Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Broadly speaking , the only people likely to become convicts are the very poor : either sentenced summarily in magistrates ' courts for minor offences , or , after long delays , convicted of serious crimes . |
2 | The first may be related specifically to GPs ' training as medical practitioners . |
3 | The ‘ information ’ part of Vredeling , which would apply to employers with 1,000 or more employees , would require that information relating to the business as a whole , and to the employees ' own particular subsidiaries or establishments , be supplied annually to employees ' representatives . |
4 | The ‘ commun ’ was used formerly as servants ' quarters and kitchens . |
5 | Animal insulins continue to be needed both from patients ' and from doctors ' points of view . |
6 | There seems a good case for saying that , until the new date is drawn again to members ' attention , the old date continues to be valid . |
7 | Teaching support is offered either at Goldsmiths ' College in our own language classes with the help of experienced support tutors or in neighbouring adult education institutes , particularly those which offer community languages or ESOL . |
8 | The net proceeds from the issue of equity shares and warrants for equity shares should be credited directly to shareholders ' funds . |
9 | The evening was a great success , evidenced both by parents ' reactions during the course of the evening and by the positive comments made by parents on a questionnaire Rick had devised . |
10 | Buzzards are still persecuted by game preservers in some parts of the county , birds being found twice on gamekeepers ' gibbets in 1971 , for example . |
11 | Looking back at the face of the bank , they could see that it was in fact dotted thickly with martins ' holes . |
12 | Looking specifically at the arable sector , the SAC 's Sandy Ramsay highlighted the effects of the UK 's departure from the ERM , saying that it had worked greatly to farmers ' advantage . |
13 | This chapter will look at the different explanations that have been put forward for girls ' 'failure' in education , and at some of the research that has been done in this area . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Accordingly total expenditure E in the period under consideration was composed entirely of consumers ' expenditure C , and total income Y in the community was identical to this expenditure . |
16 | Furthermore , in the period after 1944 when selection for secondary schools through the 11 + examination predominated , girls ' 11 + performances were weighted differently to boys ' performances so that girls achieved fewer places than their examination results indicated , and boys achieved more places than their results merited . |
17 | The government had not intervened in the dockers ' ban , and although they supported the Poles against the Bolsheviks they were aware of the general feelings amongst the working classes , which were expressed vociferously at workers ' meetings throughout the country . |
18 | Water-fleas ( Daphnia ) , blood-worms and a few other kinds of small animal can be purchased cheaply from aquarists ' shops , where they are sold as live food for tropical fish . |