Example sentences of "a [noun sg] in [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This was so despite a provision in the Articles of the company defining " the board " as including " any committee authorised by the board to act on its behalf " .
2 For them , there is a provision in the byelaws that in all appropriate cases the Institute should attempt to resolve complaints by conciliation , arbitration or otherwise .
3 A hurricane in the mid-1970s cause much damage and the fuselage was turned into a superb house-boat by David Drimmer .
4 When you have read a case in the reports or in a case book , do your best to convey this fact by referring to some apposite passage in the judgment or some other relevant detail of the report which will indicate that you have not merely relied on a textbook .
5 Although there are also other Gaelic names for hemlock , the Biblical reference in Hosea X. 4 uses this name : ( Thus judgment springeth up like a hemlock in the furrows of the field ) .
6 Gifford had gone overboard a bit in the blues though …
7 a bit in the eyes a bit
8 A bit in the eyes , yeah .
9 So you played quite a bit in the classics during training .
10 Because it was hard for young refugees to find decently paid jobs ( all else being equal , refugee status was a disqualification in the eyes of most employers ) , they were frequently in debt .
11 The [ draft ] FRS requires that issue costs , as defined , are accounted for as a reduction in the proceeds of a capital instrument .
12 The consequence of such contraction is a reduction in the rewards available to employees .
13 In July 1987 Mr Lawson unilaterally announced a reduction in the meetings of the tripartite NEDC from ten to four meetings annually and in January 1989 the Secretary of State for Employment announced that the TUC would no longer be the sole body which could nominate trade unionists to the Training Commission and other official bodies .
14 Other changes agreed were a reduction in the powers of the appointed ( and military-dominated ) Senate ; the appointment of the House of Representatives Speaker rather than the Senate Speaker as president of the National Assembly ; and an enhancement of the powers of the representatives .
15 Jenny Weinstein , CCETSW 's head of practice learning who led the working party , said some members wanted a reduction in the numbers of students entering DipSW courses .
16 This strategy has at different points in time involved the abolition of certain benefits , a reduction in the numbers eligible to those that remain , the curtailment of the rate of increase in the value of benefits and real cuts in their financial worth .
17 Yes , it was not so much a deletion as er a reduction in the numbers because we were very mindful erm in going through the requirement erm and not making significant changes as far as the U K was concerned and we needed to make some savings in cost if at all possible and therefore we carried out a very comprehensive review of all the items of role equipment such as drop tanks er pylons , explosive release units and those type of things which had been provisionally earmarked for a very high intensive and fairly long running conflict and it was felt that if we were to make some savings then it was a sensible balance to reduce those numbers on the basis that we could save some money in the programme but at the same time many of these items could be bought later on at relatively short notice , clearly not within a conflict but in the years to come .
18 Some of these workers were provided by growth in the labour force , the rundown of unemployment and a reduction in the numbers of people on family farms ( chapter 11 ) .
19 Education cuts have meant a reduction in the facilities , materials and funds available , and the students also feel that being ‘ out of town ’ results in a lack of attention .
20 This agreement , which envisaged exchanges between the two armies and a reduction in the parameters of their military activities , followed the signing of an agreement on Nov. 28 , 1991 , between both countries ' Defence Ministries , also on military co-operation .
21 This is less important than in a share sale where the difficulty of the purchaser , without an express damage statement , is to show that the shares are worth less than the purchaser paid for them , as a reduction in the assets or increase in the liabilities does not necessarily reduce the price of the shares .
22 Such approval is always required if the admissions authority seeks a reduction in the admissions limit , and thus a new standard number .
23 The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity .
24 Tax measures included the introduction of value added tax ( VAT ) on goods and services , and a reduction in the rates of personal income tax — part of the reforms in the taxation system agreed with the IMF .
25 But if PRP substitutes for existing pay , it is rarely going to be practicable for the employer to pocket the whole of the saving , since this would imply not only a reduction in the employees ' gross pay , but also an element of risk in remuneration that had previously been assured .
26 The Letter of 1027 reports that he visited Rome to pray for the redemption of his sins and the security of his subjects , and tells how he had negotiated with the pope a reduction in the sums paid by English archbishops when they went for the pallium .
27 The trend is now towards small regional events , due largely to a reduction in the funds available for overnight accommodation and travel .
28 The rise in income will be less than that shown in diagram ( c ) , however , since any rise in income will lead to a rise in the transactions demand for money , L 1 .
29 A rise in the level of benefits relative to average income will result in a rise in the numbers on ‘ low incomes ’ .
30 It should be noted that although the total population over 65 is not expected to increase for the remainder of the twentieth century , this is due to a projected fall in the numbers aged 60/65–74 ( by 5 per cent between 1981 and 1991 ) combined with a rise in the numbers at older ages .
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