Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might at least be fair about the ways in which we account for pupils ' behaviour . |
| 2 | Asked in February 1987 what he had to say about the conclusions of the Tower Report , the first detailed inquiry into the affair , he referred reporters to ‘ the eighth Beatitude of Matthew 5 ’ : ‘ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness ' sake , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . ’ |
| 3 | Guests will be lawful visitors to those parts of the hotel to which they have been invited , i.e. all public rooms ( lounge , reception , restaurant ) , their bedrooms , conveniences , etc. provided for guests ' use . |
| 4 | Where do I need for Kids ' County , what you rang up for ? |
| 5 | Thus Byrne ( 1981:70 — 84 ) creates five categories : ( 1 ) protective services , such as police and fire , that seek to Protect the citizen from various dangers , ( 2 ) environmental services to control and improve the physical environment such as highways , transport and planning ; ( 3 ) personal services , such as education , housing and social work , that seek to enhance personal welfare ; ( 4 ) amenity services , such as museums , theatres and sports facilities that provide for citizens ' leisure time ; and ( 5 ) trading services for which local authorities make commercial charges . |
| 6 | Since ITV had the TV monopoly of advertising and ‘ editorializing ’ was not allowed , few anxieties surfaced about advertisers ' influence on programmes . |
| 7 | What 's happening for James ' birthday ? |
| 8 | It sought to provide for workers ' retirement by broad , diversified investment in the American economy , that is , in equities . |
| 9 | While no operational difficulties were reported during SeaDocs ' experiment , and while the fees per registration fluctuated between only $300 and $500 , SeaDocs failed to attract a sufficient number of traders and financial institutions to survive . |
| 10 | Levein was widely reported after Hearts ' game with Dundee United 48 hours before the squad announcement as having said he would ‘ probably get in if Gordon McQueen is unfit . ’ |
| 11 | I was reminded of Camus ' comment : " What does eternity matter to me ? |
| 12 | The dominant theme of a whistle-stop second half was of Swansea driving towards Harlequins ' line , a shrill blast for a penalty , followed immediately by an even shriller one and Griffiths pacing out a generous 10 metres to silence the Welsh invective . |
| 13 | The same phenomenon is occurring with brokers ' research . |
| 14 | Had the system been in place before , mergers such as GEC-Plessey and Nestle-Rowntrees would probably have come under Brussels ' scrutiny , he said . |
| 15 | Chapter 6 examines the way in which studying physics interacts with students ' sense of identity , and looks at how this differs for male and female students . |
| 16 | The kinds of difficulties that we encountered in Poulantzas ' work continually crop up , and the tacit use of counterfactuals which rely on individualist premises is a perennial stumbling block . |
| 17 | In particular , emphasis has been placed on the position of women teachers in secondary schools — their status , the processes involved in their appointment and the implications of feminism and a gender perspective being brought to bear upon teachers ' work with pupils . |
| 18 | The concepts of theme/rheme and given/new are supplemented in Firbas ' model with a non-binary notion that determines which elements are thematic and which are not thematic in a clause . |
| 19 | that you would have boys go out with no forewarning , tripping over stumbling blocks here , there and everywhere and girls who are not even allowed to benefit from others ' experience , let alone , have their own . |
| 20 | Often the furore stemmed from audiences ' unease at being plugged into a musical idiom shorn of familiar signposts . |
| 21 | The lowest earners , seldom included in employers ' pension provision and among whom women predominated , were excluded from the graduated scheme . |
| 22 | The Director of Studies expressed an interest in how much three dimensional ( 3D ) work was included in pupils ' experience and was dissatisfied with what he was told . |
| 23 | Mike Teague ( who now has a knee , as well as a shoulder , injury ) is doubtful but Will Carling , the captain , says he will be fit despite being concussed in Harlequins ' win over London Irish . |
| 24 | In the developed democracy there was pay for attending the Council , but ironically it is not attested before Thucydides ' account of how the oligarchs of 411 ( temporarily ) brought it to an end ( viii.69 ) . |
| 25 | All the elements which were to appear in Watkins ' ley thesis , and others , were present in these earlier and contemporary researches : remains of old , straight tracks , churches on older pagan sites , beacons , meridional lines and astronomical orientation . |
| 26 | MORE employees than ever are committed to Courtaulds ' aim of being faster , better , more distinctive . |
| 27 | On the other hand , providing a false diagnosis adds to patients ' disability , reinforces maladaptive behaviour , and ensures that what might have been a brief illness becomes refractory to treatment . |
| 28 | The lack of fully operational IPPs , which could have provided a safeguard against inconsistency , adds to workers ' anxiety that Elizabeth and Helen are being let down . |
| 29 | Take time to adjust to parents ' death . |
| 30 | Your mag , like similar productions , panders to guitarists ' obsession with their playing ability and the equipment they use . |