Example sentences of "in [noun] [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term ‘ regionalism ’ was itself in vogue in a number of related disciplines , particularly geography and sociology . |
| 2 | In a related development the Council had voted on Dec. 15 to continue to apply Czechoslovak federal law in the Czech Republic , but that in case of a conflict between Czech and federal law the former would prevail . |
| 3 | After adequate initial dilatation ( 15 mm ) , patients were instructed to attend for follow up at six to eight week intervals , or earlier in case of a recurrence of dysphagia . |
| 4 | What was the guard 's first action in case of a failure in the tunnel ? |
| 5 | ( 2 ) In case of a dissolution of the partnership , whether as respects all the partners or as respects the assigning partner , the assignee is entitled to receive the share of the partnership assets to which the assigning partner is entitled as between himself and the other partners , and , for the purpose of ascertaining that share , to an account as from the date of the dissolution . |
| 6 | Under the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 , as amended by the Guardianship Act 1973 and the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates ' Courts Act 1978 , both father and mother are equally entitled to the care and custody of the infant ; and in case of a dispute between them the court must , in coming to a decision , regard only the welfare of the infant . |
| 7 | Instead of keeping headcounts up in case of an influx of work , firms are resorting far more to the use of temporary staff . |
| 8 | Standing on a wet street corner in Moscow with a fistful of roubles , watching the cabs go by , you soon realize that Soviet taxi drivers have lost all interest in the local currency . |
| 9 | I 've been asked to reply my right honourable friend the Prime Minister is in Moscow for a series of meetings including meetings with President Yeltsin and Prime Minister . |
| 10 | Najibullah held talks with Soviet leaders in Moscow during a visit on July 29-Aug. 25 , 1990 . |
| 11 | This has the merit of allowing researchers to identify changes in attitudes among a population in a more reliable way than random sampling where variations might simply be due to variations between samples . |
| 12 | ‘ WELL we 've waited long enough , but it 's been worth it , ’ said one of the nearly 200 primary school teachers who gathered at St Wilfrid 's Church in Northwich for a mass of thanksgiving for the new national programme for religious education . |
| 13 | In attempting to return to Afghanistan in 1840 , he became accidentally embroiled in the Baluchistan revolt and was imprisoned by the British authorities without either charge or good reason ( described in Narrative of a Journey to Kalat , 1842 ) . |
| 14 | In the universities competitive bidding is to apply to all student places , although the Council has said that institutions will be protected from sudden and drastic cuts in funding as a result of unsuccessful bidding . |
| 15 | However in practice deterioration of stock inevitably sets in , through a variety of factors : original errors or omissions in selection ( for the reasons suggested above ) ; poor control of withdrawals and replacements ; fluctuations in funding over a period of years ; fluctuations in demand caused by changes in the constituency , or changes in their needs . |
| 16 | His involvement with bridge building started in 1767 , when he was appointed surveyor to direct the widening of the English bridge in Shrewsbury to a design by Robert Mylne [ q.v. ] and then , when that project was abandoned , submitted a design for the new bridge which was rejected in favour of that by John Gwynn [ q.v . ] . |
| 17 | Vienna 1773 — in hope of an appointment at court ? |
| 18 | At the same time the Americans , like others involved in the Kurdish operation , are crossing their fingers in hope of an agreement between Mr Hussein and the Kurdish leaders negotiating with him in Baghdad . |
| 19 | Instead they are interested in building on a range of other products , thus broadening their base . |
| 20 | The recent announcement of a link up between the EC and EFTA to create a European Economic Area [ EEA ] by 1993 is likely to have little immediate impact on the proportion of exports destined for these areas , partly because privileged access to each others markets has already been in existence for a number of years between the two trading blocks . |
| 21 | Despite the widespread provision of automatic teller machines ( ATMs ) which has now been in existence for a number of years , there is an apparent reluctance in the public to adopt this facility wholeheartedly . |
| 22 | Next month he will commute from his home in Fulham to a club in Hamburg , where he will prepare for the grass-court season by playing on clay for a club in the Second Division of the German League . |
| 23 | CHRIS Balderstone will create history at Lord 's tomorrow when he becomes the first umpire to sit in judgement during a Test in England . |
| 24 | He asks a hotelier if he will accept the cheque in payment of a bill for £15 . |
| 25 | The accountants produced figures and were involved in meetings with a number of possible purchasers : as a result , by the end of December 1989 , the Ledingham-Smiths owed them £24,196 . |
| 26 | A game where the Test and County Cricket Board yearns for powers that would allow Allan Lamb to be hung in chains as a warning to all whistleblowers . |
| 27 | This has similar status to the Highway Code — while breach of the code is not an offence it may be cited as evidence in cases of a breach of the duty of care . |
| 28 | ( a ) Exchange of contracts Exchange by telephone is becoming more and more common in all cases , and is essential in cases of a chain of such transactions . |
| 29 | Locks , or more correctly , ‘ pound locks ’ , are a means of raising a boat over a rise or fall in level by a series of steps . |
| 30 | The Brasov riots on Nov. 15 , 1987 [ see p. 35845 ] were now commemorated in Romania as a landmark in the history of anti-Ceausescu action [ see p. 37866 ] . |