Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] on [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The petition is being organised by Stowmarket Traders ' Association , which is concerned about the effect on traders ' business of a pedestrian priority scheme introduced last August . |
| 2 | These issues came to a head with the appointment of the Committee on Ministers ' Powers in 1929 . |
| 3 | [ F ] ew reports have assembled so much wisdom whilst proving so completely useless , as the Report of the Committee on Ministers ' Powers … |
| 4 | Particular attention will be paid to the impact of the reforms on teachers ' classroom goals . |
| 5 | Most of the tax on individuals ' gains is now charged at 40% . |
| 6 | But he is feared by militants to be considering adopting Lime Street-inspired suggestions of a cap on members ' losses of 100 per cent of their underwriting capacity . |
| 7 | But he is feared by militants to be considering adopting Lime Street-inspired suggestions of a cap on members ' losses of 100 per cent of their underwriting capacity . |
| 8 | This second phase of INDECS will be tied in with the computerisation of the Home Office 's confidential suspects index — a list of names which officers in the immigration service carry with them to check against the names on travellers ' passports . |
| 9 | It would not be surprising if there were ; if science courses tended to act as a brake on students ' intellectual formation . |
| 10 | This conflict of interests would not be so bad if teaching was seen to have an equal claim with the others on doctors ' time , but too often it is pushed into last position in the list of priorities . |
| 11 | After an excellent lunch , the meeting reconvened with the session on visitors ' questions . |
| 12 | It also approved the Democracy and the Individual review , proposing : To replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber ; Devolved assemblies for Scotland , Wales , and the regions of England ; Unification of Ireland only by consent of the majority in the North ; A Freedom of Information Act ; A Ministry for Women ; A Department of Legal Administration to run the courts ; Extend legal aid ; A statutory duty on local councils to provide integrated child care services for the under-fives ; A Children 's Commissioner to act as an ombudsman on childrens ' rights ; Firm opposition to reform of the voting system for the House of Commons . |
| 13 | The judgment on what constitutes an emergency for the purpose of deviating from the rules on drivers ' hours merits close attention . |
| 14 | This chapter considers : ( 1 ) experts ' rights to fees and expenses ( 14.2 ) ; ( 2 ) arbitral immunity for experts pre — 1975 ( 14.3 ) ; ( 3 ) the change in the law on certifiers ' liability ( 14.4 ) ; ( 4 ) the current law under which experts are not immune ( 14.5 ) ; ( 5 ) the obsolete concept of the " quasi-arbitrator " ( 14.6 ) ; ( 6 ) the liability of experts for professional negligence ( 14.7 ) ; ( 7 ) three alleged duties of experts ( 14.7 – 14.10 ) ; and ( 8 ) the liability of experts in tort ( 14.11 ) . |
| 15 | The data from WIRS did not always show that establishments where trade unions were recognised or where union density was high were also less likely than others to use temporary workers [ see Table 3.9–10 ] , but there were good reasons to explain this — not least the absence of a question in the survey on employers ' use of casual workers . |
| 16 | Not that the Manner — which he intended should be so admired later in the week on Parents ' Evening — was particularly in evidence on the Monday , as he sat at his study desk and went over the plans for that event with his wife . |
| 17 | There he was , in a race on Sports ' Day , his skinny , uncoordinated limbs flung out in all directions , galloping clumsily round the track at least half a lap behind everybody else . |
| 18 | As with open-market operations and ordinary funding , the sale of securities to the private sector leads to a squeeze on banks ' balances at the Bank of England . |
| 19 | As the years have passed , he 's started waiting for us at the door on visitors ' days . |