Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for Orchomenos ' special role were geographical : she controlled the northern plain and Thebes the southern ; and also historical : Mycenaean Orchomenos had counted for at least as much as Thebes , and Orchomenos still had pretensions to lead Boiotia in the eighth century . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Discussions about drugs ' harmful effects were one thing , but McGrath was sick with heroin . |
| 4 | Steven Clark gave himself up just hours after five-months ' pregnant Kelly Hitchcock died . |
| 5 | Side-sheets for clubs ' existing mobile systems are available , plus a complete recovering service . |
| 6 | There is an analogy between teachers ' in-service development and the mounting evidence that intervention in pupils ' careers which take place away from their school have limited value for either pupil rehabilitation or for changes in school ethos ( Topping 1983 ) . |
| 7 | The analysis carried out concentrated mainly on the relationships between undergraduates ' academic performance and their entry qualifications . |
| 8 | The former Watford star was at fault for Leeds ' late equaliser on Saturday and one of Ipswich 's goals last Tuesday . |
| 9 | Full story and more pictures about Courtaulds ' newest business on pages 2 and 3 . |
| 10 | However , the club will now ballot the 3,000 supporters who travelled with the club 's official travel agency to Bruges for Rangers ' last Champions league tie on foreign soil . |
| 11 | However , behaviour therapy was more effective than insight-oriented therapy for patients ' subsequent depression , anxiety , and assertiveness . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A new standard known as FAS107 came into effect for banks ' 1992 accounts . |
| 15 | West Ham 's assistant manager Harry Redknapp will not face police charges after being accused of making obscene gestures to fans during Hammers ' 5-1 win at Bristol City in September . |
| 16 | It also restricts opportunities for pupils ' own interesting mathematical questions like : |
| 17 | Moon , who is bidding to join his Llanelli team-mate Tony Copsey as Wales ' second English export , believed honours were even in the show-down of the two number nines . |
| 18 | As a result , 600 computer systems staff from Apiron Information AB , KF 's information systems company , will go to work at EDS 's Swedish location , said Geoffrey Carroll , president of EDS ' northern European operations . |
| 19 | The surprise was that he really was a former naval commander and actual president of Schweppes ' American subsidiary . |
| 20 | Any fluctuations in measured unemployment which may , from time to time , be observed is the result of workers ' fluctuating preferences between work and leisure . |
| 21 | The increased number of pensioners in the top half of the income distribution is the result of pensioners ' average net incomes rising by a third or more in real terms because of the policies of the Government . |
| 22 | Thus there have been changes over time in patterns of support between generations , but these are not necessarily a result of individuals ' changing beliefs and values about family responsibilities . |
| 23 | The tragedy of clients ' huge losses is that they were sometimes led to believe they would make fortunes on the above stocks within a month or two , maybe within three or four weeks . |
| 24 | ( 1 ) My study of individuals ' linguistic behaviour is based on the close analysis of interactions within conversation . |
| 25 | Armand Gallo , a general practitioner and local councillor , was charged on Jan. 26 , 1990 , with organizing the murder 10 days earlier of Jean-Jacques Peschard , 59 , the socialist mayor of Marseilles ' seventh district . |
| 26 | TERRY YORATH last night called for a repeat of Wales ' European Championship performance in Belgium last year as he named his squad for the World Cup re-run . |
| 27 | His ever-developing design gives the vital clues to Juliet 's development from a child playing with her doll to the shy recipient of Paris ' respectful admiration . |
| 28 | The riddles of babies ' first words have yet to be solved . |
| 29 | The 2% drop in audit and business advisory services is blamed largely on a combination of the recession , fierce competition and ‘ severe downward pressure ’ on fees , while the knock-on effect of clients ' postponing discretionary spending was a 5% drop in management consultancy fee income . |
| 30 | This accusation ( which followed after the submission of Jones ' abstract to the APS on 2 February ) was reported to Jones who in turn passed it on to the DOE funding agent Ryszard Gajewski . |