Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , this used to be the main argument of opponents of black holes : how could one believe in objects for which the only evidence was calculations based on the dubious theory of general relativity ? |
| 2 | Katherine , as they made their way up the stairs , made no attempt to answer Portia 's unspoken question and engage in confidences about her mother . |
| 3 | The old lady was in raptures over him , however . |
| 4 | Revealingly , not one of the 24 leading directors invited to fantasise in Projections about what they would do with complete creative freedom and limitless cash can make any sense of the question . |
| 5 | We campaigned ferociously to ban the stuff that could kill people in minutes with its toxic fumes . |
| 6 | However , this does not prevent the target 's board from criticising the buyer publicly and in circulars to its shareholders . |
| 7 | It consists also in attitudes about what justice and fairness require in the relations between government and governed , and some of these must be fundamental . |
| 8 | It consists also in attitudes about what justice and fairness require in the relations between government and the governed , and some of these must be fundamental . |
| 9 | Wall 's ( 1986 ) evidence suggests that there have been fluctuations over time in patterns of who actually shares households , but that these have not been in a single direction . |
| 10 | Both the controllers and the deviant group construct tacit theories in order to explain each other , and such theories are put to the test in interactions between them but never by both groups together . |
| 11 | Her father gets involved in fights with his mates and they throw water at eachother . |
| 12 | Japan is not like the Western type of professional bureaucracy , with its upper echelons of ‘ cosmopolitans ’ well versed in conflicts with their more ‘ local ’ compatriots ( Gouldner , 1957–8 ) . |
| 13 | Darlington police want to hear from anyone who has had weights and bars stolen in burglaries at their homes . |
| 14 | Although the numbers are small , this appears to be related to women having been more likely to have lived in institutions during their childhood . |
| 15 | One of these problems was the need to introduce the study ( traditionally neglected in institutions like ours ) of modern foreign languages . |
| 16 | So you know do you get all the credit for it , because it happens in institutions in your division ? |
| 17 | JP orders in bailiffs on himself |
| 18 | The increase in the number of night visits is only partly due to the change in hours during which visits may be claimed . |
| 19 | He braced himself and walked forward , but as he did so , the fur coat moved a little , and the girl underneath sat up and stretched , her mascara in streaks on her face , leaning over for her shoes , fumbling briefly with the straps . |
| 20 | Wycliffe was standing with one arm resting on the counter , gazing at the freckled man whose sparse red hair was combed in streaks across his skull . |
| 21 | Edmund was allowed to enter a monastery , where after his death he was buried in chains at his own request . |
| 22 | For each item in creditors for which security has been given : state the amounts secured give a general indication of security . |
| 23 | For each item in creditors for which security has been given : |
| 24 | In cases about which I know only that his performance is better than mine , letting his advice tilt the balance in favour of his solution will sometimes , depending on my rate of mistakes and the formula used , improve my performance . |
| 25 | In cases for which the system has spherical symmetry , such as space–time around a spherical star or planet , it may often be better to use polar coordinates ; then where . |
| 26 | For these reasons I conclude that as a matter of interpretation the powers of the Director do not cease , as regards the questioning of the person under investigation , when he is charged ; that the principle of common sense , expressed in the maxim generalia specialibus non derogant , entails that the general provisions of the Code yield to the particular provisions of the Act of 1987 in cases to which that Act applies ; and that neither history nor logic demands that any qualification of what Parliament has so clearly enacted ought to be implied . |
| 27 | In the case of a sale by auction the standard special conditions which incorporate , in turn , the standard conditions can be very simply adapted to the transaction , but remember to insert , in cases to which it will be applicable , a clause providing that the sale is subject to a reserve , unless you can rely on such a provision in the standard conditions , which by reference you incorporate in the special conditions of sale . |
| 28 | Buckinghamshire Social Services would n't comment on this particular boy , but did point out that in cases like his it shares responsibility with the parents … |
| 29 | At one time , the so-called baptismal syringe was actually inserted into the womb in cases in which prolonged and possibly fatal labour was anticipated . |
| 30 | Officers seemed to gain easier exemption from building regulations and from restrictions on landlordism ; their attempts to influence judges in cases in which they might have only an indirect interest were also reported , in private , by judges . |