Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun pl] ' [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 | He should take his own route in his own time and avoid the tendency to see through others ' eyes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Tom , based in Sussex , travels all over the country , even to Wales and Scotland , to work on horses ' teeth . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | THE FIRST challenge under powers to appeal against judges ' decisions to ban the press and public from court failed in the Appeal Court yesterday . |
| 10 | Porters must be hired to move any amount of fish , however small , and minders paid to look after customers ' trucks . |
| 11 | Commission to look after employees ' interests |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The editor is not bound to agree with readers ' opinions and reserves the right to edit letters |
| 21 | The editor is not bound to agree with readers ' opinions and reserves the right to edit letters . |
| 22 | The editor is not bound to agree with readers ' opinions and reserves the right to edit letters . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | How long does the Secretary of State expect that it will take to complete the valuations and how long will it take to deal with householders ' objections to those valuations ? |
| 25 | More than 85% of those questioned say they think stores should have freephone numbers to deal with shoppers ' enquiries . |
| 26 | Sub-Committee to deal with pensioners ' affairs at times of great pressure on the Executive Committee . |
| 27 | Before implementing a relocation , ensure that whoever is organising the move is fully prepared to deal with employees ' questions and anxieties . |
| 28 | The old soldier is best on home ground and there are some vivid illustrations of what to do with muggers ' testicles . |
| 29 | But British Railways ( in the pre-Beeching era ) used to put on Ramblers ' Specials , stopping at such places as Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedbergh , where you were met by guides and conducted on a kind of forced march through the fells . |
| 30 | FEARS of an all-out fish war rose last night after European fisheries ministers refused to bow to catchers ' demands for a ban on imports . |