunningham , doyenne of Glendarroch in Take The High Road . |
| 9 | After the conclusion of the first hearing , it came to your Lordships ' attention that an examination of the proceedings in Parliament in 1976 which lead to the enactment of sections 61 and 63 might give a clear indication which of the two rival contentions represented the intention of Parliament in using the statutory words . |
| 10 | He further accepted that the court should only attach importance to clear statements showing the intention of the promoter of the Bill , whether a minister or private member : there could be no dredging through conflicting statements of intention with a view to discovering the true intention of Parliament in using the statutory words . |
| 11 | The quantity s/√n is known as the standard error of the mean and the degree of uncertainty in estimating the standard deviation of the population from a sample is given by , the standard error of the standard deviation . |
| 12 | The quantity is known as the standard error of the mean and the degree of uncertainty in estimating the standard deviation of the population from a sample is given by , the standard error of the standard deviation . |
| 13 | The critic who pays little notice to perspective or other means of representing the natural world will deprive a reader of help in enjoying the exceptional beauty of the natural appearance of Impressionist pictures , whose qualities are inspired by scientific understanding of light and its effects . |
| 14 | Or this at least was the academic orthodoxy , and by examining this and subsequent debates we should have a clearer idea of the analytical tools which can be of help in understanding the changing nature of local politics in Britain . |
| 15 | The Office of Fair Trading agreed that ‘ from a competition viewpoint there might be a great deal of benefit in combining the two funds and placing them on insurance principles , setting premiums on the basis of risk ’ . |
| 16 | They must take note , in passing as it were , of who is speaking , without any loss of continuity in following the quoted words . |
| 17 | IBM Corp , Apple Computer Inc and Motorola Inc are months ahead of schedule in producing the first fruits of their PowerPC RISC alliance , Associated Press reports . |
| 18 | THE BOOK , FIGURE DRAWING WITHOUT A MODEL BY RON TINER IS A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN DRAWING THE HUMAN FIGURE FROM MEMORY AND IMAGINATION , COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED WITH THE AUTHOR 'S OWN DRAWINGS IN A WIDE RANGE OF STYLES AND TECHNIQUES . |
| 19 | THE BOOK , FIGURE DRAWING WITHOUT A MODEL BY RON TINER IS A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN DRAWING THE HUMAN FIGURE FROM MEMORY AND IMAGINATION , COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED WITH THE AUTHOR 'S OWN DRAWINGS IN A WIDE RANGE OF STYLES AND TECHNIQUES . |
| 20 | In these various ways biblical criticism has been of use in interpreting the Old Testament and defending its integrity against those who question its truth . |
| 21 | Whilst this will allow a degree of variation in applying the Partial Indemnity Clause , nevertheless it is the intention that the Clause should apply in respect of a ) risks underwritten at non-schedule rates , or b ) if at schedule rates solely on account of experience or c ) where the main features of the risk is the number of vehicles rather than the related experience . |
| 22 | Emphasis has rested so far on the public role of jade in furthering the harmonious working of Chinese society by cementing relations between the ruler , heaven and the several levels of the bureaucratic hierarchy by which the empire was administered . |
| 23 | Acknowledging the concepts of Dansereau ( 1957 ) that man creates new genotypes and new ecosystems , he considers nature without man as natural biogeography in Part I of his book and then uses this as a datum against which to set the larger Part II in which cultural biogeography is concerned with the effects of man in changing the genetic make-up of plants and animals , in redistributing them over the earth 's surface , and in altering the structure of many ecosystems . |
| 24 | The slow deliberacy with which the wife commences her reply , with not a hint of offence in her reaction but rather a hint of care in selecting the right mode of reply , emphasizes her willingness to converse on the topic : So does her subsequent appropriation of a rhetorical device , the occupatio , a statement emphasized by the speaker feigning unwillingness or lack of freedom to express it : The monk too takes a moment 's pause before replying : again seeming to digest the implications of the wife 's words , or ( and ? ) to express , silently but with an eloquent action , astonishment at the wife 's ready invitation to him to continue to converse on this topic . |
| 25 | They are such a branch , but they also offer a means for non-scientists to acquire an understanding of the importance of science in shaping the modern world , and therefore a better appreciation of science itself . |
| 26 | The work of Foerster in mapping the human brain by electrical stimulation of the exposed cortex was developed and extended by his pupil Penfield and associates , culminating in the monograph by Penfield and Roberts ( 1959 ) . |
| 27 | A related point on which most ( but not all ) physical scientists ( or , more appropriately , natural philosophers ) of the seventeenth century would have agreed , was the primacy of mathematics in analysing the physical universe . |
| 28 | There is a lot of satisfaction in achieving the clean , EPR look , but I really enjoy working in the dramatic , gritty PolaGraph style , like this set of swimwear shots I did for Ms London for example . ’ |
| 29 | She took a great deal of satisfaction in seeing the pompous old ass upset . |
| 30 | Thus the ideology of gender difference was just as fundamental as that of class in securing the social order . |