Example sentences of "in [noun pl] of [noun] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also comes in handy in cases of defiance when the child digs its heels in and says ‘ No ! ’ or ‘ Wo n't ! ’ |
| 2 | Many practitioners these days combine both schools of thought , using repeated doses of low potencies for pathological prescribing : for example , Rhustoxicodendron 6X twice a day for a period of several weeks in cases of arthritis where the condition is aggravated by damp weather and rest ; and giving , at the same time , a single dose of a high potency prescribed on constitutional grounds — that is , the whole symptom complex of the patient . |
| 3 | The use of certain exclusion clauses is made a criminal offence : the Consumer Transactions ( Restriction on Statements ) Order ( SI 1976 No 1813 ) makes it a criminal offence to seek to exclude or limit liability for breach of the implied terms in contracts of sale where the buyer deals as a consumer a defined in the UCTA 1977 . |
| 4 | In the midnight hours and in times of solitude when the noise stops , we hear its voice . |
| 5 | PR may work well in times of prosperity but the real test for a constitutional system comes in times of turbulence , social change , and economic slumps . |
| 6 | But the size of the local fox population is governed by the amount of food available , not in times of plenty such as this , but in times of scarcity when the nesting gulls have gone . |
| 7 | Abrams believed neighbouring to hang on a dilemma which those who live near to each other have between the need for support in times of crisis and the need for privacy . |
| 8 | The deeper they go , the more secure the vine will be in times of flood and the more able it will be to obtain moisture in times of drought . |
| 9 | Changes in methods of firing and the growing popularity of Raku have altered all this , and whether you immerse the object in sawdust , and then set fire to the lot , or just sprinkle sawdust on the newlyfired and still hot piece , the subtleties in surface texture can be extremely rewarding . |
| 10 | Rather , in the Austrian approach [ … ] we look to price theory to help us understand how the decisions of individual participants in the market interact to generate the market forces which compel changes in prices , in outputs , and in methods of production and the allocation of resources . |
| 11 | Thus the development of the laws of war has consisted of an effort to maintain and affirm certain basic principles , while developing and refining their specific application to the changes in methods of warfare and the continual and horrific increase in humanity 's capacity to destroy itself . |
| 12 | Appropriately for a drama in which the grossest crimes , though intended , turn out to be apparent rather than real , her chaffing in riddles of Bertram and the King in the final scene is a marvellous mix of the pointedly cutting and the teasingly playful . |
| 13 | Tonight , the moon was shrouded in rags of cloud and the wind flattened the grass and swiped at the trees as we passed . |
| 14 | This reserved money was offered in the form of education support grants ( ESGs ) of up to 75% of the cost of each project , in areas of education that the Secretary of State had deemed to be important . |
| 15 | However in matters of art and the aesthetics of nature his opinions bowed to none . |
| 16 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 17 | It is in periods of reflection that the real learning occurs in drama , when people are given the chance to think about what they have been doing . |
| 18 | This distinguished between the temporary unemployment of skilled workers in periods of depression and the permanent underemployment of others in a labour market overstocked with workers with limited or no skills . |
| 19 | The ages of the fetuses and babies are listed in Table I. The maturity of fetuses is given in weeks of gestation since the last menstrual period and was confirmed by antenatal ultrasound assessment and fetal foot length measurements . |
| 20 | Members of the department also have expertise in Scottish and European legal history , in civil and criminal procedure , in Roman Law and Canon Law , in commercial arbitration and in sources of law and the institutions of the legal system . |
| 21 | Examples of this are in studies of crystallization and the deformation behaviour of polymers . |
| 22 | In a mass item , although a high standard is looked for , the large number required may bring about a variation in levels of performance and the contents needs to allow for this ( e.g. working in sections ) . |
| 23 | Shakespeare makes the point about interpretation that modern research in theories of vision and the education of young children has confirmed — that we are all taught to see — by Iago 's prediction of the view that Othello , hidden in the normally superior position of the eavesdropper , will take of his imminent conversation with Cassio : After the scene has turned out exactly as predicted , Iago checks on his victim 's responses : The Signifier here , the handkerchief , has been made by Iago to yield a meaning which is totally false , but which he has put upon it with so much circumstantial detail — Shakespeare 's diligence in this point risks pushing his plot into the incredible — that Othello can only see it as a present that Cassio has received from Desdemona and has ‘ given … his whore ’ . |
| 24 | The UK researcher will analyse the cultural differences observable in the concept of gender , in understandings of technology and the ways in which new technologies are mediating relationships between work and home , production and domestic life . |
| 25 | ‘ He is swinging in the tree ’ ) , and it is suggested that the extent to which a child shows sensitivity to one or other of these kinds of distraction may be useful in terms of assessment and the planning of intervention . |
| 26 | Film comedy developed along a parallel track to the feature film drama : the need for better films made feature film producers more ambitious technically and in terms of story and the same forces helped comedy to graduate from improvised shorts to more substantial films . |
| 27 | The point of the above story is to demonstrate the importance of the parties knowing precisely what is to be expected in terms of performance and the standards required . |
| 28 | This was a period of growth in the size of government in terms of budgets and the areas of service provision . |
| 29 | The effect that that would have on Scottish defence would be devastating in terms of procurement and the employment of people in the armed forces . |
| 30 | That 's a factor of something like three hundred per cent than it , than it ought to be in terms of inflation and the County Treasurer 's budget of plus five per cent which is well in excess of two hundred per cent . |