Example sentences of "a [noun sg] in [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think in some ways it 's better , because girls are meant to get on better in the sciences in girls ' schools ; they 're meant to be pushed backwards a bit in boys ' schools . |
| 2 | a reduction in men 's pensionable age is ruled out for the foreseeable future on grounds of cost … on the other hand , the government believes that raising the pensionable age for women would be unfair to women who have contributed over the years in the expectation of a pension at 60 . |
| 3 | The expectation is that by increasing patient participation in this way the project will achieve a reduction in patients ' forgetting and misunderstanding of instructions and advice , and a reduction in the number of questions which occur to patients after their consultation . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman spoke with anxiety of the possibility of a rise in miners ' wages as a consequence of this Bill . |
| 5 | its settings for mouse let's have a look in drivers erm you have n't got a mouse , have you ? |
| 6 | Underlying this increased union activity was a change in women 's consciousness : in their perception of their jobs , their place in society and their role as trade unionists . |
| 7 | Well I think that message is getting across to the P L P and we 've seen more women coming into the House of Commons , sitting on the Labour benches at the last general election , but there also is a sense that the progress , although it 's being made , needs to be speeded up , because when you have profound social changes outside the House of Commons , with a change in women 's role in society , a change in women 's role in the Labour force , and a change in women 's role in the family as well , you ca n't allow your parliament to lag behind . |
| 8 | Well I think that message is getting across to the P L P and we 've seen more women coming into the House of Commons , sitting on the Labour benches at the last general election , but there also is a sense that the progress , although it 's being made , needs to be speeded up , because when you have profound social changes outside the House of Commons , with a change in women 's role in society , a change in women 's role in the Labour force , and a change in women 's role in the family as well , you ca n't allow your parliament to lag behind . |
| 9 | Well I think that message is getting across to the P L P and we 've seen more women coming into the House of Commons , sitting on the Labour benches at the last general election , but there also is a sense that the progress , although it 's being made , needs to be speeded up , because when you have profound social changes outside the House of Commons , with a change in women 's role in society , a change in women 's role in the Labour force , and a change in women 's role in the family as well , you ca n't allow your parliament to lag behind . |
| 10 | The object is to establish the change in hours supply to the labour market ta ; H as a result of a change in wages δW , which , other things equal , generates an income effect ( y ) and a substitution effect ( s ) , as follows ( assuming that the only tax is the introduction of a proportional one on labour income and it is this that is causing the change in W : |
| 11 | Education Secretary John Patten is also fighting off a cut in teachers ' pay and campaigning for his budget to push through education reforms and repair crumbling schools . |
| 12 | THE Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , yesterday proposed a cut in prisoners ' parole rights as a main ingredient of a shake-up of the criminal justice system to be set out in a government white paper next month . |
| 13 | The reason why a cut in members ' allowances was not in our budget is I think we did n't consider it and we did n't consider it because the figures involved are so small that it was n't a matter which was , as I say , worthy of financial comment , although I accept it has a political dimension . |
| 14 | If speaker D had gone on at some length about ‘ cobbles ’ or rough roads in general , or if the analysis only had part of this fragment , up to C 's it was rather rough , then we might have had no evidence of a divergence in speakers ' topics within the conversation . |
| 15 | Lewine Mair reflects back on the Solheim Cup and finds that there is n't as great a divide in women 's golf as the matches led us to believe . |
| 16 | However , Sally Kuenssberg , a specialist in children 's panel training in the department of adult and continuing education , says that she has been appointed as an individual with experience of the needs of children . |
| 17 | The government banks with the Bank of England , therefore the daily flows of funds between the private and public sectors are reflected in equal but opposite changes in two of the Bank 's liabilities , a flow towards the government , for example , causing a fall in bankers ' deposits and a matching rise in public deposits . |
| 18 | This has already contributed to a fall in households ' income gearing , which stood at 11.4 per cent in the second quarter compared with a peak of 12.9 per cent in the second quarter of last year . |
| 19 | Before discussing whether they have a place in children 's reading today , it is necessary to establish what is meant by ‘ the classics ’ . |
| 20 | This involves a difference in teachers ' perception of themselves and of other professionals . |
| 21 | This wastes space , but the user will not be able to avoid such a shortcoming in manufacturers ' software by any other technique . |
| 22 | Women interested in being their own boss are invited to attend a seminar in Women 's Skills offices , Sun Alliance House , from 9.30am to 3.30pm tomorrow . |
| 23 | On the other hand , there is not much to be said for a speciality in women 's media because the field is too broad and general . |
| 24 | Simply , that the issues that affect our lives are entirely underpinned by a belief in women 's dubious nature ; their animality , their polluting tendencies , a sense that something might just erupt from the female that is dangerous and needs to be controlled . |
| 25 | And I think that since feminism involves a belief in women 's equality and of women organising and struggling on issues that affect our lives , that the emphasis will vary depending on where we are . |
| 26 | I do n't think that after the triumph , we are going to experience a drop in women 's involvement . |
| 27 | It 's a trend in women 's politics set , of course , by Margaret Thatcher although Virginia is naturally much more attractive . |
| 28 | Sappho is invoked purely as a predecessor in women 's poetry : sexual rivalry is not an issue . |
| 29 | The appearance of women at Russian stations has to some extent been matched by a growth in women 's employment in railways elsewhere . |
| 30 | Nonetheless , it would be misleading to ‘ read off ’ from the unemployment situation a decline in workers ' resolve to take independent action . |