Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] in the " in BNC.

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1 For reasons explained in the rolling stock chapter , they were not entirely satisfactory and were returned at the end of 1923 .
2 For reasons given in the text , all figures should be treated carefully .
3 For reasons given in the next section , we remain sympathetically sceptical .
4 In my judgement , the advent of theory was not a cause of disruption , but a symptom of it , for reasons suggested in the above quotation from Gerald Graff .
5 Since 1977 , for reasons suggested in the last chapter , there has been considerable concern among both politicians and the public with the utility of education to society .
6 CCG HAS won its first offshore contract with BP Exploration , a multi-million pound contract to provide quality hotel standard service for personnel involved in the hook-up of two platforms in the North Sea 's Bruce Field .
7 In addition we are still receiving enquiries about prisoners featured in the first two series in 1988 and 1989 , and we have recently received a copy of a letter from Alattin Sahin , the Turkish prisoner of conscience in the 1988 , which someone has received on his release .
8 ‘ Watch out for adders basking in the sun , ’ warned John , ‘ this track is known as ‘ adders ’ path ’ . ’
9 The Video Guide gives advice on how to use the video and exciting ideas for activities to try in the classroom .
10 Colchester 's Southway Jobcentre was filled with 31 stalls offering information on various Department of Employment schemes , including the small amount known about programmes announced in the Budget .
11 These were family treats particularly enjoyed by the star-struck sisters who would sit silently for hours lost in the fantasy of the silver screen .
12 This is easy for lecturers to forget in the concern with syllabuses , materials and all the paperwork that curriculum planning involves .
13 This need was further highlighted in 1987 through the development of proposals for a Department of Trade and Industry FE pilot scheme for skills up-dating in the Glenrothes-based paper manufacture industry .
14 For states located in the Indian Ocean the Gulf plan would open out ‘ new perspectives , strengthening their independence , safeguarding them against involvement in the arms race ’ .
15 However , if we do not like being judged by an external tribunal , if we do not like our citizens being interrogated by foreign judges about acts committed in the United Kingdom , if we do not like our Acts of Parliament and our internal administration being scrupulously picked over by a European Commission , if we do not like the relations between the Crown and its possessions being altered over our heads , the remedy is in our own hands .
16 Ethnographic research has special qualities suited to dealing with controversial topics in sensitive locations , for it entails a gradual and progressive contact with respondents , which is sustained over a long period , allowing a rapport to be established slowly with respondents over time , and for researchers to participate in the full range of experiences involved in the topic .
17 There are , at the moment , seven currencies available for accounts held in the UK — sterling , US dollar , Dmark , Ecu , French franc , Swiss franc and yen .
18 It can cater more effectively than traditional methods for the wide range of individual needs and interests and also provide an educational back-up service for groups engaged in the process of community action .
19 The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the barrister 's preserve .
20 The bill 's most contentious provision , which has polarised the profession 's two branches , sets up a framework for solicitors to appear in the higher courts , now the preserve of barristers .
21 There is an increasing tendency nowadays for solicitors to specialise in the work that they do and in the kind of client they advise .
22 The Situationists ' activities within the cultural sphere constituted an attempt to create a unified range of activities which functioned as a radical critique of the conventional boundaries between specialisations embedded in the institutions , practices and agencies of modern life .
23 This idea of an authority relation , giving the employer a special power of direction over employees not found between parties transacting in the market , has , however , been disputed , notably by Alchian and Demsetz , who argue that the employer/employee relationship does not differ in substance from any other relationship founded in contract .
24 No responsibility can be accepted for entries lost in the post .
25 No responsibility can be taken for entries lost in the post .
26 Most people feel an obligation to keep in contact with their siblings , but beyond that it is regarded as quite proper for relationships to vary in the level of intimacy and the type of support offered ( Firth , Hubert and Forge , 1970 ; Allan , 1979 ) .
27 Beginning in 1991 , the government was authorized to allocate up to $500 million a year until the total liability of approximately $1,250 million was paid in compensation for losses incurred in the forced relocation of some 120,000 Japanese-Americans in camps throughout the American west .
28 Thus , for example , it was excusable for a pretty young girl to avoid wearing a seat-belt because she had been topping up her tan on the sun bed and got burnt , for two middle-class school children to ride their bikes without lights late at night because they were trying to stay up on their last might of the summer holidays , and for lads to urinate in the street because they had three miles to walk home .
29 For example , information about clients disclosed in the course of your work must remain confidential .
30 Look for animals living in the tubes .
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