Example sentences of "an [noun] [prep] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under U.S. GAAP accounting for goodwill as an offset against shareholders ' equity is not permitted ; rather goodwill must be amortized over the period of its expected useful life , subject to a maximum write-off period of 40 years , through the income statement . |
| 2 | Being an enabler of pupils ' learning is an unselfish task and " imaginative " teachers do not necessarily excel in qualities of humility and standing back and giving space to others . |
| 3 | The intention therefore is significantly different although both are concerned with presenting oneself as an object of others ' attention and finding a public language to do so . |
| 4 | For free copies of Travellers ' Diarrhoea and Avoiding Viral Hepatitis , send an sae to Travellers ' Advice , BDF , 3 , St Andrews Place , London . |
| 5 | He begins an affair with Scots ' nurse Sandra Nicholl . |
| 6 | It is assumed that the purposeful provision of facilities , or the success of intervention strategies to encourage fuller use of available resources , depends critically upon an account of adolescents ' reasoning about leisure . |
| 7 | He will probably announce the scrapping of residential segregation , and an end to blacks ' exclusion from most South African land . |
| 8 | One head of English in a comprehensive school described the compilation of an anthology of students ' writing which had included writing in languages other than English . |
| 9 | However , one of the chief difficulties in creating an improvement of schools ' practice at grassroots level is that schools , when faced with the challenge presented by self-examination and with a relatively limited knowledge of available strategies and resources , tend to use the process to reinforce existing ( perhaps inadequate ) practices rather than to seek new , more fruitful relationships between curriculum areas or to develop more appropriate teaching methods . |
| 10 | It follows that , other things being equal , the average price level will rise if there is an increase in average wage earnings , an increase in the average cost of imported material inputs , an increase in firms ' profit margins or a decrease in the average productivity of labour . |
| 11 | In practice it is difficult to predict the precise amount by which money supply will expand if there is an increase in banks ' liquidity . |
| 12 | This motivated dealers more than a previously introduced incentive to sell PEPS which had been merely an increase in dealers ' OTC takeback allowance . |
| 13 | However , the growth has not been matched by an increase in lessees ' sophistication . |
| 14 | After overcoming Blackburn 3-0 at home in the first leg , due largely to an injury to Rovers ' goalkeeper Terry Gennoe , they were beaten 2-1 last night but prevailed on aggregate . |