Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | ( b ) Ten Fridays and four half days are given for private members ' motions . |
2 | Dr. Corrigan suggests that ‘ by the time the World Health Organisation have listed and checked all the herbs which could be used , doctors may find themselves prescribing herbs which were once dismissed as old wives ' tales ’ . |
3 | Moreover , they are regarded as valuable collectors ' items , not toys . |
4 | From its international headquarters in Montreal , Canada , AMARC serves a network of African radio producers and , along with partner organisations on the continent , is developing training materials and resources appropriate for specific countries ' needs . |
5 | Many American , Russian , British and French high-technology weapons will fall into other countries ' hands . |
6 | Our treatment success rate lies within other authors ' experience with local endoscopic treatment , reporting success rates ranging from 82 ( 1 ) to 100% , with much shorter study periods , however . |
7 | They apply to different communities , they have responded to different communities ' needs but they also contribute to a ripple effect of achievement at national and international levels which will ultimately benefit the lives of many more children . |
8 | Cubs and even foetuses cut from the bodies of pregnant females were added to individual hunters ' totals . |
9 | The tax rebate relating to prior years ' tax paid was recognised in last year 's accounts as an extraordinary tax credit , but has been included in taxation on profit on ordinary activities in these accounts in accordance with FRS3 . |
10 | The first part of the research will focus on local authorities ' total expenditure , whilst the second principle objective of the research will be to investigate whether the reforms lead to a change in the pattern of service provision . |
11 | Cameron , needing nothing , sat around the house , surrounded by other peoples ' books and music and art . |
12 | Indeed , following on from the government 's Next Steps agencies ( see below ) , for many government executive operations outturn information in departmental reports will , in future , be supplemented by individual agencies ' annual reports to Parliament . |
13 | They have been updated and supplemented by local authorities ' own guidelines , covering procedures , training and pupil-teacher ratios , ranging in Strathclyde 's case from 10-1 for easy hillwalking to 5-1 for walking on difficult ridges . |
14 | He had never thought to find himself discussing such a thing with a single young woman , but he had heard of American girls ' frankness , and he supposed that this was a sample of it . |
15 | They are overcharging for fitting childrens ' safety seats . |
16 | Living up to other people 's signalled expectations is often a pleasure/pain experience : pleasure in the recognition we receive for satisfying others ' expectations , pain in the sense that we lose some of our independence and freedom . |
17 | In the eventual settlement , fine promises were made about equivalent facilities ' becoming available at Mile End Hospital . |
18 | " We can not speak of 'Ukrainian Decembrists ' , but … only of Decembrists in the Ukraine " . |
19 | Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners ' legs , |
20 | For example , in the past two years many applications have been made against local authorities ' handling of assessment and service delivery for children with special educational needs . |
21 | It was clear to The Times that bankruptcy was far less of a protection to creditors than a licence to dishonest traders to speculate with other persons ' property . |
22 | The team got off to a good start on the general knowledge round , they then had to answer questions connected with local councillors ' work . |
23 | If a bank 's core activities were ring-fenced by rules limiting what it could do with insured depositors ' money , its forays into securities , swaps and other financial markets need not threaten the banking system . |
24 | They too will be attacked by an enemy force ( 1 PARA ) , parachuted into friendly forces ' positions with a view to causing maximum confusion . |
25 | Some counter-tenors benefit from modern composers ' new interest in their voices . |
26 | The word ‘ bound ’ begs a number of questions , and does not appear in other writers ' views . |
27 | As we do not know exactly what will appear in second-hand booksellers ' catalogues , the choice of books will of necessity have to be left to us , but your certificate will state the title of the book which you have presented . |
28 | Although much of the racism that black job-seekers experience is of a direct and overt kind , it is important to recognize that a variety of indirect forms of discrimination also operates against black people in the search for employment , ranging from common employers ' practices like recruiting relatives and children of existing workers to the operation of particular conceptions of the ‘ good ’ worker which militate against the employment of workers thought to be different in manner or appearance ( Lee and Wrench , 1983 ; Blackburn and Mann , 1979 ; Jenkins , 1986 ) . |
29 | Consumption of partially cooked meat and cheese made from unpasteurised goats ' milk is common in France . |
30 | Hewitt ( 1989 ) , for example , accepts that the speech of black adolescents shows influences from Creole but asserts that the same influences can be seen in white adolescents ' English in certain areas : the English of many black youngsters also itself displayed evidence of Creole influence beyond those stretches that might be plainly treated as switches . |