Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But many commentators saw only a decline in the desire to rear or look after children , a weakening of the cohesive effects of the family , and an associated diminution of the buoyancy of the stock in terms familiar at least since the Boer War . |
| 2 | The assumption may not be justified , but it will be held until somebody comes forward to show that there are other ways of making investment in railways profitable . |
| 3 | Despite the news of investment in programmes worried staff at both stations are bracing themselves for cost cutting and job losses . |
| 4 | The case concerned discovery sought from a German third-party defendant in proceedings pending in Louisiana . |
| 5 | This would involve interpreting loss in terms other than pecuniary , for example , in terms of loss of reputation or market standing . |
| 6 | ( i ) Chop the testis or testicular biopsy in Eagles Minimum Essential Medium ( Gibco Biocult , MEM without glutamine ) , gently macerating the tubules with curved blunt forceps . |
| 7 | Their research in areas other than the psychology of ‘ race ’ and prejudice is treated lightly , particularly if it is theoretical , unless it puts questions of ‘ race ’ aside entirely and adopts a white feminist perspective . |
| 8 | Despite a conspicuous absence of the merest shred of evidence that Nizan had " betrayed " the PCF in any sense other than resigning from the party itself , it was objectively impossible for a communist in postwar France to view Nizan in terms other than those of betrayal and treachery . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Kubota Corp — majority shareholder in Stardent and now a 30% stakeholder in AVS Inc — is left with Stardent 's MIPS R3000-based Titan series of high-end graphics workstations . |
| 10 | A decrease in rates payable will also be limited to 10% and 15% for small businesses . |
| 11 | Another well-known example from the USA arises from an apparently striking fall in fatalities due to road accidents from one year to the next following a police drive against speeding motorists in Connecticut . |
| 12 | A 2.8 per cent fall in imports due to sluggish consumer demand and weak corporate business activity helped widen the surplus , analysts said . |
| 13 | Although the number of suicides by other methods rose , this was not sufficient to compensate for the fall in deaths due to coal gas poisoning — indeed , a reduction in suicide of over 30% was observed . |
| 14 | c ) any increase attributable to the Act in sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under any other Act . |
| 15 | However , the right-wing Christian Church was becoming increasingly active : for instance , the president of the National Council for Christian Standards in Society , the Earl of Halsbury , tried to make the ‘ promoting ’ of homosexuality in schools unlawful , but failed . |
| 16 | The cottagers also lost their economic independence in areas unaffected by enclosure , such as the Lake District . |
| 17 | A good run in pastures new would do you a world of good . |
| 18 | At the same time it was doubtless the case that by-employments , which were probably the rule rather than the exception , were decisive in bringing the level of wealth in districts unfavourable to husbandry more or less into line with that of the more eligible farming regions . |
| 19 | Although English as a foreign/second language is a primary concern of many students , applied linguistic work in languages other than English is given every encouragement . |
| 20 | 13.2.2 However , it is recognised that the Academic Partners will be expected to publish the results of their work on the project and may wish to disclose such work in ways other than by publication . |
| 21 | Young men in middle adolescence describe their friends to researchers in the YPLL team in terms similar to those used by pre-adolescent girls — failing to see emotional support , closeness or security as important qualities of a friendship . |
| 22 | See also Spencer Tracy 's Portuguese fisherman in Captains Courageous ( 1937 ) , Vivien Leigh 's Southern belle in Gone With The Wind ( 1939 ) and such unlikely nominees as Albert Finney 's stage-Belgian ( Murder on the Orient Express , 1974 ) and Alan Arkin 's manic Russian ( The Russians are Coming , 1966 ) . |
| 23 | IT infrastructure in institutions rife with ‘ short-termism ’ ? |
| 24 | According to Earth Report ( 1988 ) the incidence of this disease increased significantly in the immediate post-1970 period in villages adjacent to Lake Nasser , the lake dammed by the Aswan Dam , though subsequent public health measures have brought the disease under control . |
| 25 | The popularity of the drama as a genre which participated in English or , more accurately , within London life of the period in ways other than as literary texts has become critically more significant during the past decade with the increased emphasis on literature 's cultural contexts . |
| 26 | Long before she left school , Clara discovered that whatever negligent indifference might greet her in the bosom of her family , she was capable of arousing strife in breasts other than those of Miss Haines and Mrs Hill . |
| 27 | His concern throughout the crisis had been to keep the principles of the UN Charter in the minds of all the parties involved ; not only Article 1 , setting out the purpose of the UN , the maintenance of international peace and security , but Article VII , which excludes intervention in matters subject to any state 's domestic jurisdiction . |
| 28 | Some amber can be found washed up onto the shores of East Anglia , but its role as a source appears to be minimal given its relative rarity in cemeteries near to that coast . |
| 29 | While the aim is to offer a good general education in subjects relevant to business , the method is the systematic linking of academic study with practical experience . |
| 30 | I understand that both county structure plans and the local plans for Slough borough council , the royal borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and South Bucks district all contain policies that restrict or presume against development in areas liable to flooding . |