Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] of [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | At the same time , the earnings threshold which forms the boundary between the two rates , which is now aligned with the earnings threshold for payment of full-rate employers ' class I contributions , will go up from £185 per week to £190 per week . |
2 | The interest spread to other disciplines , even to such apparently distant research areas as the relationship between ratings of female singers ' androgyny , and their music genre and record sleeve images ( Thaxton and Jaret 1985 ) . |
3 | Meiriona Davies ( Mrs Bielawski , formerly Mrs Noon ) , is an experienced careers of ficer of twenty years ' standing : ‘ Still doing it , but government policy means we shall probably soon cease to exist as a public service , so I shall no doubt be looking for something else unless by great good fortune the Tories lose power ! ’ |
4 | Its markets collectively contribute in excess of 20% of United Distillers ' profit . |
5 | However , as a matter of principle it annoys Hon. Members to think that Welsh Members should adopt such an attitude , because millions of pounds of English taxpayers ' money are directed towards Wales . |
6 | How state governments approach the budget deficits now facing them will determine whether the coming year sees a further round of downgrading of public authorities ' credit ratings . |
7 | The President of the USSR , as head of state , would be " the guarantor of observance of Soviet citizens ' rights and freedoms and of the USSR Constitution and laws " ; the protector of " the sovereignty of the USSR and union republics and the country 's security and territorial integrity " ; and the supreme representative of the USSR at home and in international relations . |
8 | There was considerable suspicion , for example , of health visitors , deriving from their reputation for criticism of poor mothers ' conduct of their homes and families . |
9 | Generous discounts were available : 33 per cent off the market value for tenants of three years ' standing , rising by 1 per cent a year up to a maximum of 50 per cent after a total of twenty years as a tenant . |
10 | Flowers such as the ox-eyed daisy , poppies , lords and ladies , stitchwort , speedwell , herb Robert , white yarrow and blackberry toad flax were shown along with pictures of dew-laden spiders ' webs draped on flowers . |
11 | They also serve the local community , with exhibitions of local artists ' work and educational music sessions . |
12 | In its new report , the World Bank focused on ( i ) strengthening the skills of African people and institutions ; ( ii ) additional debt relief and increased external aid in support of African countries ' efforts ( from US$15,000 million in 1990 to US$20,000 million by 2000 ) ; and ( iii ) the need for a " global coalition " of donors and beneficiaries to tackle long-term problems . |
13 | On Wednesday , January 23 , activists from the London School of Economics ( LSE ) Abortion Rights Group held a picket outside the Irish Embassy in support of Irish students ' campaign to legalise the provision of abortion information in Ireland . |
14 | Labour opposes discrimination against lesbian mothers and has Annual Conference policy in support of lesbian mothers ' custody rights , but this is quite separate from winning elections — which is what matters most . |
15 | FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough midfielder Gary Hamilton is to have a testimonial match in recognition of ten years ' service . |
16 | Whether he gave the command to open fire in Vilnius and Riga or is cynically refusing to condemn the thuggery of his troops in order to put pressure on the Baltic republics , he has taken the side of order against law , acting in defiance of those republics ' legally elected parliaments . |
17 | Yet judging from the book , the case material lacks an essential element of realism , in spite of 30 years ' development and three editions . |
18 | The second common mistake ( not made in this case ) is to impose a sentence for an either way offence for which the offender has been committed under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.S6 a sentence in excess of six months ' imprisonment , which is possible if the offender is committed for the same offence under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 . |
19 | Juvenile — juvenile subject to maximum term of twelve months ' detention in a young offender institution — effect of sentence in excess of twelve months ' detention in young offender institution — whether Court of Appeal may substitute sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 section 53(2) |
20 | The advantage of this approach is that the analyst 's intuitive notions of " what is going on " in the conversation do not occupy a central role , being replaced instead by an analysis of the talk in terms of other participants ' reactions and responses . |
21 | Gibbons et al. ( 1978a ) demonstrated that treatment by social workers using a standardized task-centred approach ( Reid and Epstein 1972 ) was more effective in terms of improving patients ' social problems than traditional care recommended by psychiatrists , although only for female patients ( Gibbons 1979 ) . |
22 | Almost everyone these days seems to be in favour of developing students ' critical abilities , from the students themselves , through the academic community , to the government , employers and professional bodies . |
23 | The Miners ' Federation of Great Britain , which had passed resolutions in favour of both workers ' control and nationalization , supported state control and in order to avoid industrial conflict the Lloyd George Coalition government set up a royal commission , chaired by Lord Sankey , to investigate the coal industry . |
24 | By 1986 , in 5123 randomly sampled men in Scotland Smith et al found blood pressure recorded in 52% of general practitioners ' records for men aged 40–44 , rising to 74% of those aged 55–59 . |
25 | The waste had originally been exported to Belgium for reprocessing , in contravention of both countries ' laws . |
26 | An official of the Lithuanian Supreme Council claimed on March 18 that Antas Petrauskas Lithuania 's Soviet-appointed state procurator [ see p. 37361 ] , had been seeking to pursue an investigation against Butkevicius on charges of illegal weapons ' possession . |
27 | The new flexi-age retirement provision is unlikely to help you if you move to a new job , since it only applies to employees of 20 years ' standing . |
28 | ( iii ) Practitioners are reminded of the danger of inadvertently holding out persons as partners in a firm by inclusion of both partners ' and non-partners ' names in a list . |
29 | He spent the first three terms as a non-collegiate student ( a ‘ tosher ’ ) , preparing himself for Responsions by means of three hours ' daily tuition directed towards entrance scholarships to Balliol in November and Merton in January ( which he failed to win ) , and then to Lincoln College , which he won easily in March 1898 because of the mature quality of his style and approach in the general essay paper . |