Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] of [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | As standards are being finalised , consideration is given to arrangements for the assessment of candidates ' competence . |
2 | The Head of Department then went through the objectives one at a time and satisfied the Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) and the Director of Studies that , with different emphases , the objectives were all subsumed in the 3 criteria for the assessment of pupils ' work . |
3 | Tom Sanders , the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ' water and leisure safety adviser , says : ‘ They tend to be one-offs . |
4 | By fighting for pits to be kept open , the NUM was fighting not only for miners ' jobs but also for the survival of miners ' communities . |
5 | Rather more than 20 years ago , over a lunch in Staff House , I was persuaded by three eminent lecturers of this University to allow them to nominate me for the Council of Consumers ' Association . |
6 | When the publication of HMI reports on university departments of education was discussed ( as part of the approval mechanism for teacher training courses of the Council for the Accreditation of Teachers ' Education , CATE ) there was initial resistance . |
7 | Kenneth Simpson , the Perth-based spokesman for the Society of Sheriffs ' Officers , says they are already getting results . |
8 | However , rather than serving to dissuade us from finding some base for the notion of students ' academic freedom , the epistemological grounding of the German universities holds some definite clues that are worth pursuing . |
9 | It also decided that a ‘ code of conduct ’ leaflet should be produced for the benefit of events ' organisers . |
10 | Before me there was an analysis of the arrangements that are available in other jurisdictions exercised by justices for the making of costs ' orders and for the assessment of those costs . |
11 | " Consideration should be given to the possible institution of a mechanism for the defence of citizens ' rights as regards Community matters ( " ombudsman " — a Danish proposal ) … " |
12 | The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that the draft of the treaty at Maastricht today provides for the improvement of employees ' working conditions , for legal protection and for entitlement to consultation and to information . |
13 | The failure of the Leeds Convention 's call for the establishment of Workers ' and Soldiers ' Councils reflected the inappropriate nature of the proposed organizational structures , not the absence of popular support for peace agitation as such . |
14 | The strong controls which are necessary to enforce public accountability for the use of taxpayers ' money lead to caution , since experiments by their nature can fail . |
15 | With a statutory duty to promote standardisation , the nationalised Boards were willing to go ahead with these schemes , paying for the conversion of consumers ' apparatus as well as of their own mains , even where the returns to themselves were not adequate . |
16 | The $30,900 million budget for the Department of Veterans ' Affairs included an increase of $1,000 million in the allocation for its 172 hospitals . |
17 | Movimento Popular de Libertaçáo de Angola , Partido do Trabalho ( MPLA-PT — Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party , José Eduardo dos Santos ch. , Roberto de Almeida ideology sec . ) . |
18 | Hopes grew throughout April that a workable peace settlement might emerge from the continuing talks in Portugal between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) government and the US-backed rebel National Union for Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) . |
19 | Rising expectations of a successful conclusion of peace talks between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) government and the United States-backed National Union for Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) were realized on May 1 , when a ceasefire was agreed and a peace agreement initialled [ see also page 38133 ] to end a civil war which had raged since independence from Portugal in 1975 . |
20 | Celebrations throughout Angola across the weekend of June 1-2 followed the signing of the May 31 peace agreement between the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) and the United States-backed rebel National Union for Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) [ for which see p. 38180 ] . |
21 | On Aug. 1 the Joint Political and Military Commission ( CCPM ) overseeing the peace process between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) government and the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) [ see p. 38180 ] , reported delays in the implementation of the accord . |
22 | UNITA accused the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) government of not fulfilling the agreement and listed seven conditions to be implemented before it would return to the CCPM . |
23 | With preparations under way for the first multiparty elections on Sept. 29-30 , the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) held its third special congress on May 7-12 . |
24 | The Pope visited six Angolan cities in this predominantly Catholic country , and was welcomed by large crowds as he called for national reconciliation , 13 months after the ending of 16 years of war between UNITA and dos Santos 's formerly Marxist-oriented Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
25 | They included the incumbent President , Jose Eduardo dos Santos , for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) , Jonas Savimbi , leader of the National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola ( UNITA ) , Holden Roberto , leader of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola ( FNLA ) , and Daniel Chipenda , who was proposed by the Angolan National Democratic Party ( PNDA ) . |
26 | Party , Votes , % , Seats , , Votes , Seats , , ∘ Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) , 2,124,126 , 53.74 , 70 , , 2,087,528 , 59 , , 129 National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , 1,347,636 , 34.10 , 44 , , 1,298,538 , 26 , , 70 Angolan National Liberation Front ( FNLA ) , 94,742 , 2.40 , 3 , , 20,053 , 2 , , 5 Liberal Democratic Party ( PLD ) , 94,267 , 2.39 , 3 , , 0 , 0 , , 3 Social Renovated Party ( PRS ) , 89,875 , 2.27 , 3 , , 41,484 , 3 , , 6 Democratic Renewal Party ( PRD ) , 35,293 , 0.89 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Democratic Alliance ( AD ) Coalition , 34,166 , 0.86 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Social Democratic Party ( PSD ) , 33,088 , 0.84 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Angola Youth , , Worker , , Peasant Alliance Party ( PAJOCA ) , 13,924 , 0.35 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Angolan Democratic Forum ( FDA ) , 12,038 , 0.30 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Democratic Party for Progress of Angolan National Alliance ( PDP-ANA ) , 10,620 , 0.27 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Angolan National Democratic Party ( PNDA ) , 10,281 , 0.26 , 1 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 Others , 52,219 , 1.33 , 0 , , 0 , 0 , , 0 Total seats , , 130 , , , 90 , , , *220 Turnout : 91.34 per cent . |
27 | Following the declaration of the September election results [ see pp. 39128-29 ] , fighting continued between members of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) and supporters of the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
28 | Most ministers were drawn from the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
29 | This quotation is important for the study of experts ' |
30 | In August , the forge was open for the reception of subscribers ' horses , at one shilling per shoe . |