Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The London Society 's response takes issue with the ‘ current piecemeal approach to audit regulation and independence matters ’ . |
| 2 | Both adverse US payments figures and US budget deficits are familiar stimuli to dealers in dollars , as are hints of any prospect of the money markets ' interest rates being raised ( a classic central banker 's response to market pressure on the currency in which the bank operates ) . |
| 3 | In the past , other things being equal , improvement in a man 's income removed obstacles to marriage . |
| 4 | While working on Wimpey Construction UK , Northern 's contract to refurbish homes on the estate — a notorious inner city blackspot — the likeable foreman went out of his way to ensure that relationships with the local community would run smoothly . |
| 5 | There may be a need to consider changes to the general practitioner 's contract to encourage research , such as relaxing the regulations of hours committed to patient services and creating a practice development allowance to encourage practices to work with commissioning authorities to adopt and evaluate health gain strategies . |
| 6 | Moves to lift the clause inserted in the company 's contract to prevent asset stripping after de-regulation of the buses would set a national precedent . |
| 7 | The upshot of all this was that , although Sandrock 's defence allowed Southwood a number of good chances , only one was taken . |
| 8 | BNP organisers have sprung to Dr Clarke 's defence following reports that he had predicted violent clashes in Darlington . |
| 9 | In its Final Report , the Criminal Law Revision Committee has recommended that there should be a full scale extension of the young man 's defence to cover men of all ages . |
| 10 | Our reappraisal of Britain 's defence needs will result in a major restructuring of our Armed Forces to take account of the changing world situation . |
| 11 | TWO company directors spent at least £450,000 of their firm 's money to fund jetset lifestyles , an industrial tribunal was told yesterday . |
| 12 | That made it difficult to work out the company 's exposure to open contracts at any given time and this , in turn , allowed Mr Koval to indulge in ‘ extensive trading outside any limit contemplated by the plaintiff 's board ’ . |
| 13 | This effect , called " leverage " or " gearing " , increases the investor 's exposure to price fluctuations . |
| 14 | This meant that despite Meehan 's pardon , the proceedings to some extent would be a retrial of Meehan as well as a trial of Waddell ; and one of its more lunatic aspects was hearing Mr King-Murray as prosecuting counsel , who for two years had strenuously refused to entertain the notion of Meehan 's innocence and Waddell 's guilt , now deploying arguments to show that very thing ( although unlike Griffith-Jones at Ward 's trial , he did not seem to have his heart in it ) ; and conversely to hear Waddell 's counsel echoing the arguments of the prosecutor at Meehan 's trial to demonstrate Meehan 's guilt and Waddell 's innocence . |
| 15 | The Department 's Award Bearing Courses ( ABC ) offered five programmes for lecturers and teachers from Scotland and overseas . |
| 16 | ( No one believes that last year 's award did wonders for the sales of New Scientist — how many of our readers even know about the awards ? ) |
| 17 | Apart from ERA 's determination to find and fund a long term solution to the dampness problem and to prove that their living conditions were more suited to the health of the fungus families than human families , they were equally determined to get Public Health on the political agenda and to dispel the myth that smoking , diet and lack of exercise were solely responsible for Glasgow 's award winning heart disease record . |
| 18 | SUPER snapper Kent Gavin , the Daily Mirror 's award winning photographer , gave a thumbs up yesterday to BSkyB 's first live Premier League soccer coverage . |
| 19 | The hotel 's award winning restaurant specialises in Traditional Dutch cuisine , if you would prefer a quick snack there is a beautiful covered terrace overlooking Dam Square . |
| 20 | Ariana 's board includes Bernard Giroud who started Intel France in 1971 and left the company last year a corporate vice president to become a venture capitalist , Gerard Yon , formerly sales and marketing manager of Chorus Systemes , the microkernel house , and now president of VST , a French start-up in electronic document management , and Pascal LeVasseur , technical director of Dell France . |
| 21 | Where the director 's responsibilities as a member of the parent company 's board include oversight of the activities of the subsidiary , it is likely that he would be held to have an obligation to communicate information concerning the subsidiary to the parent . |
| 22 | ( 15 ) If the bidder itself is the subject of a bona fide offer ( or the bidder 's board has reason to believe that a bona fide offer may be imminent ) then under General Principle 7 and Rule 21 ( no frustrating action without shareholders ' approval ) any takeover by the bidder will require the prior approval of its shareholders ( see para 18.2.2 below ) . |
| 23 | Obispal 's cloak caught fire . |
| 24 | Witney 's winner came courtesy of a set piece ; Town were awarded a free kick which Dave Watson swung to the edge of the six yard box . |
| 25 | Wordperfect Corp 's WordPerfect 4.2 for AS/400 is now available in the UK through IBM UK Ltd : upgrades will be offered in the future , along with Wordperfect 5.2 for OS/2 , later this year ; WordPerfect for the AS/400 can be integrated with IBM 's Office Vision/400 Version 2 v.II and Query 400 , is compatible with WordPerfect personal computer documents and can be merged with the AS/400 relational database ; it can be integrated with Facsimile Support/400 and uses the workstation controller 's text assist function to provide a more personal computer-like interface . |
| 26 | Israel is not to resort to the Canaanite practice of boiling a kid in its mother 's milk to increase fertility . |
| 27 | I welcome the Government 's measure to protect hedgerows and their management , but among the worst offenders in grubbing up hedgerows are local highway authorities . |
| 28 | AT the start of another sailing season , International 's yacht paints team in Sweden is looking to make better headway this year . |
| 29 | In Denco Ltd. v Joinson [ 1991 ] , an employee who had a right of access to certain information in his employer 's computer system used another employee 's password to gain access to other parts of the computer system , something he was not entitled to do . |
| 30 | A pilot scheme was undertaken during 1991/92 whereby 200 pupils , 50 from each Inn , were involved in a programme of continuing professional development and attended courses in Accountancy , EC and HR Law and Advocacy in addition to attending a day 's course entitled Advice to Counsel . |