Example sentences of "[adj] in [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even without crisis the liberal and interventionist states are different in respect of relations between state apparatuses . |
| 2 | More than 5,000 striking civil servants demonstrated in Cotonou on May 12 in support of demands for higher wages and the regularization of their working conditions , and in protest against government control of the media and restrictions on the right to strike ; the government responded by assuring the strikers that their wage demands would be met as soon as the budget had been voted on . |
| 3 | On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing . |
| 4 | Under Sch 6 para 1(2) , outlined above , S1 need only show the amounts paid or payable to the director in respect of the services performed for S1 and should exclude amounts payable in respect of services to the parent and S2 . |
| 5 | It is important to note that since 1 October 1990 fees have been payable in respect of applications for merger clearance . |
| 6 | To take one example , there is no provision for independent representation for pupils aged under 18 in respect of appeals concerning reinstatement following permanent exclusion . |
| 7 | Fortunately most old people are all in favour of precautions of any kind , and if , in addition , you can tell her truthfully that you have just such a ‘ hospital case ’ packed for yourself at home , for an emergency , she will probably go along with the idea very willingly . |
| 8 | This last fact sent Shoreditch hurrying to the British Library to scour back numbers of The Salopian in search of clues to ‘ C ’ 's character . |
| 9 | None of them is , nor can be , structured as to require that those in charge of enterprises in which people invest their working lives and expectations should account primarily and principally to them for the uses they make of those lives . |
| 10 | Public accountability is particularly important in respect of activities over which the government has a monopoly and in respect of which the citizen has no choice but to deal with the government . |
| 11 | About one-third of the staff of Albanian Radio and Television ( RTV ) went on strike from Nov. 1 in support of demands by the Independent Radio-Television Trade Union for the resignation of RTV 's directors , a demand supported by the Democratic Party , whose deputies boycotted the debate on the status of RTV in the People 's Assembly . |
| 12 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 13 | Kim Dae Jung , head of the main opposition Party for Peace and Democracy ( PPD ) , began a hunger strike on Oct. 8 in support of demands for greater social and economic justice , the implementation of local autonomy measures , the dissolution of the DSC and the abandonment of plans to transform the current presidential political system into Cabinet government . |
| 14 | A general strike was held on Jan. 8 in support of demands for higher wages and pensions , new measures to combat unemployment , and protection for workers during the privatisation of state industries . |
| 15 | As you did at the Swan you will separate your collection sending one portion to me and retaining the other in case of accidents by sea … |
| 16 | Postal workers in the eastern Länder , whose salaries were 60 per cent lower than their western counterparts , went on strike on Jan. 24 in support of demands for a one-off payment equivalent to a 13th month 's salary to compensate for increased living costs . |
| 17 | Students at the University of Conakry were on strike for most of November 1990 in support of demands for increases in their grants and for improvements in the quality of teaching and of library and other facilities . |
| 18 | THE HONEY THIEVES , the Dublin band who recently won the Phil Lynott Memorial Award for Best New Band of 1990 in recognition of services to leather trousers , have a UK date to coincide with the release of their new ‘ Second Hand Man ’ single at London Rock Garden . |
| 19 | It 's just the latest in spate of attacks on British holiday makers in America . |