Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But despite last night 's developments , Mrs Thatcher is still likely to be in a minority of one — both on completion date for monetary union and on her continued opposition to the European Social Charter of workers ' rights . |
| 2 | Mr Baker , who said society had become more violent and more selfish , made an indirect attack on the Archbishop of Canterbury , Dr George Carey , and other church leaders , calling on them to concentrate on juvenile crime instead of the European Social Chapter on workers ' rights . |
| 3 | The first of the new areas covered by the practice note , the auditors ' report to regulators , seeks to provide a common approach to reporting by auditors and establish clear unequivocal wording of auditors ' reports , so that whenever possible auditors may use a standard layout and form of wording when reporting to all regulators . |
| 4 | Another widely-held theory about door-knockers ' experiences must also , I 'm afraid , yield to the evidence . |
| 5 | Denying the vote to children is not based on some false assumption about 10-year-olds ' political knowledge , nor to deny that they have interests , nor to protect them from the harm their votes might do . |
| 6 | ANOTHER MAJOR PART OF FIBRES ' business is its carpet materials . |
| 7 | In that the influence of exams upon curriculum practices starts long before pupils make exam options choices , so this unsatisfactory narrowing of pupils ' experiences pervades much of their school careers . |
| 8 | The practical importance of this legal bias for parents ' and children 's readiness to co-operate with residential staff and make use of the placement is clarified by Packman when the association between compulsory admissions and emergency admissions is made . |
| 9 | The Conservative governments of the 1980s saw school admissions as a key area in which to put into practice some of the New Right ideas about introducing free market principles into the education system , whilst at the same time deriving political capital from giving some legal recognition to parents ' ‘ moral right ’ to choose how their children are educated . |
| 10 | It may take a few years yet , and some unlikely cohesion in banks ' own lobbying . |
| 11 | This new area of governors ' responsibilities is delicate and of potential difficulty . |
| 12 | This creeping destruction of workers ' rights has spread rapidly from journalists to printers , from tanker drivers to docks , telecom managers to mines , and lecturers to insurance staff . |
| 13 | On the assumption that there was some desired ratio of bankers ' deposits ( part of the monetary base ) to customers ' deposits below which banks would not wish to fall , then limiting the base by controlling these flows must limit the scope for deposit expansion and therefore for lending . |
| 14 | Another huge rise in publishers ' title output |
| 15 | Lest those in the queue might have read the back copies of Homes and Gardens three or four times before , there is now a little light reading on out-patients ' appointment cards at Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
| 16 | The tight organisational structure of employers ' associations both in Sweden and West Germany has also helped to make the lock-out ( which is rarely used in most other countries ) a potent weapon in contemporary industrial relations to be used , on occasion , against the unions . |
| 17 | Economic recovery , coupled with the current low-inflation environment in borrowers ' financial positions . |
| 18 | This study involves the secondary analysis of data collected as part of a major longitudinal study of pupils ' progress and development and the effects of primary schools in the inner London area during the 1980s . |
| 19 | Evaluative , in that comparative aggregated information about pupils ' achievements can be used as an indicator of where there needs to be further effort , resources , changes in the curriculum , etc ; |
| 20 | Robert Kizito of the Africa Church Information Service in Nairobi , Kenya , was appointed Secretary of WACC-AR , replacing James Kangwana of the All African Conference of Churches ' Training Centre , also in Nairobi . |
| 21 | 4.25 Regular internal review of residents ' progress should take place when an escalation of aggression occurs or at any time an officer in charge considers appropriate . |
| 22 | The film opened on a long lingering shot of sponsors ' lorries . |
| 23 | In his view the " pros " of segregation are : i Recruitment of interested specialist staff ii Specially designed environments iii Concentration of resources for dementia , avoiding diffusion of effort iv Special attention to relatives ' needs and the greater acceptability to relatives of a " special unit " v Avoids fear , antagonism and rejection from the non-demented vi Special information , research and teaching are useful spin-offs The " cons " of segregation are : i It is usually a more expensive option ii Admission criteria are difficult to establish — what degree of dementia qualifies ? |
| 24 | With ministerial support they could have more financial control over juniors ' posts and be responsible for verifying the information that units give to purchasers . |
| 25 | One possible explanation for governments ' concern about inflation is that they are fearful that a rising rate may get out of control and develop into a ‘ runaway ’ inflation or hyperinflation . |
| 26 | Intelligence is the analytical process that transforms disaggregated competitor data into relevant , accurate , and usable strategic knowledge about competitors ' position , performance , capabilities , and intentions . |
| 27 | Witley remained the only undefeated team in ladies ' division two when they extended their run at the expense of Grange ‘ B ’ . |
| 28 | In fact , it is basically seen as the professionals banding together to protect their own — especially so when set against the various Royal College of Surgeons ' statements that testing of patients after operative accidents is reasonable whether or not the patient agrees . |
| 29 | It is particularly notable that neither in the mines nor in the other industries nationalised at that time was there any substantial movement towards workers ' control . |
| 30 | greater parental involvement in pupils ' learning ; |