Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun pl] ['s] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Discussions about drugs ' harmful effects were one thing , but McGrath was sick with heroin . |
3 | Steven Clark gave himself up just hours after five-months ' pregnant Kelly Hitchcock died . |
4 | Not all of these demands are quantifiable and measurable or will rest easily within a neat job description : some will stem from anxieties about children 's academic progress , some will centre upon their social and emotional welfare . |
5 | Side-sheets for clubs ' existing mobile systems are available , plus a complete recovering service . |
6 | Initially , as many men have recounted , there was a great deal of prejudice about women 's military capacities : |
7 | Lynne Segal 's previous Virago book Is the Future Female ? was a spirited discussion of the nature and function of ‘ femininities ’ , especially in recent decades ; published in 1987 , at the most politically depressing period of Thatcherism when the socialist-feminist vision seemed a distant memory or hopeless pipedream , Segal defended her optimism about women 's astonishing progress since the 1960s , and about the fracturing of gender identities which she saw as irreversible . |
8 | It has a strategic significance in bridging the gap between women 's unpaid and unacknowledged domestic work and that which is rewarded by ( albeit low ) wages . |
9 | 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 ) . |
10 | Very much an advocate for women 's equal rights , especially in education and suffrage , Harriet Taylor began writing her most important works after meeting Mill . |
11 | The analysis carried out concentrated mainly on the relationships between undergraduates ' academic performance and their entry qualifications . |
12 | Sligo Area Secretary since 1988 , Eileen has been an Honorary Officer of the IBOA as Women 's Special Representative since 1989 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | However , behaviour therapy was more effective than insight-oriented therapy for patients ' subsequent depression , anxiety , and assertiveness . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | A new standard known as FAS107 came into effect for banks ' 1992 accounts . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | It also restricts opportunities for pupils ' own interesting mathematical questions like : |
19 | And although the arrangements made at Clovis 's death certainly set a precedent , it did not ensure the succession of all Merovingian males , despite Gregory of Tours 's famous dictum that " all boys born of kings are called king 's sons " . |
20 | This new consciousness of women 's different material conditions has inspired powerful vindications of traditional female skills : needlework , ceramics , flower-painting , sewing . |
21 | A dilution of women 's traditional commitment to the housewife role is , then , rare even in those families where there is symmetry between husband and wife on the paid job dimension . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Meantime at the other end of the continent , the only country in northern Europe which does n't have an EDS presence is Finland , says Geoffrey Carroll , president of EDS 's northern European operations . |
24 | Her ambivalent adherence to psychology 's methodological and narrative standards , and her uncertain characterization of women 's different voice , exaggerate psychological and feminist dilemmas in a way which forces them to our |
25 | Any fluctuations in measured unemployment which may , from time to time , be observed is the result of workers ' fluctuating preferences between work and leisure . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | She seemed quite unfazed by Billingsley 's impertinent question whether we slept together , doubtless translating the policeman 's particular curiosity as a general confirmation of men 's innate tackiness . |
30 | ( 1 ) My study of individuals ' linguistic behaviour is based on the close analysis of interactions within conversation . |