Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Securities and Investments Board has welcomed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ' decision that its members should be authorised via membership of the Securities and Futures Authority , rather than the RICS seeking recognition in its own right . |
| 2 | Yet judging from the book , the case material lacks an essential element of realism , in spite of 30 years ' development and three editions . |
| 3 | It is when you get on to the more high tech aspects of English Hops ' work that small and muted alarm bells begin to ring . |
| 4 | ‘ Surely this can not be justified as an effective use of civil servants ' time or public money . ’ |
| 5 | I was discussing business contracts with my husband and waiting for a call from my own children who would rock with laughter if I prescribed a dose of warm camels ' milk and clove for a poor stomach and headache . |
| 6 | A clear disparity exists between the guideline in England and Wales of 20-plus years ' imprisonment and the practice in Northern Ireland of about 13 years ' imprisonment before murderers of soldiers and policemen are released . |
| 7 | Due to be sentenced on Feb. 7 , 1992 , Keating faced a maximum penalty of 10 years ' imprisonment and a fine of $250,000 . |
| 8 | They are often the most difficult to assess since their experience usually lies outside that of social workers , who may be suspicious of such applicants ' knowledge but uneasy about rejecting their apparently confident experience . |
| 9 | From July , IBM will give departing employees a maximum of 26 weeks ' pay and as much as six months paid medical coverage . |
| 10 | In order to fulfil its declared aim of formulating the rules of human individuals ' behaviour and experience scientifically , psychology needs principally to study individual behaviour , unaffected by social interactions . |
| 11 | First degree courses are usually of three years ' duration but are , in many instances , extended to include periods of professional training ( in industry , commerce or the public service ) or time spent abroad . |
| 12 | The course is of three years ' duration if French is taken as a minor subject and of four years ' duration if taken as a major or joint subject . |
| 13 | The fruits of 18 months ' debate and consultation are the Work Experience and Training Guidelines that were published in September . |
| 14 | Welfare benefits currently form a higher proportion of many individuals ' income that was formerly the case , because of the rise in unemployment to levels unheard of since the 1930s , and because of the increase in the number of old people who are dependent upon state pensions . |
| 15 | Under the window was deep porcelain sink stained with the detritus of seventy years ' washing-up and impossible to clean adequately . |
| 16 | The charges , which carried a maximum sentence of 50 years ' imprisonment and a fine of $1,000,000 , alleged that Imelda Marcos had secretly invested in Manhattan real estate and valuables using money stolen from the Philippines . |
| 17 | He endorsed the aims of contributing to the raising of all pupils ' achievement through and beyond the national curriculum , of improving pupils ' motivation and increasing their participation in education , of preparing pupils better for the transition to further education , training or employment — and , all important in the preparation and review of management plans , of helping schools to consider how well their curriculum , teaching and organization enabled pupils to develop their all-round potential ( DES 1990b ) . |
| 18 | Tourism is also becoming an important component of developing nations ' economy because it is a source of foreign income . |
| 19 | The leniency of Kanemaru 's treatment was highlighted when , on the same day , Kiyoshi Kaneko was charged with falsely reporting a donation , an indictment which involved a public trial and carried a penalty of five years ' imprisonment or a fine of 300,000 yen . |
| 20 | Each of the perjury charges carried a maximum penalty of five years ' imprisonment and a fine of $250,000 , while the possession charges carried maximum sentences of one year and a fine of $100,000 . |
| 21 | With the benefit of five years ' hindsight and analysis , it is possible to understand at least some of the political consequences of that sort of robust egalitarianism . |
| 22 | Finally , women could never receive the maximum compensation because of differential retirement ages , payments based on age , and the ceiling of twenty years ' maximum that counted towards payments . |
| 23 | The present book is the fruit of twenty years ' research and is an exhaustive catalogue of the families of silver makers who produced commemorative spoons for generations of prosperous West Country yeomen and their families , above all for births and christenings . |
| 24 | Making use of the Department of Modern Languages ' Médiathèque and Language Laboratory facilities . |
| 25 | It is punishable by a maximum of 14 years ' imprisonment or a fine or both . |
| 26 | The musical analogy suggests that there is no general obligation of that kind ; the responsibility of the teacher lies much more in having an intimate understanding of other academics ' research and in being able to give an interpretation of it . |
| 27 | The course is of three years ' duration if French is taken as a minor subject and of four years ' duration if taken as a major or joint subject . |
| 28 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 29 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |
| 30 | The importance which the legislature attached to the observance of the regulatory system is demonstrated by section 4 , which makes a contravention of section 3 an offence , punishable on conviction on indictment by a term of two years ' imprisonment or a fine or both . |