Example sentences of "my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Because Kingman was deemed unsatisfactory , my Working Group was chosen carefully by Mr Baker , with the assistance of Mrs Angela Rumbold , Minister of State at the DES , to reflect a more conservative stance to the teaching of English . |
| 32 | When I first met my Working Group I was astonished to discover that they were far more progressive in outlook than the members of the Kingman Committee . |
| 33 | The only linguist on my Working Group , Professor Michael Stubbs ( Professor of Education at the University of London Institute of Education ) , proved more radical than Professor Brown in his ideas about the teaching of language , and was deeply concerned about the problems of British ethnic communities and of multi-cultural education . |
| 34 | My Working Group was small , only nine in number , including myself . |
| 35 | My Working Group co-operated very well together , and we enjoyed our weekly meetings . |
| 36 | Throughout our discussions my Working Group was very anxious to compose chapters which would make clear our rationale to teachers and politicians of good will . |
| 37 | To my surprise my Working Group insisted after a lively debate that we kept the weighting at 33⅓ per cent for 14 year olds . |
| 38 | The Kingman Report proved to be of great value to my Working Group . |
| 39 | On 29 April 1988 , when both the Kingman Report was published and the membership of my Working Group announced , the press presumed that I was to lead a Group which would make firm recommendations on grammar , in contrast to the equivocations of Kingman . |
| 40 | Therefore it was not possible for my Working Group to prescribe a single policy which would suit all circumstances . |
| 41 | My Working Group recommended that knowledge about language should be an integral part of work in English , not a separate body of knowledge to be added on to the traditional English curriculum . |
| 42 | My Working Group felt that there is evidence that such an approach should help to improve pupils ' sensitivity to their own use of language . |
| 43 | My Working Group was solely concerned to allow teachers the freedom to choose , and to prevent another media extravaganza about essential books in the canon . |
| 44 | In my Working Group 's recommendations for the teaching of literature we tried to balance the arguments for national unity with the need for a curriculum which respected the present cultural diversity of our society ( the same desire for unity and diversity underpins our recommendations on Standard English and dialects ) . |
| 45 | I was very determined that drama activities would play a central role in the English curriculum , and I found my Working Group were unanimous in supporting this approach . |
| 46 | I was pleased that the supplementary guidance for the terms of reference for my Working Group mentioned both information technology ( IT ) and media studies : ‘ English teaching will provide one appropriate context … for developing information handling skills , … and for media studies … |
| 47 | In this respect my Working Group were following the path already trodden by the Swann Committee . |
| 48 | I do n't want the mess spreading back into my working world . |
| 49 | The belief , sincerely held by many of my working class contemporaries , that teaching was a much better job than many of the others which were open to them , no longer applies . |
| 50 | My Spanish players must have a strong , physical approach . ’ |
| 51 | Culturally I must acknowledge my Spanish blood , but my sympathies are for the Quechua experience . |
| 52 | As my Spanish accountant said , Spain is so far behind not only will it not be ready for 1992 in that year , but it will not be ready by 2092 . |
| 53 | I recall the days when the unseen sounds of a muck spreader would seriously unsettle my solid cob . |
| 54 | There was my plate on the wall beside me , a symbol of my solid importance . |
| 55 | Why , my merest whim sends tour managers into fits of gloom ! |
| 56 | ‘ I played for my junior school in Barnsley then progressed through the various Yorkshire representative teams . |
| 57 | About being a surname of someone who went to my junior school . |
| 58 | During the debate , the right hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent ( Mr. Foot ) referred , not unkindly , to my junior position in the Government . |
| 59 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 60 | In the meantime , if you want to ask questions , come to me , not to my junior staff . |