Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ['s] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The on-costs on labour such as employers ' national insurance contributions , CITB levy , holidays with pay scheme and other more indirect on-costs such as allowances for severance pay and legislation affecting employment , sick pay , allowance for employer 's liability and third party insurance , will be processed through both the cost and financial accounts .
2 To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the estimated cost to business if the lower earnings limit for employers ' national insurance contributions were abolished .
3 Bells ring out for cyclists ' safe return
4 The female 's ability to store sperm has important consequences for birds ' mating behaviour .
5 There are a number of reasons for tutors ' apparent retreat to the classroom , among which may be increasing administrative demands on their time and/or lack of opportunities for recent clinical experience .
6 Second , the study will collect detailed information about informants ' economic life experiences and their own perceptions of those experiences — in paid work and out of it ; with regard to housing and use of public and private welfare provision ; in respect of household finance and domestic ‘ divisions of labour ’ .
7 Denying the vote to children is not based on some false assumption about 10-year-olds ' political knowledge , nor to deny that they have interests , nor to protect them from the harm their votes might do .
8 But Big Mal did n't need to be told after Rovers ' spirited performance was undone by Tommy Johnson 's late strike .
9 He could think of no harmless reason for Nails 's strange trespass .
10 A few years later it 's chocs away for Rovers ' new regime at Wolves on Saturday .
11 But his new lease of life has saved Blackburn manager Dalglish from dipping further into Walker 's personal fortune to reinforce a position once regarded as Rovers ' weak link — but now recognised as a pillar of strength .
12 As regards BS 5750 , s 401 gives a similar relief for companies ' pre-trading expenditure incurred ( as for the sole traders and partnerships ) within five years of commencement , and this section ought to validate such expenditure for tax purposes .
13 The reason for companies ' single-minded loyalty to their workers is fading , as is the reason for workers ' loyalty to their firms .
14 The main aim of this project is to examine the relationship between parents ' facial expressiveness ( ie how facially expressive they are when feeling emotional ) and their children 's skill in decoding non verbal information ( in this case , their ability to recognise emotions from others ' facial expressions ) .
15 While the working-class was the principal target for purists ' interventionary zeal they also provided rank-and-file recruits for the new movement .
16 Chalmers boosts hopes of Lions ' standby spot
17 Earlier this year , the Italian Chamber of Deputies ' Cultural Commission approved in outline the regulations for the new Restoration School of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure .
18 After a couple of minutes ' polite talk and the offer of a cup of tea , Mrs Tanner went away to talk to mother .
19 While the information is correct as regards a growing number of employers ' occupational pension schemes , it does not apply to the basic State pension .
20 A couple of hours ' leisurely stroll would get him to the Georgian capital shortly before dusk fell .
21 In this case , the accounts are addressed to the shareholders and the balance sheet is a statement of shareholders ' financial position while the income statement is the change in shareholders ' financial position .
22 The direction of subjects ' lateral eye movements has been correlated with EEG alpha activity , consistent left movers showing a relatively greater degree of alpha activity ( Bakan and Svorad , 1969 ) .
23 Their violently anticlerical tone , occasionally stooping to scurrilous abuse , provoked sharp replies from churchmen , some of whom themselves descended to the level of personal insults , mostly on the score of Cocks 's diminutive size and renowned eccentricity .
24 It was to last throughout the 1540s , and then go into abeyance , lying dormant — despite Mary Queen of Scots ' burning awareness of her position as Elizabeth 's heir presumptive — until it had to be faced again , when James VI succeeded to the English throne in 1603 .
25 Together , the cases of Richmond and Molyneux present many of the themes which characterize the entire history of blacks ' collective involvement with sport .
26 Then swiftly she launches into a staccato attack on political buffoonery and the Government in general before lashing at the crass assumptions that men make about women , and reaching the parts of chaps ' angst-filled sexuality that mere innuendo could never find .
27 The tax treatment of companies ' foreign exchange gains and losses is to be reformed , and the Government has now authorised the preparation of draft legislation .
28 Having hauled themselves to the top of the manual workers ' pay league , the reduction of miners ' political offensive to an economic demand foundered on the success of economism during the 1972 and 1974 pay offensives .
29 Businessmen meeting at the Institute of Directors ' annual convention this week said they wanted a sustained , long-lasting recovery , rather than a repeat of boom-bust .
30 Over the back of the chair next to the table were two pairs of vergers ' white cotton gloves drying .
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