Example sentences of "[noun] in [noun prp] is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Pre-scientific thinking in Europe is relatively well preserved in the writings of its poets .
2 The local work force in Cumbernauld is very proud of the fact that it has exceeded the quality standards in OKI 's Japanese plants .
3 The local work force in Cumbernauld is very proud of the fact that it has exceeded the quality standards in OKI 's Japanese plants .
4 While the flair derived from street football in Africa is richly prized adjusting to a Wiltshire training pitch in January is not straightforward .
5 The biggest housing programme in America is now prison-building .
6 In matters of ‘ national security ’ — a phrase that can cover a multitude of sins — the judiciary in Britain is very reluctant to question executive action .
7 In Northern Ireland , Lough Foyle in Derry is well known for the thousands of wintering wildfowl it attracts .
8 What made Imamu an outsider in Brooklyn is quite similar to the reason Boo is an outsider in ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird ’ , he did not conform with his new community 's social behaviour .
9 THE FIRST of the government 's promised annual reviews of research in Britain is almost finished and should be complete by the end of this month .
10 VET research in Britain is very fragmented , poorly developed theoretically and often geared to short-term objectives of policy evaluation .
11 The Boundary Commission should be set to work immediately and told to report in time for new constituencies to be in place for the next election — to bring fair representation across the United Kingdom , ensuring that a vote in Scotland is no longer worth more than one in England , or a vote in one constituency worth more than one in another .
12 His practice in Abingdon is constantly dealing with exercise-induced injuries .
13 Greenhill College in Harrow is again offering the Machine Knitting Course — Part 1 for the next academic year , commencing in the Autumn .
14 Remember , competition for labour in Taiwan is now great , and so good conditions are essential if staff are to stay and quality of output is to remain consistently high .
15 Snow as well as catkins , bitter winds and hyacinths : spring in Russia is always a conflict , a brief and violent convulsion .
16 ... 21 AT London Scottish the role of providing rugby opportunities to Scots in London is still important , but in times of league realism , racial purity has had to give way to the expediency of also running a successful 1st XV .
17 Erm if it is I wish the Ford Motor Company gave as much money to the Labour party as they do the I L O but one of the points they made there is that in their opinion the unemployment figure in Britain is approximately four to four and a half million people because of the way the figures are worked out and the goal post of working have been changed by successive Ministers of Employment since nineteen seventy nine .
18 contribution from local residents that we have achieved — the figure in Scotland is even lower — but , on the contrary , a commitment to raise it to 20 per cent .
19 The A four one , Ruscote Avenue in Banbury is completely closed southbound at the junction with Orchard Way , for paving work there .
20 Their initial £4m stake in Cellnet is now worth £1.15bn , one of the best investments ever made .
21 ‘ Bringing the law back in ’ is a worthy and important endeavour ; as Stone notes , the story of the control of marriage in England is radically different from that in France largely because of its different state structure .
22 This first main stage of Gothic architecture in England is often likened to the springtime of the style .
23 Is the Minister aware that the case for expanded production and investment at the Dalzell plate mill in Lanarkshire is now backed by the Glasgow university study , the Scottish Office , the Scottish Trade Union Congress , the Scottish National party and Motherwell district council , all of whom believe that it is an outstanding plant , given the requisite investment , with a ready market for its enlarged product ?
24 The sun in Turkey is more reliable , and the season about a month longer , than in Greece .
25 But the natural resources of the country are so large , and its prominence in Africa is so great ( it is the most populous on the continent ) , that its importance can not be minimised .
26 The May mood in Beijing is overwhelmingly one of alienation , in which the government apparatus as well as the population only moves at half-pace .
27 The corollary is that British influence in Tonga is still immense ; but Germany still has relict links from before 1899 , and this dampish little Dusseldorfer was a case in point .
28 Richards 's influence in Britain is thus to be found more in the practice of literary study than in the theory , in the form of undiscussed assumptions rather than systematically developed ideas .
29 The data for 1991 show that car ownership in Lothian is now 40% greater than 1981–85 average whereas accident casualties have fallen by around 8% .
30 " Because the Children 's Act in Scotland is just that bit different to England . "
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