Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] in " in BNC.

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1 It 's not a case of helping because in the letters I know what , I know what I 'm doing , I 'm just , I 'm just gone to ,
2 The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’
3 These rotary mowers ride on a cushion of air when in use and can be hung up out of the way afterwards .
4 Pre-exposure to a novel flavour normally results in both a reduction of neophobia and in a reduction of the ability of that flavour to serve as a CS in flavour-aversion conditioning .
5 In these patients a reduction in opioid is associated with a reduction in hypersensitivity and in the pain .
6 In the latter half of the eighteenth century in Spain , as in other countries , an industrial revival and a surge of commercial optimism accompanied a rise in population and in agricultural prices .
7 Ferranti then hopes to decide on a course of action and in particular on how to restructure its capital base .
8 So , alcohol plays a part in obesity but in addition , physical and mental performance are impaired .
9 In relation to " normality " they form a kind of triangle as in the - , 0 , + scheme of my Introduction .
10 He manages to back the calls for a ban on advertising and in the same breath say this will not harm the local Rothmans factories .
11 The only exceptions to this rule will be where the circumflex indicates a change of meaning as in jeûne ( fast ) as opposed to jeune ( young ) , or in mûr ( ripe ) as opposed to mur ( wall ) .
12 We require a change in vision and in direction .
13 Again , it is limited but it shows that an audit failure is three times as likely to occur in the first two years after a change in auditor as in subsequent years .
14 It is a change in culture and in attitude from the top to the bottom .
15 Families hid their ill relatives in a cell at home or in a mental hospital .
16 But as he was at first without a seat in Parliament and in any event left almost immediately for extended duty in the United States , he was unable either to galvanize or to discharge any of the traditional functions of his office .
17 In this case what keeps them apart is not belonging to the same sex , rather , it is simply a condition of life that in no human relationship can two persons ‘ fuse ’ into one .
18 The word pirate was perhaps not so strong a term of condemnation as in later centuries : European rulers were only just beginning to acquire for themselves , on behalf of their states , a monopoly of the use of force .
19 Various behaviours are used to induce a loss in weight and in addition to the obvious ones of the avoidance of foot and undereating , including binge eating , self-induced vomiting , laxative use and the use of other drugs ( appetite suppressants and diuretics ) .
20 He argues that , given our present state of ignorance regarding the classification of linguistic disorders , descriptive detail is necessary , both as a prelude to intervention and in order to increase our basic understanding of language development .
21 How about a candle on a piece of toast or in half a grapefruit ?
22 As she looked around she felt a twinge of sadness that in a carriage where 70 per cent of the commuters were men there were five women forced to stand in the aisle .
23 Even in the suburbs of Auckland , New Zealand 's largest city , there are areas of native bush where it is possible to work undisturbed from dawn until dusk , finding a peace of mind and in turn concentration which I always yearned for in Suffolk .
24 A parent may , for example , give or withhold consent to the adoption or marriage of a child in care although in the case of marriage , the local authority 's consent is also required .
25 If the beneficiary dies after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , then of course for CTT purposes any determination or disposal of interest which has taken place since 25/3/74 has constituted a transfer of value and in addition if he is entitled at his death to a beneficial interest in possession in any property remaining in settlement that property falls to be included in the aggregate of the estate immediately before his death , a transfer of value of which he is treated as having made at that time .
26 Both as a percentage of budget and in real terms accounting for inflation , people are being asked to pay less today than they were in nineteen eighty eight .
27 Deciding how best to invest personal savings is far more complex and time-consuming in a period of inflation than in a period of stable prices .
28 There are relevant stair er Chairman which you can look out of place at the present moment of time but they will need to be addressed at some point in time in the future and therefore one could be forgiven for wanting to prioritise various but in general terms , the strategy that has been er looked at is the progress of St Albans in general , there may be small elements of it and some of these have already touched upon but in general that is no sound strategy er which over a period of time and in the process of that it will be essential to monitor erm the effect of some of the changes as you go forward to see in fact whether the other elements of strategy that were erm put in to that er work were in fact still necessary and whether they should be have some .
29 She says you have to have evidence of continued use over a period of time and in a variety of sources so that it 's not just very specialised and short-lived .
30 Here is a most revealing instance of the way a difference within the same , teleologically construed , can make a great deal of difference : in effect a difference of degree can be as real as a difference of kind but in a different way : the lesser is inferior and thereby inimical in a way the antithetical can not be , and the same becomes more ditferent than difference itself .
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