Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leapor 's response to the discomforts of agricultural labourers must be approached at different levels . |
| 2 | This may have been Swegen 's response to the attempts by Æthelred to get Norman help reported by Henry of Huntingdon under 1009 . |
| 3 | The findings were based on interviews with 501 people — a representative sample of Lothian 's population — and featured in the Regional Council 's response to the plans for reform . |
| 4 | BRAC 'S RESPONSE TO THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDIES |
| 5 | Mr Sim was chairman of the North East Water Board from 1970-75 and played a crucial role in the authority 's response to the needs of the developing North Sea oil industry . |
| 6 | Mr Sim was chairman of the North east Water Board from 1970-75 and played a crucial role in the authority 's response to the needs of the developing North Sea oil industry . |
| 7 | The learned judge held that the defendants ‘ intended ’ to interfere with the plaintiff 's contract for the purposes of this tort . |
| 8 | And did you read Bill Davis 's defence of the moneychangers in the temple , Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on the last supper ( ‘ my partner chose the water then asked for it to be changed to wine ’ ) , David Thomas 's theory that Cain was framed by a feminist group ? |
| 9 | It happens to be part of a small chain of hotels , but you can ignore the broader aspects of the company 's activities for the purposes of this particular case and treat it simply as a problem in unit management . |
| 10 | The Quaker mine-owners could hardly avoid the site 's exposure to the ravages of moorland weather , but they provided for the welfare of their employees , with sick pay and adult education schemes that became models for other employers . |
| 11 | Here , too , Richard Titmuss 's exposure of the inadequacies of the ‘ residual ’ model of the welfare state bears re-examination : so does his healthy disrespect for econometric models as a foundation for social policy . |
| 12 | I did notice that Eva 's absorption in the particulars of Dad 's life had waned . |
| 13 | Company No 00330 of 1991 ex p Holden [ 1991 ] BCC 241 , the service of a transfer notice was a requirement imposed by the company 's board under the Articles of Association . |
| 14 | A firm of stockbrokers whose job it was to advise R Co 's shareholders on the merits of the offer , concluded that the offer was unsatisfactory . |
| 15 | Conversely , a credible purchaser following the proactive approach may be able to persuade the target 's shareholders of the merits of its offer ( for example , a strong strategic fit and synergistic benefits reflected in its offer price ) and so discourage the shareholders from approaching other possible purchasers and risk damaging the business through a loss of confidence . |
| 16 | When Nietzsche is quoted directly as arguing that " tropes are not something that can be added or subtracted from language at will ; they are its truest nature " , de Man 's paraphrase seems innocuous : The mode of paraphrase frees de Man from the obligation of theoretical presence in his discourse while still allowing him to translate Nietzsche 's text into the terms of his own problematic . |
| 17 | One reason why no such demonstration is possible is the fact that a variety of factors are involved in a scientist 's judgement of the merits of a scientific theory . |
| 18 | The DES accompanied the report with Circular 11/77 , ‘ The Training of Teachers for Further Education ’ , in which it declared the Secretary of State 's support for the proposals in principle , together with the hope that an early start would be made on their implementation , ‘ so far as this is possible within existing resources ’ . |
| 19 | Whilst there is so much contrary scientific opinion with regard to the dangers arising from asbestos dust , it is difficult to understands the IDA 's reliance upon the opinions of Professor McDonald when it is known that he derives a large share of his research funds from the asbestos industry itself . |
| 20 | Devlin suggests that , at first , he read the Wolfenden Report 's formulation of the functions of the criminal law with ‘ complete approval ’ . |
| 21 | Mr E. O. Warner of James Purdey & Sons Ltd. with his original entry in the firm 's ledger for the guns in the Dolls ' House , 65 years after writing it . |
| 22 | The Irish government reaffirmed that it was seeking a European Community investigation into the British Government 's part in the negotiations with Digital to save the Ayr plant . |
| 23 | Yet these lines contain an anger which is encountered again and again in her work , that from the constraints of a girl 's upbringing to the tyrannies of marriage , there is small hope of a woman achieving the life she wants . |
| 24 | I feel that Golding 's description of the attitudes of the boys is much more realistic than that of ‘ Coral Island ’ because boys are violent and are not always good . |
| 25 | The publisher 's description of the contents of a book , printed on the paper jacket back cover or on a promotional leaflet . |
| 26 | What a relief then to read Charles Dickens 's description of the miseries of feeling seasick without actually being sick . |
| 27 | The learning and ingenuity of those members of the foundation who are likely to be in dispute with the foundation should not be lightly underestimated and I believe to admit certiorari to challenge the visitor 's decision on the grounds of error of law will in practice prove to be the introduction of an appeal by another name . |
| 28 | In my judgment , therefore , if there were a statutory provision that the decision of a visitor on the law applicable to internal disputes of a charity was to be ‘ final and conclusive , ’ courts would have no jurisdiction to review the visitor 's decision on the grounds of error of law made by the visitor within his jurisdiction ( in the narrow sense ) . |
| 29 | The judge clearly adopted the right test — was this mother 's decision in the circumstances of the case within the bank of what a reasonable mother would do — and he was entitled to say ‘ No , it was not ’ . |
| 30 | And although their analyses overlapped only in the margins , there was a burst of literary bitchiness when Mr Radice 's enthusiasm for the opportunties of the Common Market was excoriated by the other three . |