Example sentences of "of [adj] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such confidence is further strengthened when there is positive and practical help available to the teacher in the form of clear sequenced teachers ' notes with practical advice . |
| 2 | Organised by Brian and Anna Houghton , the London ceramics dealers who have launched two highly regarded specialist fairs in London during the past few years , it offered New Yorkers two innovations ; an expert vetting committee , which checked that every item was genuinely what it was said to be — there had never been vetting in America before — and a showcase in their own city of top European dealers ' wares . |
| 3 | As British companies have become more international in their operations and UK profits have disappeared in the recession , the problem has grown dramatically worse ; about 40% of British listed companies ' profits now come from overseas . |
| 4 | Among the local peculiarities which needed to be swept away , the most important was the array of outlandish local saints ' days and festivals in the Canterbury calendar . |
| 5 | The share of these joint ventures ' results and net assets attributable to LASMO are fully reflected in the Group consolidated accounts . |
| 6 | Indeed , City analysts reckon that in the first six months of 1992 listed companies ' dividends only increased by 2% as companies tried to improve their balance sheets and build up dividend cover . |
| 7 | In 1979 about 57 per cent of elderly married couples ' incomes were supplemented by an occupational pension ( usually arising from the husband 's previous job ) and the percentage for men living alone was much the same ( Table 5.7 ) . |
| 8 | All aggregates are made up of their constituent parts — for example , we see later that the total demand for a country 's output consists of the sum of individual demands and can be written as follows : where AD is total ( or aggregate ) demand , C is the sum of all individual consumers ' demands for goods and services , I is the sum of all individual firms ' demands for investment goods , C is the government 's demand for goods and services , X is the total foreign demand for the country 's exports and M is the demand for imports . |
| 9 | All aggregates are made up of their constituent parts — for example , we see later that the total demand for a country 's output consists of the sum of individual demands and can be written as follows : where AD is total ( or aggregate ) demand , C is the sum of all individual consumers ' demands for goods and services , I is the sum of all individual firms ' demands for investment goods , C is the government 's demand for goods and services , X is the total foreign demand for the country 's exports and M is the demand for imports . |
| 10 | I hope that I have done justice to at least some part of all hon. Members ' contributions . |
| 11 | Goldthorpe argues that in the British case the effects have been strikingly asymmetrical : the expanding upper occupational strata show a low ‘ demographic homogeneity ’ ( i.e. a low proportion of members whose fathers were members of the same stratum or class ) , while the manual wage-earning classes , dwindling in size , show a very high level of demographic homogeneity : there has been little pressure for recruitment of manual workers from beyond the ranks of existing manual workers ' families . |
| 12 | Credit was the solvent that oiled the wheels of many other retailers ' businesses . |
| 13 | Of course , the sad truth behind the break-up of many young couples ' marriages was just that — they 'd been too young . |
| 14 | It would have taken no additional effort to assemble a selection representative of the period and presenting a new view of many leading artists ' activities and styles applied to this medium . |
| 15 | In these colourful tales , which we might almost believe were collected from early copies of ancient Israelite boys ' comics , Samson wages a one-man war against the Philistines , who are represented as having control of the country . |
| 16 | All are striking , some are beautiful , others startling and a few may invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to the aural cavity . |
| 17 | All are striking ; some are beautiful , others startling and a few many invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to an aural cavity . |
| 18 | They are likely to include the following : ( a ) the execution and exchange of the acquisition agreement ( by which Newco will buy the business from the vendor ) ; ( b ) the managers having subscribed in cash for ordinary shares in Newco ; ( c ) the passing of any necessary shareholders ' resolutions ; ( d ) receipt by the investors of a satisfactory accountants ' report , audited accounts and management accounts ; ( e ) the managers having entered into service agreements ; ( f ) receipt by the investors of certificates of title ; ( g ) the investors being satisfied with the loan and banking facilities being provided to Newco ; ( h ) keyman insurance having been taken out for the benefit of the company over the lives of each of the managers . |
| 19 | By the late 1960s 56 per cent of managerial and 52 per cent of other non-manual workers ' wives then used reliable methods of contraception , while only 45 per cent of skilled manual workers ' wives and 38 per cent of other manual workers ' wives did so . |
| 20 | By the late 1960s 56 per cent of managerial and 52 per cent of other non-manual workers ' wives then used reliable methods of contraception , while only 45 per cent of skilled manual workers ' wives and 38 per cent of other manual workers ' wives did so . |
| 21 | And all you 've done here is build a lot of little windows on to a heart full of other fashionable artists ' paintings . |
| 22 | By the late 1960s 56 per cent of managerial and 52 per cent of other non-manual workers ' wives then used reliable methods of contraception , while only 45 per cent of skilled manual workers ' wives and 38 per cent of other manual workers ' wives did so . |
| 23 | I agree that E-heads nabbing your drinks and fags all night are the bane of most decent clubbers ' lives , but try to be a little more consistent ! |