Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The nurse is there to make the nursing contribution to the solution , amelioration or prevention of the patients ' actual or potential problems . |
| 4 | He said the region did not accept the accuracy or validity of the psychologists ' findings . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Perhaps a major inhibitor of change was the teacher action that term over the teachers ' pay claim . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Fund-holding practices are gaining ground in popularity , and patients are certainly enjoying the extra benefits that flow from the GPs ' scheme . |
| 11 | The Treasury estimates that abolition of the pensioners ' earnings rule could cost £565m by 1991 , to be met out of reserves . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | " 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 . " |
| 15 | It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid . |
| 16 | So far , probably because of the expense and uncertainty of the courts ' view , the number of cases is very limited . |
| 17 | They are : the administration of the Crown Court and Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) ; the financing , organization and management of the Magistrates ' courts ; legal aid , legal services , and costs from central funds ( policy and provision ) ; and the appointment , or advice on the appointment , of almost all judges , judicial officers and magistrates in England and Wales , and in Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | In April 1992 , the month in which responsibility for the financing , organization and management of the Magistrates ' courts passed to the Lord Chancellor 's Department , machinery of government changes made in the aftermath of the General Election transferred five existing Home Office functions to other departments . |
| 19 | An important change in the balance within the industrial movement , and hence within the Labour Party , was brought about by the decline in numbers and influence of the Miners ' Federation of Great Britain . |
| 20 | This balancing of floor patterns is also matched by the rise and fall of the dancers ' bodies , heads and arms . |
| 21 | IF Evander Holyfield 's fists prove as fast and slick as the promoters ' tongues have been these past few days , his world heavyweight title defence against Riddick Bowe tonight promises to be a masterpiece . |
| 22 | Our study has collected data from 10 first wave fundholding practices and seven non-fundholding practices to measure their use of hospital care ( inpatient and outpatient ) , the speed and nature of the hospitals ' response to requests from the practices , prescribing patterns and costs , and any innovations or changes introduced in practice based facilities , as well as monitoring the views and experience of general practitioners , hospital consultants , and patients . |
| 23 | But even if the Handscomb decision were fully accepted , I consider that he was entitled to make a distinction ; the difficulty of assessing the requirements of retribution and deterrence from the judges ' tariff in a murder case was a sufficient ground for his reserving the decision in mandatory life sentence cases to himself . |
| 24 | But the conductor can focus the horn player 's skill and knowledge on the musicians ' joint performance . |
| 25 | Underground fungi filaments supply nutrients and water to the trees ' roots . |
| 26 | ( b ) the initial composition and constitution of the students ' association . ’ |
| 27 | Secondly , the LEAs will be required to delegate many of their responsibilities for the management and control of the schools ' budget share , and for the appointment and dismissal of staff , to the governing bodies of the schools ( and of the larger colleges that remain under LEA control ) . |
| 28 | Towards the pure perception end of the spectrum is awareness of opinion polls , awareness of local constituency candidates , awareness of campaign activities by party leaders , and awareness of the parties ' campaign themes . |
| 29 | All the student nurses each had a small room with a desk and bed in the nurses ' home . |
| 30 | he was apprenticed to his uncle , Thomas Stanton ( 1610–1674 ) , master of the Masons ' Company in 1660 and founder of the sculptors ' yard in the parish of St Andrew , Holborn , of which Stonecutter Street possibly marks the site . |