Example sentences of "in [noun] of a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Mr Teicher 's first tasks was to write a report in support of an American arms sale to Iran . |
| 2 | The Harewood House charity auction , hosted by the Queen 's cousin the Earl of Harewood , is in aid of a new children 's day hospital in Leeds . |
| 3 | However , in my role as language courses co-ordinator in charge of a large languages programme I face a daily pressure from my superiors to generate income for our College . |
| 4 | 10 years later , in spite of a massive police investigation which named the officers guilty of Blair 's death , not a single policeman has faced prosecution or disciplinary action . |
| 5 | The concept which has proved most fruitful in considering the nature and origins of contemporary capitalism in relation to the two Tyneside locales , is that provided by the contrast between organized and disorganized capitalism as discussed by Lash and Urry ( 1987 ) , who distinguish between them in terms of a 14-point schemata . |
| 6 | For its part , the Trades Union Congress has recognised the gap ; but its response has been primarily cosmetic , couched in terms of a public relations campaign which leaves power where it already is , and fails to address the crisis within the movement itself . |
| 7 | By the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 , coming into force on the same day as the Act , that is to say 14 October 1991 , applications under the Act are to be found under rule 4.4 , and under paragraph ( 4 ) there is set out the way in which ex parte applications can be made under section 8 in respect of a prohibited steps order or a specific issue order , and then in respect of emergency protection orders and recovery orders . |
| 8 | A new art gallery has been opened in memory of an eccentric antiques dealer who hoarded millions of pounds worth of paintings and other works of art . |
| 9 | Carter dutifully pose for snaps in front of a scaled-down Houses Of Parliament and toy with the idea of burning the wooden model to the ground . |
| 10 | Suddenly it 's light , clear as day ; we stop in front of a German 3″ mortar with a neat pile of HE bombs beside it . |
| 11 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |