Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun sg] [conj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw this block one sunny August afternoon and although there was no one in sight , there was a murmur of music and children 's voices through windows . |
| 2 | The problem was particularly severe because of the inevitable fly-born contamination of food and babies ' bottles in cities , poor households where food hygiene was difficult , and streets that received the dung from 250,000 horse-drawn vehicles . |
| 3 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 4 | Government industrial policy could make all the difference between a demoralising defeat for workers ' initiatives taken at enterprise level , and the development of inspiring examples of ‘ workers ’ plans ' for socially useful production , popular accountability of management and workers ' self-management . |
| 5 | The effect of the 1979 Act and subsequent case law is that arbitration awards have almost as great a degree of finality as experts ' decisions , and so Megaw LJ 's argument is no longer available . |
| 6 | DETERRED by a quotation of £3,000 for the work , Four Marks Parish Council have decided not to get the mound of earth and builders ' rubble which has accumulated at the village centre levelled . |
| 7 | Results were related to two theoretical issues : children 's implicit theory of teaching and children 's sensitivity to misunderstanding . |
| 8 | That was the ministerial response to Nancy Trenaman 's claim that a nominated body is consistent … with a system of central government control of curriculum and examinations ' . |
| 9 | We have already indicated that investment depends to some extent on the rate of interest and businessmen 's expectations , government spending depends on government policy and exports depend largely on incomes overseas . |
| 10 | When 5,000 miners tried to march in protest to the capital last August , troops halted them , the government declared a state of siege and workers ' leaders were arrested under emergency powers . |
| 11 | • Developing links with local societies and associations , such as the Lions , Rotary , Chamber of Commerce and Women 's Institute . |
| 12 | In many areas such schemes are operated by the local chamber of commerce or residents ' association . |
| 13 | It may be thought the height of irony that Rangers ' goalkeeper should demand this much attention at a club so dominant Goram has known domestic defeat only six times in 18 months since going to Ibrox from Easter Road for £1 million . |
| 14 | An author of over 1,200 published opinions , Brennan was known as a strong opponent of the death penalty , a proponent of minority and women 's rights , and a believer in a broad interpretation of the Constitution . |
| 15 | The rationale for women-only classes in adult education is often explained as a remedial exercise , in terms of women 's lack of confidence and men 's tendency to dominate and monopolise the educational exchange . |
| 16 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 17 | Powell 's portfolios of Labour and Tourism were taken on respectively by Constance Mitcham , Minister of Health and Women 's Affairs , and by Fitzroy Jones , Minister of Trade and Industry . |