Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun sg] of [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Group 's share of results of associated undertakings [ hereafter called associated companies ] is included in respect of companies in which the Group owns at least 20 per cent of the equity and over which it exerts significant influence . |
| 2 | The two December marches by right-wing women were important public relations exercises in support of hardliners in the government . |
| 3 | Duvalier , in which a prejudgment Mareva injunction was sought in aid of proceedings in the French courts . |
| 4 | They demanded fulfilment of promises of improved living and working conditions , which the government had made in settlement of strikes in July 1989 [ see pp. 36826-27 ] , the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers because of its handling of the economy , and the depoliticization of the Army , police , judiciary and education system . |
| 5 | ‘ 143(1) On an application for an order under section 18 of the Act made in respect of proceedings in the Supreme Court ( except proceedings on appeal from a county court ) or in the House of Lords , the court shall not make an order forthwith , but may in its discretion — ( a ) refer the application to a master or registrar for hearing and determination ; or ( b ) adjourn the hearing of the application ; or ( c ) dismiss the application … ’ |
| 6 | That the American Pavilion , where a grand presentation of painting and sculpture would surely have been expected , will not , in fact , show any works of art underlines how far the subject has been marginalised in favour of achievements in the fields of science , discovery and other disciplines . |
| 7 | The fact that adjectives have to be placed in front of nouns in English , for instance , means that their occurrence in this position has little or no significance because it is not the result of choice . |
| 8 | The explanation of this remarkable correspondence between patterns of sexual dimorphism in humans and gelada baboons is to be found in evidence of parallels in the evolution of the two species which have been attributed to the likely existence of our hominid ancestors in a habitat similar to that of today 's gelada baboon and to a resultant comparability of life-style and evolutionary adaptation . |
| 9 | Bush repeated on Oct. 24 the comparison of Iraqi President Saddam Hussain with Hitler and denounced the " rape of Kuwait " and Iraqi " crimes against humanity " , while at a rally on Oct. 30 ( campaigning in support of Republicans in the mid-term congressional elections on Nov. 6 ) he gave warnings of the possibility of a US military offensive , urging the US public to " stay together in support of our kids halfway around the world " . |
| 10 | This reply read : ‘ I duly acknowledge receipt of correspondence sent in respect of children in care and confirm that the mail has now been forwarded accordingly . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Holland , 48 , revealed actors stood in front of walls in early episodes to hide the fact that parts of the set were not painted . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Alan Blumlein of EMI in Britain was working in ignorance of developments in America ; his concept was to record two optical channels on cine film . |