Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heavy industry was largely concentrated in a handful of favoured regions , dominated by a small number of major and in part foreign-owned firms , and closely dependent upon the government for subsidies and contracts . |
| 2 | No correspondence or enquiries can be dealt with other than in accordance with the tender conditions . |
| 3 | The importance of boredom and aimlessness is very much obscured by most popular treatments of police work , whether in fictional or in documentary style . |
| 4 | Support for the scanning hypothesis of lateral differences in tachistoscopic recognition came in the form of findings which showed the direction of visual field asymmetry to be related to whether the stimuli are symmetrically shaped ( Bryden , 1968 ) or are presented in normal or in mirror image orientation ( Harcum and Filion , 1963 ) . |
| 5 | Over the years he has woven an intricate pattern of life in private and in business ; he has established a system of relationships which has the merit that it works . |
| 6 | Graduates in Spanish and in Portuguese are in demand in a wide range of fields , both in the UK and abroad . |
| 7 | The fact that all five wrote of their understanding of " mystical " experience not in Latin but in English is a sign of their times . |
| 8 | Why do my titles come out better in French than in English ? he wrote . |
| 9 | However , the mortality rate due to acute gastroenteritis was lower in vitamin-A-supplemented than in placebo clusters ( 0.66 [ 0.47–0.92 ] , p=0.02 ) ; mortality rates for all other causes except acute lower respiratory infections and malaria were also lower in vitamin A clusters , but not significantly so . |
| 10 | There are a number of volumes in Gaelic and in addition Nigel MacNeill " The Literature of the Highlanders , " Professor J. S. Blackie " The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands " and Magnus McLean " The Literature of the Highlands . " |
| 11 | Wall fabric always sounds like the last word in luxury but in fact need not cost much . |
| 12 | Fronting an object is less marked in Chinese than in English . |
| 13 | King ( 1990 ) similarly suggests that topicalization , as evident in the use of expressions such as os pros , oson afora , and oso ya ( all of which mean something like ‘ as for ’ or ‘ with regards to ’ ) , is more common in Greek than in English and that Greek learners of English tend to overuse this structure . |
| 14 | SUCE has agreed that SCOTVEC awards may be accepted as satisfying , either in full or in part , the general entrance requirements . |
| 15 | Payments were withheld or recovered in full or in part in 39 cases . ’ |
| 16 | The answer will depend on what assumptions are made about whether the £24,000 invoiced in 1989 had been included in full or in part in the 1989 accounts . |
| 17 | Fees are payable before the commencement of the course , either in full or in stage payments for distance learning programmes . |
| 18 | Some of the tracks have been available already — if you bought the limited edition live versions of the singles ‘ Stop ’ and ‘ Shivering Sand ’ — but ‘ IT ’ still holds up as a worthwhile representation of the Megas ' consistent live set ; in full and in earnest . |
| 19 | A detailed reference text outlining the principles and procedure in relation to assessment is now available in full and in summary form . |
| 20 | In short and in common with many other doting dog owners , I love the dog and the dog loves me . |
| 21 | A temporal adjunct therefore represents a more marked thematic choice in Dutch than in English . |
| 22 | Such statistics clearly show that the Church of England has a more widespread appeal in middle-class than in artisan areas . |
| 23 | But the most important point is that very often auditors are required to do much more than express opinions on financial statements , in the public sector in general and in government particularly . |
| 24 | The programme first of all explains how a Bouncer works on fitness in general and in rehabilitation plus other problems such as arthritis . |
| 25 | Has been a member of the Publicity Sub-Committee for about two years and is very interested in the progress of the Society in particular and in Movement and Dance in general . |
| 26 | Physically the brothers had much in common but in personality it seemed they were very different . |
| 27 | But in my own brief experience of compiling papers on behalf of the institute I found far more in common than in conflict . |
| 28 | There was even some whispering , in secret and in Welsh , of birthrights ; for the lord of Glyndyfrdwy was the lawful living heir of the princes of Powys Fadog , and his mother , Helen , was great-grand-daughter to Llewelyn ap Griffith , the last revered and lamented prince of North Wales ; and Henry of Lancaster was the son of a younger son , and the stars and the elements could not be deceived . |
| 29 | A townscape of nightmare yellows : sky , buildings , furniture , wallpaper , faces — the colour of age , heat , pestilence , bile and jaundice , bruisings and stainings , with a stronger connotation of dirt in Russian than in English ; the colour of the tickets of identification which prostitutes were required to carry ; the colour of Raskolnikov 's ‘ cubbyhole ’ of a room ; and the colour which greets him when he comes to after fainting at the police station and sees a man ‘ holding a yellow glass filled with yellow water ’ . |
| 30 | British fiction , whether in original or in translation , often dominates sales across the world , and in a manner that might sometimes remind one , a little distantly , of the vast international triumphs of Walter Scott and Charles Dickens in their heyday . |