Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun pl] ['s] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Software vendors such as Telesmart are doing their bit to help by providing software to sit between users ' applications and the various EDI networks ( see Panel 2 — British Gypsum ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not one to fuss about women 's rights . |
| 3 | He should take his own route in his own time and avoid the tendency to see through others ' eyes . |
| 4 | Because parental involvement is such a key feature , teachers also need to know about parents ' rights and responsibilities under the legislation , in addition to those of the school and LEA . |
| 5 | Advertisements for a video series entitled ‘ Images of Love ’ began to appear in women 's magazines and in trade journals in 1984 . |
| 6 | The uncharitable , on the other hand , might assume it to be a collection of the sort of homilies which used to appear in women 's magazines . |
| 7 | Tom , based in Sussex , travels all over the country , even to Wales and Scotland , to work on horses ' teeth . |
| 8 | Big small disk drive maker Conner Peripherals Inc , San Jose warns that continued weakness in demand and price declines for its disk drives , and a shortfall in orders from its European distributor will hurt its first quarter results and that the expected lower sales will cause earnings per share to fall below analysts ' expectations : it says it is evaluating restructuring alternatives to reduce costs and that any restructuring action could result in additional charges to the quarter ; chief executive Finis Conner said the disk drive market is affected by price competition and excess capacity in the industry , which has caused customers to defer buys and reduce their lead times . |
| 9 | It 's a big single , with three gear legs and their doors ; two exhaust chimneys — not pipes — to inspect for birds ' nests ; a four-bladed de-iced prop with no nicks to point at yet ; fuel drains ( four under the wings , one under the nose ) . |
| 10 | Erm I do n't think we need to talk about parents ' rights , I think we need to look much more at the needs of children and I think we need to listen to children , er particularly when there 's conflict , we need to hear what they say about their parents , about what their needs should be . |
| 11 | But you think it 's perfectly all right to talk about women 's tits and bums and stick pictures of them up all over the place . |
| 12 | NeXT says it also has a $3m contract for 400 NeXTstation computers over the next 18 months from Mobil Oil Corp 's Mobil Sales & Supply Corp , which wants them to serve as traders ' workstations . |
| 13 | THE FIRST challenge under powers to appeal against judges ' decisions to ban the press and public from court failed in the Appeal Court yesterday . |
| 14 | Porters must be hired to move any amount of fish , however small , and minders paid to look after customers ' trucks . |
| 15 | Commission to look after employees ' interests |
| 16 | She visited Durham to see a friend and fell in love with the city and began to help with girls ' clubs in Durham and Sunderland . |
| 17 | Another of Polgar 's battles is his refusal to allow his girls to play in women 's tournaments , with the exception of the Olympics , where Zsuzsa triumphed . |
| 18 | Following April 's revolution in which King Birendra had been forced to accede to protesters ' demands for major political reforms [ see pp. 37362-63 ] , the new interim government ( headed by Nepali Congress president Krishna Prasad Bhattarai ) moved to consolidate its achievements during May . |
| 19 | They are supposed to apply to widows ' pensions , war pensions , civil service pensions , family income supplement , child benefit — indeed , to every scheme which makes any special provision for widows and other people left on their own , or for people caring for children single-handed . |
| 20 | At the Third Reading , the UnderSecretary of State for Scotland , Mr Robert Hughes , laid a number of amendments to make it clear that the Bill was intended to apply to children 's hearings . |
| 21 | The Labour policy of ‘ ensuring that lesbianism and gayness are treated positively in the curriculum ’ was raised in such a way as to play on parents ' fears for the safety of their children . |
| 22 | Now I want to look at teachers ' lives from a particular point of view. : that what our hypothetical observer is actually witnessing is people coping , in a great variety of ways , with stress . |
| 23 | It was probably wrong to look at women 's busts , but he could n't bring himself to mention it in confession , not until he had decided about his vocation , one way or the other . |
| 24 | Given that the meaning of ‘ arts ’ and ‘ science ’ is dependent on the differences between them , it is necessary to look at scientists ' perceptions of the arts , and vice versa . |
| 25 | But they certainly should n't be encouraged to go into strangers ' houses and we 'd also ask er people who perhaps do have children knocking on their door not to invite them in either . |
| 26 | For example , a local Age Concern group in one area ran a highly imaginative scheme of ‘ respite care ’ , in which the Manpower Services Commission community programme was used to provide workers to go into carers ' homes to provide relief . |
| 27 | The editor is not bound to agree with readers ' opinions and reserves the right to edit letters |
| 28 | The editor is not bound to agree with readers ' opinions and reserves the right to edit letters . |
| 29 | The editor is not bound to agree with readers ' opinions and reserves the right to edit letters . |
| 30 | While the NFU , maintains that the majority of farmers are honest , it has nonetheless set up a telephone ‘ help desk ’ in collaboration with accountants Grant Thornton to deal with members ' enquiries about taxation and VAT . |