Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun sg] to [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Venables issued his plea , Alan Sugar delivered a vote of confidence to Spurs ' management team of Doug Livermore and Ray Clemence . |
| 2 | The particular contribution of the teaching of French to pupils ' perceptions will be explored through observation by a researcher based in the two schools over a period of at least six months . |
| 3 | Chapter 13 identifies two key concepts in the law of challenge to experts ' decisions : ( 1 ) the law of contract ; and ( 2 ) mistake . |
| 4 | Implied terms underpin the law of challenge to experts ' decisions , because some basic terms are not spelled out : namely , that the parties would not accept a final decision intended to have binding effect when that decision was vitiated by dishonesty , partiality or mistake . |
| 5 | In the only passage where he concedes any degree of effectiveness to workers ' combinations , Adam Smith said of the wool combers : " By combining not to take apprentices … [ they ] … reduce the whole of the manufacture into a sort of slavery to themselves , and raise the price of labour much above what is due to the nature of their work . " |
| 6 | In response to these general changes many local housing authorities are pursuing innovative ways of attracting private finance , often coupled with a devolution of control to tenants ' groups . |
| 7 | Here , however , is perhaps the place to consider the Act as a whole , in the context of the historical background already described and the general trend of attention to consumers ' interests at the time . |
| 8 | Divorce is likewise raising complicated issues of entitlement to dependants ' occupational benefits , since on divorce a woman loses her potential right to a widow 's pension and/or benefits . |