Example sentences of "in [noun sg] 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 | Where national and international pressure has been effectively mobilized in defence of such victims of state-sanctioned abuse victories are often won . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Both men were active in the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Democratic Movements in China , which the Chinese government had described as " subversive " . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 " . |
| 10 | Even a Nobel Prize-winner , Professor H. C. Urey , has come out strongly in support of extra-terrestrial causes for mass extinctions . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Consequently , for people in command of large quantities of agricultural produce , almost every incentive to deliver it to the town disappears . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Malekith begins his great period of wandering around the world in search of magical artefacts of elder times . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Also in search of all episodes of The Colbys on tape VHS , PAL , NTSC ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Having emptied the citadel of gold and silver he left Limoges and went off in search of new sources of pay for his mercenaries . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They are designed to be portable and enable herdsmen and hunters to move around the countryside in search of new pastures for their camels , sheep and yak . |
| 24 | Che Guevara , on an extensive tour in search of new markets for Cuban goods , had met two Soviet representatives in Egypt in August , with whom he concluded an agreement by which the Soviet Union bought 170,000 tons of sugar at the world market price . |
| 25 | Returning to the car , those shaken by the mild adventure of the visit to Lost John 's Cave should get in and await any other members of the party who are inspired to go in search of other holes on Leck Fell . |
| 26 | Both super-powers shared the instinct for self-preservation and negotiated continuously in search of credible systems of nuclear deterrents . |
| 27 | But there 's only one rider left … all the others went in search of better deals after a row over new payscales … |
| 28 | The major new documentary series of the year was Granada 's widely acclaimed ‘ Disappearing World ’ in which Brian Moser set off in search of native tribes in the remotest parts of the world . |
| 29 | It was the Bioscope 's view that for the person ‘ in search of different phases of human nature there is no better place to find objects of study than to visit a bioscope show ’ . |
| 30 | I 've been to every chemist in town in search of these chemicals of his , but they were never right . |