Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Merchant Seamen 's Fund provided an illustration and stimulus for the development of a large number of private philanthropic societies to provide relief for sick and shipwrecked mariners , Sailors ' homes and schooling for seamen 's children which endeavoured to do something to ease their lot . |
| 2 | Power to authorize grant of licences for seamen 's canteens |
| 3 | Ah well it gives you the chance to get , to increase the rent if you er but if you 're happy with them as operators er you can boost your income for the year . |
| 4 | You could also look to outside advisory agencies for assistance , such as employers ' associations , training organizations , and specialized bodies for articles and literature such as the British Institute of Management , or the Institute of Personnel Management . |
| 5 | Thus the criminal law defines only some types of avoidable killing as murder : it excludes , for example , deaths resulting from acts of negligence , such as employers ' failure to maintain safe working conditions in factories and mines ( Swartz 1975 ) ; or deaths resulting from an organization 's reluctance to maintain appropriate safety standards ( Erickson 1976 ) ; or deaths which result from governmental agencies ' giving environmental health risks a low priority ( Liazos 1972 ) ; or deaths resulting from drug manufacturers ' failure to conduct adequate research on new chemical compounds before embarking on aggressive marketing campaigns ( Silverman and Lee 1974 ) ; or deaths from a dangerous drug that was approved by health authorities on the strength of a bribe from a pharmaceutical company ( Braithwaite and Geis 1981 ) ; or deaths resulting from car manufacturers refusing to recall and repair thousands of known defective vehicles because they calculate that the costs of meeting civil damages will be less ( Swigert and Farrell 1981 ) ; and in most jurisdictions deaths resulting from drunken or reckless people driving cars with total indifference to the potential cost in terms of human lives are also excluded . |
| 6 | The on-costs on labour such as employers ' national insurance contributions , CITB levy , holidays with pay scheme and other more indirect on-costs such as allowances for severance pay and legislation affecting employment , sick pay , allowance for employer 's liability and third party insurance , will be processed through both the cost and financial accounts . |
| 7 | ‘ Behind Bars ’ at the new , huge , non-profit Threadwaxing Space on Broadway is not as you might suspect a show of political art about prisoners ' rights or even about the exotic lives of cocktail waitresses but rather about the stripe in art . |
| 8 | If you are well-acquainted with pigments and paints and are equipped with the manufacturer 's pigment information , you can pick and choose between artists ' and students ' ranges to obtain a balance between the colours you want , their permanency , quality , quantity and price . |
| 9 | If you are well-acquainted with pigments and paints and are equipped with the manufacturer 's pigment information , you can pick and choose between artists ' and students ' ranges to obtain a balance between the colours you want , their permanency , quality , quantity and price . |
| 10 | The probable significance of all this is that it is mistaken to attempt to generalize about employers ' attitudes to young workers . |
| 11 | The aim of the project is to obtain basic information about employers ' policies and practices in the recruitment and management of the work-force , and in particular to establish how far such policies and practices have changed in recent years . |
| 12 | The proposal is for employers ' contributions to begin on the first pound of earnings . |
| 13 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the estimated cost to business if the lower earnings limit for employers ' national insurance contributions were abolished . |
| 14 | Later Friedman ( 1975 ) shifted position somewhat in that he allowed for employers ' mistakes concerning the behaviour of the real wage rate : the ex post real wage need never deviate from its market clearing value for fluctuations in the level of employment around its natural value to occur . |
| 15 | In practice , the proprietary liquids which are used in the pressure-vacuum impregnation of timber against fungal attack also contain insecticides and effectively identical products are available through builders ' merchants and DIY outlets for brush and spray application on site . |
| 16 | Side-sheets for clubs ' existing mobile systems are available , plus a complete recovering service . |
| 17 | Mind you , getting through defences ai n't that easy : defenders can nick the ball off you by slid-tackling — although this has unpredictable results when it rains . |
| 18 | Reducing the emphasis on ‘ selling him up ’ and making it more possible for creditors ' claims to be met out of a debtor 's future income was one of the main objectives of the Insolvency Law Review Committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Cork which was appointed by the Government in 1977 and reported in 1982 . |
| 19 | In the early 1920s she campaigned for widows ' pensions . |
| 20 | Bells ring out for cyclists ' safe return |
| 21 | The initials CTC stand for Cyclists ' Touring Club . |
| 22 | As it is such an important programming tool , with such important consequences for musicians ' careers , it is worth understanding how the playlist is chosen . |
| 23 | These long-term contracts differ from shorter or one-off agreements ( for endorsements or live performances ) because they almost always call for musicians ' exclusive services . |
| 24 | The specialist field of old master drawings has received extremely detailed study ; the drawings are interesting both in their own right and as a means of knowing more about artists ' practices . |
| 25 | Mr Chairman this little job will save a bit of time I think we 've had er an amendment set by the , the Labour group for work demands through requests er , we want er support er what Simon what Simon is making here so we er we 're making here so we erm small |
| 26 | West Ham 's assistant manager Harry Redknapp will not face police charges after being accused of making obscene gestures to fans during Hammers ' 5-1 win at Bristol City in September . |
| 27 | Those signed covered inter-parliamentary co-operation to avoid discrepancies between states ' legislation ; consultative meetings between heads of parliaments ; and two protocols ( i ) on an interparliamentary information service and ( ii ) on drawing up multilateral legislative acts . |
| 28 | And the sorts of objectives that er these wars are concerned with er may be control over resources , over particular minerals , control over markets con control over trade the acquisition of territory or the recovery of lost territory and ideological or political objectives , objectives which are strictly speaking er to do with the belief system which predominates in particular states or where there 's a conflict between states er which have radically conflicting er ideologies . |
| 29 | You needed government for defence to protect you against external enemies and to engage in foreign relations and diplomacy , and you needed government internally to regulate conflicts between states er and to ensure a , a sound economic platform so that you needed er a single authoritative source of currency for example er and a single source of er er tariffs and trade controls . |
| 30 | Ian McGeechan , who stepped down as Scotland 's coach this month , had already been appointed as Lions ' coach against the All-Blacks . |