Example sentences of "in [noun sg] of [num] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate on commercial television remains one of the clearest examples of the Establishment in action in defence of one of its dearest illusions , namely , that it knows best what is good for other people . |
| 2 | In support of one of these views , James Michie ( 1964 : 9 ) writes in his translator 's preface " It is better that Horace should be " done down " into English than that he should be undone by the gradual disappearance of Latin from our culture " . |
| 3 | Somehow he had missed the announcement that Tubby was in command of one of the Dublin Black and Tan units — he had enough to do maintaining the morale and the strictly military role of his own division in Cork without spending time scanning the lists of appointments elsewhere in the country . |
| 4 | Imagine the scene : as the sun rises over the purple hills of Umbria in central Italy , Franco Scarponi and his son Adolfo set off in search of one of the region 's most highly prized delicacies — juniper berries . |
| 5 | Sometimes , when the Gestapo came in search of one of our refugees , the men of the Maquis were able to conceal him here until the danger was past . ’ |
| 6 | There is no financial test of resources for these grants , but the person applying , or their spouse or person they live with , must be in receipt of one of the following benefits : Housing Benefit , Community Charge Benefit , Income Support or Family Credit . |
| 7 | The Middlesbrough Cycling News recorded that the first ‘ Smoker Night ’ was to be held ‘ in honour of one of its achievements in the cycling events . ’ |
| 8 | She waved her right hand in imitation of one of his patrician gestures . |
| 9 | I do n't think he 's going to go to sleep while he 's in charge of thirty of you . |
| 10 | With little experience , apart from a controversially-received history of the Warburg dynasty , he has been put in charge of one of the world 's highest profile institutions . |
| 11 | Bernard Fergusson , who was in charge of one of Wingate 's columns , pays this tribute to them in his epic account , Beyond the Chindwin : |
| 12 | As abbot of St Denis , Suger was in charge of one of France 's oldest and most revered houses , whose connection with the ruling dynasty went back to Merovingian times . |
| 13 | That team is split into three Divisions and I 'm in charge of one of them . |
| 14 | An assistant education officer is in charge of one of the half dozen or so branches into which the work of the education service is divided , such as secondary education or further education . |
| 15 | Cos he was certainly in charge of one of those |
| 16 | Almost concurrently came the report of Geoffrey Boycott having his golf clubs lifted from a train and chasing after the thief as though in pursuit of one of his own runs . |
| 17 | Moira , one of three sisters , was never found in spite of one of the largest inquiries in the Lanarkshire area . |
| 18 | In spite of thousands of experiments the nature of the signal to this day remains unknown . |
| 19 | There is widespread disbelief among Germany 's camp followers , then , that tonight 's match may not be a complete sell-out at Ibrox in spite of thousands of tickets having been given away to youth organisations . |
| 20 | Regarding Woodhouse Close are the readers aware that the deal involves a housing association which will take over in excess of 150 of these properties ? |
| 21 | By early November the rebel movement was reported to be in control of one-third of the country , and by the end of the month UNITA was thought to have at least nominal control of two-thirds of the country and thus to be in a stronger position than before the May 1991 Bicesse Peace Accord between the government and UNITA [ see p. 38180 ] . |
| 22 | He was in control of one of two US helicopter gunships attacked with four bursts of automatic gunfire . |
| 23 | The Benthamite approach had its greatest impact in respect of one of its greatest points of difference from Beccarian classicism : the form punishment should take . |
| 24 | In that case a claim to purchase tax in respect of one of their products was made against the plaintiffs . |
| 25 | … In a court it would be so easy if I was on the other side to get up and say that in respect of eight of the conditions ‘ We complied and we only contravened the suspended solids condition and we 're very sorry it was 30,000 p.p.m. but you 're not gon na cane us for that are you , Mr Magistrate ? |
| 26 | The role of the private practitioner has , however , been called into question in respect of two of the requirements of an advice agency discussed at the beginning of this chapter , namely the cost and availability of the service . |
| 27 | He is putting it about that he is in favour of one of America 's most important — and sensitive — trade demands : that Japan should open its markets to rice imports . |
| 28 | Celsus deals with a testator who has instituted his daughter heir , and left a legacy in favour of one of his freedman who is charged with a trust to make property over to the testator 's concubine . |
| 29 | If you have a rare blood-group , then the odds are in favour of one of your brothers having the same . |
| 30 | He found a place in sight of one of the park 's two lakes where a small plantation of young trees had been fenced off for protection . |