Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [conj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | for use by a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or proposes to become a member of and/or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in a body corporate seeking recognition or already recognised under the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 . |
| 2 | ( b ) at the time of such act or default I am a member of or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in the Company |
| 3 | for use by a recognised body ( or body seeking recognition ) which is or proposes to become a member of and/or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in a body corporate seeking recognition or already recognised under the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 . |
| 4 | ( b ) at the time of such act or default it is a member of or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in the Company |
| 5 | you add different payments in respect of a termination or terminations in the same year and treat them as one ; |
| 6 | But he does appear to have a low opinion , deep suspicions if you like , of a person or persons in the Pentagon . ’ |
| 7 | In accepting being alone much will obviously depend on the reason behind the situation and our ability to deal with the problems related to being a single person : the death of a partner or parents in retirement ; becoming separated or divorced ; adjusting to being an ‘ alien ’ pensioner . |
| 8 | A Creative and Performing Arts Panel , meeting for the first time in February of that year , became a Board , and from the outset was looking at proposals such as that from Middlesex Polytechnic for a BA and BA(Hons) in Performance Arts , an ambitious proposal which was greeted with reservations but encouragement , as was a proposal for such a degree in Creative Arts at Trent Polytechnic . |
| 9 | Hand tackers and some electric versions force the operator to use the tool with a grip that results in a lot of strain . |
| 10 | A document entitled the Port of Spain Consensus was released , which identified the need for ( i ) education and training ; ( ii ) preservation of the environment and the development of human resources ; ( iii ) fostering of democratic traditions and processes ; ( iv ) regional economic integration and co-operation ; and ( v ) research and development , particularly in science and technology , with a recommendation that governments in the region should allocate 1 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) to research and development over five years . |
| 11 | If you are born with a gene that results in your having a low metabolic rate , you need relatively smaller amounts of energy — and that means a smaller quantity of food — to keep yourself going , than people with a higher metabolic rate . |
| 12 | Can the model tuck into a hamburger and chips in her lunch break and still keep that sultry look ? |
| 13 | My sketchbook sequences record places along a walk or events in time at a single site . |
| 14 | It is no coincidence that there is a letter signed by 11 paediatricians , a letter from a psychologist and letters in the local press attacking the Hon. Member for Middlesbrough ( Mr. Bell ) and me , and that there is to be a seminar at Teesside polytechnic next weekend , at which the guest speaker is : |
| 15 | They are numerous and complex and include , dealing as a principal , unless as a dealer who regularly buys or sells or solicits members of the public to do so ; dealing between companies in a group or participators in a joint enterprise or entered into by one member of a group or joint enterprise on behalf of another ; transactions entered into in connection with a sale or goods or services , eg. financial packages offered by exporters including some element of investment ; activities in connection with employees ' share schemes . |
| 16 | The fact that this early lesion is intimal suggests a response to a factor or factors in the blood , and the ‘ response to injury ’ hypothesis is central to current thinking on the atherosclerotic process . |
| 17 | By contrast , in the present example , the pronoun is used cataphorically ; it points forward to a reference or references in a subsequent portion of text . |
| 18 | The DUP says that Republican violence paid off in the disarming of the RUC , the disbanding of the B Specials , the banning of Orange , Black and Apprentice Boys ' parades resulting in the imprisonment of Loyalists , the overthrow of Ulster 's parliament , the plan for talks with Dublin to change the status of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom , the abolishing of the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen in the new Assembly and Executive , the making of such oaths illegal for appointment to government boards , the removal of the Governor , the obliteration of ‘ On Her Majesty 's Service ’ from official paid envelopes , the attempt to destroy democracy by power-sharing which was a blow at the secrecy of the ballot box and an insult to British citizenship and standards , the proposal to set up machinery for the transfer of Northern Ireland 's powers to a body or bodies in or with the Irish Republic , and the continued existence of areas in Northern Ireland where the Queen 's writ did not effectually run . |
| 19 | I assumed whole group drama had to be about football hooligans on their way to a match or passengers in an aeroplane about to crash ; that there might be shades of difference , but that basically everybody would be doing the same thing at the same time . |
| 20 | The alarm was raised shortly afterwards by a milkman and officers in a passing police car who spotted the smoke and flames . |
| 21 | A curve in one direction needs balancing by a curve or curves in the opposing direction . |