Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of these articles referred to the activities of the Parents ' Rights Group , to the joblessness and homelessness that had caused lesbians and gays to seek support from councils in the first place , to the findings of the Gay Teenage Group survey about the intimidation and isolation of lesbian and gay teenagers in state schools , to the menace of fundamentalism — or to any other feature of our oppression . |
| 2 | Thus a detailed criticism in " The Observer " of the activities of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party was justified , despite proof that some allegations were untrue : the jury found that the inaccuracies could not " materially injure " plaintiffs who had been depicted in an otherwise truthful light . |
| 3 | Whig lawyers , such as Treby and Somers , served as counsel for the defence in the bishops ' trial , a curious development considering the mutual antipathy between bishops and Whigs during the Exclusion Crisis . |
| 4 | The fourth response is more to do with the response of the women 's movement to adult education than the other way round and about welcoming adult education as just one more arena in the battle for women 's liberation . |
| 5 | The response to the miners ' action , both in Romania and abroad , was generally one of condemnation , although the opposition and some observers also emphasised the government 's responsibility for creating a situation in which such riots could occur . |
| 6 | she got the forms from the teachers ' training college at er , at Shipley near er near where we were |
| 7 | The knock-on effect of the advancement of the women 's game has also led to refreshing developments at girls ' level . |
| 8 | The plaintiff must be the ‘ target ’ of the combination but if he is , on this view , the advancement of the defendants ' own interests does not justify the use of unlawful means . |
| 9 | The Sex Disqualification ( Removal ) Act of 1919 paved the way for changes in women 's employment rights , but the weakness of the Women 's Movement in that period meant that the Act remained a dead letter . |
| 10 | There was no one about ; the swings in the children 's play area hung motionless and the only sound from the swimming-pool was the hum of the filtration plant . |
| 11 | Cooper has vivid memories of his introduction to the rituals of the sergeants ' mess . |
| 12 | Tears jumped into Evelyn 's eyes and she started to hurry in the direction of the girls ' barracks , ignoring the missiles which caught her on the back and arms or dropped uselessly on either side . |
| 13 | It is likely to be waterproof and windproof and there is additional protection should someone be foolish enough to fire a shot in the direction of the ferrets ' container while bolting rabbits . |
| 14 | There was a loud frightening scream from the direction of the children 's pool , and Shelley was on her feet and making for the source of the scream before Rosie had finished speaking . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , estimates had already been obtained for the provision of a nurses ' recreation room and tennis courts for the nursing staff . |
| 16 | This is used as a landing strip for the inter-island air service which , in the absence of roads , is the backbone of the islands ' communication system . |
| 17 | I arranged initially to meet the doctors and once again found myself confronting ‘ the dreaded Grabham ’ , as Barbara Castle described Anthony ( now Sir Anthony ) Grabham , the distinguished surgeon who was the backbone of the doctors ' resistance and the most recalcitrant in reaching any compromise of his firm belief that the state had no concern in directing their destiny . |
| 18 | It has the support of the farmworkers ' unions , not to mention soil technicians and mental-health professionals . |
| 19 | The support from the Parents ' Action Committee continued to grow . |
| 20 | Drawing on the style of Russian avant-garde work the collages attempt to convey the struggle of the sitters ' lives , using grey and blue wrapping paper with scraps of black and red card and silver foil . |
| 21 | Solicitors are allowed to form service companies , subject to the following conditions : ( 1 ) membership of the company must be limited to members or partners of the firm , admitted solicitors holding practising certificates , retired partners of the firm and dependants of retired or deceased partners ; ( 2 ) the books of the company must be made available where the Council of the Law Society require an inspection of the accounts under the Solicitors ' Accounts Rules 1991 . |
| 22 | However , this depends on the existence of a sellers ' market ( exporters in a strong bargaining position ) which might not always exist ; the importer might insist on being invoiced in his own currency . |
| 23 | By this time , the trade was completely unionized , and the existence of the women 's section of the union gave the group a certain coherence and identity ; so much so that to avoid overloading the present chapter , the union 's creation and activity is discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 24 | Rodd was the man who brought to Britain 's attention the existence of the Children 's Film Foundation , a body never heard of before or since . |
| 25 | The admission of the taxpayers ' children to the school therefore did not involve the school in losing full fees which would otherwise have been paid by members of the public for the places which the taxpayers ' children occupied . |
| 26 | All the costs of running the school ( staff salaries , provision of buildings and grounds etc. ) would have had to be incurred in any event : the admission of the taxpayers ' children did not increase these basic expenses in any way . |
| 27 | They may lead to the award of a masters ' degree , a postgraduate diploma or certificate , a post-experience diploma or certificate , or a second degree . |
| 28 | That lack of sensitivity has not made her especially popular in the locker room , but she has nevertheless gained enough respect to be selected to the board of the Women 's Tennis Association over many years , and she currently serves as its President . |
| 29 | Held , dismissing the appeal ( Lord Keith of Kinkel and Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle dissenting ) , that although the common law had previously only admitted recovery of money exacted under an unlawful demand by a public authority where the payment had been made under a mistake of fact or under limited categories of compulsion , which did not apply to the payments by the building society , the nature of a demand for tax or similar impost on the citizen by the state , with the perceived economic and social consequences of non-payment stemming from the inequality of the parties ' respective positions , and the unjust enrichment falling on the state where the citizen paid an unlawful demand to avoid those consequences , warranted a reformulation of the law of restitution so as to recognise a prima facie right of recovery based solely on payment of money pursuant to an ultra vires demand by a public authority ; and that , accordingly , since the building society 's claim fell outside the statutory framework governing repayment of overpaid tax , it was entitled at common law to repayment of the sums from the dates of payments and to interest in respect thereof pursuant to section 35A of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ( post , pp. 384H , 387D , F–G , 389B , 390F — 391C , E–F , 392E , 396C , 414B–C , F–G , 415E–F , 416A–B , 417B , 418A–C , E–F , 421D–F , G ) . |
| 30 | Lamps lighting the desks at the nurses ' station were the brightest things in this open central space , and one of the lamps was catching Tom 's hair in its light , giving the short locks a golden glow like a halo , and bringing his commanding profile into sharp focus . |