Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [art] [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A teacher from an urban school , discussing the reasons for a recent teachers ' strike , said that not only were salaries low when the amount of time worked outside classroom hours was taken into account , but also teachers often had to pay for classroom materials out of their own pockets , if they wanted to have any . |
| 2 | The military importance of the islands in safeguarding the Soviet fleet 's access to the Pacific , together with the potentially rich fishing rights , the past Soviet stance on the issue , and the precedent which it could set for those wishing to revise the Soviet Union 's post-1945 boundaries , were all cited as reasons for the Soviet government 's reluctance to surrender the territory . |
| 3 | Charles Gordon , Strathclyde 's vice-chairman of roads and transportation , said Mr Freeman 's comments underlined the good reasons for the regional council 's refusal to invest further in rail unless it was assured the PTE was involved in franchising services . |
| 4 | That leaves two plausible reasons for the British public 's stubborn refusal to enjoy the fruits of share ownership : savers are either too dim or too smart . |
| 5 | That is why the contests for the Labour Party 's leadership and deputy leadership sit so ill in the context of the continuing post-mortem — or biopsy , as Neil Kinnock insisted on calling it — after Labour 's fourth consecutive election defeat . |
| 6 | Yesterday , Darlington and South West Durham health authorities unveiled their plans for the new Patient 's Charter at a press conference in Darlington . |
| 7 | Darlington and South West Durham health authorities made their pledge while unveiling plans for the new Patient 's Charter at a press conference in Darlington . |
| 8 | The manager should discuss the proposals for the coming year 's maintenance programme before the allocation of annual leave to nurses . |
| 9 | The ministers had expressed their concern over the conflict at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) meeting in late March [ see p. 38841 ] and a meeting of " experts " from the four Foreign Ministries on March 31 to April 1 had prepared proposals for the Foreign Ministers ' meeting . |
| 10 | But he said he could not consider calls for an open sheriff 's inquiry , in spite of pleas by the islands ' MP , Jim Wallace , Shetland Islands Council , and the petitioners . |
| 11 | Contenders for the British Admiral 's Cup team will now be able to use the German 50ft regatta at Travemünde or the Two Ton Cup in Keil in place of the weekend in Hayling Bay , as the final trial for selection . |
| 12 | READERS ’ PAGE : Entries for the next Readers ' Page must be in by June 1 . |
| 13 | Professionally Ambache will also continue to support demands for a social workers ' council . |
| 14 | The output of 120mm shells for the British army 's tanks has been doubled . |
| 15 | In a speech marking the 20th anniversary of his reign on Nov. 18 , Sultan Qaboos bin Said announced plans for the creation of a Consultative Council " to provide more opportunities for the Omani citizen 's wider participation in the responsibilities of … the fatherland " . |
| 16 | Tubal and Vulcan laboured to make the four-and-a-half inch thick steel plates for the Royal Navy 's first all-iron warships , HMS Terror and HMS Erebus . |
| 17 | Mr Hopkins , who was a baker , saved rations and made Christmas cakes for the two men 's bereaved families in America . |
| 18 | Apart from the traffic implications in grid-locking the roads of Caerphilly , up Manor way , it might even have had repercussions for the hon. Gentleman 's constituents . |
| 19 | More than half the fleet were syndicates-in-waiting for the great America 's Cup circus which begins next March in San Diego . |
| 20 | Applications for the new Queen 's award will be sought in the summer , with the first winners announced on 21 April 1993 . |
| 21 | Including going over the tapes for the next day 's lectures . ’ |
| 22 | Whichever side has the story right , the CBoT is , for now , excluded from one of the most important co-operative developments afoot , one with long-term implications for the American markets ' competitiveness against newer , faster-growing derivatives markets in Europe . |
| 23 | If you have never paid anything but reduced rate contributions , you are not entitled to a basic pension in your own right but instead must rely on your husband 's contributions for the married couple 's pension . |
| 24 | Various secondary explanations for the Russian nobility 's failure to mount a fronde against the Crown can be adduced . |
| 25 | He paid a brief homage to the Gnomes , who had journeyed all the way from the Gallan Mountains to bring their ideas for the new Queen 's Crown Jewels and did not refer to the fact that they were four days late on account of getting lost on the way . |
| 26 | We were sitting round the newsroom table , mulling over ideas for the next day 's programme . |
| 27 | The house was built by an Edwardian doctor using only the best materials — oak cured for eight years for the lower rooms ' panelling , fine teak for the window frames and mahogany for the fireplace . |
| 28 | The third session was devoted to developing the ability to interview others and to drafting questions for the following week 's visitors , who would be able to recall the war . |
| 29 | The young child was more interested in her father who was busy cutting slabs of meat into small portions for the next day 's pies . |
| 30 | From today newspapers are being supplied with figures for the past week 's level of ultra violet radiation . |