Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 Proposals on the minimum wage and protection of workers ' rights ( through endorsement of the EC 's Social Chapter for example ) if implemented might have helped prevent exploitation of the " peripheral " workforce although the market advantage of the knowledge workers would continue .
2 The Panel 's aim was to help colleges to establish more effective integration of the practical training and academic study , and more effective supervision of training and assessment of students ' work .
3 Preparation of material for printers and correction of printers ' proofs .
4 Preparation of material for printers and correction of printers ' proofs .
5 Research into TV commercials divides into two main fields : research into audiences and audience characteristics , and research into commercials ' effectiveness .
6 Is there a governors ' book shelf stocked with books , pamphlets and circulars including those from the National Curriculum Council , SEAC , Advisory Centre for Education ( ACE ) , the National Association of Governors and Managers and Action for Governors ' Information and Training ( AGIT ) ?
7 They were intimately connected with the elements and could be petitioned to control rain and wind on mortals ' behalf .
8 Arguably only if the Library Association failed to take disciplinary action against its members for not putting professional loyalty and practice above employers ' decisions would the Code be discredited — as a paper tiger .
9 It emphasises the huge element of mystery and uncertainty in voters ' behaviour , which makes them spurn the most fluent campaigns and ignore the gaffes and trifles which dominate television news bulletins and front pages .
10 Other information provided on the provision and maintenance of travellers ' sites also proved to be a damning indictment of official neglect and racism .
11 its primary aims were , and still are , to encourage professional standards in the industry by supporting and promoting illustrators — the only body of its kind in this country to represent and campaign for illustrators ' rights .
12 The quality and quantity of pupils ' work was questioned at the fourth meeting .
13 While it was true that the experience of dependants ' benefits demonstrated to the Ministry of Labour that ‘ not in a few cases they enabled respectable and industrious men and women to avoid having recourse to the Poor Law ’ ( Ministry of Labour , 1924 , p. 10 ) , the restoration and continuation of dependants ' allowances and the establishment of uniform minimum scales of Poor Law outdoor relief in January 1922 owed much to the activities of the National Unemployed Workers ' Movement , which organised protests na-tionally as well as against local Boards of Guardians .
14 However , it was noted that the processing of financial data was laborious ( eg budgetary calculations , recording the receipt and issue of residents ' cash etc ) and could possibly be improved in some way .
15 And more broadly still , dealing with pupils with ‘ special educational needs ’ in the ordinary classroom ; doing one 's best to combat racism and sexism in pupils ' attitudes ; taking account of personal and social education in one 's teaching style ; paying attention to the deliberate coaching of study skills ; providing worthwhile vocational courses for the greatly increased cohort of non-academic pupils who stay on at school beyond the age of sixteen .
16 Much research and attention to artists ' requirements has led to a new breed of synthetic brushes which are highly appropriate for use with acrylics , among other uses , which hold their shape well over a long period of time , are delightfully responsive to use , are superbly controllable , allowing precision work , and are durable enough to resist occasional misuse .
17 Perhaps ironically , one important factor preventing precision and continuity in princes ' demands of their castellans was the intervention of other princes .
18 Rather , each place has to be carefully arranged , on an individual basis , matching staff interests , level and availability with providers ' timetables and own internal demands .
19 Although dual employer structuring may be common in some industries , nevertheless our main concern is more specifically with the origins and development of employers ' associations themselves , which will now be delineated .
20 Secondly , the research will assess the school-based experience and training that the students receive in teaching methods in order to determine the extent to which students have mastered an understanding of the nature and development of pupils ' historical thinking and are able to exemplify such understanding in their teaching styles .
21 Such research could both identify effective strategies for the training of history teachers in the light of our understanding of the nature and development of pupils ' historical thinking and further the debate on the relationship between teaching styles and pupils ' conceptual hierarchies in history .
22 It is therefore necessary to consider on a cross-national basis for industrialised market ( or mixed ) economies the genesis and evolution of employers ' associations , external to the firm or enterprise , which have typified collective bargaining arrangements with unions in most Western European countries .
23 But there remains a wealth of untapped experience and knowledge in employees ' informal job-controls and patterns of organization .
24 They have statutory powers to make by-laws concerning the number , health and welfare of commoners ' animals , and payments for marking such animals , and for pigs turned out in pannage time .
25 The figure for 1982 was 37.8 m. barrels and for 1984 38.2 ( source : MMC based on HM Customs and Excise plus Brewers ' Society ) .
26 The proposed changes will have a fundamental impact on the form and content of auditors ' reports .
27 Section 1 gives guidance on the form and content of auditors ' annual reports and comments on the principal matters to be taken into account in framing those reports .
28 The research should contribute both to psychological knowledge , by identifying the structure and content of teenagers ' knowledge of road use and how this knowledge changes as a function of experience ; to the practical business of accident prevention , by identifying what kinds of interventions are most needed in pre-driving years and when these interventions are most likely to be effective .
29 There is no doubt that the growth and authority of employers ' associations has had a major influence both upon the development and the direction of collective bargaining in many countries .
30 A shadow fundholding exercise was agreed that would be independently evaluated to assess the effects on the care of patients and look at the administration structures , consulting patterns , and use of doctors ' time .
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