Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | Reducing the emphasis on ‘ selling him up ’ and making it more possible for creditors ' claims to be met out of a debtor 's future income was one of the main objectives of the Insolvency Law Review Committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Cork which was appointed by the Government in 1977 and reported in 1982 . |
2 | It would be possible for officers ' secretaries to deal with external calls and most people do dial out direct anyway . |
3 | Without such understandings of why teachers do what they do , it is then possible for researchers ' and policy-makers ' own interpretations to flood into the vacuum . |
4 | For example , certain materials such as denim and corduroy are considered by orthodox Muslims as unpleasant western stuff , unsuitable for women 's clothing . |
5 | And , as is usual for Managers ' meetings , there was no one there to shout ‘ stop ’ . |
6 | Perhaps , accustomed to Francis , she 'd become unquestioning about others ' ways of life . |
7 | They would learn that in this violent age , not one in 10,000 gives a damn for prisoners ' rights . |
8 | She did not scream and weep — at least in front of him — when things went wrong and did not have a reputation for being raucous about women 's rights . |
9 | A lot of women do this , they 're very tolerant about boys ' mess in the home and untidiness generally , and in a sense they , they lay the foundations , right from the very beginning , of boys ' growing up to think of women as kind of household servants . |
10 | They are very tolerant about boys ' mess in the home and untidiness generally , and in a sense they lay the foundations right from the very beginning of boys growing up to think of women as kind of household servants — this attitude , you know , boys will be boys and they make a mess and poor mum has to do all the washing . |
11 | There will continue to be problems if science teachers are personally doubtful about girls ' ability to do science well ; even if their doubts are not voiced ( and anecdotal evidence suggests they sometimes are ) , girls are unlikely to respond unless teachers show they believe that girls have something to offer science as well as the reverse . |
12 | She used not to be so censorious of others ' behaviour but her own betrayal had , she thought , seared her more than she understood . |
13 | Laboratory rodents that spontaneously develop autoimmune type I diabetes did so at a much lower frequency when fed a synthetic chow free of cows ' milk protein , and recently a peptide antigen called p 69 was identified on rat insulinoma cells which cross reacts immunologically with a similar sequence present in bovine , but not human or rat , albumin . |
14 | However , he had a darker side , and his commitment to his work , which often made him oblivious of companions ' feelings , was partly responsible for the failure of his first marriage . |
15 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government are being amazingly generous with taxpayers ' money from 1993 onwards , when although the minimum 20 per cent . |
16 | The court has held that the certificates remain final , even though the inspector has been negligent , on the basis that they are no different from experts ' decisions : Alfred C Toepfer v Continental Grain Co [ 1974 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 11 . |
17 | Women 's viewing habits are different from men 's , and older people 's viewing habits are different from younger people 's . |
18 | She took the view that if one gave women the chance to do current affairs they might produce current affairs ' programmes that were different from men 's . |
19 | The second stage was to reinterpret difference so that women 's own activities would gain social value even though they were different from men 's ( ‘ radical ’ feminism ) . |
20 | Methods of curriculum planning are inseparable from teachers ' thinking about what has to be planned , and the arrival of the National Curriculum is dictating a much more considered and long-term approach than was adopted in at least some of the classrooms we visited ( NCC 1989 , 1991 ; Alexander et al . |
21 | Yeah , er when 's the P A free in freshers ' week next year ? |
22 | We also made links with the region of in Poland to develop tourist strategy and also links with a number of cities who were very interested in citizens ' participation and are going local initiative . |
23 | We are interested in women 's views of the joy and pain in eating and preparing food , including diets , anorexia , and bulimia . |
24 | Located in the Parisian suburb of Creteil , this Festival offers a cornucopia of pleasures for women interested in women 's cinema . |
25 | He was not only widely respected as a critic but also regarded with affection for the genuine humility which made him always interested in others ' opinions . |
26 | He said the survey also showed that people believed ‘ the experts ’ had already made up their minds and were not interested in others ' views . |
27 | This has the real hard stuff — cattle mutilations performed by aliens ( apparently , ‘ for reasons we do n't yet understand ’ , they 're also interested in cows ' bottoms ) , UFOs and AIDS , stories about he ‘ men in black ’ , CIA men from space , who drive brand new Fifties ' cars , wear trousers that do n't crease and harass people who claim to have seen UFOs . |
28 | At the beginning of Chapter 1 it was suggested that linguists and psycholinguists interested in children 's language have addressed two major questions . |
29 | I am interested in readers ' experiences of this phenomenon , their encounters with the players and the stories that have grown up around some of the longer serving recruits . |
30 | It took a long time for the penny to drop with me about why I was so apparently popular in men 's organizations in the aftermath of so many women deciding to work separately . |