Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the restriction was lifted from the Senior Chief Inspector 's annual report about examining the effect on maintained schools of local authorities ' financial and finance-linked resources , it became a report about national quality . |
| 2 | In the same week in which the Wall Street Journal editorial appeared , it was announced in Britain that an extensive study of lone parents ' reliance on social security would be carried out after comments from Ministers that the state is having to foot the bill for the so-called dependency culture ( Guardian , 18 January 1989 , p. 3 ) . |
| 3 | Rather , by producing individual or social accounts of disabled individuals ' pathology in society , any economic disadvantage is presented as a byproduct of incapacity or of prejudice . |
| 4 | Although this altruistic caring for other cats ' kittens is abnormal for many felines , it does show how , under freak conditions of extreme crowding , it might be possible for a group of wild cats to start behaving like a pride of lions . |
| 5 | Cobalt blue is a pure blue , lacking the greenish undertone of previous artists ' blues like azurite , Prussian blue and indigo and it is far less expensive than the natural ultramarine , extracted from lapis lazuli , used by artists in earlier centuries . |
| 6 | Third , more technocratic accounts do not regard federalism or decentralization in unitary states either as ideological façades or as a direct reflection of external elites ' organization . |
| 7 | Jomeo is endearingly accident-prone and forever unsuccessful with females ; Gigi , by contrast , is wildly popular with the opposite sex and has made up for her childlessness by becoming a universal aunt to other females ' babies . |
| 8 | What seems important , however , is that the transition is managed through an informed use of general practitioners ' influence on decisions . |
| 9 | OCTOBER 5 , saw the last commercial flight of United Airlines ' Boeing 727 , N7004U . |
| 10 | Some aspects of the woman-centred interpretation of female psychologists ' place are justified . |
| 11 | Each blade ends in a brown spike like Siamese cats ' tips . |
| 12 | The G M B supports a fresh approach to industrial relations ' law with a completely new legislative code which brings international standards fully into the U K. President , we are totally opposed to the repressive trade union laws brought in by Tory governments over the last fourteen years . |
| 13 | His contract is up at the end of the season , and there will be the traditional periodic reports of other clubs ' interest in him . |
| 14 | The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers ' new Natural Break brochure includes over 450 opportunities to escape to some of the country 's most spectacular settings and make a real contribution to their survival . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , we have been told by counsel that the matter is far from academic , in that justices ' courts are concerned , this being a matter which has exercised justices ' courts on many occasions and on which there are different practices in different justices ' courts . |
| 16 | It is not clear why this happened , but it does illustrate the inherent instability in individual practices ' annual referral rates and the consequent difficulties involved in estimating budgets on the basis of past referral patterns . |
| 17 | Further , there are underlying themes that are relevant to the subsequent discussion of possible models for general practitioners ' involvement in purchasing . |
| 18 | But the Japanese attitude to other countries ' war graves is not winning them any friends . |
| 19 | Politicians are now making favourable noises about other countries ' experiments with road pricing . |
| 20 | In 1989–90 , 38% of local authority expenditure was financed from domestic and business rates , and the remaining 13% from local authorities ' surpluses on trading , rents and borrowing ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 21.4.13 ) . |
| 21 | Although many sons have moved up , the homogeneous character of manual workers ' origins contrasts starkly with the middle class . |
| 22 | The cash is unpaid reimbursement for subsidised pensioners ' travel provided by the three boroughs . |
| 23 | However , while the LEA maintained , as was its obligation , a global view of primary schools ' needs , heads and teachers in individual schools were less likely to do so . |
| 24 | They know how to behave properly in it , thereby avoiding danger ( for a contrasted view of Malaysian aboriginals ' attitude to their jungle environment , see Robarchek , this volume ) . |
| 25 | In fact , it is only a slight exaggeration to say that the main deterrent effect of monopoly policy has been not the threat of what changes might be required as a result of the MMC investigation , but the threat of having to tie up a large quantity of senior executives ' time to argue the firm 's case in the event that its activities attract a reference to the MMC . |
| 26 | The treaty 's economic goals , Sir Michael told his audience of leading businessmen at Chartered Accountants ' Hall , remained valid , with or without progress towards monetary union , and he hoped that it would not fall apart . |
| 27 | The voluminous Extel archives , giving a unique insight into Victorian journalists ' news-gathering methods ( and expenses claims ) are now in London 's Guildhall Library awaiting a researcher . |
| 28 | A key element here is ‘ the principle of bounded rationality ( which ) lies at the very core of organization theory , and at the core , as well , of any ‘ theory of action ’ that purports to treat of human behaviour in complex organizations ' ( Simon , 1957b , p. 200 ) . |
| 29 | But hit-and-miss targets were increasingly replaced by sophisticated forecasts for individual industries ' markets based on aims for the overall growth of the economy and its division into private consumption , government spending and so forth . |
| 30 | Meanwhile the opinions of newspaper proprietors played a disproportionate role in determining politicians ' views of what the public wanted . |