Example sentences of "in [noun] of [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its new report , the World Bank focused on ( i ) strengthening the skills of African people and institutions ; ( ii ) additional debt relief and increased external aid in support of African countries ' efforts ( from US$15,000 million in 1990 to US$20,000 million by 2000 ) ; and ( iii ) the need for a " global coalition " of donors and beneficiaries to tackle long-term problems . |
| 2 | On Wednesday , January 23 , activists from the London School of Economics ( LSE ) Abortion Rights Group held a picket outside the Irish Embassy in support of Irish students ' campaign to legalise the provision of abortion information in Ireland . |
| 3 | Labour opposes discrimination against lesbian mothers and has Annual Conference policy in support of lesbian mothers ' custody rights , but this is quite separate from winning elections — which is what matters most . |
| 4 | The advantage of this approach is that the analyst 's intuitive notions of " what is going on " in the conversation do not occupy a central role , being replaced instead by an analysis of the talk in terms of other participants ' reactions and responses . |
| 5 | Gibbons et al. ( 1978a ) demonstrated that treatment by social workers using a standardized task-centred approach ( Reid and Epstein 1972 ) was more effective in terms of improving patients ' social problems than traditional care recommended by psychiatrists , although only for female patients ( Gibbons 1979 ) . |
| 6 | Almost everyone these days seems to be in favour of developing students ' critical abilities , from the students themselves , through the academic community , to the government , employers and professional bodies . |
| 7 | By 1986 , in 5123 randomly sampled men in Scotland Smith et al found blood pressure recorded in 52% of general practitioners ' records for men aged 40–44 , rising to 74% of those aged 55–59 . |