Example sentences of "a [noun] in [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was so despite a provision in the Articles of the company defining " the board " as including " any committee authorised by the board to act on its behalf " . |
| 2 | Although there are also other Gaelic names for hemlock , the Biblical reference in Hosea X. 4 uses this name : ( Thus judgment springeth up like a hemlock in the furrows of the field ) . |
| 3 | So you played quite a bit in the classics during training . |
| 4 | Because it was hard for young refugees to find decently paid jobs ( all else being equal , refugee status was a disqualification in the eyes of most employers ) , they were frequently in debt . |
| 5 | The [ draft ] FRS requires that issue costs , as defined , are accounted for as a reduction in the proceeds of a capital instrument . |
| 6 | In July 1987 Mr Lawson unilaterally announced a reduction in the meetings of the tripartite NEDC from ten to four meetings annually and in January 1989 the Secretary of State for Employment announced that the TUC would no longer be the sole body which could nominate trade unionists to the Training Commission and other official bodies . |
| 7 | Other changes agreed were a reduction in the powers of the appointed ( and military-dominated ) Senate ; the appointment of the House of Representatives Speaker rather than the Senate Speaker as president of the National Assembly ; and an enhancement of the powers of the representatives . |
| 8 | Jenny Weinstein , CCETSW 's head of practice learning who led the working party , said some members wanted a reduction in the numbers of students entering DipSW courses . |
| 9 | Some of these workers were provided by growth in the labour force , the rundown of unemployment and a reduction in the numbers of people on family farms ( chapter 11 ) . |
| 10 | This agreement , which envisaged exchanges between the two armies and a reduction in the parameters of their military activities , followed the signing of an agreement on Nov. 28 , 1991 , between both countries ' Defence Ministries , also on military co-operation . |
| 11 | The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity . |
| 12 | Tax measures included the introduction of value added tax ( VAT ) on goods and services , and a reduction in the rates of personal income tax — part of the reforms in the taxation system agreed with the IMF . |
| 13 | It should be noted that although the total population over 65 is not expected to increase for the remainder of the twentieth century , this is due to a projected fall in the numbers aged 60/65–74 ( by 5 per cent between 1981 and 1991 ) combined with a rise in the numbers at older ages . |
| 14 | A rise in the level of benefits relative to average income will result in a rise in the numbers on ‘ low incomes ’ . |
| 15 | He has seen a rise in the numbers of wild species in the area , including butterflies and birds snipe , curlew , green plover , skylark , merlin and kestrel . |
| 16 | A different objective can be chosen : for example a rise in the wages of stilled workers at the expense of the less skilled who will be laid off by management as it pursues the objective of survival . |
| 17 | The hope is that unusually fruitful conferences such as this one , in which a course in the basics of immunology preceded seminars on the latest developments , and in which the participants in most part came from areas badly affected by the disease , will show us the way forward . |
| 18 | Modern technology does not play much of a part in the mechanics of digging the ore out of the ground . |
| 19 | Let me point out and another thing to that members are allowed to play as full a part in the decisions of this council . |
| 20 | Despite the ambiguity of the statistical debate , it is clear that advertisers do play a part in the lives of our media . |
| 21 | To play a part in the problems of geology over the next few decades geomorphologists must forget their trivial catchments and see mega forests instead of trees … |
| 22 | Birth and inherited status played only a part in the stories of Bernard and Adalard . |
| 23 | In 1317 he and Pembroke combined to restrain the most avaricious of the courtiers , Roger Damory [ q.v. ] , in order to placate the court 's leading opponent , Thomas , Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] ; and he went on to play a part in the negotiations with Lancaster which culminated in the treaty of Leake in 1318 . |
| 24 | I believe that local authorities should have a strong housing function that we as local authorities should be providing good , well managed social housing in which our tenants have a say , where we have good tenant participation , where we have tenants taking a part in the sorts of repairs that they want to see , where every year they are er consulted and asked about where they want us to go next in terms of modernisation and repair . |
| 25 | There was little scope left for the condottiere , no possibility of the rise of a new crop of Wallensteins or Mansfelds , the warlords and military entrepreneurs who had played so great a part in the struggles of the 1620s and 1630s . |
| 26 | There has always been some concern over levels of public spending and taxation , and this has played a part in the arguments about the scope and direction of social policy that are described in Chapter 13 . |
| 27 | ‘ Cathal Crumley is a political activist of long-standing having served a sentence in the H-Blocks on the blanket protest . ’ |
| 28 | There was even a sketch in the papers about |
| 29 | The passage continues , ‘ More accurately , it is not a fallacy in the words of reasoning , but rather in its fallacious identification . |
| 30 | Then stride joyfully along the path , until you come across a waterfall in the depths of the forest . |