Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [conj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pecan nuts , which were first popular with native Indians , have found their way into Creole cooking as pralines and in countless variations of Pecan pie . |
| 2 | Once this point has been reached there will be a rapid reduction in the number of non-reproductive males , and the large units will be broken up into a number of smaller ones , in part through takeovers and in part through fission of units containing followers . |
| 3 | We noted earlier the need for investment in support for heads and in management training , while acknowledging the Authority 's recent ( that is , post-PNP ) initiatives in respect of the latter ( Leeds City Council 1991a ) . |
| 4 | Set beside a lake providing course fishing for residents and in its own extensive grounds adjoining a golf course , this hotel was the setting for TV 's ‘ Crossroads Motel ’ . |
| 5 | It is measured in the repossession of houses and in the lack of new house starts . |
| 6 | On Feb. 5 at the East German round table discussions ( held also on Feb. 12 , 19 and 26 — see pp. 37108 ; 37170 for December and January discussions ) Christa Luft , the East German Economics Minister and a Deputy Prime Minister , had warned that an immediate introduction of the West German deutschmark in East Germany would not narrow wage differentials or stem the exodus of people , would result in the closure of enterprises and in job losses , and would mean the loss of currency sovereignty and the possible devaluation of savings . |
| 7 | The Act does not as a matter of law preclude a court from holding that an action for negligence lies in favour of a person who could formerly have brought an action based on loss of services but in view of the current law on economic loss it seems most unlikely that such a development will occur . |
| 8 | The whole movie industry had become obsessed with achieving respectability by widening the mix of patrons and in the trade papers we see an almost frenetic attention to the small details of improving comfort and achieving the right publicity . |
| 9 | Three years later he became President of the College of Physicians and in 1727 Physician-General to the Army . |
| 10 | The more dedicated among them combed both the cultivated and wild places of the world in search of novelties and in doing so a good number of them lost their lives , in some cases in tragic circumstances . |
| 11 | In the course of studies of saline intrusion near wells and in regional aquifers , a computer model developed to simulate scavenger well pumping in Pakistan agrees well with field observations . |
| 12 | They usually need to be cooked and I use them a great deal with beans and in Mexican dishes , slicing them before cooking . |
| 13 | Investment in start-ups and in early stage developments has been particularly badly hit , down from £128m in 1990 to just £58m last year . |
| 14 | The level of investment in dwellings and in vehicles , ships and aircraft has been rather more modest , in fact both categories experienced lower real investment in 1991 than in 1979 . |
| 15 | Research in bibliometrics and in bibliographic software ( hypermedia etc ) will continue on a limited scale . |
| 16 | As a result , the Football League proposed a cut in wages and in October Coventry City players became the first to accept a reduction . |
| 17 | Our results reinforce their findings to a certain extent , but our experience in 1992 shows a further reduction in new cases of gonorrhoea in men and in the diagnosis of HIV positivity in male homosexuals . |
| 18 | Mycobacterium paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne 's disease , a chronic enteritis in ruminants and in other animals . |
| 19 | This was not the arbiter-president that Debré and the other drafters of the constitution had anticipated , but rather a ruling president who was not necessarily constrained by the letter of the constitution ( as he showed in his frequent recourse to referenda and in his willingness to replace prime ministers at his , rather than the assembly 's , pleasure ) . |
| 20 | Even in small companies computers are an essential tool , particularly in the preparation of estimates and in pricing bills of quantities , where extensive calculations are involved . |
| 21 | " Saint Monday " was honoured across the spectrum of trades and in the mines . |
| 22 | The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention modified by the revaluation of properties and in accordance with applicable accounting standards . |
| 23 | Such a device could not be trusted , and it was the hope of scientists that in place of rules of thumb properly scientific methods could be widely taught . |
| 24 | In the present climate it is hard to see the function of strikes except in public-sector monopolies . |
| 25 | SIGNED by us , two directors of the covenantor or a director and the secretary of the covenantor pursuant to a resolution of the board of directors and in accordance with the covenantor 's Articles of Association : |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia had established a trade mission in Beijing in August 1989 , but relations between the two countries had become strained following the suppression of Moslem revolts in the Chinese western autonomous region of Xinjiang Uygur in April 1990 , which resulted in 23 deaths and in restrictions on the building of mosques and in the importation of Islamic literature [ see also p. 37373 ] . |
| 27 | It is interesting to observe how frequently the French style prevails not just in the building of hotels but in the whole ‘ architecture of pleasure ’ in Britain . |
| 28 | Boots ' progress was accompanied by a variety of stories as in often busy trading the shares gained 9p to 294p . |
| 29 | Woods and Rawlings ( 1989 ) also point out that genetic engineering has considerable application in this field by developing improved strains of the relevant bacteria which are more efficient , can operate on a wider variety of substrates and in a wider variety of environmental conditions . |
| 30 | It is disputed whether these onion domes were a development indigenous to the area or whether the idea came from further east , but the former seems more likely on the weight of evidence ; they were being built by the mid-twelfth century here and were designed in a great variety of shapes and in large numbers . . |