Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The on-costs on labour such as employers ' national insurance contributions , CITB levy , holidays with pay scheme and other more indirect on-costs such as allowances for severance pay and legislation affecting employment , sick pay , allowance for employer 's liability and third party insurance , will be processed through both the cost and financial accounts . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the estimated cost to business if the lower earnings limit for employers ' national insurance contributions were abolished . |
| 3 | Instead an intelligence officer had ploughed through Mills ' personal effects and leafed through a random selection of files . |
| 4 | Side-sheets for clubs ' existing mobile systems are available , plus a complete recovering service . |
| 5 | Bells ring out for cyclists ' safe return |
| 6 | These long-term contracts differ from shorter or one-off agreements ( for endorsements or live performances ) because they almost always call for musicians ' exclusive services . |
| 7 | She found herself agreeing with the historian 's distaste for Mills ' personal morality . |
| 8 | Saints led 8-6 at half-time but a lapse of concentration in the first minute of the second half , when Kiwi loose forward Tawera Nikau put centre Tony Smith through the gap for Cas ' match-winning try , proved the turning point . |
| 9 | The discovery of the true facts only increased people 's fascination , for birds ' arduous migrations demand phenomenal navigation skills . |
| 10 | The female 's ability to store sperm has important consequences for birds ' mating behaviour . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Second , the study will collect detailed information about informants ' economic life experiences and their own perceptions of those experiences — in paid work and out of it ; with regard to housing and use of public and private welfare provision ; in respect of household finance and domestic ‘ divisions of labour ’ . |
| 13 | Additional information about clients ' social characteristics ( for example , marital status ) and drug-using behaviour ( for example , method of use ) was also collected from agencies which routinely recorded such details , namely GPs , the Drugs Council , and the Detoxification Unit . |
| 14 | The new five-speed automatic gearbox , designated ‘ W5A030 ’ and developed for Mercedes ' six-cylinder engines , is ingenious most of all for its simplicity . |
| 15 | Headway possesses the unmistakeable sureness of touch that only comes through authors ' long and direct involvement with ELT at grass roots level . |
| 16 | Denying the vote to children is not based on some false assumption about 10-year-olds ' political knowledge , nor to deny that they have interests , nor to protect them from the harm their votes might do . |
| 17 | He touched the black enamelled visor of his helmet in answer to the salute of the red-coated sentry who stood outside an expensive front door , then cantered on through Brussels ' fashionable streets until he reached a large house on the rue de la Blanchisserie . |
| 18 | The victims attended the feast after Drachenfels ' feigned repentance convinced the wisest and best that he had truly turned from evil . |
| 19 | But Big Mal did n't need to be told after Rovers ' spirited performance was undone by Tommy Johnson 's late strike . |
| 20 | Steven Clark gave himself up just hours after five-months ' pregnant Kelly Hitchcock died . |
| 21 | That is not a complete explanation for Athens ' continuing preoccupation with Sicily , which culminated in the great expedition of 415 , but may be relevant to the first contacts . |
| 22 | A few years later it 's chocs away for Rovers ' new regime at Wolves on Saturday . |
| 23 | But his new lease of life has saved Blackburn manager Dalglish from dipping further into Walker 's personal fortune to reinforce a position once regarded as Rovers ' weak link — but now recognised as a pillar of strength . |
| 24 | For example , Putnam 's ( 1977 ) study of administrative elites in Western Europe showed significant correlations between administrators ' educational backgrounds and their disposition towards technocratic attitudes . |
| 25 | As regards BS 5750 , s 401 gives a similar relief for companies ' pre-trading expenditure incurred ( as for the sole traders and partnerships ) within five years of commencement , and this section ought to validate such expenditure for tax purposes . |
| 26 | The end of the bland three-line statement and of the understated ‘ subject to ’ comment comes into effect for companies ' annual accounts with year-ends on or after 30 September with the introduction of the Auditing Practices Board 's first statement of auditing standards . |
| 27 | The reason for companies ' single-minded loyalty to their workers is fading , as is the reason for workers ' loyalty to their firms . |
| 28 | The main aim of this project is to examine the relationship between parents ' facial expressiveness ( ie how facially expressive they are when feeling emotional ) and their children 's skill in decoding non verbal information ( in this case , their ability to recognise emotions from others ' facial expressions ) . |
| 29 | It admittedly makes intuitive sense , and fits in with the general observation about staffs ' professional identities being a function of their research identities . |
| 30 | While the working-class was the principal target for purists ' interventionary zeal they also provided rank-and-file recruits for the new movement . |