Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK profession has flourished in a free market economy where much reliance has been placed on actuaries ' judgement rather than on constricting regulations . |
| 2 | McHale plans to use the extra £50,000 he has been given for players ' wages to good effect . |
| 3 | However , animal experiments have shown that , if tobacco extracts are painted on rabbits ' ears , cancerous growths tend to appear on the skin of the ear . |
| 4 | The significance and the complexities of the relationship which gives rise to the caring , and the importance of understanding what both parties wish for in the relationship , have always been emphasized by carers ' organizations . |
| 5 | Females are attracted by males ' displays and go to them for mating . |
| 6 | The [ draft ] FRS requires that all shares are reported within shareholders ' funds . |
| 7 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
| 8 | Information has been collected on households ' patterns of donating money and volunteering time to charities , individuals ' motives for giving , their attitudes to charities , and their knowledge of and views of covenanting and bequeathing money to charities . |
| 9 | The handbook includes terms that are incorporated into employees ' contracts : |
| 10 | My name is I have been a shareholder and other members of my family for many years much has already been said about directors ' and your particular erm , fees in particular . |
| 11 | This question has often been answered with artists ' impressions , but never with direct measurements . |
| 12 | The same case could , of course , have been made about listeners ' attitudes to the number and length of speeches to which they were now to be subjected . |
| 13 | In addition , IIDA functions as an interface — an assistance mode — in which diagnostic procedures are applied to users ' commands and responses . |
| 14 | Evaluations may also be made of the whole work group so that judgements are made of workers ' attitudes and performance at both levels . |
| 15 | Well I mean you know we 're not playing children 's ganging up games are we we know we 're dealing with peoples ' lives and families . |
| 16 | The birds that do it are the oilbirds of South America , and the cave swiftlets of the Far East , the ones whose nests are used for birds ' nest soup . |
| 17 | Commentators need to be clear about whether they are enquiring into interviewees ' reading or their politics . |
| 18 | The $100m that clubs are paying in players ' wages this year is more than half as much again as they paid in 1990 . |
| 19 | This desirable attitude dated from the days of the Victorian foundation of the system when dispersal of books which had been bought with ratepayers ' money would have seemed like culpable negligence . |
| 20 | But it questions whether pollution levels have truly fallen in that period , since the figures are based on companies ' revised interpretations of what they are required to report . |
| 21 | ( Thus Auer complains of Gumperz that " sometimes he makes strong claims about the effect of a given type or instance of code switching on the subsequent development of the sequence , which are based on informants ' reports , but fails to reproduce this subsequent passage " ( Auer 1984b : 106 , fn. 10 ) . ) |
| 22 | However , it is not possible to make this inference from the data as they are based upon subjects ' responses to a single question . |
| 23 | The theories are based upon individuals ' perception of what they expect out of work and recognise that individuals place different values on rewards and the effort that they have to expend in order to achieve those rewards . |
| 24 | The FRED proposes that warrants are credited to shareholders ' funds and that a gain is recognised in the statement of total recognised gains and losses when a warrant lapses unexercised . |
| 25 | Such cheques are known as bankers ' drafts . |
| 26 | The videos are accompanied by students ' Activity Books and teachers ' Video Guides . |
| 27 | Should the company have been subsidised with taxpayers ' money in order to buy a British product ? |
| 28 | HEALTH AUTHORITIES will be expected to adhere to the ‘ firm ’ budgets they are to be given for patients ' drugs , Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , said yesterday . |
| 29 | RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge . |
| 30 | Aimed at safeguarding children from the harmful effects of cigarette smoking , the guidelines of the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering suggest that babies under two and children with respiratory problems should not be placed in smokers ' homes . |