Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | The vote was widely seen as a test of voters ' attitude to greater integration into western Europe . |
| 32 | The Progress Book gradually builds into a scrapbook of pupils ' own work , forming a personal and lasting record of what they have learned and achieved . |
| 33 | They called for a reform of judges ' status and of the conseil supérieur de la magistrature to make it " truly independent from political power " . |
| 34 | Unless First Fidelity beats that ( few American banks do ) , the investment will prove a waste of shareholders ' money . |
| 35 | Two questions you will constantly be asked are : What can be done with the old wreck ? and What will it cost and wo n't it be a waste of taxpayers ' money ? |
| 36 | It 's a waste of taxpayers ' money . |
| 37 | A PLAN to put lifesize plastic tourists on Southport seafront has been branded a waste of taxpayers ' money . |
| 38 | The divergencies are a consequence of voters ' use of their preferences and the geographical distribution of party support . |
| 39 | Despite the fact that attainment targets may be grouped into ‘ profile components ’ for the purposes of reporting achievements , teachers are expected to ‘ keep a record of pupils ' progress in relation to each attainment target ’ , a particularly onerous requirement . |
| 40 | A war of years ' rather than months ' duration was then ensured by the Soviet Union 's rallying to the Republic 's aid . |
| 41 | I thought of myself as a connoisseur of girls ' good looks ; and I knew that this was one to judge all others by . |
| 42 | Lethal as a sliver of glass , he scythed a flying header through a ruck of defenders ' armpits to put United ahead after nine minutes . |
| 43 | A TV show featuring sexy home videos was halted after a flood of viewers ' complaints in Sydney , Australia . |
| 44 | OUR recent series commemorating the life of comedy king Frankie Howerd brought a flood of readers ' letters . |
| 45 | Thus , to get a picture of pupils ' understanding of what a triangle is , it is not sufficient to ask them to name one exemplar ( especially if it is a special case such as an equilateral triangle ) , nor to draw one exemplar , for they are likely to draw a special case . |
| 46 | He read out a selection of prisoners ' letters today at a reception for the Trust in London . |
| 47 | For example a curriculum leader in a small primary school leads a small group to scrutinise a selection of pupils ' work from different year groups to examine progression and continuity and their relation to the National Curriculum a department in a secondary school reviews its curricular provision ; assesses the implications of the National Curriculum for that subject ; analyses policies and practice on pupil assessment ; analyses examination/test results ; reviews pupils ' written work to check on progression and continuity a team considers relations with parents and the wider community the head , a deputy or a senior teacher leads a working party on topics such as cross-curricular issues , curriculum provision as a whole , pupil attendance , school documentation the staff development or INSET co-ordinator leads a working party to review staff development , INSET provision and dissemination , teacher appraisal , care of probationer teachers ( DES 1989e:8 ) . |
| 48 | A Cleveland council leader criticised new regulations forcing councils to publish a register of members ' Page 4 . |
| 49 | Around the edge of each page , was a pattern of angels ' heads with blue wings . |
| 50 | A Comparison of Girls ' Comics from 1983 and 1993 |
| 51 | I have in front of me some photographs from a collection of settlers ' memories . |
| 52 | The businesses include two in waste disposal — essentially landfill operations — two in quarrying , two in the manufacture of scientific instruments plus a chain of builders ' merchants and a maker of specialised grouts . |
| 53 | The largest yet , an offer of £629m for Magnet , a chain of builders ' merchants , went to shareholders this week . |
| 54 | Picasso too had stayed near by in a cluster of farmers ' cottages . |
| 55 | Thus , the red tape that so often seems to characterize bureaucracies need not be a manifestation of bureaucrats ' love for due process . |
| 56 | A flurry of brokers ' profit downgrades hit Ladbrokes , off 12p at 168p , TI Group , down 6p at 278p , and English China Clays . |
| 57 | There have been frequent attacks in the media on ‘ trendy teaching methods ’ and falling academic standards , and there can be no doubt that this has resulted in a deterioration of teachers ' status in society . |
| 58 | Somalia is mostly desert , and three-quarters of its 6m people are nomads , living from a mixture of camels ' milk and fierce raids on other clans . |
| 59 | Maude Stanley , for example , a founder of girls ' clubs , voiced the wider social anxiety about the role of girls in the alleged deterioration of the race and the threat of over-population among the working class . |
| 60 | He attempted to use the union structures to guide developments , calling on Dec. 9 for a Congress of Peoples ' Deputies to be convened to discuss the Minsk agreement . |