Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] in [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , yesterday proposed a cut in prisoners ' parole rights as a main ingredient of a shake-up of the criminal justice system to be set out in a government white paper next month . |
| 2 | The expectation is that by increasing patient participation in this way the project will achieve a reduction in patients ' forgetting and misunderstanding of instructions and advice , and a reduction in the number of questions which occur to patients after their consultation . |
| 3 | The government banks with the Bank of England , therefore the daily flows of funds between the private and public sectors are reflected in equal but opposite changes in two of the Bank 's liabilities , a flow towards the government , for example , causing a fall in bankers ' deposits and a matching rise in public deposits . |
| 4 | This involves a difference in teachers ' perception of themselves and of other professionals . |
| 5 | To be effective , political advertising needs to be undertaken well in advance of elections , to fix an image in voters ' minds ahead of the campaign itself . |
| 6 | He announced an increase in Members ' salaries from £400 to £600 . |
| 7 | The reforms entailed an increase in employees ' contributions from 3 to 11 per cent of gross wage ; the raising of the pensionable age from 63 to 65 for men and from 58 to 60 for women ; the abolition of special allowances for particular categories of employees ; and the merger of pension funds . |
| 8 | The task will fall to the manager to persuade advice workers to attend race-awareness training in addition to popular updating in welfare benefits ; managers may have the task of explaining to management committee members why they now need training after so many years without it ; it will be the manager 's job to be attuned to advice workers ' weaknesses and tactfully point them to the relevant additional training ; the manager must find a balance in workers ' meetings between training , casework and group support . |