Example sentences of "in [noun sg] of [noun pl] in " in BNC.

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1 General areas of intended use can be included , as a cross check , in case of errors in selection .
2 They demanded fulfilment of promises of improved living and working conditions , which the government had made in settlement of strikes in July 1989 [ see pp. 36826-27 ] , the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers because of its handling of the economy , and the depoliticization of the Army , police , judiciary and education system .
3 I liked Mike Mill 's letter In support of estuaries in the same issue .
4 In 1706 Gwynne blundered badly once more in permitting his name to be subscribed to a paper written by the philosopher Leibniz , in support of moves in England to invite over the Hanoverian heir presumptive to the throne , published in the form of an open Letter to Lord Stamford , the effect of which was to alienate both Queen Anne and the Electress Sophia .
5 The two December marches by right-wing women were important public relations exercises in support of hardliners in the government .
6 Bush repeated on Oct. 24 the comparison of Iraqi President Saddam Hussain with Hitler and denounced the " rape of Kuwait " and Iraqi " crimes against humanity " , while at a rally on Oct. 30 ( campaigning in support of Republicans in the mid-term congressional elections on Nov. 6 ) he gave warnings of the possibility of a US military offensive , urging the US public to " stay together in support of our kids halfway around the world " .
7 The family historian in search of ancestors in this type of community has therefore several registers to consult .
8 Duvalier , in which a prejudgment Mareva injunction was sought in aid of proceedings in the French courts .
9 The idea of Wendy 's tailoring enterprise in making a violently checked blanket-coat puts one in mind of escape-committees in German P.O.W. camps making enemy uniforms out of British battle-dress or bedding .
10 But they put me in mind of trees in November .
11 There was no significant difference in percentage of cells in S phase in the distal colon of rats in both diet groups .
12 In 1882 the Congregational Union studied the problem of low stipends and reported that of 1,527 ministers in charge of chapels in England and Wales , 668 or over 43 per cent received under £150 p.a .
13 Why are you in charge of clinics in both places ? ’
14 His initial duties were to assist with fieldwork for the magnetic survey of India and by the 1908–9 field season he was in charge of operations in south-west India .
15 Fletcher , in charge of negotiations in the absence of a manager , expects to release a list of retained players this weekend .
16 WE have been asked to point out that the Crown Office — which is in charge of prosecutions in Scottish courts — does not run the courts , which are the responsibility of the Scottish Courts Administration .
17 I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom .
18 ‘ We 've failed a number of Etonians recently , ’ Tom Arnold , the party vice-chairman in charge of candidates in 1990 , told me .
19 None of them is , nor can be , structured as to require that those in charge of enterprises in which people invest their working lives and expectations should account primarily and principally to them for the uses they make of those lives .
20 What is evident is that , in spite of variations in the rate of reduction of rural services and the different attitudes of various governments to the public subsidy of railways , the pattern of rural services is now very much as Dr Beeching seems to have wanted .
21 There is still a long-term nature to many ulcers , and a high rate of recurrence , in spite of improvements in dressings , compression hosiery , nurse education , dissemination of knowledge and new products ; there continues to be a need for nursing research into the social and psychological implications of clients with leg ulceration .
22 In spite of improvements in treatment , average survival still hovers at around 20 years of age , and many of those affected have a severe clinical course requiring continuous therapy .
23 In spite of changes in name and act , he was never a success as a performer , but became increasingly interested in the business of promotion and management .
24 Meanwhile the degree of support for the Communist Refoundation Party ( PRC ) , which secured 5.6 per cent of the vote , suggested that in spite of events in eastern Europe loyalty to Communist theory persisted .
25 In spite of pressures in providing space for ever-growing collections and discussions of relegating stock to closed access stores , the value of open access has continued to be defended .
26 BRITISH Satellite Broadcasting has launched into the market for satellite communications , in spite of delays in the arrival of its television service .
27 The explanation of this remarkable correspondence between patterns of sexual dimorphism in humans and gelada baboons is to be found in evidence of parallels in the evolution of the two species which have been attributed to the likely existence of our hominid ancestors in a habitat similar to that of today 's gelada baboon and to a resultant comparability of life-style and evolutionary adaptation .
28 Girls were equal to , or in advance of boys in topics concerned with money and on calendar questions .
29 The Group 's share of results of associated undertakings [ hereafter called associated companies ] is included in respect of companies in which the Group owns at least 20 per cent of the equity and over which it exerts significant influence .
30 It will be seen that I have to arrive at figures in respect of damages in this case under a number of heads .
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