Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Times story is interesting because it links the report on the Commission 's activities with the Royal Society , a body which had become embroiled in official political-scientific propaganda exercises before , such as the five-year study of acid rain financed by the Central Electricity Generating Board . |
| 2 | However little his colleagues liked Lewis 's activities as a lay evangelist , there can be no doubt about his tremendous impact on the church of his day . |
| 3 | Women in Asia will play an increasingly important part in WACC 's activities during the coming year , starting with the launch , in January 1993 , of the Asian Network of Women in Communication ( ANWIC ) . |
| 4 | More interesting to the historian are this book 's accounts of MI5 's activities on the counter-subversive front — chiefly against the British Fascists , the Communist Party of Great Britain , and the Peace Pledge Union — and of its interminable behind-the-scenes wrangles with other government agencies , especially SIS . |
| 5 | In an unprecedented move extending NATO 's activities to the humanitarian field , NATO Foreign Ministers agreed in Brussels on Dec. 19 to approve plans granting food aid to the Soviet Union and to " assist in the transportation and distribution of humanitarian assistance " . |
| 6 | This kind of parent ( let us take the mother as our example ) attempts to direct her child 's activities in a rational manner determined by the issues involved in particular disciplinary situations . |
| 7 | In the first quarter issue of Wood News we featured the Group 's activities in the Middle East . |
| 8 | Some of BT 's activities in the Eastern bloc countries centre on consultancy or training , but it 's also able to provide some telecommunication links on its own account . |
| 9 | The tax rebate relating to prior years ' tax paid was recognised in last year 's accounts as an extraordinary tax credit , but has been included in taxation on profit on ordinary activities in these accounts in accordance with FRS3 . |
| 10 | A parallel is drawn with criticism of a company 's accounts by the Financial Reporting Review Panel . |
| 11 | There are three bells in the tower — age unknown — but they were mentioned in the churchwarden 's accounts in the 17th century . |
| 12 | John Bowlby 's discussions about the fundamental importance of a continuous , warm mother-child relationship to mental health have been particularly influential over the last three decades ( Bowlby , 1951 ; 1969 ; 1973 ; 1980 ) . |
| 13 | ( 9 ) If the consideration is to include a cash underwritten alternative , it may be necessary for the consideration shares agreed to be purchased from accepting shareholders by underwriters to be the subject of an offer to the bidder 's shareholders on a pre-emptive basis . |
| 14 | Touche Ross faced the wrath of Trafalgar House 's shareholders at a stormy agm last month , following Trafalgar 's restatement of its 1991 results . |
| 15 | ( b ) in return for the cancellation of the shares of the target 's shareholders , the delivery by the bidder to the target 's shareholders of the agreed consideration ( eg cash and/or securities in the bidder ) ; |
| 16 | The use of all other opportunities for a director 's own benefit must first be approved by the company 's shareholders in a general meeting , with full disclosure of all material facts . |
| 17 | When one firm is sufficiently large it is difficult for another firm to raise the money to buy out all the first firm 's shareholders in a contested takeover bid . |
| 18 | On the same day a winding up order was issued in the Cayman Islands against BCCI ( Overseas ) , which controlled the bank 's operations in the western hemisphere . |
| 19 | The firm is intended to act as a focal point for Kam 's operations in the Far East and to further expand Kode 's activities in the region . |
| 20 | In 1895 his article ‘ An Ideal Suburban House ’ , published in the Studio , exposed Scott 's talents to a wider audience and he received his first commissions from the mainland . |
| 21 | The pricing system thus reveals people 's preferences in a realistic way . |
| 22 | The Guardian newspaper , in partnership with the Royal Institute for the Blind and associates has launched a system that enables the entire editorial text of the newspaper to be transmitted nightly via Teletext on Channel 4 television 's frequencies to a personal computer , which can read the text in a synthesised voice to blind and partially sighted people : those that can afford an £8,000 Braille terminal can also read the text that way , and it can also be displayed in large print on the screen for those with poor sight ; the text is structured so that readers can scan the headlines and choose the items that interest them ; the paper will be marketed , serviced and supported by Electronic Text Networks Associates Ltd of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , a commercial venture one third owned by the Guardian and the charity ; the other shareholders , each with a third share , are Aptech Ltd , which specialises in computer aids for disabled people , and Intelligent Research Ltd , which made the hardware for the system ; the decoder board for the personal computer is £400 , plus about £500 for a speech synthesizer ; the annual subscription to the electronic paper is £160 and the partners hope that other papers will decide to go onto the system . |
| 23 | Entering appearance simply involves writing the name of the defender 's solicitors on the principal Summons kept by the Court authorities . |
| 24 | The searches are listed below and should be submitted by the purchaser 's solicitors at the earliest opportunity . |
| 25 | A measured degree of crushing pressure had been applied , and Jenner had noted the animal 's reactions on a Richter-like scale of his own devising : loud crying , sweating paws , panting . |
| 26 | Other similarities between the suicide and the anorexic seem to me to relate to the individual 's reactions to an impinging world . |
| 27 | When general it ordains a standard , which however has not more but less authority than the particular choice , since it depends on a generalization about everyone 's reactions in a recurring situation , which is as vulnerable to exceptions as any other generalization . |
| 28 | Mahmoud would be going over Zoser 's contacts with a fine-tooth comb and , especially after their last exchange , Owen did not want to queer his pitch . |
| 29 | In an institution which prides itself on keeping politicians at arm 's length ( a rare achievement in Italy ) , Mr Dini 's contacts with the former government of Giulio Andreotti were unpopular . |
| 30 | The lack of welfare officers , the rarity of home leave , the concept of visits and letter-writing as a privilege which could be withdrawn as a punishment , and the denial of permission to keep family photographs , were all indications of an absence of serious interest in helping to maintain a prisoner 's contacts with the outside world . |