Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is no statutory requirement to refer to this in the directors ' report . |
| 32 | There is no statutory requirement to refer to this in the directors ' report . |
| 33 | The Labour Party conference defeated Communist affiliation at the request of the National Executive and with the approval of most union officials other than some in the Miners ' Federation and the Amalgamated Engineering Union . |
| 34 | It allows the world the chance of proving it wrong , though ‘ the world ’ can only do this on the scientists ' terms . |
| 35 | A brief outline of the events is that the editor of a major medical journal ( a ) republished a previously published paper solely in order to attack it in an editorial ; ( b ) did this without the authors ' permission , while stating the opposite ; ( c ) initially refused to allow the original authors the right to reply in his editorial criticism ; ( d ) published a further editorial attack when ( a year later ) he published an edited version of the authors ' response ; ( d ) refused to publish any other correspondence about the editorial attacks ; and ( f ) gave another editor a dishonest account of events to dissuade him from publishing our account of the affair . |
| 36 | Simple requests for such increases were the least of the shipowners ' concerns , while on shipboard conditions there could be no cause for complaint because of the " army of government officials who were there to keep them up to the mark " . |
| 37 | A test ban is the least of the proliferators ' worries . |
| 38 | The new venture , co-ordinated by the US Council for Automotive Research , will investigate design , development , testing and possible manufacturing of electric vehicle components that could eventually be used in each of the companies ' vehicles . |
| 39 | Circles of radius one , two , five and ten kilometres were drawn around each station and the census enumeration district data were used to produce maps and tables showing population numbers , structure and characteristics around each of the stations ' catchment areas . |
| 40 | To test whether each of the participants ' before and after scores were simply a fluke occurrence , as distinct from a genuine increase in alcohol knowledge , a Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Test was undertaken using SPSS and the result proved statistically significant , that is , Z= - 10. 1839 , 2-tailed , P=0.0000 . |
| 41 | Onlookers paying £40 a head might have disagreed , for though the clothes were gorgeous and the models undeniably pretty , the atmosphere was more like that of a girls ' boarding school than an haute couture show . |
| 42 | Stella Fearnley replies : In response to Richard Harwood 's comments , I feel I should point out that my article did not imply that the only perception of district societies is that of a practitioners ' club , and that this perception emerged from market research carried out among our members last year , not from my own opinions . |
| 43 | It is suggested that the critical levels coincide with those below which the rate of litter accumulation exceeds its breakdown and that the ecological optimum may represent that of the dipterocarps ' mycorrhizae . |
| 44 | This norm contrasts with that of the groups ' careful speech which is very much closer to traditional Dyirbal ( see Dixon 1971 for a description ) . |
| 45 | Perhaps more important for our purposes is the economists ' view of law which is something quite different from that of the lawyers ' traditional idea of a command backed up by a sanction . |
| 46 | Sheltered housing is accommodation in a group of self-contained flats ( or sometimes bungalows ) with a resident warden , alarm system and some shared facilities such as a residents ' lounge , guest room and laundry . |
| 47 | A tenancy in common is usual in a business situation such as a solicitors ' partnership . |
| 48 | lf you go to a specialist shop , such as a plumbers ' merchant or central heating specialist , you will be able to find other sizes . |
| 49 | The main sources for the movement as it developed between 1880 and the early 1900s , were University Settlement Houses , Public School Missions , the ‘ Independents ’ , and the motley collection of local parish clubs and others , many of which were affiliated to larger parent organizations , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , BB , YMCA , the Wesley Guild of Youth , and the Army Cadets . |
| 50 | The completed report cards were then passed on to the SCC for discussion , after which the details would be forwarded to either the association of SCCs ( covering a wider area than a single school ) , the ASEA , or to some other agency , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants or the Recreational Evening Schools Association . |
| 51 | The notion of friendship between classes also motivated organisations such as the Girls ' Friendly Society and the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants . |
| 52 | I also liaise with land users organisations such as the Ramblers ' Association , British Horse Society and Cyclists ' Touring Club . |
| 53 | The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall . |
| 54 | They should perhaps look to take a more active role in initiating advocacy projects by funding development work with local users and with agencies such as the Citizens ' Advice Bureau which have developed expertise in this area . |
| 55 | The second and most detailed stage will be a series of three interview surveys : of solicitors , to establish the amount and kinds of work they do ; of general legal services , such as the Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , to establish how far they complement or duplicate the service provided by solicitors ; and of a sample of the population from selected parishes to find out the kinds of issues that have caused individuals to resort to legal advice . |
| 56 | There are also various independent support groups , such as the Prisoners ' Wives and Families Society . |
| 57 | The first stretch to Castletown takes you past sights such as the smugglers ' hideout at Jackdaw Cave and a treat for birdwatchers at Derby Haven where huge flocks of birds feed in the bay . |
| 58 | Teachers ' pay and conditions are legally fixed by law ( such as the Teachers ' Pay & Conditions Act 1987 ) and set out in successive annual documents . |
| 59 | Some nationalised industries already offer these benefits ; and in some cases , such as the teachers ' scheme , a woman with a dependent husband can arrange for him to receive a pension on her death . |
| 60 | Those MPs who succumbed to the pressures of Party democracy brought their golf clubs with them and spent long days on the sandy links of Southport and elsewhere , returning to their hotels in the evening to take part in an entertainment such as the Agents ' dinner and dance . |