Example sentences of "in [noun] [pron] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just in case you are in any doubt though , you can treat this as an enthusiastic endorsement . |
| 2 | At the same time the laws on waste disposal in Germany itself are among the strictest in the world . |
| 3 | It also follows that witchcraft regularly appears in disputes which are outside the law . |
| 4 | Secondly , the torts considered in this chapter may also come into question in cases of alleged unlawful competition between traders , but in practice they are of little significance because of the common law 's refusal to adopt any principle of ‘ fair competition ’ other than the prohibition of obviously unlawful acts like torts and crimes and breaches of contract . |
| 5 | In practice they are at daggers drawn as the furore over Tom Clarke 's pronouncements on the subject this week amply illustrates . |
| 6 | There are dishonest traders about unfortunately , just as I suppose there are dishonest people in most walks of life but we like to think that in Nottinghamshire they are in a s small minority . |
| 7 | Committees are places where you can see people snoozing , picking their noses and pretending to be interested in subjects which are of no interest to them . |
| 8 | Ninety percent of them said yes , that it depends on how you present the figures , so in actual fact I wonder how our tenant farmers all of a sudden find themselves in a position that they perhaps would rather sign a petition and not put their heads above the parapet bearing in mind you are in a community , bear in mind you are connected , bear in mind that your livelihood is with those others and I have to say it is true that a certain business in my area connected with farming has been threatened . |
| 9 | Car crime , nine hundred and sixty cars so far this year have been broke into in the Portsmouth , bearing in mind yours are around the town . |
| 10 | In Kuwait there are about how many Palestinians ? |
| 11 | I have had to pull up the Minister when he has visited Teesside and talked about companies in Tyneside which are of no interest to people on Teesside . |
| 12 | ( b ) Activities for school children Local authorities must provide appropriate care or supervised activities outside school hours and during the school holidays for children in need who are of school age ( s18(6) ) . |
| 13 | In reality , many companies operate in conditions which are to a greater or lesser extent uncompetitive . |
| 14 | If the sale does not crystallise the charge , the purchaser should insist on receiving a certificate of non-crystallisation in terms which are to its satisfaction . |
| 15 | Games and other ‘ crooked ’ ways of getting strokes are most prevalent in people who are under their quota . |
| 16 | Of course , the state is not insulated from economic pressures or political demands from the working class and other groups , but this analysis suggests that it will respond to them in ways which are to its own advantage , which may not coincide with the narrowly defined interests of capital or other political forces . |
| 17 | They have provided remedies for the treatment of some kinds of insanity , and some of them alter conscious experience in ways which are of great philosophical interest . |
| 18 | Unconscious primary processes can affect action in ways which are beyond ordinary conscious control , as is seen in many forms of mental illness as well as in other actions of ‘ normal ’ people , such as occurs in dreaming . |
| 19 | In Britain there are between 500,000 and 800,000 heart attacks each year . |
| 20 | We know that many people in Britain who are on poverty wages , even if they are in more regular forms of work , simply can not make ends meet . |
| 21 | They have no difficulty in imagining , for example , that there are thousands of people at large in Britain who are in the habit of aborting babies specifically for the purpose of eating them and they argue , ingeniously , that the lack of forensic evidence of satanic abuse can itself be read as proof of the existence of Satan . |
| 22 | The percentage of all medical practitioners in Britain who are in general practice is 46 compared to 12 per cent in the USA ( Weiner 1987 ) . |
| 23 | The number of people in Britain who are from , or whose parents are from , the New Commonwealth countries and Pakistan — a category close to but not quite identical to that of the black population — is just over 2 million , just under 4% of the population . |
| 24 | The more in touch we are with our own life experience , the greater chance we will have of listening to God screaming his love for us in the ordinary events of our lives . |
| 25 | I think it 's exciting to think that on the rare occasion we feature a non farming issue , we discover what a group of internationalists our readers are , and how in touch you are with current affairs . |
| 26 | We imagine that we are in the thick of it — especially if there are miracles , new liturgical enthusiasm and popular songs — but in reality we are in the thin of it . |
| 27 | An EC declaration on Bosnia-Hercegovina of May 11 , following a Foreign Ministers ' meeting , said that although all parties in the conflict bore responsibility , " by far the greatest share of the blame falls on the JNA and the authorities in Belgrade which are in control of the army , both directly and indirectly by supporting Serbian irregulars " . |
| 28 | In this area , theological colleges can contribute to redefining the meaning of a Christian presence in societies which are in transition — such as Spain and Portugal . |
| 29 | In Darlington there are in excess of 3,000 people on the council 's housing waiting list and it is growing longer by the day . ’ |
| 30 | In many cases they are now wider in scope than the function which gave them birth ; in others they are at least on a par with the sales function . |