Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] in [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These equations give the new expression for U in terms of the null coordinates u and v . |
| 2 | The stars of either sex clustered in twos or threes , massing their power , or strode out alone , shining soloists , while the less attractive gathered for protection in groups outside the offices of some religious or political organization . |
| 3 | It also inhibits motor activity induced by rectal distention and increases sensory thresholds for defaecation in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome . |
| 4 | The domestic car manufacturing industry , heavily protected since the 1950s , had already begun to face some competition from imports when quotas were partially lifted in July 1990 [ see also p. 38002 for reduction in tariffs on imports ] . |
| 5 | Trade between the two countries was conducted in non-convertible currency , with technical credits being used to account for imbalances in imports and exports . |
| 6 | Local plans will need to support their service development strategy with detailed plans for investments in premises ; in staffing and training ; in the organisational development of practices and community services ( ‘ teambuilding ’ ) ; and in improved management . |
| 7 | Notable among these are the Prince of Wales ' ‘ Volunteers ’ scheme , launched in conjunction with the Speaker 's Commission on Citizenship in April 1990 ; and the Citizenship Foundation , launched in September 1989 with the objective of promoting ‘ effective citizenship ’ through projects in schools . |
| 8 | Does this at least then mean a reprieve for ROI in terms of short-run performance measurement ? |
| 9 | Yet conventional categories can be modified also to allow for change in concepts and attitudes . |
| 10 | Since , when he became Minister of Internal Affairs in the 1860s , Valuev was not to be noted for liberalism , it appeared that the new reign and the effects of the war were creating enthusiasm for change in places where it tended , under normal circumstances , to be rare . |
| 11 | The damage inflicted is particularly severe since Fonseca and Williams ( 1988 ) suggest that professional development teachers have been the most effective agency for stimulating a desire for change in schools . |
| 12 | Two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme is useful in producing proposals for change in schools . |
| 13 | Although two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme has been useful in producing proposals for change in schools , the actual changes claimed are rather nebulous and a quarter of all teachers are unsure as to whether their review has led to any changes at all . |
| 14 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that our friends and allies round the world who may be faced with potentially aggressive neighbours are entitled to look to us for support in arms sales , for example , of the Challenger tank which is made in Leeds , and that nothing proposed on restricting arms sales generally in the interests of world peace will prevent us from supporting our allies in circumstances where that is necessary ? |
| 15 | Abrams believed neighbouring to hang on a dilemma which those who live near to each other have between the need for support in times of crisis and the need for privacy . |
| 16 | He was then thrown into a frenzy by a letter announcing the impending arrival of Lando Medici , the richest of American patrons who always paid for ponies in readies out of a Gladstone bag . |
| 17 | then entrance requirements for SCE candidates and GCE candidates separately : these include the normal minimum grades required for admission in terms of SCE Highers or GCE A-levels , and any specific subject qualifications required ( such as Higher or A-level Physics for entry to degrees in Engineering ) . |
| 18 | The detection rate is well down and has fallen steadily in the past four years — the detection rate for burglary in dwellings is now less than 20 per cent . |
| 19 | There is a considerable degree of variation between authorities in terms of their expenditure in each of these areas , and of the levels of provision achieved . |
| 20 | A third aim is to suggest possible hypotheses directed towards explaining differences between housewives in attitudes to housework and the housework situation . |
| 21 | Edward laughed politely , slid from Carnaby 's grip and edged towards the group by the window , who were talking about hedges in tones of some desperation . |
| 22 | More recently , Edward Shorter has made a similar case for improvements in women 's health status generally as a pre-requisite to an active feminist movement . |
| 23 | And while support staff are adamant about the need for improvements in services and organisation , nobody believes the women would be better off returning to institutional care . |
| 24 | Her own approach was innovative in its own right , and she often made valuable suggestions for improvements in services . |
| 25 | Woolf argues for improvements in prisons , not for their own sake , but because ‘ to treat prisoners in a way which is likely to leave them in an embittered and disaffected state on their release ’ will naturally lead to ‘ a deterioration in the ability of the prisoner to operate effectively and lawfully in society ’ . |
| 26 | That it is a weapon with which practitioners can fight for improvements in standards , and the elimination of risks in the interests of their patients . |
| 27 | Any suggestions for improvements in communications or any critical findings it may have contained were negated by institutional neglect and the ‘ silence ’ which Arendt ( 1958 ) argues is a primary tool of authority operated to effect ! |
| 28 | Take full credit for the school and your self for improvements in children 's performance . |
| 29 | But industrial growth would gradually provide the resources for improvements in wages and conditions of the kind which had taken the sting out of revolutionary ferment in the West . |
| 30 | The 1980–1 riots also suggested a need for improvements in police training and equipment , which were first evident in the Warrington Messenger dispute of 1983 . |