Example sentences of "and in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sweden , Denmark , Belgium , Switzerland , West Germany , Austria , France and the Netherlands all received more applications for asylum from refugees than the UK both in absolute terms and in proportion to population . |
| 2 | The ears should be neat and in proportion to the head . |
| 3 | They were far fewer in overall number and in ratio to adult miners than on the northern coalfields , because in metal mining a much smaller volume of excavated material has to be moved . |
| 4 | It can find expression in one 's attitude to voluntary organizations , to the culture and traditions of the community , and in behaviour to its members when met in anonymous situations . |
| 5 | The statement said that Dr Wybran 's murder had been perpetrated ‘ in support of the Muslim Palestinian people … and in response to the generation of ‘ the children of the stone ’ ' . |
| 6 | In this case containment is not the reaction of power after , and in response to , the event of subversion . |
| 7 | The great majority of farmers continue to use minimal quantities of fertiliser although fertility is being depleted ; few governments are tackling the question of the use of their under-populated areas on a systematic basis ; the organizations which serve small farmers have cut back their operations in response to budgetary pressures and in response to the pressure for privatization ; the frequently competent staff of national agricultural research bodies are everywhere starved of funds for transport and field labour . |
| 8 | With direct reference to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , and in response to a ‘ demand ’ for more radical action which he had read in a newspaper , Hitler made clear that he had at the time to proceed tactically and in stages , but that his strategy was to manoeuvre his enemy into a corner before destroying him completely . |
| 9 | And in response to public concern about a small but significant number of miscarriages of justice , we have appointed a Royal Commission to review aspects of the criminal justice system , including the conduct of investigations , the handling of forensic evidence , and the powers of the Court of Appeal . |
| 10 | Pressure to have these announced steadily mounted , and in response to a series of letters published in A Quarterly for the Gentleman 's Gentleman , the Society admitted that a prerequisite for membership was that ‘ an applicant be attached to a distinguished household ’ . |
| 11 | In addition , and in response to rapidly dwindling forest resources , there are in many nations afforestation programmes on both small and large scales . |
| 12 | This in itself is alarming , but a further probable consequence of this is even more alarming : whereas in the past local authorities would censor in isolation and in response to local pressure , the tendency now may be to follow ‘ the party line ’ . |
| 13 | He was constantly reassuring himself that actions taken in the heat of the moment , and in response to his deepest impulses , possessed a visibly moral quality . |
| 14 | And in response to press questions , Charles said simply : ‘ I always look forward to Crathie . ’ |
| 15 | But desperate times call for desperate measures , and in response to post-Aids paranoia/homophobia , artists ( gay and non-gay ) have begun to use bodily fluids in their work , the best known being Andres Serrano , who , for a show a couple of years back , photographed his own ejaculations . |
| 16 | A pure socialist economic system , by contrast , would be one in which all property was publicly owned so that all goods and services would be produced by state enterprises and in response to political priorities . |
| 17 | The importance of the environmentally fragile coastal zone has been recognised for some time , and in response to growing concern for coastal environments under pressure , a new group has been set up in BGS to draw on the experience of land and marine geologists , sedimentologists and coastal engineers The geology of a strip round the coast of the United Kingdom , which in places extends several kilometres offshore , is largely unexplored . |
| 18 | Sedimentological studies have concentrated on elucidating the geometry of sand bodies in the North Sea , both as part of the programme funded by the Department of Energy and in response to the needs of commercial firms . |
| 19 | The expressive scale begins with an examination of the child 's use of words to express emotional states and in response to specific situations — for example , ‘ ta ’ on taking something — and proceeds to explore the child 's command of simple vocabulary items through picture naming and in response to requests for definitions — for example , ‘ What is a shop ? ’ |
| 20 | The expressive scale begins with an examination of the child 's use of words to express emotional states and in response to specific situations — for example , ‘ ta ’ on taking something — and proceeds to explore the child 's command of simple vocabulary items through picture naming and in response to requests for definitions — for example , ‘ What is a shop ? ’ |
| 21 | It does mean that law is not a fixed , precise and immutable set of rules ; and that not only its content but also its form are subject to interpretation , adaptation and change as part of and in response to social change . |
| 22 | Rather than merely assert that what we desire is already reality , therefore , I would argue that our job is to discuss the contradictions and possibilities in the law as it has developed historically , as part of and in response to political and economic struggles . |
| 23 | Although not far short of 30 years old , written in social and educational circumstances far different from those that prevail now , and in response to specific problems that no longer have a major place on the agenda for schooling , its basic message remains inspirational . |
| 24 | In parallel with USL 's initiative and in response to IBM 's transaction processing announcements , Unix International is also throwing its weight behind the Tuxedo push with the publication of a guide for integrating USL 's TP monitor with mainframe CICS . |
| 25 | Drug resistant M tuberculosis is now a major problem throughout the world , and in response to this the production of streptomycin has been increased . |
| 26 | And in response to Ted Dexter 's statement : the non-rebels also had families and mortgages at that time . |
| 27 | And in response to the growing number of women presenting with problems associated with alcohol dependence , the Board in its report this year makes some moderate and practical proposals about the way in which alcohol might responsibly be marketed . |
| 28 | ‘ Relax ’ may only have become a scandal when the BBC in belated confusion ( and in response to teasing video clips ) banned it , but singers Holly Johnson and Paul Rutherford promote an explicitly gay image , and ‘ Two Tribes ’ was a pointed response to nuclear defence policy . |
| 29 | Those schools who changed their outlook and practice in respect of relationships with parents and the community did so for their own reasons and in response to their own sense of priorities and needs . |
| 30 | In the same year , and in response to these and other difficulties — several of them identified by our project 's fifth interim report — the Authority circulated Guidelines for Headteachers in the Use of PNP Staff ( Leeds City Council 1987c ) . |