Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] in [noun sg] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What really matters is political accountability , enabling the electorate to pass judgement on the performance of parties whether in government or in opposition . |
| 2 | It would be easy to be a prophet of doom and gloom in these difficult times but in business and in the Association , I sense a new spirit of optimism that better times are just around the corner and that we are at last seeing the tangible signs of recovery . |
| 3 | Indeed we know that they valued the material in part for its supposed aphrodisiac properties and in part because of its sensitivity to mercury , which helped to insure against drinking poisoned wine . |
| 4 | If cargo has suffered damages while in transit or in custody awaiting transit , Anglo-American law usually decides liability after determining the identity of the carrier . |
| 5 | Iran would strongly oppose such a move , despite its concerns over the Shi'a south of Iraq , in part because of its anxieties over its own minorities and in part because of the danger of the consequent ‘ Lebanonisation ’ of Iraq , with the threat of continued Western involvement . |
| 6 | … a boy or youth who is induced by means of gifts whether in money or in kind to participate in homosexual behaviour as a source of easy money or as a means of enjoying material comforts or other pleasures beyond those which he could expect by decent behaviour , and we have encountered cases where this has happened . |