Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , those dermatologists who have undertaken clinics in general practitioners ' surgeries find that over 40% of the patients seen have to be followed up in a hospital clinic , thus leading to unnecessary duplication of notes and considerable wastage of consultant time and resources . |
| 2 | These have occasionally given rise to strange sea-farers ' tales of ‘ floating islands ’ . |
| 3 | South America is International 's largest market , contributing 10% of United Distillers ' total profits . |
| 4 | By comparison the CMHTs were a readily identifiable and costed group of specialist development staff covering all aspects of the developmental process ; they had to rely on gaining access to other organizations ' resources ; and they intentionally eschewed traditional residential care — especially private residential care . |
| 5 | She knocks sense into feckless girlfriends ' heads , sets up an arranged pregnancy , ticks off a married man for playing fast and loose . |
| 6 | For example : — How does the school monitor attendance and punctuality ? — What steps are taken to secure improvement in particular pupils ' attendance and punctuality ? — How successful are these measures ? — Does the school operate a record of achievement ? — Does the school operate a pastoral , or guidance and counselling system ? — What forms of certification are available to the students ? — What percentage of students achieve a graded result in English and Maths ? |
| 7 | Volume II of the PEWP , which provided information on individual departments ' plans , should be split into separate departmental reports . |
| 8 | The ‘ yokel ’ became ‘ less of a lout ’ , the dairymaid became ‘ indistinguishable from her urban counterpart ’ , and in general these ‘ youths and maidens ’ were becoming party to world-wide conversations ' . |
| 9 | Kinnock ‘ wo n't curb flood of bogus refugees ' . ’ |
| 10 | Sir : Your otherwise sound leading article ( 'Private gifts for public arts ' , 11 October ) shot itself hypocritically in the foot in its last paragraph by expressing irritation with corporate executives who ‘ parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ’ money' . |
| 11 | This affects trends over time , and allows averaging of different periods ' results . |
| 12 | The award , adding £30m to local authorities ' wages bill , was the lowest produced by the Fire Pay Formula established in 1977 after a nine-week strike . |
| 13 | Teachers have to note and keep records on individual pupils ' state of knowledge with respect to all the criteria in a scheme . |
| 14 | Whilst conducting research into primary teachers ' views on questioning , I had difficulty in finding a suitable research method . |
| 15 | The continual changing of public expenditure targets in real terms , and the confusing changes in grant systems , have played havoc with local authorities ' and services ' capacity to plan . |
| 16 | The columns displaying prices of licensed dealers ' stocks in the national newspapers did not always appear to be the paid advertising they actually were . |
| 17 | Seeing patients in general practitioners ' surgeries is no different from seeing patients in private consulting rooms — a practice that fails to provoke outrage among dermatologists . |
| 18 | A much more useful and realistic approach is to study recordings of different speakers ' natural , spontaneous speech and try to make generalisations about attitudes and intonation on this basis . |
| 19 | ASAP uses this video to trigger dialogue on other students ' neighbourhoods , to break down stereotypes , and to excite more students to conduct research on their communities . |
| 20 | This research will be extended by examining 10- to 16-year olds ' perceptions of advertisements for alcoholic drinks . |
| 21 | The concert will take place at Chartered Accountants ' Hall at 6pm on Monday , 26 October . |
| 22 | She suggests that this is a hard-line criterion against natural parents which does not take account of social workers ' failure to encourage regular contact between natural parents and children in care . |
| 23 | The unit has also provided input into monthly caseworkers ' meetings . |
| 24 | The present aerospace boom will provide the Japanese with opportunities to build parts of other peoples ' airliners . |
| 25 | This grotesque bird is specialised for taking honey from wild bees ' nests and has no feathers on its head . |
| 26 | One reason why this recession is causing such alarm is that it has touched parts of rich countries ' economies that other recessions did not reach . |
| 27 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 28 | On April 3 the People 's Revolutionary Struggle ( ELA ) and the May 1 group jointly claimed responsibility for an explosion outside UN offices and for placing bombs under European diplomats ' cars . |
| 29 | Before finding fault with other drivers ' behaviour at roundabouts , check your own knowledge of the rules . |
| 30 | Also known as ‘ coblyns ’ or ‘ coblynau ’ , Cornishmen have long left pieces of traditional miners ' fare — the Cornish pastie — for the knockers to eat . |