Example sentences of "and [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 It issued a strike threat in support of demands for rises in pensions and wages , a programme for dealing with unemployment and in defence of workers ' interests in the context of privatization .
2 The NSF 's earlier decision to abolish the death penalty had been confirmed by Iliescu in his New Year 's broadcast to the Romanian people on Jan. 1 , " in order to stress the profoundly popular and humanist character of the new regime " and in compliance with students ' proposals that " the two dictators [ i.e. Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena ] were the last persons who deserved this fate " .
3 What pupils and parents require is some notion of progress in relation to other people , that is norm-referenced data ; in relation to mathematical objectives , that is criterion-referenced data ; and in relation to pupils ' own earlier performances .
4 The final strategy for risk reduction is for salespeople to encourage trial orders , even though they may be uneconomic in company terms and in terms of salespeople 's time in the short term , when faced with a straight re-buy ( see Chapter 2 ) .
5 Sickness absence is a big problem both in terms of lost productivity and cost and in terms of employees ' wellbeing .
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