Example sentences of "[adj] part [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they also understand that housing costs play a proportionately lower part in pensioners ' expenditure in England than in the rest of Europe , they may be grateful for the way in which we have promoted home ownership . |
| 2 | On company cars , he continued the policy of his predecessor , Mr Nigel Lawson , in recognising that perks provided by employers are just as much part of employees ' remuneration as salaries are , and should therefore be just as taxable . |
| 3 | These settlements can still be attractive , and the larger part of authorities ' stock can therefore remain unprotected . |
| 4 | Turnbull admitted it has formed a large part of forwards ' practice where the pack try to shift as many as 16 others , which concentrates the mind wonderfully on body positions . |
| 5 | Although traditional books would continue to play an invaluable part in students ' learning , computer discs would back up some of the more technical course literature . |
| 6 | ANOTHER MAJOR PART OF FIBRES ' business is its carpet materials . |
| 7 | As the material prepared by the Scottish Office was so extensive , it was expected that the use of this would form a major part of boards ' training activity . |
| 8 | Opportunities to study for recognised qualifications through sponsored schemes are becoming an indispensable part of organisations ' management development programmes and an invaluable means of recruiting and retaining highly-qualified and motivated staff . |
| 9 | In each of these contexts — HMI reports , APU exercises or national reading surveys — to move from national assessment to a local authority assessment and then to a school 's performance ( summed up in the achievement of its individual pupils ) provided a method of finding out whether , in some of the measurable parts of schools ' work , matters were standing still or edging forward . |
| 10 | They have considerable countervailing power against intermediaries , as placing power is an essential part of dealers ' strength to win mandates and again institutional investors ' sophistication entails symmetric information . |
| 11 | The allocations of SDRs by the IMF have been very limited , ( no new issues since 1981 ) and consequently SDRs are only a small part of countries ' reserves . |
| 12 | The use of copper as a protection for the underwater parts of ships ' hulls had been suggested in England as early as 1708 and by the 1770s it had been generally adopted throughout the navy . |
| 13 | It proposes , among other things , that auditors should report on ‘ the proper conduct of the company 's affairs ’ and on ‘ future risks attaching to the company ’ and be responsible to ‘ a wider interest group ’ than the shareholders , and that shareholders should play a more active part in auditors ' appointment and remuneration . |
| 14 | The main part of Residents ' Association case is that the amount of relief afforded by any western relief road , does not justify the environmental damage which that road will cause . |