Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | If a 75 per cent majority of creditors present in person or by proxy at a meeting of creditors agree to the proposals , then they become binding on all creditors and the insolvency practitioner who assisted the debtor or another such practitioner nominated by the creditors supervises the implementation of the proposals . |
2 | 95% of complaints are actually dealt with outside the courts ; 5% of cases get into the courts . |
3 | But if The Order of Things is thus concerned to analyse ‘ ensembles of discourses ’ that do not form a totality , it does not focus on the ways in which such forms of knowledges relate to the institutions in which and through which they are produced . |
4 | The critique of functionalism led writers to stress the ‘ relative autonomy ’ of the capitalist state , manifested in its existence as a set of institutions separate from the classes of civil society . |
5 | A further set of influences relate to the materials themselves . |
6 | This has two implications : any disclosures of uncertainties belong in the accounts , not in the audit report ; and there needs to be an accounting standard defining what disclosures are required before there can be an auditing standard . |
7 | More than 35 per cent of pilots die between the ages of 55 and 59 compared with an average 18 per cent , said the British Airline Pilots ' Association . |
8 | All manner of possibilities exist as the examples in Figure 5.5 show . |
9 | Altogether none of these changes really recognise that the majority of families depend on the earnings of both husband and wife , even if the wife 's contribution in most instances is smaller . |
10 | The principal reasons for this state of affairs lie in the explanations given at the beginning of this chapter ; scholars with museum backgrounds laid the foundations for an artefact-based subject in the first half of the twentieth century and introduced the strong historical background to such studies . |
11 | As we saw back in section 12.5 , the building-up of reserves counts as a deficit ( an outflow from the balance of payments account to the reserves account ) . |
12 | Other differences flow from the fact that whereas the rights of shareholders depend mainly on the provision of the company 's articles , which will have been drafted in the interests of the company , those of debentureholders depend upon the terms of a contract between lender and borrower and its terms will have to be acceptable to the lender . |
13 | Sixty-six per cent of pensioners live on the margins of poverty , which increases with age ( Walker , 1986 , p. 185 ) . |
14 | The central feature of police work between the wars was the beat , the cornerstone of police practice , the crucible of the constable 's experience . |
15 | Many police officers today , even in the higher ranks , can not remember carrying out their police duties without the assistance of the computer , and it is now as much a part of police back-up as the police car and police radio . |
16 | Urumqi ( Urumchi ) , the capital of Xinjiang province , saw thousands of students take to the streets in large demonstrations at the end of the year . |
17 | In , the numbers of postcrania approximate to the numbers of cranial elements in most of the predator bone assemblages . |
18 | Even now that the company has gone public , some 40 per cent of shares remain in the hands of staff or former staff . |
19 | Building this pipeline means working in temperatures ranging from -5O°C in winter to +45°C in the Siberian summer , when thick swarms of mosquitoes add to the problems . |
20 | In an effort to save face , he adopted a casual attitude hoping that his staff would think that he actually meant to keep his hat on all day long just for the heck of it , like gangsters do in the films . |
21 | The minimum international standards for dolphinariums insist on the mammals having a pool at least 10 metres deep , 30 metres wide and 150 metres long . |
22 | Organised by the Women in Arts project at the Arts Council , this symposium will bring together women in the arts , to reclaim the past , identify the present and plan the future . |
23 | Figures in brackets refer to the Notes . |
24 | SPAR , as noted earlier , uses a modified version of Sidner 's focusing algorithm , which embodies both strong and weak preferences in ways appropriate for the examples discussed here . |
25 | However , the main arguments for Quattro Pro for Windows relate to the functions it offers . |
26 | Exemptions granted to farmers date from the days when boosting food production was seen as a national priority , says CPRE 's Tony Burton . |
27 | Ergonomics can be defined as systems design with the attributes of people as the frame of reference . |
28 | They would know that mother-love and father-love , which could be over-protective , must at times yield to the demands of civilisation . |
29 | The former Kent and England spinner Derek Underwood , director of cricket at Club Surfaces , had this to say : ‘ Of course I enjoy seeing our pitches go in at the Etons and Tonbridges , but it is at grass-roots level within the state-schools sector that the wealth of untapped talent must not be lost to the game . ’ |
30 | As well as teaching his subject , he coached badminton , ran the Photographic Society , sang bass in the School Choir , refereed lacrosse , and acted as Careers Master for the Scientists . |