Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] in [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | That is why section 15(1) is needed and why it is best to prosecute under that provision in cases where deception is alleged to have been practised . |
| 2 | First , the Act has made little progress in terms of reversing the trend in the United States towards earlier retirement . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm going to run the business myself , I have plans for paying off the bills of each creditor in instalments and then trying to build up the business again . |
| 4 | Trace fossils have consequently played little part in discussions of metazoan phylogeny , but they may nevertheless contribute useful information . |
| 5 | He was a realist , having little faith in committees . |
| 6 | Here was a man with little faith in women , she realised . |
| 7 | Given that change in circumstances , we , it was felt that it would be prudent to propose to members a change to the actual statement which was in place , so that it would permit consideration of longer term borrowing , in particular circumstances and where it 's in the interest of the authority , and have the flexibility to do so , in relating to the prudent managements of its affairs , Chairman . |
| 8 | mimic each sentence in pairs , i.e. going across |
| 9 | The only way to decide is to assess the situation in each case in terms of the cat 's quality of life . |
| 10 | It was like when you had that part in Z-Cars . |
| 11 | The value figure for that rise in imports of Alsace wines this year was only 21 per cent . |
| 12 | So far as elderly people in particular are concerned , there has been relatively little change in patterns of co-residence with relatives until the later part of the twentieth century ; although there have been some fluctuations , the overall pattern shows more continuities than changes . |
| 13 | Medically there is little change in factors such as blood pressure , and risk of heart disease , though there could be a moderate fall in blood cholesterol level if this is elevated at the start of the diet . |
| 14 | The orang-utan lineage appears to have originated from within the first trend , with further modifications of skull and postcrania , but with little change in environments . |
| 15 | There was little change in relations with the United States , although in May 1990 the North for the first time handed over the remains of US servicemen missing in action from the Korean War [ see p. 37456 ; see also p. 38295 ] . |
| 16 | The children with whom I worked had the least opportunity in terms of personal development and careers , and they were likely to be drawn into a variety of different forms of behaviour , among which the first was often the use of and then addiction to tobacco . |
| 17 | If the explanation was inadequate , the security might not be enforceable but it would not follow that liability in damages would attach ( post , p. 621E–G ) . |
| 18 | If the explanation was inadequate , the security might not be enforceable but it would not follow that liability in damages would attach . |
| 19 | During April and May the pilot arranged for several lessons with a microlight instructor using the instructor 's own aircraft ; completed in a total flight time of four hours , these flights covered mainly upper air handling with little practice in takeoffs and landings . |
| 20 | If that turned out to be possible , it might suggest there is access from a higher level to quite remote lower-level translations , unless one was prepared to redescribe such a phenomenon in terms of our ( levels of programming language ) metaphor as ‘ This patient has found out how to access a highest level command GROW A NEW NERVE TO YOUR LEFT FOOT though without , of course , having any access to the translation of that command in terms of the nerve cell processes themselves . ’ |
| 21 | We saw earlier , in the case of group-hunting carnivores , that living in groups can be an adaptation to increase the efficiency of hunting . |
| 22 | No longer you have to grovel through the woods each spring in hopes of stumbling across a few of these delectable fungi . |
| 23 | I could only confess that loss in sounds |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ( This implies of course that consciousness in animals is a hypothesis for which there can be no evidence at all unless we resort to anthropomorphism , which we usually do . ) |
| 26 | Cayley took a set of equations such as unc and enclosed each side in brackets , so that two equal columns could be connected by a single equality sign . |
| 27 | ‘ They should be considering how to increase the value of that pound in terms of francs , liras and pesetas , ’ he said . |
| 28 | In return for this support in times of need , it demanded contributions from everyone , in labour and in wealth , although the latter was often payment in kind . |
| 29 | It is difficult to interpret this change in attitudes , which could reflect increased levels of patient expectation , a decrease in the quality of the service provided or a combination of the two . |
| 30 | This change in attitudes plays a crucial part in the development of a drawbridge mentality , which is replacing the more collective outlook of previous decades . |