Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' [noun] or " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Behind Bars ’ at the new , huge , non-profit Threadwaxing Space on Broadway is not as you might suspect a show of political art about prisoners ' rights or even about the exotic lives of cocktail waitresses but rather about the stripe in art . |
2 | He loved the way she looked , with her glossy chestnut hair which reached below her waist when she let it loose , and her tinkle of necklaces and trails of silk scarves , and her neat slender legs in their high-heeled shoes , reminding him of gazelles ' legs or gazelles reminded him of her , he supposed , since he must have seen her first . |
3 | date accounts issued — later dates of directors ' report or auditor 's report ; and |
4 | 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 . |
5 | cos if you 've missed the first couple of weeks ' worth or so erm |
6 | Mr. Philipson also submitted that the Bank of England could properly exercise their supervisory powers under the Act without the breaching of customers ' confidences , and even went so far as to submit that the Schedule 3 information could be so furnished by clothing details of customers ' loans or deposits with anonymity . |
7 | E. The climate , the soil and the land are all natural inputs , which affect the size of farmers ' crops or the amount of milk , beef or wool they can produce . |
8 | With his clammy hands and his face furrowed at nothing more than the flap of pigeons ' wings or the sight of a meter maid , he seemed to be waiting for it . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Behaviour problems are not the inevitable product of pupils ' characters or home backgrounds , nor are they irremediable in classroom or school contexts . |
11 | Another statement covers American university libraries , but does not cite formulae for collections ' size or growth rate which can be generally applied . |
12 | Goodwill Under Irish GAAP , goodwill may be either written off immediately on completion of the acquisition against shareholders ' equity or capitalized in the balance sheet and amortized through the income statement on a systematic basis over its useful economic life . |
13 | They can see no obvious salvation in the nationalisation of the car industry , be it under workers ' control or not ’ ( Beynon , 1975 , pp. 318–9 ) . |
14 | Avoid allowing light to shine into neighbours ' gardens or into windows . |
15 | That could lead to problems with players ' stamina or injuries for the play-offs . |
16 | Commentators need to be clear about whether they are enquiring into interviewees ' reading or their politics . |
17 | Contents — claims arising from Occupiers ' Liability or Family Personal Liability . |
18 | Where convertible debt , non-equity interests in shareholders ' funds or non-equity interests in minority interests , are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements rather than on the face of the balance sheet ( as required by paragraphs 22 , 34 or 44 ) on the grounds that they are not material , the relevant caption on the face of the balance sheet should state that convertible debt or non-equity interests ( as the case may be ) are included . |
19 | Thus the model can not take account either of changes in operators ' costs or of developments such as road pricing or a carbon tax which could be in place in the medium or long term . |
20 | Around my bath sit biodegradable bottles of organic shampoo from pansies ' brains or the like . |
21 | Although the relevance of recordable bill of lading data depends upon the type of transaction involved , the following data are sufficiently generic so as to become prime candidates for public registry recording : 1 ) storage of goods in carriers ' warehouse or independent warehouses awaiting carriage ; 2 ) issuance of port to port and combined transport bills ; 3 ) on board loading ; 4 ) carriers ' ( actual or contractual ) names , and electronic signatures or authenticating devices ; 5 ) certificates of carrier , freight forwarder , and other issuer solvency or sufficiency of insurance ; 6 ) inspectors ' and other examiners ' names , electronic signatures or authenticating devices , and certifications of solvency or of sufficiency of insurance ; 7 ) negotiation , transfer , pledge , and presentation ( including cancellation ) of port to port and combined transport bills ; and 8 ) storage of goods upon termination of carriage , and issuance of warehouse and trust receipts . |
22 | They comprise : a goodwill write-off on disposal of the Glassrock ( home health care ) operation in the — US £117.1m ( BOC stresses the charge is balanced by an equal credit to reserves and there is no effect on shareholders ' equity or cash flow ) ; reorganisation and disposal of Glassrock — profit £14m ; reorganisation of health care division — £25.4m ; and profit on the disposal of fixed assets from continuing operations £1.6m |
23 | For example , Knox and Cottam ( 1981 a ) , although they used Scottish parish and district data to confirm Moseley 's hypothesis ( Figure 6.2 ) that the most deprived areas are the inner urban and outer rural ( when they found that central Glasgow and the Western Isles of Scotland were the most deprived ) , also argued that better results were obtainable from not only a welfare , but a questionnaire-based approach to individuals ' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their way of life ( Knox and Cottam , 1981b ) . |
24 | Eleven centres were selected near to teachers ' colleges or state capitals and in each six experimental schools identified . |
25 | It 's not unusual on girls ' weekends or at women workers ' conferences for them to be demonstrative with each other , or with the young women , while we remain caught in the straight-jacket of frigidity while we are in the public eye . |
26 | However , no money was to be spent on florists ' bouquets or wreaths , and in any case we 'd both always hated to see flowers wired and thrust into stiff , unnatural arrangements . |
27 | The surcharge will not be applied to representatives ' orders or dues supplied as part of a previous large order . |
28 | The workshop produces a wide range of one-off furniture and interiors ranging from specialised pieces such as collectors ' cabinets or jewellery boxes through to complete ranges of furniture for dining rooms and studies . |
29 | The only solace for all this was the weekly reading of Modern Boy , a magazine which I have never seen mentioned in anthologies , books about boys ' magazines or reminiscences . |
30 | Apart from their very high technical quality , as in the enamels by Le Sueur on the 1760 Prémin box , nearly all boxes are distinguished either by artists ' signatures or by their provenance . |