Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Royal Navy Stewards are trained in hotel services and management and use their skills to look after officers ' accommodation ashore and afloat . |
| 2 | There is a somewhat abstract quality about this body which currently operates out of solicitors ' premises somewhere in Berkshire . |
| 3 | Hastings Borough Council had been pursuing compulsory purchase of the building but , in the light of surveyors ' reports apparently quoting costs of £2.5 million for repairs alone , made a last-minute decision against this and served a Dangerous Structures Notice instead . |
| 4 | The tight organisational structure of employers ' associations both in Sweden and West Germany has also helped to make the lock-out ( which is rarely used in most other countries ) a potent weapon in contemporary industrial relations to be used , on occasion , against the unions . |
| 5 | Since association ( or multi-employer ) bargaining became a major part of the industrial relations systems of these countries the specific collective bargaining role of employers ' associations now requires more detailed analysis . |
| 6 | He read out a selection of prisoners ' letters today at a reception for the Trust in London . |
| 7 | I had been able to have a couple of hours ' sleep here and there since the landings and , most important , I was able to move around more or less as I wanted to . |
| 8 | Large chains can keep track of shoppers ' preferences daily , enabling central merchandisers to predict selling trends far more accurately than the average store manager could hope to do . |
| 9 | It is hoped that the level of tutors ' honoraria fairly reflects their responsibilities to students . |
| 10 | Mm , so it 's only a couple of months ' work really |
| 11 | Sacha Givarsi finds those long-forgotten presenters of kids ' TV still forgotten |
| 12 | So , the prophecy of blacks ' doing well in sport but poorly in intellectual realms is self-fulfilling . |
| 13 | The company structure introduces the statutory requirement for an audit and the concept of directors ' liability even though they may not be shareholders . |
| 14 | This act left him with an interest in the company that was for most practical purposes worthless since the previous practice among the three member-directors had been to take the money out of the firm in the form of directors ' fees rather than shareholders ' dividends . |
| 15 | These developments were to influence the form of workers ' struggles once full employment was achieved ( chapter 12 ) . |
| 16 | Well he it wo n't it wo n't get done for a couple of weeks ' time then you 'll say |
| 17 | The rapid rate of mechanization from the 1960s was particularly important in releasing male labour , and only a small proportion of farmers ' sons now expect to follow their fathers on the land . |
| 18 | Especially as third parties can generally deal equally well with a range of vendors ' machines rather than just specialising in one type . |
| 19 | It will be used by owners , and other users for making decisions in respect of continued investment in that enterprise and help them to form a judgement of managers ' performance etc . |
| 20 | The subject of injury brought a pained expression to the face of Rangers ' manager yesterday , but not out of any sense of vulnerability created by multiple bruising . |
| 21 | He appears on the Royal College of Surgeons ' registers only from 1828 to 1843 . |
| 22 | There were no unions or guilds or other associations for they were not needed ; our employers were fair-minded and trustworthy , but the greatest incentive of all was the fact that , as reporters , we enjoyed the smell of printers ' ink as much as the actor is supposed to enjoy the smell of grease-paint — we loved our jobs and would usually much rather be chasing down ‘ a hot story ’ than eating . |
| 23 | So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’ |
| 24 | Compromises might be sought and the true weight of governors ' opinions then known . |
| 25 | Mr Smith blamed local authorities for changing the formulae by which budgets were calculated and blamed the Government for capping council spending and insisting that schools should be funded on the basis of the local average of teachers ' salaries rather than the actual salaries they paid . |
| 26 | A recent step forward was the announcement in October 1990 of the formation of a broad-based teachers ' organization — the South African Democratic Teachers ' Union — which brings together a number of teachers ' unions previously separated on racial , geographical and political lines . |
| 27 | On the other side of the member/Society partnership , there is the network of members ' groups all over Britain and Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | Making an allowance for this , and taking into account the proportion of members ' savings actually loaned out , would put the effective cost of credit union loans at the time of this comparison at around 17.5 per cent : still as cheap as the very cheapest commercial alternative then , and much cheaper than most . |
| 29 | Nevertheless the various kinds of publishers ' handouts often give useful information about book content and in some cases ( notably with forthcoming books ) often provide the only available information of any kind . |
| 30 | Other information provided on the provision and maintenance of travellers ' sites also proved to be a damning indictment of official neglect and racism . |