Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.

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1 The book is written specifically for engineers and engineering undergraduates to present this computational technique as a practical tool in engineering , keeping the mathematical content to a minimum .
2 And was he even the same guy as the one with markedly dodgy views about the international situation in the Far East ?
3 He became a Congregational minister , but his views about God 's inclusive care for the ‘ ’ heathen ’ and his views about the divine revelation in the Bible , brought him into conflict with the narrow-mindedness of some of his congregation , and in 1893 he left the ministry to devote himself to writing .
4 Reflecting the great care taken by the architects to conserve and enhance the qualities of this former industrial building as a significant element in the metropolitan riverside scene , the project has received several awards , including a Doe Housing Design Award and a Civic Trust Award , both of which were presented in 1985 .
5 Perhaps recognising the risk , Malaysia has used tariffs only as a temporary form of protection for the first-comer investor in certain sectors , like television sets .
6 On Nov. 6 it was announced that broad agreement had been reached on protection for the German minority in Poland " in accordance with international standards " .
7 By creating ‘ yardsticks ’ , central government may find the task of monitoring quality of service more manageable ( e.g. , ‘ if more dustbins are emptied per kilometre for a lower cost in Scotland than Gateshead , central government has useful information for appraisal ’ : Helm and Smith 1987 , p. x ) .
8 The honours degree in Housing Studies provides both a broad-based education in the social sciences and intensive preparation for a professional career in housing .
9 They 're working an intense 8-hour day , 5 days a week in preparation for a national tour in March .
10 It was reported at the end of February 1990 that the then Minister of State for the Southern Province R. H. Sam Kpakra had suspended voter registration in preparation for the 1991 elections in the constituencies of Bo Town 1 , Bo West and Bo North , following claims that irregularities had taken place .
11 For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years !
12 Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms .
13 There would be three phases of talks : first , there would be discussions between the constitutional parties in Northern Ireland , focusing on devolution and power sharing ; then meetings between the Northern Ireland parties and the Irish government in Dublin ; and finally , talks between the governments in London and Dublin .
14 In 1984 , queues formed outside privately-run hairdressers for the latest fashion in ‘ perms ’ .
15 The three free-standing objects introduce complexity through the marked difference in content and philosophy .
16 Many readers will be aware that because of a lower than expected settlement for the civil service in the Chancellor 's 1990 Autumn Statement , higher than expected inflation , and exchange rate effects on international subscriptions , SERC has announced that certain activities will have to be curtailed if the Council 's programme is to stay within its budget .
17 And this is one of the reasons for a fundamental element in the Benedictine tradition : the independence of each abbey from every other : an independence only mitigated in early days by the right of the bishop to visit — where the monastery had not asserted a right to be exempt from the bishop — and , from the thirteenth century on , by the formation of congregations of houses to establish some kind of common action , control and system of visitation .
18 Nevertheless , the reasons for the striking decline in infant mortality in this period remain rather mysterious .
19 It is a re-analysis of the reasons for the industrial revolution in Britain .
20 So far we have considered reasons for the general increase in local government expenditure over the years .
21 The reasons for the apparent change in relative incidence at different sites are poorly understood and there is controversy about whether the increase of cardia cancer represents an absolute increment or whether the apparent increase is related to a decreased incidence of antral tumours .
22 There are two basic reasons for the apparent anomalies in what generally appears to be a steady expansion of the vineyard area : first , the uprooting of old , commercially non-productive vines ; and second , the decimation of large patches of vines due to natural causes like frost , hail , disease , pests , etc .
23 I believe that the publication of these results will cause people to focus on the reasons for the low standards in some places , except for hon. Members representing Bradford and Newham — the two lowest scoring local authorities — whose reaction is that one should not have such testing and that it is merely a problem forced on the local authority .
24 New York City IDUs accurately perceive themselves as vulnerable to TB , and correctly identify some of the major reasons for the recent resurgence in TB .
25 The Italians see many reasons for the sharp increase in numbers .
26 One of the reasons for the slow advance in understanding syphilis and gonorrhoea was the belief that the two conditions were simply different manifestations of the same disease .
27 It could be argued that one of the reasons for the social division in the area might be the fact that those in charge of the paraphernalia of research did in a sense predefine conflict in this way .
28 In the case of processes , the division between those that make up the longue durée and those that belong to the sphere of conjonctures is bound to be rough ; there is no absolute division between a gradual increase in population lasting for a century and a cycle of growth and decline lasting a mere seventy-five years , a fact reflected in the organisation of La Méditerranée .
29 Routes to England and France are normally flown at flight levels 50 and 40 respectively , and present an opportunity for a reasonable period in cruise mode .
30 General SVQs offer the opportunity for a major shift in vocational education in this country , and a real chance to achieve parity of esteem between vocational and academic awards . ’
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