Example sentences of "[conj] in the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baidoa , where in the middle of last year 500 people were dying each day , is no longer a charnel-house ; nor are Merca , Bardera or Kismayu . |
| 2 | Given that industrial democracy , defined as the ultimate right and duty of the men and women working in an industrial enterprise to call management to account for its performance , and , if that performance does not satisfy them , to replace management , is desirable in principle and as a means of making the efficient conduct of the enterprise their natural concern ; recognising that the rights of use attaching to ownership , whether in the private or public sector , are inalienable ; recognising the value in general of competition as a means of keeping production and provision sensitive to public needs and tastes , and as a means of relating the distribution of resources to them ; to consider ( i ) in what sort of industrial organisation would industrial democracy be feasible ; ( ii ) how far and in what circumstances would the adoption of such a form of organisation be feasible ; ( iii ) by what means should its adoption be promoted and how long would it take to establish it as a characteristic feature in the industrial scene ; ( iv ) what part should trade unions play in its promotion and adoption and what changes would that part require in their functions as they are commonly understood ; and ( v ) where in the case of a particular industry , or organisation , the general interest requires that accountability should be to the public at large , considered for example as consumers or users of goods produced or beneficiaries from services provided , what compensatory measures should be introduced so as to make good as far as possible the permanent denial to employees of a right which is in principle generally desirable ? |
| 3 | 32 ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 3 ) below , where in the case of any action for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act , either — ( a ) the action is based upon the fraud of the defendant ; or ( b ) any fact relevant to the plaintiff 's right of action has been deliberately concealed from him by the defendant ; or ( c ) the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake ; the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud , concealment or mistake ( as the case may be ) or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it … |
| 4 | Clearly this model has considerable relevance in an NHS context , where in the majority of cases purchasers and providers are locked into each other for a large part of their business ; the information base on demand , cost and quality is poor and transaction costs are potentially high . |
| 5 | I think what your question means is , where in the hierarchy of importance would I put my collecting , and I think I would safely put it as one of the most important things in my life , certainly ahead of the army and horses , farmer and publisher . |
| 6 | Even more significantly this teacher goes on to express the view that this approach is not incompatible with the examination system , where in the context of the GCSE , the personal and professional experience the tutor has of each student 's progress and development is counterpoised with the more objective and detached assessment of the external moderator . |
| 7 | Provision for specific warranty claims against the group are to be made where in the opinion of the directors there is a probability of the claims becoming payable . |
| 8 | Most of them are concerned with admissibility of evidence , which is not in issue here ; and none , aside from those already mentioned , arose where in the face of clear and general language it was contended that Parliament must nevertheless have intended the words of the statute to have only a limited effect . |
| 9 | Some of these views look inwards : either in the sense of developing the individual child or in the sense of developing English as a separate school subject . |
| 10 | The state 's function , par excellence , is to manage potential crises which may occur in the economy , in its own fiscal resources , or in the legitimacy of existing social arrangements . |
| 11 | Aliquots of the cell extracts ( 0.3μg protein per assay ) were incubated for 40min in the absence of βγ t ( ○ ) or in the presence of βγ t ( 2μM ) and increasing concentrations of GDP-liganded α t ( ○ ) with phospholipid vesicles containing PtdIns(4,5)P 2 . |
| 12 | Just as the events themselves can be known but not the experiences which they provoked , so we can not hope to understand Eliot as he knelt in that chapel or in the presence of his God . |
| 13 | For example , the effect of incubating the extracts at 26 , 37 and 45°C or in the presence of 0.1–1.0 mM sodiu deoxycholate at room temperature or with 0.01–1 units of alkaline phosphatase was determined ; no difference in the resistance to these treatments of the binding activity of any cell line was observed ( data not shown ) . |
| 14 | The assay was carried out with labelled probe alone ( track 1 ) or in the presence of a one hundred fold excess of unlabelled oligonucleotide containing either the homologous consensus octamer motif ( track 2 ) , the HPV 16 octamer-like sequence either alone ( track 3 ) or with the adjacent NF1 site ( track 4 ) , the equivalent region of HPV 6 containing the NF1 site and adjacent region ( track 5 ) and a consensus binding site for the unrelated transcription factor Sp1 ( track 6 ) . |
| 15 | The assay was carried out with labelled probe alone ( track 1 ) or in the presence of a one hundred fold excess of unlabelled oligonucleotide containing either the homologous HPV 16 sequence ( track 2 ) , the consensus octamer motif ( track 3 ) or the equivalent HPV 6 sequence ( track 4 ) . |
| 16 | She scuffed up to the altar in her carpet slippers , and stood next to Clare , with the ill-tempered , tight-lipped expression she always adopted when in church or in the presence of the clergy . |
| 17 | S.61E. ( 1 ) Any person who assaults another person and , at the time of , or immediately before or after , the assault , commits an act of indecency upon or in the presence of the other person , shall be liable to imprisonment for 4 years or , if the other person is under the age of 16 years , to penal servitude for 6 years . ’ |
| 18 | All new ‘ workstations ’ , ( defined as any furniture and equipment used by or in the presence of a user , together with the immediate environment in which the work is undertaken ) , have to comply with the regulations from January 1993 onwards , and all existing ‘ workstations ’ will have to be modified to comply with the Regulations by 31 December 1996 at the latest for less heavily-used stations . |
| 19 | In the remaining 40 patients ( 27.3% ) clearance of the ducts was not achieved because of the aberrant position of the papilla ( seven ) , large size of the stones ( 17 ) , distorted common bile douct ( four ) , presence of a biliary stricture distal to the stones ( five ) or in the presence of serious clinical conditions in which endoprosthesis insertion was considered the most rapid means of establishing drainage ( seven ) . |
| 20 | Blotting was carried out in the absence of leucine zipper peptide as competitor ( lane 1 ) or in the presence of 6 mg/ml CREB leucine zipper peptide ( lane 2 ) . |
| 21 | If a database is the result of a great deal of effort alone with little judgment in the design of the database or in the selection of material ( for example , a telephone directory stored in a computer database or a directory of postcodes ) it is debatable whether it will attract copyright protection . |
| 22 | Perhaps more generally useful is right clicking on the normal text entry area — this brings up the Modify Style dialog box — or in the border around the page when you are in the default Layout Mode — which brings up the Modify Page Layout dialog box . |
| 23 | Quite often the divisional boundaries in the amalgamated force mirror the old , small force boundaries and men define themselves in relation to their early experience with perhaps an inner city ethic , a large-town police style , or in the framework of a more rural situation . |
| 24 | The process of training and qualification does not automatically guarantee the surveyor job security and the buyer of professional services is no longer interested either in tradition for its own sake or in the mystique in which many professions have corseted themselves . |
| 25 | ‘ appropriate provisions for participation by that state or its nationals as owners of ships flying its flag or in the ownership of such ships and for the level of that participation . |
| 26 | Directors are expected to co-operate with the Panel in connection with its enquiries , by providing promptly on request , copies of minutes of board meetings and other information in their possession , or in the possession of the offeror or offeree company as appropriate . |
| 27 | If the vendors conclude that a purchase and sale transaction is not to be consummated with you , or if you decide to withdraw your interest , you will upon request immediately return to KPMG Peat Marwick all copies of the Information Memorandum and all Copy Information in your possession or in the possession of your Representatives , and you will destroy all copies of any computer software analysis , compilations , studies or other documents or records prepared by you or your Representatives for your internal use which are based in whole or in part on the Information without retaining any copies or notes thereof or extracts therefrom . |
| 28 | Their outstanding abilities lay elsewhere and ie is to their fine engineering achievements in vaulting such constructions as the Basilica of Constantine and the Baths of Diocletian , or in the building of amphi-theatres such as the Colosseum , or in layouts like the Palace of Diocletian in Split or the Villa of Hadrian at Tivoli that we can appreciate their genius for architectural effect and scale in planning . |
| 29 | Nowadays there are still tourist boats taking visitors to see Cabo Girâo or Machico or to swim in the sheltered coves , but Madeira now has a fine road network stretching to every small hamlet , whether it be on the top of a mountain or in the bottom of a valley . |
| 30 | Now in drama an excessive degree of vested interest in either the technical aspects or in the substance of the subject-matter can upset the balance so that the ‘ game ’ of drama and the necessary spontaneity that goes with it disappear . |