Example sentences of "of [noun sg] in a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays I am inclined to compromise where as once I would have felt confident of victory in a dogs ' confrontation . |
| 2 | The picture of life in a goods station was painted by Ernest Protheroe : |
| 3 | He delivers the wretched data of life in an itinerants ' lodging house . |
| 4 | The retailer may combine various forms of advertising in a promotions campaign , depending on what products he wants to promote , and the way he wants to use the advertising . |
| 5 | Culyer ( 1973 , p. 185 ) provides a useful illustration of a trial PPB system with respect to the allocation of expenditure in a police force , although he prefers to call this approach ‘ output budgeting ’ , a term used in the UK civil service ( see below ) . |
| 6 | Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes . |