Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun] ' " 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 | 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 | 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 . |
4 | The nurse is there to make the nursing contribution to the solution , amelioration or prevention of the patients ' actual or potential problems . |
5 | He said the region did not accept the accuracy or validity of the psychologists ' findings . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Perhaps a major inhibitor of change was the teacher action that term over the teachers ' pay claim . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Fund-holding practices are gaining ground in popularity , and patients are certainly enjoying the extra benefits that flow from the GPs ' scheme . |
12 | The Treasury estimates that abolition of the pensioners ' earnings rule could cost £565m by 1991 , to be met out of reserves . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | " 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 . " |
16 | It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid . |
17 | 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 ] . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | So far , probably because of the expense and uncertainty of the courts ' view , the number of cases is very limited . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | This balancing of floor patterns is also matched by the rise and fall of the dancers ' bodies , heads and arms . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Ken Tyrell , head of the Tyrell Racing Organisation and leader of a members ' action group opposed to the deal , says : ‘ I 'm not involved in this business anymore , but I 'm sure the new board will sort it out . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | But the conductor can focus the horn player 's skill and knowledge on the musicians ' joint performance . |
29 | Underground fungi filaments supply nutrients and water to the trees ' roots . |
30 | ( b ) the initial composition and constitution of the students ' association . ’ |