Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun] in [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not follow from the conception of an event in terms of interdependent subject and content that it is physical in the sense defined . |
| 2 | Frisby points out that Scheler 's phenomenology was at odds with Husserlian phenomenology in its dualism of spirit and drives ( Frisby 1983 : 31 ) and that there is little ‘ sociology ’ , in the sense of an explanation in terms of social formation or social structure , in his sociology of knowledge ( Frisby 1983 : 33 ) . |
| 3 | Elements of the new approach include looking at the cost of environmental degradation of an area in terms of : its effect on house prices ; the cost of alternative methods of transport ; the value local people place on maintaining environmental features intact ; and an assessment of the cost of replacement , for example moving a colony of badgers . |
| 4 | Previously , it had been generally accepted that the requirement of an undertaking in damages as a condition of the grant of an interlocutory injunction did not apply in the case of the Crown . |
| 5 | A description of an organism in terms of certain of its genes . |
| 6 | A description of an organism in terms of what can be seen or measured . |
| 7 | However , the advantages of an SE in terms of mergers , while real in terms of cross-border merger procedure , are very far from guaranteeing its use ( as opposed to , say , a company in a country such as Luxembourg , the Netherlands or some sun-kissed tax haven ) , particularly if there are perceived concomitant disadvantages , e. g. in terms of board structure and employee representation . |
| 8 | ‘ A dire result from M&G Reinsurance ’ was behind an increase in losses from £60 million to £143 million . |
| 9 | There she would stay for up an hour in shirt-sleeves in the pitch-dark , sometimes in the snow , while the bewildered family shivered inside . |
| 10 | And I 've seen her , done up and looking her very grandest , reach into a small-feathered evening bag , take out an antique cigarette case with an M in brilliants on it and offer a surprised young queen a condom . |
| 11 | Still , such evaluation is important because , for example , if the incidence of cardiovascular complications of hypertension is 5/1000/year and if a drug reduces risk by 30% ( that is , by 1.5/1000/year ) then with an increase in cases of cancer of just 2/1000/year a particular drug could do more harm than good . |
| 12 | Great British Airline Classics Vol Two ( PenTan Video/British Airways Archive Collection , 51 mins , colour/b&w £14.95 ) is a must for those with an interest in airliners over the years . |
| 13 | Sir Joseph , botanist and explorer , with an interest in plants of agricultural importance , was president of the Royal Society for 42 years . |
| 14 | If we take from ( 1 ) the phrase distant cousin , we can remark that it is closely analogous to another phrase — near relative — in which it is quite plain that the adjective is not assigned to the referential locus of the following word , but qualifies the property which it expresses in just the way that the same word does in : ( 5 ) a near impossible task The facts of intensional qualification are not in the least altered because traditional grammar has customarily described near as an adverb in phrases like ( 5 ) , but as an adjective in near relative . |
| 15 | Not every reflux event detected by a fall in pH was seen as an increase in counts as a result of reflux of food , and vice versa . |
| 16 | The obvious example is agriculture , usually employed as an illustration in chapters on perfect competition in introductory texts . |
| 17 | The conference was attended by the ruling National Party ( NP ) provincial chairman , in what was seen as a bid by the NP to secure Inkatha as an ally in negotiations on South Africa 's political future . |
| 18 | ANOTHER Conservative heavyweight was publicly aligned against Mrs Thatcher over Europe last night when Sir Leon Brittan , vice-president of the European Commission , denounced ‘ the dangerous illusion of total sovereignty ’ as an impediment in battles for a free-market Europe already largely won . |
| 19 | Others prefer primary surgical intervention , assuming a high risk of recurrence , and see primary endoscopic treatment as an alternative in patients with a high operative risk only . |
| 20 | ‘ … as an in-patient in hospitals on several occasions myself I had had a more appetising variation of diet . |
| 21 | A meeting in Brussels on Sept. 30 broke through an impasse in negotiations between the EC and Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland on association agreements with the EC . |
| 22 | A day of prayer for the spread of the Gospel and for an increase in vocations to the Priesthood . |
| 23 | We give here the main reasons for doubting the validity of Urquhart 's population dose estimates , and for rejecting the conclusions of the accompanying contribution ‘ Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer ’ ( pB74 ) . |
| 24 | Cancer incidence : We consider the contribution ‘ Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer ’ to be extremely poor . |
| 25 | Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer |
| 26 | Chapter 6 sets out the counter-case for an analysis in terms of the state , working ‘ bottom-up ’ from states to system . |
| 27 | However , the question in the way it is posed by educators usually calls for an answer in terms of commitment rather than of attitude in school or in society and the implementation has begun by the time the thought of research arises . |
| 28 | Aristotle would look for an answer in terms of purpose . |
| 29 | The experiment has resulted from the steady progression towards each other of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus and the azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyana , culminating in an overlap in ranges over the past 20 years . |
| 30 | The ABI also requests that , in the circular to shareholders , there should be an undertaking that the authority to buy-in will only be exercised if so to do would result in an increase in earnings per share and is in the best interests of shareholders generally . |