Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He asserts that in the majority of businesses the moral standards have improved very significantly .
2 The first and perhaps most useful clue is that in the majority of cases the rash is non-irritating .
3 In the majority of cases the homoeopathic remedy appeared to work effectively and it was rare for the patient to require the conventional therapy .
4 In the majority of cases the conveyance will be a motor car and the ‘ taking ’ is proved by a witness stating that he saw the defendant take the car , or by an admission to that effect by the defendant .
5 In the majority of cases the process is unexceptional :
6 " In the majority of cases the metal concerned had sufficient strength to resist the considerable forces deployed from time to time . "
7 So there was the swings and roundabouts where had they not recognized and had come along with us , to the extent that we thought we could do our , a sharing objective er and it brought them out of the , the attitude that was hitherto adopted where well management really could n't care very much you know , if a man did suffer the loss of er five pound a week or whatever you know , and , and once it was made clear to him that there was no further er er use of the procedure and he could take it through his district you know , if he liked , the man did n't , well on exceptional cases perhaps they may have taken a case through , but er in the majority of cases the man just accepted it , and made up his losses er er later on .
8 In the majority of cases the plays did not formally raise specific political concerns which would warrant such close regulation .
9 From experience in the majority of cases the valuation report has been ‘ value added ’ .
10 In the majority of cases the guardian ad litem will appoint a solicitor to represent the child .
11 For some , perhaps still the majority of contractors the agency deducts tax at source and pays Class I ( dependent employee 's ) social security contributions .
12 I am sure that in the majority of instances the shepherding done by leaders is done very responsibly , but this need not be the case .
13 However , in the majority of studies a high prevalence rate of hypercholesterolaemia has been found ( New et al , 1963 ; Wilson et al , 1970b ; Chase & Glasgow , 1976 ; Mancini et al , 1980 ; Sosenko et al , 1980 ; Yano et al , 1982 ; Pacy et al , 1985 ) .
14 In the majority of studies the most frequently used drugs have been thiazide diuretics and beta-blocking agents .
15 Boulding ( 1968 ) has identified the crisis of science as arising from the fact that communication among disciplines and subdisciplines is increasingly difficult so that the greater the fragmentation into subgroups the more likely that the total growth of knowledge may be inhibited .
16 To encourage LEAs to accelerate the reduction of places the DES issued another circular in 1981 ( DES , 1981 ) which asked the LEAs to inform the DES how they intended reducing the number of places available .
17 In the provision of services the field or area offices may be more important than the centre ;
18 None the less , both Brian and I found the change in conditions a tonic .
19 In effect , without the support of advertisers the British media would be in a poorer and much truncated form : advertising revenue accounts for some 40% of the popular press 's total revenue and some 70% of the qualities ' total revenue ; advertising revenue also finances the commercial television channels , countless commercial radio channels and a sizeable proportion of the new cable and satellite channels .
20 By adopting a contractual conception of the company the legal model gives as the reason for the vesting of centralized authority to manage the company in the board of directors the contractual agreement of the owners of the company .
21 As noted above a plan is essential to the proper description of a property , and this is especially so in the case of leases the title to which is to be registered ( Chapter 12 ) , and indeed of leases of flats in general .
22 In the case of lawyers the standard radical approach has been to assume the theoretical need for a concept ‘ profession ’ , and then to redefine the content of this concept .
23 They differ in that in the case of prepayments the exact amount is known and has been paid although the services have yet to be received whereas in the case of an accrual the service has been received but has not been paid for and we have to estimate the amount due .
24 However , in the case of mergers the proposed changes are largely procedural , and no significant reorientation of present policy is envisaged .
25 As with the case of voids the terms of any deemed subletting should be carefully considered by the tenant 's advisers .
26 In the case of owner-occupiers the commission had the right of pre-emption on terms which ensured that the amount of the concession ( and future increases in development value ) accrued to it .
27 In the case of foodstuffs a whole host of additives have been used to flavour , colour , emulsify and preserve the products in question .
28 In the case of plants the organic energy is derived from a primary source , and in the case of animals and carnivores , consuming both plants and meat , it is secondary .
29 In the case of characters the models must actually carry the weapons ascribed to them .
30 In the case of trespassers the courts have adopted an objective rather than a subjective test of agreement .
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