Example sentences of "[prep] a loss of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a claim is received for a loss of travellers cheques then the Claimant should be advised to claim from the issuing Bank . |
| 2 | NARAL is asking readers of the New York Times to see a loss of women 's rights as a loss of Americans ' rights , thus implying that this is a novel way to look at the matter . |
| 3 | ‘ The complexities of childcare often drive qualified women to take a low-skilled but undemanding and convenient local job resulting sometimes in personal frustration and always in a loss of skills to the economy . |
| 4 | However , the First World War resulted in a loss of markets , especially in India and Latin America and the Second World War resulted in a sale of foreign assets and the abolition of imperial preferences as a condition for the lend-lease agreement with the US to finance the war . |
| 5 | Two and a half years ago Camel Laird started a campaign to gain access to the intervention funding and because of the total lack of any sort of industrial policy by this government , and their refusal to support the Camel Laird application to the E E C , next month will see the closure of Camel Lairds which will lead to a loss of skills that amounts almost to a criminal act on the part of this government , who seem prepared to allow this country to become a skill-free zone in order to drive down wages and conditions to a rate comparable with some Third World countries . |
| 6 | In addition to stressing these " internal " limits on parliamentary democracy in Britain , stress is also placed on " external " factors that have contributed to a loss of powers and to a significant reduction in the scope of our capacity to govern ourselves . |