Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [subord] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , despite some lip-service to the rights of schools to determine their own curriculum , on the whole those who argue against centralist control of schools do so not so much on grounds of loss of freedom for schools as on grounds of the consequent loss of local power . |
| 2 | Disease diagnosis may vary both within and between communities because of differences in health care systems and structures . |
| 3 | Within the six ‘ occupational status ’ categories ( see Table 6.2 ) the pattern of partisanship was also quite clear , although in fact at the ‘ manual'/ ‘ non-manual ’ divide there was a clearer break in terms of partisanship than in terms of ‘ class ’ identification , as can be seen if Table 6.2 is compared with Table 6.3 . |
| 4 | CONSUMER confidence and spending were improving ahead of the decision by John Major to call an election , suggesting that the economy might have started to pull out of recession but for worries about the election outcome . |
| 5 | The differences between schooled and unschooled Wolof children are more appropriately described as differences in conventional uses of explicitness than as differences in ‘ abstraction ’ . |
| 6 | The relentless struggle of the workers against unemployment and hunger in times of peace as in times of war makes it vital for them to organise for the overthrow of the capitalist system and for the establishment of the Socialist Commonwealth . |
| 7 | In at least one example , the distinction between goods is more closely related to contradictions within one given set of individuals than to differences between social groups . |
| 8 | Without systematic data comparably defined , it will be difficult indeed to advance the level of knowledge as to relationships between mothers ' health and well-being and their fertility patterns . |
| 9 | Sooner or later , one must plump for either the primacy of micro-processes in socio-logical explanation , or for the primacy of macro-processes as in notions of ‘ encapsulation ’ , 'centre and periphery' , ‘ dominance and dependency ’ , Marxist theory , and the like . |
| 10 | Inasmuch as teachers by tradition are more closely associated with the planning and delivery of the curricular components of education than with arguments about priorities and about the distribution of resources , curriculum development has been a prime element of professional management . |
| 11 | The Gothic imagination dwelt on the mystery , and found it more productive of nightmares than of dreams of paradise . |
| 12 | But there are still others who have no sense of conviction because of problems on a far deeper level , such as a crisis of identity . |
| 13 | Skeleton arguments are now compulsory in all appeals before the Court of Appeal except in cases of urgency or where the court otherwise directs . |
| 14 | For example , faced with the ratio of a two to one majority decision in the Court of Appeal as against dicta of three judges in the House of Lords agreeing with the dissent in the Court of Appeal and casting doubt on the correctness of the majority opinion , but not expressly overruling it , it is clear that the Court of Appeal must follow the dicta of the House of Lords rather than the ratio of their earlier decision , so paradoxically preferring the persuasive to the binding authority . |
| 15 | The only conclusion the meeting was able to reach was ‘ that guidance be sought from officers of DES as to ways in which greater academic autonomy might be achieved ’ . |
| 16 | Equalization is not so much between classes as between individuals within a population which is now treated for this purpose as though it were one class . |
| 17 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 18 | Other factors are also involved ; risks tend to be greater for males than for females at all ages ( see Table 10.1 ) ; marital state , occupation and social class are likewise important . |
| 19 | These figures suggest that M tuberculosis DNA is detected as readily in patients with sarcoidosis as in patients with frankly tuberculous tissues and imply that M tuberculosis may be linked to the cause of sarcoidosis . |
| 20 | Initially , church members were viewed by many with suspicion because of breakdowns in relationships ( rows over brownies and guides , etc. ) in the past . |
| 21 | Furthermore , despite the proven efficacy of warfarin in primary stroke prevention , physicians remain reluctant to prescribe oral anticoagulants for their older patients with AF because of fears about haemorrhagic complications and understandable concerns about drug compliance in elderly outpatients . |
| 22 | There is no valid reason nowadays why the doctrine of covenants running with the land — or with the reversion — should not apply equally to agreements under hand as to covenants under seal . " |
| 23 | His party is riven by personal and ideological differences and is under fire because of allegations of corruption . |
| 24 | A new eighty million pound train service is in chaos because of leaves on the line . |
| 25 | The switch to a more deliberate emphasis on the way in which all the inhabitants of an area depend upon one another came about at least in part because of developments in social evolutionism . |
| 26 | There are problems in assessing these claims , in part because of disputes over the starting date — 1979 , when Mrs Thatcher came to office , or 1981 , the low point of the recession — and whether comparison is made with the 1970s or 1960s . |
| 27 | By 1985 at least half of them were lying idle , stored in warehouses because of shortages of skills and software programmes . |
| 28 | It seems to err in moving the death of Archbishop Lyfing to 1019 ( C and E together speak strongly for 1020 ) , but D adds that his other name was Ælfstan and that he was very firm in counsel whether in matters of church or state . |
| 29 | It was also reported that the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) was forced to halt relief operations in mid-December because of disputes with the two sides . |
| 30 | But D'Oyly 's informant still insisted on a difference in kind as between transactions within the caste , that is with kin , and transactions with members of another caste , that is with non-kin . |