Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] in [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even this conservative estimate of problem loans amounts to a striking 8% of the total loans in banks ' portfolios . |
| 2 | I would contend that the scapegoating of the education system , in general , and of certain local authorities , in particular , has acted as a diversionary tactic for the inadequacies of central government responses to the funding of the state education system , their failure to stem the spiralling decline in teachers ' morale and the pitiful attempt to provide real job opportunities for school leavers . |
| 3 | The industry is expected to excuse itself by highlighting the last-minute change in voters ' allegiances , reflected in the last polls . |
| 4 | Some causes , he suggests , arise from texts themselves : the difficulty of apprehending the full range of meaning , and the inevitable differences in readers ' reactions to sound and imagery . |
| 5 | Understandably , the great issue in members ' minds is what will the changes due in 1997 mean to them as individuals and to the Branch as an organisation . |
| 6 | The growing trend in directors ' personal liability , which some would argue assumes a superhuman omniscience about what is happening within the company at all times , means an effective plan driving awareness and responsibility down through the organisation is increasingly essential . |
| 7 | David Hagen , meanwhile , played from the start for the first time in Rangers ' colours and scored after he had knocked the ball over Tortolano 's head inside the penalty box , killed it on his chest and then struck a volley beyond Burridge . |
| 8 | I am open to contradiction , but so far as I understand , the Association as such , played no direct part either in the recent increases in apprentices ' salaries , which were reviewed automatically , nor in the revival of their indenture , which is the result of a tortuous and painfully slow consideration by the Law Society . |
| 9 | Holding only the final outcome to be significant denies the continuous shifts in members ' goals , attitudes , satisfactions and interactions . |
| 10 | You 'll have the sharp improvement in shareholders ' funds resulting from the write back of good will on the Elserver disposal and the consequent reduction in net borrowings , from four hundred and five to a hundred and eighteen million . |
| 11 | And McCall , the driving force in Rangers ' 2–1 European Cup win at Elland Road , said : ‘ Leeds have great character and ability and I hope they go on to do well this season , but it will be difficult for them to pick themselves up from this . |
| 12 | The amount of the non-equity interest in shareholders ' funds should now be analysed between the amounts attributable to different classes of non-equity shares . |
| 13 | The maximum fine in magistrates ' courts will be increased from £400 to £1,000 . |
| 14 | But while Ride and TFC took the indie way out of obscurity , gaining success by giggling like hell while maintaining a strong position in Sounds ' indie charts , Five Thirty bit the big one and signed to a major , East West . |
| 15 | But while Ride and TFC took the indie way out of obscurity , gaining success by giggling like hell while maintaining a strong position in Sounds ' indie charts , Five Thirty bit the big one and signed to a major , East West . |
| 16 | The first is a perceptible change in judges ' attitudes to judicial review . |
| 17 | Ata'i , in his biography of Molla Shams al-Din ( d. 982/1575 ) , writes that " he traversed a few ranks in medreses ' before turning to medicine ; in this case it is clear that these medreses are well below the level . |
| 18 | He detected a marked change in buyers ' tastes towards pieces dating from the latter part of the eighteenth century and away from seventeenth-century , Louis XIV and Regence work , traditional areas for major collectors . |
| 19 | It also highlights significant regional variations , possibly reflecting a marked difference in schools ' approach to discipline . |
| 20 | In fact no one argues that the marked increase in provision to service this model ( Department of Education and Science 1978b Ling and Davies 1984 ) has led to a marked improvement in pupils ' behaviour . |
| 21 | The regular CBI surveys and the regular Department of Employment labour force survey show that over the 1980s — this is the answer to the hon. Member for Newport , East ( Mr. Hughes ) — there has been a consistent increase in employers ' commitment to training , even in this current recession . |
| 22 | We show that the variety of the types together with the noise prevents a large jump in agents ' strategies from complete ignorance to complete knowledge . |
| 23 | One experienced key worker reported a great improvement in carers ' satisfaction with services organized under the care programme approach , which he attributed to their participation and consultation . |
| 24 | Haughey 's espousal of liberal reforms was seen as a response to the shock result of the November 1990 presidential election [ see p. 37868 ] , in which the victory of Mary Robinson , a woman supported by the Labour Party and the Workers ' Party , was seen as reflecting a major shift in voters ' attitudes and a challenge to the traditional political dominance of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael . |
| 25 | Parents in my constituency are anxious that teachers should be properly remunerated because teachers with low morale are bad teachers , and they are particularly concerned that there might just be a slight possibility of a Labour Government next year , with a resultant cut in teachers ' real pay , as happened when Labour was last in office . |
| 26 | While the Government are rightly pursuing the pay review body , which I believe and certainly hope will result in a substantial rise in teachers ' pay , they are simultaneously engaged — not before time — in asking serious questions about some of the methods used in our schools , most recently in primary schools . |
| 27 | Moreover , notwithstanding the different degrees to which individual teachers appeared to have taken on board the implications for progressive pedagogies , we believe that a substantial improvement in teachers ' awareness of the potential of the library as a central resource , and of the development of information-handling skills entailed therein , was a real consequence of the project in this school . |
| 28 | The car allowance , a key item in reporters ' lives and in getting them out of the office — was fixed at Option B — 15p a mile . |
| 29 | These show that there has been a gradual improvement in girls ' performance in mathematics relative to that of boys . |
| 30 | For example , in the old 16+ system , despite a gradual improvement in girls ' achievements ( see , for example , the table below ) , each year more boys than girls were entered for O level mathematics , and of those who entered , a higher proportion of boys than girls obtained grade A. At CSE , the entry ( and pass ) rate of girls has in recent years been higher than that of boys — but boys have obtained the most grade I passes . |