Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the Commons , the most striking feature of MPs ' reaction was a chaotic cross-party divide . |
| 2 | But this is also the first time that a young doctor takes on daily clinical responsibility for patients ' care , and in reality the service element provided by preregistration house officers underpins the medical care provided in many of our hospitals . |
| 3 | However , there are social sources for the high value placed on sport by blacks and , in this short and somewhat cursory account of blacks ' involvement in American sport , I have hoped to bring out some of them . |
| 4 | Hours may be the most emotive issue in the new deal but are only one aspect of juniors ' working conditions that need improvement . |
| 5 | Since it enabled employers to replace the two-shift with a three-shift system in the mines , it produced little real improvement in miners ' living standards . |
| 6 | Schools did lose staff but it seems more likely to have been a reflection of the generally low level of teachers ' pay at a time of full employment . |
| 7 | Thus tutorial support of students ' progress remains an important teaching strategy . |
| 8 | The proposal 's legislative future , however , is uncertain , since the state assembly has ended its regular two-year session and the legislature reconvenes in special session after the November elections , at a time when the art market may not be the most urgent item on legislators ' year-end calendars . |
| 9 | Bobby Robson was there to assess World Cup candidates , but nothing positive emerged from 90 minutes of scuffling that made one almost yearn for the more measured boredom of Rangers ' European Cup exit in Munich three days earlier . |
| 10 | The enemy was the more usual butt of filmmakers ' criticism , particularly in comedies which showed warm-hearted , slightly muddled Englishmen winning through against the demon aggressors . |
| 11 | The more limited information on employers ' use of temporary workers available from WIRS provides further evidence of the absence of any significant change . |
| 12 | One GRIST coordinator , whilst pointing to the need to develop a more sophisticated understanding in teachers ' responses to their INSET needs , exemplified the difficulties of arts education by quoting a survey carried out by one LEA into teachers ' views of their own INSET needs . |
| 13 | The Institute has called for more stringent vetting of solicitors ' accounting arrangements , and has particularly questioned whether the existing system of annual checks is adequate . |
| 14 | I have already referred to the introduction of records of achievement , which by definition will require a much more rounded picture of pupils ' actual performance to be monitored . |
| 15 | There is a statistically significant difference between teachers ' attitudes as represented by this factor in the different phases of education , with the primary teachers almost neutral , the secondary teachers the most negative and the middle school teachers slightly less so . |
| 16 | It proposes , among other things , that auditors should report on ‘ the proper conduct of the company 's affairs ’ and on ‘ future risks attaching to the company ’ and be responsible to ‘ a wider interest group ’ than the shareholders , and that shareholders should play a more active part in auditors ' appointment and remuneration . |
| 17 | Conversely , falling interest rates will make pre-existing gilts a more attractive outlet for investors ' funds and their prices will be driven up . |
| 18 | Return on capital attempts to measure the efficiency or otherwise with which directors use the funds entrusted to them : while employment is a rather important measure of companies ' progress which tends to be overlooked in conventional financial circles . |
| 19 | The most vigorous counterattack on pluralists ' methodological criticisms came from a group of ‘ neo-elitist ’ authors in the 1960s . |
| 20 | For example , the conversation analytic ( CA ) approach requires a minutely detailed transcription in order to focus on sequential features of the conversation , while the more macro-sociological approach of Gumperz uses less detailed transcriptions and places as much emphasis on participants ' post hoc explanations of the code switching as on a detailed display of the continuing talk . |
| 21 | On company cars , he continued the policy of his predecessor , Mr Nigel Lawson , in recognising that perks provided by employers are just as much part of employees ' remuneration as salaries are , and should therefore be just as taxable . |
| 22 | When they also understand that housing costs play a proportionately lower part in pensioners ' expenditure in England than in the rest of Europe , they may be grateful for the way in which we have promoted home ownership . |
| 23 | The application with the particularly detrimental effect on operators ' jobs was the biscuit dough mixing automation . |
| 24 | In my judgment there can be no doubt that , if Parliamentary privilege does not prohibit references to Hansard , the Parliamentary history shows that Parliament passed the legislation on the basis that the effect of sections 61 and 63 of the Act was to assess in-house benefits , and particularly concessionary education for teachers ' children , on the marginal cost to the employer and not on the average cost . |
| 25 | Lyn Yates ( 1985 ) suggests that this type of deficit approach , which in effect blames the victim , is also the most common approach to girls ' schooling . |
| 26 | The second most common conflict between managers ' goals is between structure/security goals and power goals . |
| 27 | Where there are no music specialists in post in primary schools , general class teachers are often driven to almost exclusive use of schools ' broadcasts , both for assembly and for class music . |
| 28 | Certainly , few entomologists doubt that the amazingly intricate structure of moths ' antennae are specific pheromone detectors . |
| 29 | As a manager he remains his own greatest fan and although his playing days are over , he was probably the most creative player on Rangers ' books : a genius in search of a mirror . |
| 30 | On the basis of this kind of evidence and interpretation , which recognizes the essentially social nature of teachers ' developing curricular identities , commitments and pedagogical preferences , the improvement of teaching quality would seem better met by training and deployment policies which are less rather than more specialized in nature . |