Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have obtained the permission of the chairman to sell the shares as required by the company 's inhouse rules for directors ' dealings . |
| 2 | Their conflicting attitudes to Adventurers ' Fen , which the one painted and the other drained , are both completely understandable in human terms . |
| 3 | Sterling sight and time deposits : The above bank obtains approximately 60 per cent of its total funds from customers ' sterling deposits . |
| 4 | the effects of product market trends and regional specialisms on employers ' strategies ; |
| 5 | A brief review of the impact of oil prices , external debt , financial flows and the Brandt Reports will enable readers to assess in their own minds the true nature , scale and possible solutions to LDCs ' problems . |
| 6 | The results of these studies were published extensively in catalogues of private and public collections , and in what in French are termed catalogues raisonnés , that is to say complete lists of artists ' works . |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal considered whether an adjudicator 's decision in a construction contract ( see 6.8.5 ) was enforceable as an arbitration award , and decided that it was not , but their judgment was based on the interim nature of the adjudicator 's decision pending arbitration to which the decision would be subject , and not on any of the usual characteristics of experts ' decisions : the interim nature of adjudicators ' decisions is itself untypical of experts ' decisions . |
| 8 | The developments in thinking about what happens in animal conflicts have some interesting parallels with economists ' theorising about human bargaining . |
| 9 | For free copies of Travellers ' Diarrhoea and Avoiding Viral Hepatitis , send an sae to Travellers ' Advice , BDF , 3 , St Andrews Place , London . |
| 10 | Some part of the variation between action and control groups at first referral is also probably due to the slightly greater difficulty in the collection of data about control sample clients than about those in the action sample , where the development officers were engaged in detailed meetings about clients ' circumstances with service-providers of all kinds . |
| 11 | The different patterns of boys ' and girls ' play were accounted for by suggesting that girls had acquired a more differentiated understanding of gender rules governing behaviour . |
| 12 | The evaluation will consist of : — baseline criteria for the effectiveness of a computer based course — a description of critical aspects of course implementation — an analysis of the reciprocal interactions between teachers ' views of mathematics , mathematics teaching and computers and their progress on the course . |
| 13 | Ata'i , in his biography of Molla Shams al-Din ( d. 982/1575 ) , writes that " he traversed a few ranks in medreses ' before turning to medicine ; in this case it is clear that these medreses are well below the level . |
| 14 | Some aspects of travellers ' lives , of the collective context in which individual problems arise , can be very visible . |
| 15 | Atkinson ( 1984 ) made detailed analyses of politicians ' speeches recorded on video . |
| 16 | Once we recognize how far classroom competence has its roots in status and recognition , how closely the different elements of teachers ' lives are tied together in a coherent structure of meaning and motivation , then the policy implications lead us not to personality-based initiatives or more careful selection , compulsory redundancy to remove ‘ incompetents ’ from the profession , or redeployment and encouraging early retirement , but to strategies which will improve the levels of reward and recognition in the system in terms of pay , planning time , in-service opportunity and the like , and in terms of positive ( not punitive ) systems of staff support and development . |
| 17 | The position is the same if the offender is committed for some offences under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 and for some under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 ; the restrictions in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 have no application to the offences subject to committal under section 38 , as the Crown Court can sentence for those offences as if the offender has just been convicted of them on indictment , but do apply to the offences committed under section 56 . |
| 18 | As an illustrative point , consider the all-important distinction between spoken and written language , including the grammatical differences , the different constraints in the production of text , the differences in communication between writer and reader and speaker and listener and , in foreign language teaching , the different expectations of learners ' standards of production and reception . |
| 19 | Currently , a supplement should be paid if a repayment is not made within 30 days of Customs ' receipt of the return . |
| 20 | Ricardo argued that population growth would bring lower grade agricultural land into production , thereby pushing up average food prices and diverting increasing social resources into landlords ' rents . |
| 21 | The CNAA would have to take account of the different rates of institutions ' development , but a move in this direction would enable committees and boards to have ‘ more time at their disposal to explore new developments and policy ’ . |
| 22 | In Lille , staff defused tempers by offering free meals for farmers ' children . |
| 23 | Further additions to expatriates ' pay may take the form of bonus payments . |
| 24 | The false , fixed smiles of the salesmen on the machinery avenues and the grey-suited men on bankers ' row at the Royal Welsh Show contrasted sharply with the frowns of recession-hit livestock producers trying hard to stay in business . |
| 25 | If pursued effectively , this consultation could lead to a planned programme of visits to classrooms or units and periodic reports of governors ' meetings by the sub-committee , the headteacher or teachers dealing with special needs in their daily work . |
| 26 | It is very hard to know for the simple reason that very few records of justices ' out-of-sessions activities survive , and although sometimes these cases were heard by two or more justices at petty sessions , even the records of these hearings are scarce and incomplete . |
| 27 | In addition , the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities ' changing economic roles . |
| 28 | Against the background of the general discussion in the first part of this chapter , the remainder of this section highlights some types of patients ' problems related to communicating and the relevant nursing activities . |
| 29 | Visitors are guided through the baths as they would have appeared in Roman times by artists ' reconstructions , spoken commentaries and fascinating computer graphics . |
| 30 | This approach to surgical research is again unacceptable , ignoring as it does much excellent research that is responsible for real improvements in patients ' care . |