Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking on July 22 during a visit to Washington , the then Soviet Armed Forces Chief of Staff , Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev , responded to the suggestion saying that the Soviet Union would be willing to scrap its rail-mobile SS-24 missiles provided that the USA did " not do anything in this category of weapons ' . |
| 2 | Another study of employers ' use of temporary workers using US survey data ( Magnum/Mayall/Nelson , 1985 ) obtained results very similar to our own with respect to fixed-term contract workers . |
| 3 | The idea of classroom observation encouraged some teachers to observe each other , and one group , for example , began some research on girls ' talk . |
| 4 | This fall in bankers ' deposits represents a fall in the commercial banks ' cash reserves . |
| 5 | Revision courses are also offered for students studying privately for the Institute of Housing qualification and it is hoped to provide some help to tenants ' groups in the area . |
| 6 | In any case , my point is that it was during the course of this interview , when I raised the question of the difficulty of recruiting suitable staff in these times , that Mr Farraday , after a moment 's reflection , made his request of me ; that I do my best to draw up a staff plan — ‘ some sort of servants ' rota ’ as he put it — by which this house might be run on the present staff of four — that is to say , Mrs Clements , the two young girls , and myself . |
| 7 | The object of this sort of servants ' hall talk is invariably some butler who has come to the fore quite suddenly through having been appointed by a prominent house , and who has perhaps managed to pull off two or three large occasions with some success . |
| 8 | This transformation of teachers ' experiences is the key factor establishing the concept of partnership through direct experience . |
| 9 | There was some curtailment of prisoners ' activities , a reduction in the number of outside working parties and of educational classes . |
| 10 | A problem arises here : the company policies and procedures need to be based on some knowledge of employees ' willingness to move but asking the employees whether they are willing to relocate will not provide constructive answers unless those concerned can have answers to their questions based on hard facts — which are usually given in written policy statements . |
| 11 | " We shall yet talk of this day in ladies ' chambers , " said the Count of Soissons at the Battle of al-Mansurah . |
| 12 | It helps if in the assessment interview , the client can delineate specific objectives and targets to achieve ; this gives some indicator of clients ' motivation and a target to aim for . |
| 13 | Jackie had finished racing by the time I got involved in the sport , but it is utterly fitting that this collection of drivers ' portraits should begin with Jackie : not only because he was a great champion , not just because he changed the course of the sport , but because he 's really never been away . |
| 14 | This second hypothesis is suggested by the general tone of the reflections contained in the poem as a whole , as well as by the intertextual reference to a well-known Christian prayer , where " this vale of tears ' is a metaphor for the human condition on earth . |
| 15 | As we shall see , this immunity from savers ' redemptions is reflected in the composition of trusts ' assets . |
| 16 | The baby book gives us another glimpse into parents ' and societies ' attitudes towards girls ' bodies with the comment that Alison is ‘ prudish ’ about her body at ten , and the noting of her ‘ slight breast development ’ . |
| 17 | The absence of a thoughtful approach blights this area of schools ' work . |
| 18 | Against this vision of debtors ' prisons , ‘ harm to interests ’ theories merely require a person in default to pay monetary compensation for any harm which he has caused to protected interests . |
| 19 | This spending of taxpayers ' cash was a ‘ distressing waste ’ , Labour MPs said last night . |
| 20 | By the time Smith wrote in 1776 , some form of workers ' organisation approximating to trade unionism has been found among many groups including hatters , wool combers , tailors , weavers , cabinet makers , wheelwrights , curriers , carpenters , bricklayers , masons and calico printers . |
| 21 | Some information on pupils ' specific knowledge and skills is also likely to be of interest to parents and employers . |
| 22 | Instead she suggests that the content of the formal curriculum should be entirely overhauled : ‘ for girls to become a more powerful group , they must be given some understanding of females ' past powerlessness … in other subject areas , like English literature , social studies , art , biology and — where it is taught — psychology , there is a similar need to examine what girls are learning about women 's abilities and potential , and therefore what they should ( realistically ) expect for themselves ’ ( Hannon , 1979 , p. 115 ) . |
| 23 | The well drafted schedule only requires checking afterwards , it does not require another couple of hours ' work trying to remember what people said or what one 's own peculiar hieroglyphics made during the interview were meant to convey . |
| 24 | Another couple of months ' worth of poor economic numbers and the bombs surely fall on Tripoli . |
| 25 | What proportion of asylum seekers come into this country on visitors ' permits and then decide that they are in fear of persecution just as their permits come to an end ? |
| 26 | Given the demand for borrowing by customers and assuming no offsetting action by the central bank , this increase in bankers ' deposits may lead to an increase in the money supply . |
| 27 | The logical consequence of this view of consumers ' use of advertising is that there is a far greater chance of involving potential customers in the ads for more complex and expensive products . |
| 28 | Speaking this time for Residents ' Association . |
| 29 | ‘ Making Their Mark ’ could equally well have been called a mixed exhibition ; but this is a term more often used for a show put on by an exhibiting society , that type of artists ' organisation whose importance in Europe was created by the middle classes , who sought in the eighteenth century to buy pictures rather than give commissions , as aristocratic patrons had been accustomed to do . |
| 30 | On company cars , he continued the policy of his predecessor , Mr Nigel Lawson , in recognising that perks provided by employers are just as much part of employees ' remuneration as salaries are , and should therefore be just as taxable . |