Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [prep] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Scripts discussed will be original screenplays or adaptations of the writers ' own work . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The nurse is there to make the nursing contribution to the solution , amelioration or prevention of the patients ' actual or potential problems . |
| 7 | He said the region did not accept the accuracy or validity of the psychologists ' findings . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Perhaps a major inhibitor of change was the teacher action that term over the teachers ' pay claim . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Increasingly , it is hoped that members of the schools ' staffs will join staff and students in college . |
| 15 | Fund-holding practices are gaining ground in popularity , and patients are certainly enjoying the extra benefits that flow from the GPs ' scheme . |
| 16 | The Treasury estimates that abolition of the pensioners ' earnings rule could cost £565m by 1991 , to be met out of reserves . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | " 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 . " |
| 24 | It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid . |
| 25 | Yet both Labour MPs and Euro-MPs in the Tories ' Christian Democrat sister parties believe the provision has been over-hyped . |
| 26 | A third round of peace talks between the government and the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unity ( URNG ) guerrillas , mediated by the National Reconciliation Commission headed by Rodolfo Quezada Toruño , the Bishop of Zacapa and president of the Bishops ' Conference , took place in the Mexican city of Querétaro on July 22-23 [ see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 for previous rounds ] . |
| 27 | On Dec. 12 delegates elected the Most Rev. Monsengwo Pasinya , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kisangani and president of the Bishops ' Conference , as president of the conference . |
| 28 | Of the 3978 items supplied to readers , 89% were housed in the Main Building , 8% in the Annexe , and 3% in the Advocates ' Library . |
| 29 | So far , probably because of the expense and uncertainty of the courts ' view , the number of cases is very limited . |
| 30 | See Chapter 8 for fuller details of the duties and functions of the creditors ' committee . |