Example sentences of "[noun] in [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unwanted takeover bids for troubled companies are relatively rare in Japan because intra-group stockholding reduces the availability of stock in companies to outsiders . |
| 2 | In early February the Senate was reported to have been considering government proposals to reject responsibility for more than $200,000,000 in loans to the Stroessner government from international lending agencies . |
| 3 | The very productive switch in techniques to the use of Ameslan , initiated by Allen and Beatrice Gardner at the University of Nevada with Washoe in the mid-1960s . |
| 4 | The political reform proposals included open meetings of grass-roots party organizations ; the selection of officials up to the rank of Deputy Minister , district APL first secretary or divisional Army or militia commander , and of all enterprise and institution directors , to be " based on elections by the working people , on merit " in order to " have as few cadres as possible appointed directly from above " ; a limit of two terms in office for all members of elective party and state bodies , including the People 's Assembly ( parliament ) and the APL central committee ; a choice between candidates in elections to these bodies ( albeit only communist or communist-backed candidates ; Alia categorically ruled out abandoning " the hegemony of the APL " and allowing rival political parties ) ; and reduction in the bureaucratic apparatus . |
| 5 | Article eight B two provides that citizens of the union shall have the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European parliament . |
| 6 | The crisis resulted in an overall increase of US$1,200 million in the price of imported oil , and to a serious loss in exports to Iraq , a major trading partner . |
| 7 | But there was a darker side in attitudes to children . |
| 8 | It is standard practice in museums to ‘ register ’ objects as they are acquired , and the register is the primary record of a museum 's holdings . |
| 9 | In the context of the earlier discussion on meaning , this might be interpreted as those relationships which help to establish and sustain a person 's self-esteem in areas to which he is highly committed . |
| 10 | Measurements were often rounded , and we therefore preserved the units as pounds and inches and converted weights in grams to pounds . |
| 11 | The US Treasury released a study showing that in 1988 US-controlled foreign corporations reported $890bn in revenues and paid more than $25bn in taxes to foreign governments . |
| 12 | The first cut should occur with the removal of advisers from battalions and a general cut in advisers to headquarters and service troops : Roberts recommended that no cuts be implemented before January 1951 , as the intervening period was crucial for training purposes . |
| 13 | Hopes are high that the Government will kick-start the economy with a two-point cut in rates to 6% . |
| 14 | Weiss reportedly cast doubts in comments to the daily Neue A-Z on Oct. 10 on the existence during the Second World War of gas chambers for the extermination of Jews . |
| 15 | Portugal could reason by analogy that the conclusion of the Timor Gap Treaty is inconsistent with its rights of administration that have been affirmed by the United Nations in Resolutions to which Australia voted affirmatively . |
| 16 | Should it become easier to acquire companies in the Community by a decrease in barriers to takeovers , UK companies would have a comparative advantage , as UK companies enjoy a relatively accessible source of equity finance through the large amount of stockmarket capitalisation . |
| 17 | The clinical symptoms varied from mild disease with little blood in stools to more active disease with frequent diarrhoea with blood and mucus in all stools . |
| 18 | ‘ , turn its back on the ancient temples and civic monuments within the city , to pay its respects in throngs to the martyrs beyond the walls . |
| 19 | A surge in stocks to a five-year high of 197,500 tonnes in mid-October , caused prices to fall to £1,244 ( $2,400 ) a tonne in early December . |
| 20 | Poland and the Russian Federation signed a trade agreement on Sept. 4 to bridge the gap caused by a sharp fall in exports to the Soviet Union , formerly Poland 's main customer until the two countries began trading in hard currency in January and the Soviet side was unable to pay for most of its purchases . |
| 21 | It announced a 27 p.c. fall in profits to £28.4m for 1991 but the first quarter of 1992 showed a ‘ significant recovery ’ . |
| 22 | Yet the 36 p.c. fall in profits to £124m last year compares well with many in a more sheltered position . |
| 23 | A 10% fall in profits to £5m in the six months to end September is pretty bad news , but a 10% jump in sales since sterling left the ERM underpins Parker 's promise that the second half will be better . |
| 24 | Tomorrow 's figures from Southern Electric promise a modest increase to £16m at the interim stage , while expectations at Southern Water have been dampened and a slight fall in profits to £60m is forecast . |
| 25 | From shiatsu in hairdressers to inflight beauty therapy on planes . |
| 26 | As they try to cut stocks , this is likely to make a big dent in orders to manufacturing industry and importers . |
| 27 | As they try to cut stocks , this is likely to make a big dent in orders to manufacturing industry and importers . |
| 28 | Then he said : ‘ I hope I am not trespassing over a duty ascribed to someone else present here , but then I had heard no proposals for anyone to give a toast in thanks to our host , the most honourable and kind Lord Darlington . ’ |
| 29 | Access for visitors in wheelchairs to grounds and ground floor , toilets ( suitable for wheelchair users ) ; car park . |
| 30 | Access for visitors in wheelchairs to exterior and ground floor only ; toilets ( in grounds ) ; car park ( off westbound A4 ) . |