Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are allowed to read out agreed statements in libel cases in the High Court and to act as advocates in Crown Courts at committals for sentence or at appeals against conviction or sentence from a magistrates ' court if they took part in the original hearing . |
| 2 | These are two rather different purposes , the first relating more to a summative statement which could be used to inform parents or employers of the pupils ' knowledge and skills . |
| 3 | Almost 40 per cent of such problems were attributed in whole or part to the pupils ' characteristics whilst in about 65 per cent of cases the home was thought to be wholly or partly to blame . |
| 4 | Scripts discussed will be original screenplays or adaptations of the writers ' own work . |
| 5 | He said the RSSPCC would unconditionally oppose the programme ‘ on the simple principle that this can do nothing except prolong the distress and damage of the children , ’ regardless of the rights or wrongs of the authorities ' handling of the case . |
| 6 | This may include lecture preparation , presentation , research for a publication or article in the members ' own name or research for a new piece of work to be undertaken . |
| 7 | Indeed , the team was so anxious to give recognition at last to the importance of the content of any particular drama , that it seems almost to be reinforcing the dualistic assumption that drama is about attitudes or ideas in the children 's heads to be explored and then expressed through the medium . |
| 8 | The nurse is there to make the nursing contribution to the solution , amelioration or prevention of the patients ' actual or potential problems . |
| 9 | He said the region did not accept the accuracy or validity of the psychologists ' findings . |
| 10 | The scientists involved , including Douglas Higgs , the chief scientific officer for the Crown during the Maguire trial , had not told the trial that substances other than nitroglycerine on the defendants ' hands could have given a positive reading , or that " rogue " positive results could occur , nor had they disclosed this to the May inquiry . |
| 11 | Although opposition to the bondholders ' position was voiced loudly at the 1978 Annual General Meeting — when R.C.E. ( Robert ) Naish ( a non-bondholder with a penchant for quoting Shakespeare ) became President — it at least caused the bondholders to consider the question of their status . |
| 12 | Perhaps a major inhibitor of change was the teacher action that term over the teachers ' pay claim . |
| 13 | The same study reports pickets laying traps for tappers by directing them to wrong venues ( Coulter , Miller , and Walker , 1984 : 46 ) Although telephone-tapping during the miners ' strike was relatively well publicized , it is allegedly by no means a new phenomenon in the policing of industrial disputes . |
| 14 | This meant that details of the Governors ' procedures , which might seem unimportant to outsiders — such as whether they watched a contested programme in advance of its first transmission — sometimes had great symbolic importance for the broadcasters . |
| 15 | Unless an appeal committee comes to the conclusion that compliance with the parents ' preference would prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources , the local education authority remains under a duty to comply with the expressed preference and if they fail to do so they are in breach of duty . |
| 16 | Increasingly , it is hoped that members of the schools ' staffs will join staff and students in college . |
| 17 | Fund-holding practices are gaining ground in popularity , and patients are certainly enjoying the extra benefits that flow from the GPs ' scheme . |
| 18 | The Treasury estimates that abolition of the pensioners ' earnings rule could cost £565m by 1991 , to be met out of reserves . |
| 19 | The view is gaining ground that , if Ms Campbell does not win more than 40% of the delegates ' votes on the first ballot , Mr Charest will take the crown with the help of Mr Edwards 's backers . |
| 20 | The information stored includes names and addresses of existing and potential customers together with details of the customers ' operations and views on the customers ' credit worthiness , payment facilities , discounts , etc . |
| 21 | Before asserting that the deceptive appearance of a grasshopper or butterfly is unnecessarily detailed , we must first ascertain what are the powers of perception and discrimination of the insects ' natural enemies . |
| 22 | To the general invalidity of infants ' contracts the Common Law recognized the exceptions of contracts for necessaries and contracts for the infants ' benefit , and these exceptions are not affected by statute . |
| 23 | The ARFU indicated in 1990 their intention to play South Africa when announcing details of the proposed 1992 and 1993 incoming Springbok tours and plans for the Wallabies ' deviation to South Africa en route to the tour of Ireland and Wales . |
| 24 | The opening paper , by Mary Midgley , discusses the central issue of the possibility and necessity of a women 's point of view . |
| 25 | American Ann Marden ( 80 ) , silver medallist in the Seoul Olympics and winner of the women 's division for the past four seasons , will be the first woman to start , the next highest woman being British international Alison Gill ( 363 ) . |
| 26 | A good unit can be extremely supportive to the teacher but should not decrease the role that he alone can play best , ie , picking up and building on the pupils ' reactions and suggestions . |
| 27 | " We can not close the report without mentioning the great satisfaction expressed by the Mayor and Corporation and Inhabitants of the Town of Stockport at the re-establishment of the School , and the high sense they entertained of the liberality and kindness of the Goldsmiths ' Company . " |
| 28 | It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid . |
| 29 | Yet both Labour MPs and Euro-MPs in the Tories ' Christian Democrat sister parties believe the provision has been over-hyped . |
| 30 | There will also be sheltered women only workshops and songs from the women 's perspective . |