Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody ever got high on elephants ' teeth . |
| 2 | By the 1890s the deleterious effect of the regular testing of limited pupil activities and relating this to teachers ' salaries became apparent |
| 3 | If it is well handled , the pictures will speak for themselves and the dialogues will never fall short of pupils ' or teachers ' expectations . ’ |
| 4 | He was a man of simple tastes , always ready to encourage young engineers , yet not becoming jealous of colleagues ' successes . |
| 5 | In the remainder of this paper , therefore , I shall review some of the evidence that is becoming available on adults ' styles of interaction in the settings of home and school , and on the influences that these styles have on children 's learning . |
| 6 | They do not want hundreds of readers ' letters complaining that the product can not be obtained in Manchester , when the release could have stated that the product was on test market in London and the South-East . |
| 7 | Complete the coupon below and send it with a cheque/postal order made payable to Gardeners ' World Soakerhose Offer . |
| 8 | The Children Act clearly replaces this with parents ' responsibilities . |
| 9 | This may be reasonably safe with a very long tow rope , but if there is only a shorter length of rope available the glider may overrun and smash into the back of the car , causing hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage to the glider . |
| 10 | A ‘ Food Safety Update ’ sheet was launched in January to ensure that early clarification of the progress of regulations was made available to Operations ' Management . |
| 11 | adequate information to be made available about pupils ' actual achievements and personal potential . |
| 12 | Eleven centres were selected near to teachers ' colleges or state capitals and in each six experimental schools identified . |
| 13 | A Medau Group was formed in Sidcup and met monthly in members ' houses for discussions , as well as to enjoy social and fund-raising activities . |
| 14 | Perhaps , accustomed to Francis , she 'd become unquestioning about others ' ways of life . |
| 15 | One person can scarcely have the time or the expertise needed to find out what has been published and link this to readers ' needs throughout his authority , especially when book provision is only one of his many responsibilities . |
| 16 | ‘ Tory looks as if she 's had enough of birds ' nests for one day . |
| 17 | A year-long joint undercover operation by US and Guam police uncovered a Guam-Belau drug ring in mid-1989 , leading to the arrest of 40 people who were charged with smuggling millions of dollars ' worth of heroin and marijuana to the USA between 1984 and 1989 . |
| 18 | The school will want more of parents ' time , attention and money . |
| 19 | X/Open 's apparent inability to address some of users ' most pressing concerns has lead recently — at least in the opinion of its own consultants at the Gartner Group — to some ‘ concern about the future of X/Open : ’ it 's now being addressed . |
| 20 | In its subsequent White Paper on Coal and DoE Circular 3/84 ( WO 13/84 ) the Government decided to reject many of Flowers ' recommendations , including a progressively declining target for production . |
| 21 | Lam 's biography seems tailor-made for todays ' infatuation with multiculturalism : he was born in Cuba to a Chinese father and a Creole mother , he was a Roman Catholic fascinated by Santeria ( Cuban animism ) , his studies and work took him to France , Spain , the United States and the Caribbean , and each of his three wives came from a different European country . |
| 22 | Richard Miles , 29 years old , who worked as a panel beater , was found dead in parents ' garden . |
| 23 | Damian ffrench-Farce , their ‘ brilliant , totally undiscovered ’ interior designer , scoured dozens of builders ' yards , hunting down just the right sort of town-house brick , thrown out in the course of demolishing other houses of similar vintage ; when the supply ran out , bricks were made specially for them by local craftsmen . |
| 24 | We have spent thousands of citizens ' tax payers ' money on that case and the Eastern Board have spent more than us in defending it . |
| 25 | ‘ Stay safe at Otters ' Bay , and wait for your brother . |
| 26 | If Mimms had a fiver for every time his errors have been exposed to ridicule on TV , his bank balance would rival that of Rovers ' multi-millionaire tycoon owner , Jack Walker . |
| 27 | It 's worth remembering that all drugs are open to abuse , and that people offer what they believe to be plausible explanations for such abuse : " To escape my problems ' ; " To relieve boredom " ; " To stay awake at parties ' ; " For self-confidence " ; " To be one of the crowd " ; " To help me get on with people " ; " To stop me worrying " ; " To become more creative " ; " To help me study all night " ; " It blows my mind " ; " For a pick-me-up " . |
| 28 | The headhunters ' fees are large because of the very real difficulty of attracting key people and because bringing in these outstanding people can add millions of pounds ' revenue to client organisations , which makes the headhunter 's fee appear small in comparison with the overall potential gains . |
| 29 | So much mere lip-service is paid to the concept of the primacy of users ' needs , and so often are the users ' needs merely perceived rather than ascertained , that library services fall short of users ' real needs or requirements too often . |
| 30 | Both American firms pay annual or biannual bonuses , and are searching for ways to link more of managers ' pay to performance . |