Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Key statements in many LEA policy documents show a concern for ‘ harmony ’ and ‘ stability ’ , which is never the case in sex equality policies or statements on girls ' education . |
2 | Inviting secondary schools to mount a stall in the primary school hall or corridors during parents ' evenings gives them a good opportunity to inform parents of what they have to offer children . |
3 | The outcome of this behaviour of nominal exchange rates was that real exchange rate changes , or changes in countries ' competitiveness , were large and unpredictable . |
4 | Make your own plants , take cuttings or divisions from neighbours ' plants , rather than buying them from nurseries . |
5 | The Commission accused Macierewicz of " hypocrisy and an attempt to avoid the eventual legal consequences " in claiming that the documents were " informative " rather than lists of collaborators ' names as the Sejm resolution demanded . |
6 | Further , it is assumed that units of consumers ' and producers ' surplus can be added and subtracted , i.e. a unit of surplus represents the same quantity of benefit irrespective of whether it accrues to the buyer or seller . |
7 | Librarians need to know how comprehensive are suppliers ' approval collections , databases and listings , and to evaluate how far suppliers ' showroom stocks — and stock revision lists reflect ‘ the best ’ of what is available in print ( rather than collections of publishers ' cast-offs ) . |
8 | The ASB agreed that changes in shareholders ' funds other than those included in the statement of total recognised gains and losses can also be important in understanding the change in a reporting entity 's financial position , and concluded that this additional information should be required in a reconciliation of movements in shareholders ' funds . |
9 | The suspicion is that members of creditors ' committees had used information gained in that role to deal in the equity market , or to trade the relevant junk bonds directly . |
10 | Folkman discovered that tumours in rabbits ' ears treated with protamine grew much slower than untreated tumours . |
11 | The most comprehensive international survey of the functions and activities of employers ' associations is Windmüller and Gladstone ( 1984 ) . |
12 | Although Clegg identifies the structure and attitudes of employers ' associations and managements as the main , direct influences on the dimensions of bargaining themselves , in fact , the determinants of collective bargaining receive little detailed attention in his work . |
13 | The different colours and patterns of horses ' coats also affect their relationships with each other . |
14 | Choosing emotionally and socially charged ( ’ generative ’ ) words and pictures of students ' problems , he generated discussion on how to improve their lives . |
15 | From the evidence of a 10-country study , Gladstone ( 1984 ) notes that the activities , structure and functions of employers ' associations do show a good deal of inter country variation , often a reflection of distinctive historical experiences and a particular course of industrialisation with resultant differences in the environment in which a country 's industrial relations system has to operate . |
16 | Staff also use a software model , which embodies hall admissions policy and elements of wardens ' experience , to draft lists of candidates to whom hall places should be offered . |
17 | They indicate that marking schemes may be designed in different ways : ( a ) written before pupil responses have been seen ; or derived after a sample of answers has been seen , and constructed so as to reflect the strength and weaknesses of candidates ' performance ( often combined with the first point ) . |
18 | ( Tel : 081–981 5676 ) Advice to patients and carers on patients ' rights , complaints procedures and access to health services or appropriate self-help groups . |
19 | ( g ) Discussions with pupils and collections of pupils ' work |
20 | In particular , there is a need for clear guidance on the reporting by companies themselves on inherent uncertainties and statements of directors ' responsibilities . |
21 | At that stage Stoddards was one of the largest laundries in the country , servicing the life jackets and blankets from ships ' convoys returning to the Clyde . |
22 | The major projects under this heading are concerned with the nature and determinants of managements ' industrial relations policies in the hundred largest British private corporations ( Keith Sisson ) , management strategy and industrial relations in nationalised industries ( Anthony Ferner ) and the internal pay policies of large corporations ( William Brown and Paul Marginson ) . |
23 | In addition to views on special needs , pupils ' understandings of many aspects of school life from rules and regulations to teachers ' personalities have been documented and analysed . |
24 | ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO TEACHERS ' DIRECTORY |
25 | The words come from one of the in-depth interviews carried out by George Street Research , as part of our extensive survey of 418 businesses corresponding to the overall profile of Scotland 's industrial and commercial community , and are considered representative of its attitudes to and uses of solicitors ' services . |
26 | Each of the three approaches discussed so far is an attempt to explain the similarities and differences between individuals ' speech behaviour , even within what may be broadly construed as the same " speech community " . |
27 | These studies suggest that , even when recognised risk factors exist , as for coronary heart disease , and differences in subjects ' risk factors are taken into account , the relation between socioeconomic status and health can not be fully explained . |
28 | Such relatively minor matters as the firm 's car policy , the payment of home telephone bills and payments to partners ' wives for " secretarial " services also have to be agreed . |
29 | To highlight boobytraps and pitfalls in parents ' training |
30 | Some had five eyes and mouths like elephants ' trunks , and yet others appeared to be walking on stilt-like appendages , and had heads with no features at all , not even mouths . |