Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] in the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the blacksmith plover in the savannahs of East Africa will stand over its eggs , shadowing them with outstretched wings , to allow what wind there is to blow over them ; and in Australia , a jabiru stork will collect water in its beak to spray over the eggs if they get dangerously warm . |
| 2 | The fact is that even if significant quantities of material can be made available from super quarries and recycling ( both of which cause their own environmental problems ) the environment and communities of Wales are facing a dramatic and unsustainable burden from aggregates provision in the years ahead . |
| 3 | The fact is that even if significant quantities of material can be made available from super quarries and recycling ( both of which cause their own environmental problems ) the environment and communities of Wales are facing a dramatic and unsustainable burden from aggregates provision in the years ahead . |
| 4 | Dad Jim McCloskey senior , Bangor 's youth team coach , will rush from his side 's morning match to see son Jim junior stride out at Windsor Park in the colours of Glentoran . |
| 5 | Estimates of the value to the individuals , employers and the academics of the PhD work and the PhD award in the careers of scientists and engineers , and of the significance to the economy of research supported by the Council 's Engineering Board , were completed in 1985 . |
| 6 | A policy of Keynesian expansion , for example , whatever its merits , had no chance whatever of gaining majority support in the conditions of August 1931 . |
| 7 | The median serum alkaline phosphatase concentration in the women taking tamoxifen was 60.0 ( interquartile range 53–68 ) U/l compared with 86.5 ( 68–110 ) U/l in the controls ( p<0.005 ) . |
| 8 | The significantly lower median serum alkaline phosphatase concentration in the women treated with tamoxifen is consistent with an oestrogenic effect of the drug since none of the women had demonstrable hepatic or skeletal metastases at the time of bone biopsy . |
| 9 | The country 's six largest construction companies , which together spend between $14 million and $16 million a year on earthquake research , met the extra costs of including base isolation in the structures . |
| 10 | In addition , Roman catholic schools in Ireland , in continuity with the belief and practice of Roman catholics in a number of other countries , have a different concept and practice of teaching religion in the schools from that of the majority of protestant traditions . |
| 11 | Frankly , it is not an outstanding record of achievement , considering there has been at least one Second Division club in the semi-finals for 30 of the 47 seasons since the last war . |
| 12 | For example , the widespread use of DDT in the 1960s was suspected of affecting the calcium metabolism in the oviducts of birds of prey ( raptors ) . |
| 13 | Greenford , Middlesex-based Cable & Flexible suffered from a building industry in the doldrums , he said , while Seacoast in the US performed below expectations because two large contracts expected in 1992 were deferred to 1993 . |
| 14 | As well as rumours of troops of infantry escorting respectable citizens to afternoon tea in the suburbs , and the recommendation that gentlemen at a loose end because of the shortage of decent game reserves might turn their hand to a new blood-sport — ‘ We have got together a splendid pack this season , and the game is still so plentiful that I 'll bet we 'll show you some really first-rate sport ’ — the ‘ anti-garotte ’ movement launched by Punch invented various kinds of anti-robbery device . |
| 15 | Indeed , many warmed to the food theme , spotting the patio tomato ‘ totem ’ in another container and the pale terracotta bowls of pungent curry plant , variegated sage and thyme as well as fennel , rosemary and silver thyme in the borders . |
| 16 | This conclusion is supported by the significant correlation observed between birth weight and β cell function in the subjects with validated birthweight data . |
| 17 | Comte 's hierarchy is more often expressed nowadays in terms of a spectrum running from ‘ hard ’ to ‘ soft ’ sciences ( spectra are less contentious than hierarchies ) , but its influence is still apparent at the undergraduate level , although the picture at the postgraduate and research level in the sciences seems to be becoming ever more complex and many-faceted . |
| 18 | The hearing was held in a portacabin building in the grounds of Long Kesh Detention Camp . |
| 19 | The Government provide grant in aid for the British Academy to support postgraduate research in the humanities and social sciences . |
| 20 | With the beginning of the closure programme in the pits the situation changed dramatically . |
| 21 | Edythe London , who works at America 's National Institute on Drug Abuse , studies glucose metabolism in the brains of people with addictions . |
| 22 | Awards for postgraduate study in the Arts and Humanities are the responsibility of the British Academy ( for residents in England and Wales ) and of the Scottish Education Department ( for residents of Scotland ) . |
| 23 | The casual labour force in the hotels and catering industry is not a homogeneous one . |
| 24 | Whilst this decision has been criticised as a " narrow " interpretation of the law ( ibid ) , our examination of the nature of casual working and the characteristics of the casual labour force in the hotels and catering sector raises the question of whether according casual workers employee status , and thus bringing them within the coverage of employment protection legislation , would be of any great relevance . |
| 25 | The reduction of wages council protection will affect women 's earnings since 75 per cent of the labour force in the industries concerned are women . |
| 26 | Bob tried to talk him out of it when they were on their own , at the sandwich bar in the Gates . |
| 27 | But it is true that , with some 70% of outstanding shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the vaults of friendly business partners , Japanese firms are under little pressure to increase dividends and their managements have few fears of being replaced in a sudden stockmarket coup . |
| 28 | Indeed , the pattern of research work in the humanities and social sciences is such that perhaps the only generalisation which can be made is that no article or book is written using only the resources of one library , still less the home library of a researcher 's institution . |
| 29 | The study was approved by Clinical Research Committee in the Veterans General Hospital , Taipei , Republic of China . |
| 30 | ‘ To be realistic we need other teams to slip up to sneak through in the league so the cup is really our priority , ’ says 29-goal striker David McCallen who grabbed that sensational winner against his former club Linfield in the quarter-finals . |