Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must include stronger protection for workers ' health and safety , so that industrial modernisation is not pursued in ways which damage the working environment . |
| 2 | There is a growing trend towards greater protection for journalists ' sources in Europe , according to Ms D'Souza . |
| 3 | From April 1 , 1989 , the limit for advice and assistance provided to a petitioner for divorce or judicial separation has been three times the sum for preparation for magistrates ' court criminal proceedings ; and in other cases , two times that sum . |
| 4 | The reasons for bankers ' reluctance have not been articulated . |
| 5 | There are many complex reasons for historians ' disagreement . |
| 6 | Other reasons for pupils ' absence can provide challenges to the school . |
| 7 | Pupils ' non-attendance at school can be authorised or not and there are many reasons for pupils ' absence — illness being the most common . |
| 8 | There are a number of reasons for tutors ' apparent retreat to the classroom , among which may be increasing administrative demands on their time and/or lack of opportunities for recent clinical experience . |
| 9 | The Board for Engineers ' Registration ( which comprises nominees from engineering Institutions ) and its associated committees is asked to play a leading role in the introduction of risk assessment and management in initial and continuing education and training for engineers . |
| 10 | The role which the tutor should adopt is that of a sounding board for students ' ideas and suggestions . |
| 11 | Several other Scottish education authorities — including Dumfries and Galloway , Highland , Tayside and Strathclyde — have already developed strong anti-smoking policies , though none is thought to have rejected the case for smokers ' areas . |
| 12 | The evaluation will consist of : — baseline criteria for the effectiveness of a computer based course — a description of critical aspects of course implementation — an analysis of the reciprocal interactions between teachers ' views of mathematics , mathematics teaching and computers and their progress on the course . |
| 13 | She was secretary of the Tollemarche United Church Willing Workers ' Group , vice-president ( not president ! ) of the Tollemarche Downtown Community Centre , a driver for Cripples ' Transport , a member of the Car Dealers ' Wives Society and , she would remind him , a member of the Committee for the Preservation of Morals . |
| 14 | Nutt was noncommittal about riders ' protests . |
| 15 | The responsibilities of this department cover the development of the HCIMA professional qualifications , liaison with centres offering HCIMA programmes and administration of the moderation system , accreditation of hospitality programmes in the UK and overseas , management development activities for members ' self development , Student Members recruitment , Licentiate assessments and career counselling . |
| 16 | Editor , — Michael Dewey 's plea for authors ' rights brought back painful memories , for we have recently suffered the writer 's equivalent of torture at the hands of the editors of a journal published by the BMA . |
| 17 | The recession has made small practices particularly vulnerable , as they lose fee income through clients ' going out of business ; nor do they get paid for work in progress , says Ernst & Young insolvency practitioner Alan Lovett . |
| 18 | Under the Bill , responsibility for the administration of funding for nurses ' education will be transferred from the national boards of Wales , Scotland and England to health authorities and health boards . |
| 19 | It was not until 1982 that mandatory scales for architects ' services were replaced by recommended fees — with the RIBA responsible for establishing the scale . |
| 20 | Some trade unions argued that free time was as important as perhaps even more important than — money in the struggle for workers ' rights . |
| 21 | " My aim was to secure collective bargaining between employees ' and employers ' representatives and for this both strong union and strong employer organisations were necessary . |
| 22 | Tom even has a photographic dark-room for guests ' use ; and for me , the greatest plus , a splendid sauna suite , complete with adjacent shower and rest area . |
| 23 | Unfortunately public librarians know very little at present about users ' success ( or lack of it ) in searching for particular subjects . |
| 24 | Does the Minister recall that when we discussed these matters during the passage of the Finance Bill the then Financial Secretary , now Chancellor of the Exchequer , expressed passionate enthusiasm for workers ' control ? |
| 25 | In the case of secular centres , most burghs had strips of land leading back from the market-place for burghers ' houses , vegetable plots and space for livestock . |
| 26 | We will ease the transition from the present wasteful and inefficient price support mechanism to market prices and direct support for farmers ' incomes to achieve environmental and social goals , to be funded by savings made from the present intervention payment system . |
| 27 | Mr Maxwell said that his alterations — which he would make for publication in his newspapers — were to substitute the term ombudsman for readers ' representatives and to widen the clause in the code of practice which refers to non-payment of criminals to include those benefiting from a criminal act . |
| 28 | Assurances were given about the number of lesson visits on which judgments about teachers ' competence would be based , and an attempt to make the procedure more ‘ egalitarian ’ , or ‘ fraternal ’ was blocked . |
| 29 | Local Marine Boards were set up in all main ports and a Shipping Master appointed by each to take administrative responsibility for masters ' and mates ' examinations and the business of engaging and discharging seamen under pain of penalty for " crimping " and other similar offences . |
| 30 | 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 . |