Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the architect , Halsey Ricardo , had designed a station in redbrick gigantism , providing a dramatic contrast with the syncretic graces of Bombay 's Victoria Terminus . |
| 2 | Labour has never won a majority in parliament against a press so tilted against it as now . |
| 3 | Because hypotheses , construed as provisional descriptions of reality , had occupied a place in physics , Copernicus , Kepler , and Galileo transgressed traditional subject boundaries by allowing an astronomical hypothesis this representational role . |
| 4 | That means the Bangor club have lifted a double-double in league championship and cup competition this season . |
| 5 | That means the Bangor club have lifted a double-double in league championship and cup competition this season . |
| 6 | With the Scottish interests had come a stake in Border TV , which Lonrho kept . |
| 7 | Claims to suzerainty over the Scots , Irish and Welsh are thus far from unlikely , and may for a time have enjoyed a foundation in reality . |
| 8 | The government has forecast a year in deficit of £17.5bn after the £12bn shortfall in 1992 . |
| 9 | The Government has forecast a year in deficit of £17.5bn , after the £12bn shortfall in 1992 . |
| 10 | Some stores have reported a drop in trade since vehicles were barred from Skinnergate and High Row last Monday , councillors have been told . |
| 11 | But Government whips have reported a slide in backbench support for Mr Mellor . |
| 12 | His vision of the future also included a reduction in university support services for authors ; fewer editors working on more books ; cheaper typesetting and data processing costs ; significantly reduced print runs ( ‘ I expect 50 copies will be considered a large run for some titles ’ ) ; electronic customer catalogues ; improved customer service ; a merging of the jobs of copy editor , designer and production controller ; and dramatically improved distribution ( ‘ the 10 minute book run off locally in the shop could soon be a reality ’ ) . |
| 13 | Figures cited included a fall in life expectancy , to 69 years for women and 63 for men in 1992 ; 3,500,000 abortions in state hospitals in 1991 ( compared with 2,500,000 live births ) ; 15 per cent of Russian territory was described as being in a situation of " ecological crisis " . |
| 14 | The evidence produced included a transcript in English of Price 's evidence before the City Court of Gôteborg ; and it was not disputed that this evidence was admissible under paragraph 12 of the Schedule 1 . |
| 15 | Dr Alan Solomon graduated in Mathematics from Cambridge University , and has since pursued a career in Defence , Textiles , Oil and the Stock Exchange . |
| 16 | No one who has gone through medical school would deny the influence of role models , and no one who has pursued a career in medicine , particularly hospital medicine , would discount the part played by patronage . |
| 17 | The mission , sponsored by the International Tropical Timber Organization ( ITTO ) , had recommended a reduction in timber production from 13 million cubic metres per year to 9 million . |
| 18 | He had expected a rise in road duty , but was hoping for a clearer differential between diesel and petrol prices . |
| 19 | In recent cases , the courts have virtually applied a presumption in favour of granting the injunction until trial , on the basis that if the information is allowed into the public domain the plaintiff will be unable to repair the damage . |
| 20 | Few will have attended a course in pedagogy — the art and science of educational methods . |
| 21 | The accused has not appropriated a thing in action , because the bank did not owe the money to anyone . |
| 22 | Short then missed a point-blank header two minutes from time but Blues ' sub Ian Rodgerson also rattled a post in injury time . |
| 23 | Worse still , this sluggish growth has not prevented a rise in inflation . |
| 24 | She had just done a course in assertiveness and when she was unkind ( which she was often ) she would say , ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry ’ , and then ‘ No , actually I 'm not sorry ! ’ |
| 25 | Once she 's done a course in massage and has her certificate she can work here . |
| 26 | Such an approach will be familiar to anyone who has ever done a course in macroeconomics . |
| 27 | Is there any chance that he 's done a moonlight in order to get away from money problems ? ’ |
| 28 | Mrs Crouch would not have suffered a reduction in pay as she was offered an increased wage at the new plant . |
| 29 | Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems , alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent and UDC has suffered a reduction in use . |
| 30 | He referred , of course to British Rail which had suffered a drop in investment of £180 million . |