Example sentences of "in [noun] of [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accrual of right of action in case of present interests in land |
| 2 | That will not be easy because most of them are heavily involved in funding of all sorts of other organisations and they have their own interests . |
| 3 | Thus , for example , the proportion of men living alone who received a pension rose from 52 per cent at 80 years and over , to 61 per cent for those aged 65–69 , reflecting the growth in provision of occupational pensions between the early sixties when the oldest age-group left the labour force and the late seventies when the most recently retired left . |
| 4 | Such discrimination is contrary to the principle of equal treatment of men and women regarding access to employment , which requires the setting up of a single list of successful candidates , without any regard to their sex , according to the marks obtained , and the hiring from this list according to the marks , irrespective of the candidates ' sex and the needs invoked by the employer , except in cases of occupational activities for which , by reason of their nature or the context in which they are carried out , the sex of the worker constitutes a determining factor . |
| 5 | Where national and international pressure has been effectively mobilized in defence of such victims of state-sanctioned abuse victories are often won . |
| 6 | Gel retardation experiments performed in presence of decreasing concentrations of CytR clearly show that all the mutations result in a decreased affinity of CytR for deoP2 ( Fig. 3 , upper panels ) . |
| 7 | In March of 1888 negotiations with Mr Quarry were still continuing but by September of that year a proposed lease for purchase on the ground had been drawn up and it was signed on 10 December 1888 . |
| 8 | Both men were active in the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Democratic Movements in China , which the Chinese government had described as " subversive " . |
| 9 | SIR — Regarding Michael Calvin 's article titled ‘ Atkins playing for home advantage ’ ( March 23 ) , I feel it is only fair to make comment on what , in some respects , was a rather slanted view of the role played by Mr Robert Atkins , Minister for Sport , in support of sporting activities in the local community . |
| 10 | For one thing , absurd as the respect paid Lenin may seem in the West , his works in fact constitute a much looser strait-jacket than did Stalin 's Short Course : composed in the heat of political struggle and fierce polemics , Lenin 's works are far from unambiguous and he can be quoted in support of conflicting interpretations of many secondary issues . |
| 11 | Yet it was privately admitted in Washington that American interests might suffer if British and Commonwealth forces ultimately failed to contain the Indonesian threat , and in December 1964 both governments agreed to acknowledge the importance of each other 's military efforts " in support of legitimate governments in South-East Asia , particularly in Malaysia and South Vietnam " . |
| 12 | Even a Nobel Prize-winner , Professor H. C. Urey , has come out strongly in support of extra-terrestrial causes for mass extinctions . |
| 13 | Dissenters were visibly active in support of Whig candidates at the polls , and their electoral impact was often significant , since they might have comprised one-fifth of the total electorate , whilst in some constituencies the proportion of voters who were Nonconformists was much higher . |
| 14 | ‘ Nevertheless it has to be recognised that there is an unbroken series of dicta in judgments of appellate courts to the effect that there is a judicial discretion to exclude admissible evidence which has been ‘ obtained ’ unfairly or by trickery or oppressively , although except in Reg. v. Payne [ 1963 ] 1 W.L.R. 637 , there never has been a case in which those courts have come across conduct so unfair , so tricky or so oppressive as to justify them in holding that the discretion ought to have been exercised in favour of exclusion . |
| 15 | In-depth research indicates that alcohol is a contributory factor in 10% of all accidents in Britain , deaths arising from excess alcohol accidents are more frequent that deaths arising from other acts of violence , such as homicide or acts of terrorism . |
| 16 | There are , however , reports of heavy natural infections of adult worms and larvae associated with catarrhal and haemorrhagic enteritis , with thickening and oedema of the mucosa , especially in animals of six months to three years of age . |
| 17 | The Palestinians are determined to reach agreement on Israel recognising the PLO before they will sign a historic declaration of principles on Palestinian self-rule worked out in months of secret talks between the two sides . |
| 18 | The action reflected the fears in Bucharest of Hungarian interpretations of Transylvanian history and geography which would contradict those of Romania . |
| 19 | In light of these passages from other poems , Mopsus can be seen not only as a pastoral retreat from ambition , but also a firm recognition of the hazards of patronage . |
| 20 | On July 11 Jansen left Iraq after delegating her responsibilities to another US national , Mark Silver , who continued to maintain the team 's vigil outside the Ministry of Agriculture ( until July 22 , when the team withdrew in fear of physical reprisals from anti-US and anti-UN demonstrators ) . |
| 21 | Consequently , for people in command of large quantities of agricultural produce , almost every incentive to deliver it to the town disappears . |
| 22 | Springs Hydro is set in acres of landscaped gardens in beautiful rural Leicestershire ( 1 ) . |
| 23 | They did n't really need it , of course , since it was a lovely warm summer 's day , but the twins clearly thought it a great adventure , busily insisting on helping Ross by scampering about the bay in search of small pieces of wood to add to the bonfire . |
| 24 | So after that they staggered happily to Hamley 's in search of mechanical toys for themselves , and passed a record shop on the way that reminded Arthur of something . |
| 25 | Malekith begins his great period of wandering around the world in search of magical artefacts of elder times . |
| 26 | The answer was mixed : virtually no scope at all for 155mm artillery shells ( which sent the MOD scurrying off in search of extra supplies on the world market ) ; but plenty for 120mm tank shells . |
| 27 | Also in search of all episodes of The Colbys on tape VHS , PAL , NTSC ) . |
| 28 | When not banging on about the sins of Vin Garbutt , the shaggy-haired Teesside warbler responsible for Little Innocents and other anti-abortion songs , certain feminist folkies have taken to conducting vigilante patrols through Folk Roots magazine in search of new sources of offence . |
| 29 | Having emptied the citadel of gold and silver he left Limoges and went off in search of new sources of pay for his mercenaries . |
| 30 | The conditions of service , the harshness of the environment , the atrocious difficulties associated with travel and food supplies , the ravages of scurvy , and the son of men who went out in search of new lands for the tsar , all contributed to the tense atmosphere which sometimes erupted into bloody conflict . |