Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] a [noun sg] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We now write unc so that each square matrix is null except for a unit in the appropriate diagonal position . |
| 2 | The third column of B is then null except for a unit in the position corresponding |
| 3 | The house was dark except for a light in the kitchen . |
| 4 | The Commission does not expect any dramatic changes in this pattern , except for an increase in the currently low activity rates of women accompanying migrant male workers . |
| 5 | We tend nowadays to see these generations not merely in terms of the underlying electronic technology , but also in terms of the organization of the hardware and software involved in a computer system ; thus the transition to the fourth generation can be seen more as a change in the way that computer systems are organized ( with the use of such techniques as virtual storage and distributed intelligence ) , than as a change in the underlying technology . |
| 6 | Once he was in power , this alternative view would argue , his policies were more consistent with a belief that it was still feasible to salvage some kind of organic link between France and Algeria than with a belief in the inevitability of complete rupture . |
| 7 | And what is more , I might never ever have to look at German again except on a menu in a restaurant on the Rhine where we might go , like other people do , for a real holiday instead of borrowing mildewed cottages and cardboard holiday-houses from people to whom we than have to be disproportionately grateful . |
| 8 | Much as I hope this will never occur , all that would happen is that the patient would either open his eyes and come completely out of the hypnotic state , or that he might doze for some ten or fifteen minutes before waking as if from a nap in an armchair . |
| 9 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
| 10 | Santerre and his wife were like waxen effigies but Rachel , her face slightly flushed , leaned forward as if without a care in the world . |
| 11 | Because as a percentage in the erm , as a percentage of trade , agriculture has gone down has n't it ? |
| 12 | Such reduction would have to be necessary because of a reduction in the school 's capacity to accommodate pupils . |
| 13 | In much of the writing on the dependent elderly , the assumption has been made that retirement has become more common at an earlier age because of a reduction in the demand for elderly workers . |
| 14 | Last night North Yorkshire TEC issued a statement saying : ‘ Because of a reduction in the number of training places available for unemployed adults , the TEC has been forced to review its training provision throughout the county . |
| 15 | If they were not told the embarrassing source of these words — and perhaps even if they were — most Asians would give a vigorous nod of approval to the sentiments expressed by Neville Chamberlain when Germany annexed the Sudetenland in 1938 : ‘ How horrible , fantastic , incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing . ’ |
| 16 | This has now been achieved through the Employment Act 19 89 because of a requirement in the second European Directive on equal treatment in occupational social security schemes . |
| 17 | The forecast growth in numbers seeking employment was due to the increase in numbers of young people coming into the labour market , because of a bulge in the birth rate 16+ years ago , and a substantial increase in the number of married women returning to work . |
| 18 | Andy Linehan , curator of pop music at the National Sound Archive , pointed out that , in one forged edition at least , the forgery was spotted because of a mistake in the small print round the label edge , which included the word ‘ outiside ’ . |
| 19 | Bruno has dramatically re-entered the world heavyweight picture because of a clause in a TV contract that prevents George Foreman immediately fighting for the world title . |
| 20 | All calculations of this kind may of course be upset , but almost invariably because of a swing in the electorate 's judgment not of candidates but of their politics . |
| 21 | But there is also a feeling that he was manoeuvred out because of a split in the Cardiff camp . |
| 22 | THE Irish Republic looks set for an early general election because of a split in the ruling coalition . |
| 23 | A year ago he had a heart by-pass which had to be re-done and for a while totally lost his sight because of a clot in the blood supply to the eyes . |
| 24 | The film did not reach cinemas until 1965 because of a hold-up in the release of productions distributed by British Lion . |
| 25 | The scheme was continued with finance from HIDB but the level of input and achievement dwindled because of a change in the curriculum of rural Highland Schools . |
| 26 | The demand for bank lending will fall , not because of a rise in the ‘ own ’ rate of interest on bank loans but because the fall in interest rates elsewhere has caused a relative rise in bank interest rates . |
| 27 | Because of a loophole in the legislation — which some believe will be closed soon — £4,800 can be invested in this trust , double the usual maximum . |
| 28 | Legal experts have noted , in this context , that because of a loophole in the law an owner ( in this case British Coal ) is not responsible for the pollution caused by the abandonment of a mine . |
| 29 | Because of a loophole in the law — even though he 's banned from keeping animals — the Colin French still own them provided someone else , a stokeholder for example , takes custody . |
| 30 | Irish detectives arrested James Rudman at a remote farmhouse in Co Kerry last month , just an hour before he would have been legally free because of a loophole in the law . |