Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an analogy between teachers ' in-service development and the mounting evidence that intervention in pupils ' careers which take place away from their school have limited value for either pupil rehabilitation or for changes in school ethos ( Topping 1983 ) . |
| 2 | However , behaviour therapy was more effective than insight-oriented therapy for patients ' subsequent depression , anxiety , and assertiveness . |
| 3 | The end of the bland three-line statement and of the understated ‘ subject to ’ comment comes into effect for companies ' annual accounts with year-ends on or after 30 September with the introduction of the Auditing Practices Board 's first statement of auditing standards . |
| 4 | A new standard known as FAS107 came into effect for banks ' 1992 accounts . |
| 5 | As a result , 600 computer systems staff from Apiron Information AB , KF 's information systems company , will go to work at EDS 's Swedish location , said Geoffrey Carroll , president of EDS ' northern European operations . |
| 6 | Any fluctuations in measured unemployment which may , from time to time , be observed is the result of workers ' fluctuating preferences between work and leisure . |
| 7 | The increased number of pensioners in the top half of the income distribution is the result of pensioners ' average net incomes rising by a third or more in real terms because of the policies of the Government . |
| 8 | Thus there have been changes over time in patterns of support between generations , but these are not necessarily a result of individuals ' changing beliefs and values about family responsibilities . |
| 9 | The tragedy of clients ' huge losses is that they were sometimes led to believe they would make fortunes on the above stocks within a month or two , maybe within three or four weeks . |
| 10 | ( 1 ) My study of individuals ' linguistic behaviour is based on the close analysis of interactions within conversation . |
| 11 | The 2% drop in audit and business advisory services is blamed largely on a combination of the recession , fierce competition and ‘ severe downward pressure ’ on fees , while the knock-on effect of clients ' postponing discretionary spending was a 5% drop in management consultancy fee income . |
| 12 | The review of directors ' managerial decisions can be viewed as being motivated by a similar desire to ensure that directors exercise their powers only in accordance with the will of their constituents ( the shareholders ) and that they are subjected to the controls often associated with the Rule of Law to prevent them from using their power arbitrarily . |
| 13 | Recognition of carers ' own personal needs . |
| 14 | Two other case-control studies have not found evidence of an increased risk of leukaemia in association with fathers ' preconceptual exposure to external ionising radiation . |
| 15 | The unit links research with practitioners ' educational needs for personalised feedback on clinical performance . |
| 16 | And McCall , the driving force in Rangers ' 2–1 European Cup win at Elland Road , said : ‘ Leeds have great character and ability and I hope they go on to do well this season , but it will be difficult for them to pick themselves up from this . |
| 17 | Parents in my constituency are anxious that teachers should be properly remunerated because teachers with low morale are bad teachers , and they are particularly concerned that there might just be a slight possibility of a Labour Government next year , with a resultant cut in teachers ' real pay , as happened when Labour was last in office . |
| 18 | The most radical element of the examinations in science was the assessment of pupils ' practical skills and abilities by internal , school-based means . |
| 19 | FORD , rejected as sponsors by the Premier League , yesterday became part of a £1.2m package which will ensure ITV recoup almost a third of the £4m they paid for exclusive coverage of Rangers ' European Cup ties . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | It is part of teachers ' daily experience . |
| 22 | On another it is an exploration into how an abused child becomes an abuser — and the novel draws its painful resonance from the fact that this theme is part of Banks ' own experience : ‘ Alcoholism , domestic violence and abandonment , those are the three essential characteristics of my early family life , ’ he says . |
| 23 | This makes it difficult to tell whether HP and other retail credit , as a part of consumers ' overall spending , is now increasing or declining . |
| 24 | An influx of volunteers , it was felt , may give managers an opportunity to take advantage of workers ' particular skills and interests . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Shearer , still top scorer in the division despite Rovers ' four consecutive league games without a goal , said after Saturday 's 2-0 home defeat by Tottenham : ‘ We are suffering from our good start to the season . |
| 27 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many more people would be liable for payment of employees ' national insurance contributions if the atypical work directive were adopted . |
| 28 | It will 1 ) examine more fully the extent to which primary schools vary in their effects on a variety of pupils ' educational outcomes , including progress in reading and maths ; 2 ) establish whether the composition of pupil intakes is related to effectiveness ; 3 ) find out whether school vary in their effectiveness from year to year and whether their effects on pupils persist into secondary school . |
| 29 | The paper on diary keeping in asthma actually takes anecdote , in its broadest sense of narrative of uncertain significance , as its subject , testing the reliability of patients ' written accounts of their asthmatic symptoms . |
| 30 | The Conservatives attacked Labour tax plans strongly , focusing on the party 's proposed additional higher rate of income tax of 50 per cent for taxable incomes over £36,375 and the removal of the current £21,060 ceiling for employees ' 9 per cent national insurance contributions , which meant that the effective marginal rate of taxation on higher incomes would be 59 per cent . |