Example sentences of "in receipt of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the very end of his life there was also a suggestion that he was in receipt of bribes for the release of prisoners at Newgate , though this allegation seems not to have been proved . |
| 2 | He is known to have been in receipt of pensions from at least three institutional clients ( the abbeys of Glastonbury and Ramsey and the priory of Durham ) and probably received similar pensions from many other individuals and institutions . |
| 3 | Older people who remain active in the formal labour market will be in receipt of earnings from employment . |
| 4 | Later , I reflected that to be in receipt of confidences of this kind , if my own experience was anything to go by , could be insufferably taxing to the patience . |
| 5 | Though no match for Gaelstrom and Now Your Talkin , he was running on well into third at the end , and in receipt of 20lbs from Highland Spirit should go well at a big price . |