Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The London Society 's response takes issue with the ‘ current piecemeal approach to audit regulation and independence matters ’ . |
| 2 | Both adverse US payments figures and US budget deficits are familiar stimuli to dealers in dollars , as are hints of any prospect of the money markets ' interest rates being raised ( a classic central banker 's response to market pressure on the currency in which the bank operates ) . |
| 3 | Where the director 's responsibilities as a member of the parent company 's board include oversight of the activities of the subsidiary , it is likely that he would be held to have an obligation to communicate information concerning the subsidiary to the parent . |
| 4 | Witney 's winner came courtesy of a set piece ; Town were awarded a free kick which Dave Watson swung to the edge of the six yard box . |
| 5 | AT the start of another sailing season , International 's yacht paints team in Sweden is looking to make better headway this year . |
| 6 | In Denco Ltd. v Joinson [ 1991 ] , an employee who had a right of access to certain information in his employer 's computer system used another employee 's password to gain access to other parts of the computer system , something he was not entitled to do . |
| 7 | A pilot scheme was undertaken during 1991/92 whereby 200 pupils , 50 from each Inn , were involved in a programme of continuing professional development and attended courses in Accountancy , EC and HR Law and Advocacy in addition to attending a day 's course entitled Advice to Counsel . |
| 8 | Students of the Barnes Foundation 's art education classes who support the de Mazia Trust 's case accuse Knopf of no wrongdoing . |
| 9 | This may have been a conscious effort on Æthelred 's part to divide Olaf from Swegen , with the intention that he should then conquer Norway ( as he did ) and be a thorn in Swegen 's flesh ( as he was , until Swegen defeated and killed him ) . |
| 10 | Barbara 's advice : ‘ Susan 's skin needs foundation with concealer on top . |
| 11 | As a question of aesthetic value , it is hard to dispute Lonsdale 's decision to give prominence to this material . |
| 12 | NORMAN Lamont 's decision to scrap tax on new cars has put Britain 's stalled motor industry back on the road according to delighted dealers and buyers across the country . |
| 13 | Professor Michael Sherer , of Essex University 's department of accounting and financial management , said families faced higher bills following the Chancellor 's decision to extend VAT to domestic fuel , over-index excise duties , leave tax thresholds untouched and raise national insurance contributions . |
| 14 | In the last Budget , Chancellor Norman Lamont announced the Government 's decision to extend VAT to domestic gas and electricity at 8 per cent next year and at 17.5pc by 1995 . |
| 15 | Already almost £200,000 poorer because of ITV 's decision to delay screening of the match rather than show it live , the League has now admitted that its own company , Worldwide Soccer , will provide the network with the pictures . |
| 16 | It criticizes the Administration 's decision to withdraw support from international population control initiatives , arguing that population control is essential to limit depletion of natural resources . |
| 17 | Geoff Robertson and Thomas Burgess ( Points of View today ) are correct to criticise the Government 's decision to levy VAT on domestic fuel bills . |
| 18 | The Prime Minister 's decision to refuse funding for a survey of sexual behaviour to further research about the spread of Aids , and a new way of counting people in the poorest category of the population which reduced the number by one million , caused controversy . |
| 19 | AN appeal has been made against East Hampshire District Council 's decision to refuse permission for the conversion of a barn to a single storey dwelling at Janelands in Willis Lane , Four Marks . |
| 20 | The reasons for the Council 's decision to refuse permission for the development are set out in the attached schedule . |
| 21 | The reasons for the Council 's decision to refuse permission for the development are set out in the attached schedule . |
| 22 | But one top economist viewed the Government 's decision to spotlight manufacturing as another U-turn . |
| 23 | The council 's decision to ban traffic from Skinnergate and High Row between 10.30am and 4pm , Mondays to Saturdays , is aimed at making shopping safer and more enjoyable . |
| 24 | The government 's decision to impose VAT at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17pc 12 months later could reverse a trend which has seen customer disconnections fall by 70 pc in the past 12 months and Manweb said only six customers were disconnected for non payment in the past six months . |
| 25 | It says this is in reply to the government 's decision to impose VAT on electricity . |
| 26 | The strength of the local campaign was an important factor in the council 's decision to commit funding to this area of work . |
| 27 | The causes of Attila 's decision to attack Gaul in 451 are obscure , although legends explaining it circulated from very early on . |
| 28 | While Computer 2000 AG fumes over the potential implications of the Polish government 's decision to waive duty on the imports of local assemblers ( CI No 2,140 ) , indications are emerging that the company 's six-month-old operation in Hungary is beginning to perform after a troubled start . |
| 29 | An analysis of the antecedents of the government 's decision to assume power over the school curriculum suggests a range of other motives , including the wresting of control from teachers and the ‘ educational establishment ’ , the elimination of perceived leftist influence in the classroom and the wish to give greater prominence to the needs of the national economy in shaping the curriculum ( Demaine 1988 , Quicke 1988 , Whitty 1989 ) . |
| 30 | The row over Digital Equipment Corp 's decision to end manufacturing in Galway and try to find a new tenant to take over the manufacturing plant — which DEC owns , will not die down , and now the European Commission is to investigate Irish allegations that the UK government lured DEC into keeping its Ayr plant open at the expense of Galway : Commerce & Technology Minister Seamus Brennan , in Brussels for a meeting of European Community industry ministers , said Dublin had asked Competition Commissioner Karel van Miert to probe media reports that DEC had been offered inducements to keep the Ayr plant open — but no-one seems to have said just what these alleged inducements are ; the UK government on Friday denied the allegations , saying any assistance it might or might not have given would have been fully in accordance with Community rules , and invited Community auditors to ‘ come and look at the books any time ’ . |