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

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1 If it can , the scope of the remedy in damages is immensely wider than under pure municipal law , the modern legislation in which has generally eschewed the private action for damages as a means of enforcement .
2 Pre-scientific thinking in Europe is relatively well preserved in the writings of its poets .
3 If the actual money stock in t is accurately predicted by agents at the end of period t - 1 ( in symbols ) , the actual price level in t will equal the price level which was expected at the end of t - 1 since expectations regarding the future behaviour of the money stock have been accurately generated by the efficient use of the information available in .
4 The local work force in Cumbernauld is very proud of the fact that it has exceeded the quality standards in OKI 's Japanese plants .
5 The local work force in Cumbernauld is very proud of the fact that it has exceeded the quality standards in OKI 's Japanese plants .
6 While the flair derived from street football in Africa is richly prized adjusting to a Wiltshire training pitch in January is not straightforward .
7 ‘ So for institutions equity investment in hotels is perhaps a little too speculative . ’
8 The investment in proposals is naturally such that challenges inevitably produce defensive reactions .
9 We consider that investment in quality is as important as improving the working environment , which we 've obviously been er doing slowly over the last three years .
10 The argument that high taxes reduce the flow of private savings for investment in industry is only important if one believes that the ownership of industry should be in private hands .
11 It has recently been pointed out that the level of investment in training is substantially above that usually quoted , but that this money is not spent in the most effective way .
12 Structural , cellular disorder and collapse in plants is usually a reflection of old age , bad growing conditions or inadequate feeding .
13 To articulate a sense of loss in song is indeed difficult , but ‘ Song For Stephen ’ manages to do this without descending into mawkishness .
14 This involves a slight drop in picture quality , but the copying can be done as a part of the editing routine ( see page 82 ) and the loss in quality is then offset by improvements in presentation that editing inevitably brings .
15 It would appear that states prefer to act legally where possible and it is not possible to claim that states are unaffected by legal prohibitions on war , but the regularity with which such a large proportion of states are prepared to use force illegally — despite their total commitment to law-abidingness within their territories and the apparent lack of any retributive consequences of such illegalities ( unless defeat in war is unhelpfully labelled as a punishment ) — raise doubts about the parallels between municipal and international law in terms of the parameters of the concept of law .
16 If a particular market is ‘ national ’ in the sense that the good in question is strictly non-tradable , then it is appropriate for the issue to be considered by a national authority .
17 The biggest housing programme in America is now prison-building .
18 The collective mind in action is clearly an important topic but it seems to be a challenge which psychologists have not yet taken up .
19 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 .
20 To approach this question , we bear in mind the principle that variability in language is socially functional .
21 The release of tension in organizations is probably one of the most neglected areas of research .
22 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 .
23 Communication of research in progress is largely a matter of informal international personal contacts , rather than through publication of lists of completed theses .
24 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 .
25 VET research in Britain is very fragmented , poorly developed theoretically and often geared to short-term objectives of policy evaluation .
26 The application of monoclonal antibody research in medicine is more widespread than just in the treatment of cancer .
27 The situation at the moment in the field of research in homoeopathy is that much encouraging and interesting work demonstrating effects of homoeopathic potencies has been carried out in a wide variety of laboratory and clinical models .
28 Extra weight in knitting is often a help , as are edge claws and pushing down wheels .
29 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 .
30 His practice in Abingdon is constantly dealing with exercise-induced injuries .
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