Example sentences of "[prep] in the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | Now and then , waiters would serve us refreshing drinks from the bar and while we were busy unwinding , we were happy to know that the children were being well looked after in the Children 's Club . |
2 | Thorold Mackie , a small companies ' analyst who is highly thought of in the city 's financial circles , has been charged with obtaining and misusing price-sensitive information relating to a profits warning by Glasgow-based Shanks & McEwan . |
3 | This was true of 6.5 per cent of defendants appearing in the Crown Court and 12.2 per cent who were proceeded against in the magistrates ' courts in 1999 , all of whom could be said to have suffered a double injustice . |
4 | Care proceedings are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court and can result in children either being taken into care or being released from care . |
5 | Similarly prosecutions relating to water pollution and contravention of planning notices are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court . |
6 | And in reality , as the Criminal Statistics for 1990 bear out ( Home Office , 1991a ) , less than a third of such cases would have been dealt with in the magistrates ' courts by means of a custodial penalty at all ( compared with just under two-thirds in the Crown Court ) . |
7 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
8 | The two main tasks of acquiring oral/aural competence and achieving basic literacy are dealt with in the course 's two parallel streams . |
9 | It recommended the adoption of the procedure asked for in the Institute 's Memorial , which he had helped to organize , and the substitution of moderate passages , in place of his forthright statements , only tended to give the Report the appearance of a more impartial document . |
10 | You 'll find lists of publishers and what magazines look for in the Writers ' & Artists ' Yearbook ( A & C Black , £7.95 ) . |
11 | One section of the women backed the men ; another formed a separate union for a short while and tried to resist the ban called for in the men 's memorial . |
12 | It is clear that , whether they succeeded or not , both the Criminal Law Revision Committee and the draftsman must have intended to give the word one meaning , which would be the same in the Act as in the committee 's report . |
13 | Overwhelmingly it is a region of spectacular skyscapes complimented by the distinctive pastel tones of agricultural patchwork , mellow Lincolnshire brickwork and the occasional touch of Ancaster stonework , such as in the region 's most majestic landmark — the spire of St James church , Louth . |
14 | Eight colours to choose from in the ladies ' classic crew-neck t-shirt . |
15 | So of course we used to sort of try and get in in the nurses ' home through a ground floor window . |
16 | Any copy taken under s42(1) is admissible as evidence of any matter referred to in the guardian 's report or in evidence given by him ( s42(2) ) . |
17 | That Leapor actually worked at the house she describes as ‘ Crumble Hall ’ and that that is the place referred to in The Gentleman 's Magazine is strongly suggested by internal evidence . |
18 | Students would lose the right to social security benefits , but the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals last night pledged to fight this element — only referred to in the bill 's preface — throughout its parliamentary passage and the courts if necessary . |
19 | Because of the significance of the matters referred to in the auditors ' report , the two firms are unable to form an opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view . |