Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The printers have been designed to reflect Hewlett-Packard 's ‘ anywhere to anywhere ’ print strategy , which aims to accommodate the complexities of heterogeneous computing environments while keeping pace with users ' demands for speedier and more advanced printers . |
| 2 | Touche believes the balance sheet treatment of capitalising expenditure on players ' registrations as an intangible asset has commercial logic , but does not favour revaluing players ' registrations in the accounts according to their current market worth . |
| 3 | GPTV director David Hahn said : ‘ The average waiting time in GPs ' surgeries is 30 minutes . |
| 4 | In The Fire of Love he lashes out at those who have spent " their youthful energy in getting hold of others ' property by hook or by crook " for their own worldly security and who use their authority aggressively ( 30.139 – 40 ) . |
| 5 | The head must also make available for inspection at the school information on syllabuses , schemes of work and school hours as well as details of the arrangements for dealing with complaints and providing access to pupils ' records and documents , such as any HMI Report on the school . |
| 6 | It is significant that one which was encountered more than once was a " lack of follow-up support after the course and a lack of procedures for evaluating impact on participants ' performance as opposed to the quality of the training experience " ( Wallace and Hall 1989:165 ) . |
| 7 | The only representative study containing information on employers ' use of temporary workers is the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey ( WIRS ) conducted by the Department of Employment together with PSI . |
| 8 | In this case , the financial reports are imposing norms rather than passively providing information for users ' benefit . |
| 9 | When they realise their predicament , BT is hoping to step into the breach , taking advantage of Customs ' willingness to accept the returns over EDI . |
| 10 | When resolving disciplinary incidents teachers sometimes can not help hearing criticism of colleagues ' view of things — either from pupils or from their parents . |
| 11 | One way in which the 1975 legislation can be said to have further endorsed the domestic division of labour is by making provision of widows ' pensions by occupational schemes one condition of approval by the Occupational Pensions Board . |
| 12 | They doubted whether valid measures of all of the areas of development could be devised ; they maintained that the tests used would have a distorting and trivializing effect on pupils ' learning ( 'this year 's test becomes next year 's curriculum' ) : they pointed to the possibility , notwithstanding the assurances that light sampling techniques would be deployed , that superficial comparisons would be made on the basis of inadequate evidence between areas and between schools ; and they detected in the paraphernalia of mass testing associated with the APU the most sinister intrusion of central government into the work of the schools and the spectre of state-controlled curricula . |
| 13 | It is , however , encouraging that statutory authorities are beginning to see how helpful advocacy schemes can be in alerting them to easily ignored issues and in raising awareness of users ' rights , particularly those focused on legal and civil liberties and welfare benefit entitlements . |
| 14 | This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms . |