Example sentences of "a [noun sg] on [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet with eight sendings-off in all that day there was a case for ending the old year by taking a stand on players ' behaviour in time for the new . |
| 2 | It finances the Dental Estimates Board and the prescription pricing authorities that keep a check on dentists ' and doctors ' prescribing habits in order to contain costs . |
| 3 | It is wholly inappropriate and a slur on parents ' intelligence to imply , as your correspondent does , that coercion and possibly intimidation have played a part in achieving the present levels of support for change . |
| 4 | The Danish parliament on June 17 passed a law on patients ' records , which from January , 1994 , will give every citizen the right to access their medical records . |
| 5 | Design : A game of follow-my-leader : Jonathan Glancey anticipates a jamboree on Designers ' Saturday |
| 6 | While working with factual databases can have a bearing on pupils ' skill in using bibliographic databases , it may also serve to reinforce previous database use in the primary school classroom . |
| 7 | There he was , in a race on Sports ' Day , his skinny , uncoordinated limbs flung out in all directions , galloping clumsily round the track at least half a lap behind everybody else . |
| 8 | It would not be surprising if there were ; if science courses tended to act as a brake on students ' intellectual formation . |
| 9 | In both 1976 and 1985 councillors spent on average thirteen hours a month on electors ' problems . |
| 10 | But he is feared by militants to be considering adopting Lime Street-inspired suggestions of a cap on members ' losses of 100 per cent of their underwriting capacity . |
| 11 | But he is feared by militants to be considering adopting Lime Street-inspired suggestions of a cap on members ' losses of 100 per cent of their underwriting capacity . |
| 12 | As with open-market operations and ordinary funding , the sale of securities to the private sector leads to a squeeze on banks ' balances at the Bank of England . |
| 13 | International book-building puts a premium on intermediaries ' experience and ability to sell to 300-odd investing institutions around the world . |
| 14 | The majority supported the basic idea of the OFR : that company directors should provide with the reports and accounts a commentary on the operating results , a review of financial needs and resources and a commentary on shareholders ' return and value . |
| 15 | It also approved the Democracy and the Individual review , proposing : To replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber ; Devolved assemblies for Scotland , Wales , and the regions of England ; Unification of Ireland only by consent of the majority in the North ; A Freedom of Information Act ; A Ministry for Women ; A Department of Legal Administration to run the courts ; Extend legal aid ; A statutory duty on local councils to provide integrated child care services for the under-fives ; A Children 's Commissioner to act as an ombudsman on childrens ' rights ; Firm opposition to reform of the voting system for the House of Commons . |
| 16 | This is bound to have an effect on publishers ' conceptions of the market . |
| 17 | The introduction of National Curriculum History will have an impact on teachers ' methodologies and on classroom management techniques . |