Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hankin appealed for fans ' patience and encouragement at a critical stage of the season . |
| 2 | The split is expected to take place in July after shareholders ' approval and the publication of a pathfinder prospectus for Zeneca . |
| 3 | But when companies are fined for breaking the health and safety laws , they only get fined a pittance , compared to what damage is caused to employees through companies ' neglect and law breaking . |
| 4 | This is the site of the former mill ponds and it appears that uncontrolled dumping of builders ' rubble and other waste material possibly of a dangerous nature is taking place . |
| 5 | As we can be sure that Howard would have approved of the constructive use of prisoners ' time and energy and training in work habits , so we can probably also assume that he would have been disappointed in and disapproving of the latest trend . |
| 6 | Substitution of numbers for 52 per cent could do this for an words in formulae easy standing charge and number of units ' formula and 17 per cent for an electricity bill ( p.61 ) . |
| 7 | Even more than in the earlier conflict , direct vetting of journalists ' copy and reliance on allied debriefings ensure that military priorities squeeze out alternative perspectives and agendas . |
| 8 | West Sussex has no quarrel with the Bill 's basic objectives of raising the overall quality of schools ' teaching and and attainment by changing the inspection system requiring all schools to be inspected periodically . |
| 9 | A slight staggering of schools ' starting and finishing times sometimes leads to a more efficient use of buses ( although the service may then be less convenient to other users ) . |
| 10 | It helps if in the assessment interview , the client can delineate specific objectives and targets to achieve ; this gives some indicator of clients ' motivation and a target to aim for . |
| 11 | The concept of clients ' involvement and taking their views into account in service provision is still relatively recent . |
| 12 | the economic ties of the old British Empire were tightened during this period and Britain remained at the centre of that group of countries ' trade and finance |
| 13 | They called for a reform of judges ' status and of the conseil supérieur de la magistrature to make it " truly independent from political power " . |
| 14 | Somalia is mostly desert , and three-quarters of its 6m people are nomads , living from a mixture of camels ' milk and fierce raids on other clans . |
| 15 | Factoring — factoring services can involve the full operation of companies ' invoicing and debt collection , credit protection through cover on sales made , and payments of up to 80 per cent of debts in advance of collection . |
| 16 | date accounts issued — later dates of directors ' report or auditor 's report ; and |
| 17 | As in 1926 , so in 1985 the old legend of the impact of workers ' solidarity and union power had been exploded . |
| 18 | As outlined earlier , Tiger and Fox suggest that there is an innate ‘ male bonding ’ stemming from millions of years ' history and ultimately linked to a time when men co-operated in order to hunt . |
| 19 | Secondly , he may provide for the premium to be decapitalised , either at a fixed number of years ' purchase or at the rate prevailing at the time of the subletting , with the amount thus calculated being added to the rent reserved by the sublease for the purposes of the rent review under the headlease . |
| 20 | Right , well , well , actually yes , what , what you look at , is , is what 's important to you and you put a cash value on it , and it might be the mortgage , it might be education , it might be giving yourself a couple of years ' salary and paying debts or whatever , er , and the security of knowing that O K , if I die , I 'm not leaving a problem for my family , but at the same time if I 'm in a situation where I get a serious illness and I ca n't bring in an income , I 'm securing my , my , my future in that respect . |
| 21 | cos if you 've missed the first couple of weeks ' worth or so erm |
| 22 | My blue period officially ends when we have a big leaving party for Kathleen and Katrina in a couple of days ' time but in fact it probably ends just about now . |
| 23 | Given its rather élitist duties , it is not surprising to note that the PSBC would be funded out of taxpayers ' money and rents paid by ITV contractors and not by the ( few ) consumers of its products . |
| 24 | The ideal solution here would be to shift effective power in matters of auditors ' appointment and remuneration from the directors to the shareholders . |
| 25 | The portion of the army 's points value which you are permitted to spend on characters includes the value of characters ' armour and weapons , any magic items they have , a steed if they are mounted , a monster if they ride a monster , and a chariot and its crew if they ride a chariot . |
| 26 | • EXAMPLE : Its water and ventilation service helps counter the incidence of legionnaires ' disease and ‘ sick building syndrome ’ . |
| 27 | The extent of patients ' acceptance or rejection of advice about lifestyle will also be explored , along with the factors individuals see as constraining their behaviour . |
| 28 | The judge would not have erred had he drawn attention to the circumstances ( which were in fact plain for all to see ) , but their Lordships reject the adoption of any rule which would impose new obligations on trial judges in their approach to the consideration of witnesses ' evidence and they refer to the judgment delivered by Ackner L.J . |
| 29 | The issue of undergraduates ' progress and performance was initially addressed through the conventional performance criteria of completion rates and degree classifications . |
| 30 | It is based on a national sample of households ' income and expenditure . |