Example sentences of "[prep] [num] in [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Efforts to reduce stocking densities have met with little success due to the significance of cattle as a source of wealth and prestige rather than a source of income ( IBRD 1977a ; Doran , Low & Kemp 1979 ) , so that herd size has actually increased between 1968–77 in spite of government efforts to reduce it ( this being discussed further in Ch. 7 ) . |
| 2 | Hans Eysenck , for instance , sees it in terms of 85:15 in favour of inheritance , or sometimes 80:20 ; he 's not quite certain which . |
| 3 | THE HONEY THIEVES , the Dublin band who recently won the Phil Lynott Memorial Award for Best New Band of 1990 in recognition of services to leather trousers , have a UK date to coincide with the release of their new ‘ Second Hand Man ’ single at London Rock Garden . |
| 4 | On Dec. 12 , 1991 , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) approved standby credit of SDR75,000,000 ( about US$105 million ) for 1992 in support of Ecuador 's programme of economic reform ; 25 per cent of each of the five disbursements were be set aside for possible debt-reduction schemes agreed with Ecuador 's commercial bank creditors . |
| 5 | In tsxP2 , cAMP-CRP binds to two sites CRP-1 and CRP-2 in absence of CytR , and CytR binds to a site that overlaps extensively with CRP-1 in absence of cAMP-CRP ; the structure of the combined complex is not known in details ( 9 ) . |
| 6 | The obelisk , erected in 1771 in honour of Brass Crosby , Lord Mayor of London , used to stand in St George 's Circus , DC 12 ; PP 43 . |
| 7 | It was renamed Gallaudet College in 1894 in honour of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , founder in 1817 of the first American school for the deaf at Hartford , Connecticut , and became Gallaudet University , on being granted university status in 1987 . |
| 8 | The speculation that Quayle might be dropped in 1992 in favour of Gen. Colin Powell was further dampened when on May 23 Bush nominated Powell for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . |
| 9 | Corrupted to Pishpek in the 19th century following Kirghizia 's conquest by the Uzbek Khanate of Kokand , the name had been changed in 1926 in honour of Mikhail Frunze , a Bolshevik military commander and native of the city who had established Soviet rule in Central Asia . |
| 10 | He was taken under the paternal wing of MGM who launched him in 1942 in tiny roles in prestige films like Mrs Miniver and Random Harvest , finally allowing him his first major role in 1945 in Son of Lassie , and to blossom as a leading man opposite leading ladies such as Judy Garland ( Easter Parade ) , June Allyson ( Two Sisters from Boston ) , and Elizabeth Taylor ( Little Women ) . |
| 11 | This richly-hued species was named by Randall and Pyle in 1989 in honour of Sir Peter and Lady Philippa Scott in recognition of their great contribution to nature conservation . |
| 12 | A parallel development , which started in 1983 in anticipation of implementation of what became the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 , saw the planning and introduction of the ‘ 24-hour duty solicitor scheme ’ for the provision of legal advice to suspects and others in police stations . |
| 13 | He was accused at his trial in 1990 of having , ‘ with counter-revolutionary aims , collected lists of people detained in the disturbances ( activities carried out by Tibetans in 1988 in support of independence ) and passed them on to others , thus violating the ( laws of ) secrecy ’ . |
| 14 | On July 31 the 300-member unicameral parliament in Greece voted by 286 votes to eight in favour of ratification . |
| 15 | During the meeting , which lasted more than 14 hours , party members voted in an open vote by 55 to 22 in favour of Haughey remaining leader . |
| 16 | The party leadership proposed Construction Minister Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer , 50 , as Genscher 's successor , but her appointment was rejected on April 28 by FDP parliamentary deputies who voted 63 to 25 in favour of Klaus Kinkel . |
| 17 | Millions of men had been butchered during the first World War , and in post-war years , the ratio of births , as I understand it , was four to one in favour of baby girls . |
| 18 | Feb. 9 , 1991 : Lithuanians voted in a referendum by 2,028,339 to 147,040 in favour of independence . |
| 19 | The House voted by 272 ( including 51 Republicans ) to 156 and the senate by 73 to 24 in favour of repeal . |
| 20 | The problems were then studied one by one in order of urgency . |