Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , if ‘ the system ’ really was bent upon the form of totalizing control that according to Foucault psychoanalysis , for example , enables , it is worth recalling that psychoanalysis has never been adopted by the state as such and that its activities remain confined to a few very limited districts in a handful of prosperous cities round the world . |
| 2 | Both books display Minton 's effervescent gaiety , but , even before his illustrations became overlaid with a period nostalgia an undertow of sadness could be discerned beneath their cheerful manner . |
| 3 | In the context of the mobilisation and assertiveness of organised labour under Heath 's government , the industrial policy proposals became charged with a stronger element of workers ' control which was seen as an essential component of the ‘ planning agreements ’ to be made with large enterprises , and vital to their enforcement . |
| 4 | The emphasis in child care practice on families before institutions has contributed to a definition of the aims and the means of helping young people which accentuates personal , family relationships . |
| 5 | Between 1985 and 1990 , however , the number of people aged over 85 supported in residential care by local authorities has declined at a slower rate than that for all people aged 65+ . |
| 6 | Boesky 's cooperation with the regulatory authorities has resulted in a number of other SEC investigations . |
| 7 | In recent years a growing sophistication in tachistoscopic half-field investigations has derived from a conceptual and methodological framework known as information processing theory . |
| 8 | In England , the reluctance of the police to take action in domestic violence cases has contributed to a situation in which women do not generally invoke the criminal process in such circumstances . |
| 9 | By contrast , the steep decline in apprenticeships has led to a reduced demand for part-time craft and technician courses . |
| 10 | Spanish workers voted heavily Socialist in the European parliamentary elections even though Mr Gonzalez 's tight economic policies has led to a 17.3 per cent jobless rate and running battles with the trade unions . |
| 11 | Over this period the stock of such investments has expanded at an average annual compound rate of just under 19% . |
| 12 | Bus usage in leading English cities has fallen by a sixth since 1985/86 because of the Government 's deregulation of bus operations , says a study for the Association of Metropolitan Authorities . |
| 13 | The difficulty encountered by plaintiffs in obtaining injunctions to stop libels has led to a growth in applications for injunctions on the grounds of breach of confidence , ie that the information has been obtained from someone who is under a duty not to reveal it . |
| 14 | A military operation involving four thousand servicemen has ended with a dramatic finale over Salisbury Plain . |
| 15 | A military operation involving four thousand servicemen has ended with a dramatic finale over Salisbury Plain . |
| 16 | Spending on new roads has increased by a third since 1979 , and is planned to double again ; Okehampton bypass built through Dartmoor National Park ; 110 SSSIs are threatened with road schemes . |
| 17 | But now that the Nineties are in full swing , has anyone out there discovered that the phones have stopped jangling , their Filofax is miraculously blank , or the traffic clogging our roads has withered to a trickle ? |
| 18 | The Sunday Times has called in an Oxford historian to help with its serialisation of the Goebbels diaries . |
| 19 | The relative esteem in which stones have been held at different times has rested on a number of factors . |
| 20 | The sales forecasts amounted to 9 megabytes on Lotus , but now under Ark the amount of data has been reduced to 6 megabytes , and the number of presentation styles has increased by a factor of about four to between 10 and 12 . |
| 21 | The resulting clash of styles has resulted in a forthright , moody range of sensations certainly capable of setting your teeth on edge , if not grinding away in your sleep . |
| 22 | The trip begins at a Eucharistic Congress in Seoul intended to put the seal on the Catholic Church 's extraordinary progress in Korea , where the number of believers has grown from a post-war 200,000 to more than 2.5 million , and is increasing by 10 per cent each year . |
| 23 | The role of small scale production units has increased in a number of industries . |
| 24 | The increased use of computers has led to a dramatic rise in the production of paper records . |
| 25 | The size and importance of many company pension funds has led to a demand for inhouse actuarial skills . |
| 26 | The alarming increase in media oligopolies has led to a subsequent decline in any need for public accountability on the part of media corporations . |
| 27 | So called hotting and joyriding around some of the Oxford Estates with stolen cars has contributed to a massive increase in carcrime . |
| 28 | According to Magnet Applications , the Berkhamsted-based Cookson subsidiary , the number of magnets used in cars has risen from a handful 20 years ago to about 80 now , rising to perhaps 200 in a couple of years ' time as automatic windows and sunroofs etc become more widespread . |
| 29 | A ban on the use of lead fishing weights has resulted in a record increase in the number of mute swans in Britain . |
| 30 | The pattern of time allocations to subjects has changed with an increase in time allotted to language teaching — especially English . |