Example sentences of "[det] as [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such changes are introduced , in-house benefits such as directors ' dining rooms , sports facilities and so on will be a significantly less attractive means of providing benefits to employees . |
| 2 | Many litigation firms also suffer from the transactional " nature of their practice and find it difficult to build institutional , long-term relationships with clients even where this is possible , particularly where the practice is dependent on referrals from agencies such as Citizens ' Advice Bureaux and law centres where staff changes make relationships difficult to build and maintain . |
| 3 | What distinguishes the Gilbert Collection is the wide spectrum not only of techniques and materials , such as goldsmiths ' work , enamel , porcelain and especially hardstone , but also the countries of origin . |
| 4 | Thus the criminal law defines only some types of avoidable killing as murder : it excludes , for example , deaths resulting from acts of negligence , such as employers ' failure to maintain safe working conditions in factories and mines ( Swartz 1975 ) ; or deaths resulting from an organization 's reluctance to maintain appropriate safety standards ( Erickson 1976 ) ; or deaths which result from governmental agencies ' giving environmental health risks a low priority ( Liazos 1972 ) ; or deaths resulting from drug manufacturers ' failure to conduct adequate research on new chemical compounds before embarking on aggressive marketing campaigns ( Silverman and Lee 1974 ) ; or deaths from a dangerous drug that was approved by health authorities on the strength of a bribe from a pharmaceutical company ( Braithwaite and Geis 1981 ) ; or deaths resulting from car manufacturers refusing to recall and repair thousands of known defective vehicles because they calculate that the costs of meeting civil damages will be less ( Swigert and Farrell 1981 ) ; and in most jurisdictions deaths resulting from drunken or reckless people driving cars with total indifference to the potential cost in terms of human lives are also excluded . |
| 5 | Abuse of Market Power — Consultative Document on Possible Legislative Options , considers practices such as companies ' refusal to supply or the driving out of competitors through loss-making pricing , to be anti-competitive . |
| 6 | Some , indeed , were criticised for aspects of their habitability , such as mothers ' inability to watch , from the kitchen , children at play on the open space located at the front of the houses . |
| 7 | This complex web includes : a ) local and regional offices of central government departments , such as the DSS and DOE ( see Young 1982 ) ; b ) non-departmental public bodies usually dealing with a single specialized function , such as health and water authorities ; c ) decentralized units of public corporations , such as electricity boards ; d ) innumerable autonomous and semi-autonomous official and quasi-official organizations , each with its part to play in the policy-making process , such as tenants ' liaison committees and youth service advisory councils ( see Cousins , 1982 , 1983 ) ; e ) elected local government ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 8 | The project has already shown the need for small-scale processing units for products such as goats ' cheese and vegetables . |
| 9 | Organizations such as Media Expenditure and Advertising Ltd. in the UK provide regular information on media expenditure for subscribers , and other sources provide information on other key facts such as competitors ' market share . |
| 10 | There are organisations for the United Kingdom , the Pensioners ' Convention and the Pensioners ' Liaison Forum , which bring together other national groups such as Pensioners ' Voice , the British Pensioner and Trades Union Association and other retired members groups . |
| 11 | At a later stage in the project , the investigators shall consider the impact of changes in financial assets on ‘ real ’ variables such as consumers ' expenditure . |
| 12 | Indications are that costs will compare favourably with , for instance , the cost of a bed in a private nursing home ; additional benefits of a local authority specialist unit may be the ability to provide services such as carers ' support , home care , day care , despite staff training to maximise the use of staff and buildings It is always more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive services but the higher cost of specialist provision may be offset if it has a preventive role in the wider community . |
| 13 | Chief officers also liaise with other administrative units operating in the locality ( such as the field offices of central government departments along with health and water authorities ) and there are also important linkages with other councils , members of the public , and local pressure groups ( such as ratepayers ' action groups , local trade union branches , tenants ' associations ) . |