Example sentences of "in [num] [prep] the [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | If a major feature of the Co-operative Commonwealth was to be the ownership and control by the workforce of the particular enterprise employing them , if , in other words , it was to comprehend authentic industrial democracy , then the abrogation in 1875 of the workers ' rights and privileges of the workers employed in factories producing goods for sale in co-operative retail stores was a misdirection of the Movement . |
2 | But the distinction between Public and grammar remained unclear , although the lines were sharpened by the creation in 1869 of the Headmasters ' Conference and the consequent definition of an inner circle of boys ' Public Schools , properly so called . |
3 | The Odones were left stunned when they were told in 1984 at the Children 's Hospital in Washington DC that their fun-loving , brilliant six-year-old son — he already spoke three languages — had ALD , and was under sentence of death . |
4 | Led by Trude Unruh , 64 , the chair of the Grey Panthers who had been elected to the Bundestag in 1987 on the Greens ' list , the party 's main concerns were to be campaigning for better pensions and for better conditions in nursing homes and countering " ageist " attitudes . |
5 | Most of the management and men lived locally in New Cumnock or in one of the miners ' rows in the district . |
6 | In his mind 's eye , Preston saw himself as the daddy in one of the twins ' bedtime books . |
7 | She had enjoyed bringing him goodies from the kitchen — ends of puddings in one of the dogs ' dishes , the last remains of cakes , meat , bones — only chicken bones , because they were so bad for the dogs . |
8 | Speaking to one of the workers in one of the children 's homes , said do you think that child prostitution in the children 's homes is something new because it 's on the front of the T and A ? |
9 | We were greatly influenced by the work of the FMS and some of us had collaborated with that organization back in 1968 during the teachers ' massive strike . |
10 | Several years later this example led to the establishment of an Association for Befriending Boys , followed in 1906 by the Lads ' Employment Committee , though neither was exclusively concerned with formal apprenticeships . |