Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] in [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stars of either sex clustered in twos or threes , massing their power , or strode out alone , shining soloists , while the less attractive gathered for protection in groups outside the offices of some religious or political organization . |
| 2 | It also inhibits motor activity induced by rectal distention and increases sensory thresholds for defaecation in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome . |
| 3 | The domestic car manufacturing industry , heavily protected since the 1950s , had already begun to face some competition from imports when quotas were partially lifted in July 1990 [ see also p. 38002 for reduction in tariffs on imports ] . |
| 4 | Does this at least then mean a reprieve for ROI in terms of short-run performance measurement ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | then entrance requirements for SCE candidates and GCE candidates separately : these include the normal minimum grades required for admission in terms of SCE Highers or GCE A-levels , and any specific subject qualifications required ( such as Higher or A-level Physics for entry to degrees in Engineering ) . |
| 7 | The sample will not be random , but will be selected to be representative of children in special schools for EBD in terms of social , gender distribution and behaviour problems described by teachers at the time of referral . |
| 8 | In thus questioning whether poverty should be defined as existence in conditions below the barest subsistence minimum , or whether a higher minimum standard should be established in the interests of humanity and of aiming for high national standards of comfort and efficiency , Bowley and his colleagues raised for the first time some of the problems concerning the definition of poverty , which have remained at issue ever since . |
| 9 | I like to explain the need for unity in terms of a heavy sack which has to he lifted . |
| 10 | Chafe ( 1976 : 51 ) suggests that the function of topic is to specify some kind of framework , for instance in terms of time , location , or individual reference , within which the main statement applies and that ‘ real ’ topics ( in topic-prominent languages ) are not so much ‘ what the sentence is about ’ as ‘ the frame within which the sentence holds ’ . |
| 11 | At the same time it permits cost-effectiveness for instance in terms of marketing and distribution costs . |
| 12 | Regarding the more specialised applications which seem to use the algebra ( of the type presented here ) in an essential way , the theory of groups , being ( in a rather wide sense ) the mathematical formulation of symmetry , is naturally widely employed in physics and chemistry — for instance in applications to crystallography , spectroscopy , general relativity , molecular vibrations , molecular orbitals , solid state physics and especially in the modern theory of elementary particles . |
| 13 | Years of experience supplying the catering industry combined with in-depth research and development programmes , have allowed equipment manufacturers to transform what were once humble pieces of kit into the sort of ultra-modern hardware now available for installation in kitchens of all shapes and sizes . |
| 14 | To get the bast value for money in terms of advice and information , Professor Malcolm Hollis , spokesman for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS ) , says you should ask a surveyor to cover various points , with price guidance for each one . |
| 15 | According to , there are ways to get clients to feel they are receiving value for money in terms of how the service is delivered : ‘ People are impressed by well-produced documentation and plain English in presentation . |
| 16 | In this chapter , we have considered the main determinants of the demand for money in terms of , first , the classical quantity theory of money ; secondly , the Keynesian liquidity-preference theory ; and finally , Friedman 's modern quantity theory . |
| 17 | While not wishing to comment on the economic arguments for communism in terms of its capacity to create more wealth more equally distributed , an aim Freud thought to be very important for the future , he thought that communism contained an ‘ illusion ’ about man 's nature . |
| 18 | Given recent scandals about absenteeism in hospitals of many types and sizes in Italy , the carabinieri are doing spot and frequent checks — in one hospital in Naples recently , only 40% of the relevant medical and nursing staff were actually in … and , as a result on that occasion , about 80 people were arrested and charged with absenteeism and dereliction of duty . |
| 19 | In this context , we may note , attempts to account for poststructuralism in terms of the aftermath of the events of May 68 seem positively myopic , lacking the very historical perspective to which they lay claim . |
| 20 | But in considering the privilege against self-incrimination it is difficult to see any logical distinction between an order for discovery and disclosure where the defendant has stolen the plaintiff 's property and an order for discovery and disclosure where the plaintiff is seeking damages for fraud in dealings by the defendant with the property or moneys of the plaintiff . |
| 21 | The largest interbreeding population of Hector 's dolphin around Banks Peninsula in New Zealand , lost 230 of its estimated 760 members through entanglement in set-nets between 1984 and 1988 . |
| 22 | For discussion of the meaning of " all competent applications " , see M. Milne Ltd. v. Cit ) " of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1987 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 145 , where the clerk to the licensing board refused to accept a late application for renewal in terms of 5.13(2) of the Act . |
| 23 | The omission is meaningless : I could well have been delighted , although I ca n't remember whether I had actually begun to think consciously about weight in terms of stones and pounds at this time . |
| 24 | Table II compares the surgical and sclerotherapy groups after randomisation in terms of hospital stay , gastrointestinal bleeding and endoscopy workload . |
| 25 | For example , collecting information would be achieved by the Registry and branch clerks entering the information into the index on receipt , or after categorisation in terms of the topic area . |
| 26 | Cross-section of CEGB 's waste-fuel store : After delivery in flasks to the store ( top ) the irradiated fuel would be dried and then transferred to special containers made of tow-carbon steel . |
| 27 | This fact is particularly significant in light of the poor outcomes sometimes reported after surgical procedures for constipation ; a thorough in depth functional evaluation , especially coupled to small bowel recordings , in order to exclude a more generalised gastrointestinal motor disorder , might yield more effective results after surgery in patients with chronic constipation . |
| 28 | There was opportunity for maladministration in terms of both efficiency and peculation . |
| 29 | Discussion groups are meeting each week during Lent in parishes throughout the diocese . |
| 30 | The political embarrassment that such admissions created for the Bolsheviks were smoothed over by presenting the necessity for NEP in terms of an analogy with the Brest Litovsk peace treaty with Germany in 1918 , that is , as being a breathing space . |