Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps worst of all , it has been clearly demonstrated that while a change in attitudes to a brand or product can precede a purchase of that brand , it can equally well follow the purchase : does attitude change influence a purchase , or does it merely result from it ? — since people often feel the need to justify a purchase , especially a major purchase , after they have made it . |
| 2 | This has the merit of allowing researchers to identify changes in attitudes among a population in a more reliable way than random sampling where variations might simply be due to variations between samples . |
| 3 | Mr Fennell did not believe the change would lead to people being represented in courts by a solicitor only . |
| 4 | In fact , in 1945 , foreign secretary Ernest Bevin was interested in economic , military and political ties to Western Europe , took a keen interest in proposals for a customs union during 1946–8 and encouraged European co-operation in January 1948 by calling for a ‘ Western Union ’ through which Europe , backed by America and the Empire-Commonwealth , would match the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | Tim Roberts , prosecuting , said Summersgill had been involved in burglaries at a butcher 's , a shop and a show house . |
| 6 | The accountants produced figures and were involved in meetings with a number of possible purchasers : as a result , by the end of December 1989 , the Ledingham-Smiths owed them £24,196 . |
| 7 | A game where the Test and County Cricket Board yearns for powers that would allow Allan Lamb to be hung in chains as a warning to all whistleblowers . |
| 8 | This has similar status to the Highway Code — while breach of the code is not an offence it may be cited as evidence in cases of a breach of the duty of care . |
| 9 | ( a ) Exchange of contracts Exchange by telephone is becoming more and more common in all cases , and is essential in cases of a chain of such transactions . |
| 10 | The fact is that parties to contracts do use expert determination for dispute resolution , and not only for certain types of disputes thought more suitable for experts : clauses referring all disputes , both technical and otherwise , are beginning to be found in contracts as a substitute for litigation or arbitration ( see 6.9 ) . |
| 11 | In Horizon Lewis Thomas , one of the America 's foremost biologists , explored nature in Notes of a Biology Watcher . |
| 12 | In Manders v. Williams , brewers supplied porter in casks to a publican on condition that he returned the empty casks ; held , they could maintain trover against a sheriff who took the casks in execution for the publican 's debts , for directly they were emptied the right to immediate possession was in the brewers , the publican becoming a mere bailee at will . |
| 13 | Finally it is stored in casks for a time which varies according to the final requirements , since pale and bitter ales take longer to mature than mild ales . |
| 14 | The fact that the two leading English choreographers create so many unusual ports de bras as a means of expression is what has made so — many Royal Ballet dancers so successful in ballets with a story . |
| 15 | Enthusiasm should not he allowed to overrule common sense : beyond the point of return , the cave continues for a further half — mile , dropping in pitches to a depth of 250 feet . |
| 16 | Tundra streams are richer in invertebrates by a factor of 10 , spring streams richer still by a factor of 100 . |
| 17 | From the dry-out farm , Tunney had moved down to the border , mooched around in cantinas for a while , then left the country two steps ahead of the sheriff of some Rio Grande jerkwater . |
| 18 | As a result of his victory last year , in 2hr 9min 17sec , Tolstikov gained more invitations to run outside the Soviet Union and was involved in discussions for a move to an American or Japanese club . |
| 19 | SCOTVEC is taking an active role in discussions with a variety of funding bodies to try to secure their commitment to general SVQs and Skillstart . |
| 20 | Harland is in discussions with a number of parties and in the case of Vickerys , which makes equipment for the paper and water industries , a potential purchaser has signed a letter of intent . |
| 21 | In discussions at a meeting on Jan. 4 , when European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers at first feared that the Baker-Aziz meeting might not take place , Roland Dumas , the French Foreign Minister , argued for EC talks with Aziz and a proposal for " linkage " between an Iraqi withdrawal and a Middle East peace conference on wider issues . |
| 22 | The court heard that McGregor had been caught up in attempts by a neighbour to end a relationship between his 20-year-old daughter and an older man . |
| 23 | The other Nobel prizes for 1991 were announced by the relevant Swedish academies between Oct. 3 and Oct. 16 : ( i ) Literature — Nadine Gordimer , the South African novelist whose " magnificent epic writing " had as its central theme the consequences of apartheid ; ( ii ) Medicine — Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann , German scientists working on the function of single ion channels in cell physiology ; ( iii ) Economics — Ronald Coase , the veteran UK-born member of the Chicago school and theorist of transaction costs and property rights , relevant to how buyers and sellers are brought together in the free market ; ( iv ) Physics — Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , the French scientist , for his work on applying the study of order and behavioural similarities in molecules to a range of complex materials ; and ( v ) Chemistry — Richard R. Ernst , the Swiss researcher , for contributions to high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance ( NMR ) spectroscopy . |
| 24 | Administrators of the institute and some 250 cancer specialists met in groups at a retreat in Virginia between October 1971 and March 1972 , to list every conceivable way of approaching cancer research . |
| 25 | The waxworks were arranged in groups beyond a rope , which was supposed to separate them from their admirers . |
| 26 | On the face of it one might say that an upstanding , law-abiding trade should have nothing to fear where this is concerned ; they should simply not deal in masterpieces without a provenance . |
| 27 | On two occasions , once in 1980 and once in 1982 , the DTI failed to act when it was told that Barlow Clowes was apparently dealing in investments without a licence . |
| 28 | ‘ City Limits ’ features a series of modern novels set in cities by a selection of writers including Jeanette Winterson , Philip Kerr and Mordecai Richler . |
| 29 | Four teams deploy in pairs for a VCP task . |
| 30 | There was a disparaging remark about it recently in Birds Of A Feather . |