Example sentences of "in [noun pl] ' [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | Where convertible debt , non-equity interests in shareholders ' funds or non-equity interests in minority interests , are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements rather than on the face of the balance sheet ( as required by paragraphs 22 , 34 or 44 ) on the grounds that they are not material , the relevant caption on the face of the balance sheet should state that convertible debt or non-equity interests ( as the case may be ) are included . |
| 3 | Thus the model can not take account either of changes in operators ' costs or of developments such as road pricing or a carbon tax which could be in place in the medium or long term . |
| 4 | Shop-stewards can fail to support black workers or can participate in employers ' discrimination because they know the prejudiced opinions of their members and feel that they can not afford to lose their support . |
| 5 | Two other benefit changes directly affecting women are the reduction in widows ' benefits and the replacement of the universal maternity grant by statutory maternity pay , administered by employers , which is subject to contribution conditions and liable for tax . |
| 6 | Why do n't the one driving the week before tell the one the week after that they 've got to go in drivers ' entrance and not in bloody one ! |
| 7 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 8 | It seems irresponsible and morally indefensible to intervene in clients ' lives if you are uncertain about what can be achieved and the best methods of doing so . |
| 9 | Social service departments in general , and social workers in particular have no wish to interfere in peoples ' lives unless there are difficulties , of which inability to cope with current circumstances is the most obvious . |
| 10 | A headhunter needs to be an excellent listener , receptive , willing and able to see the difference in peoples ' backgrounds and how those people might fit into a very different environment . |
| 11 | The IoD 's Peter Morgan adds : ‘ It 's only in companies ' boardrooms that decisions are made or not made , opportunities taken or lost . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The next day the Irish Times reported that 711 ex-workers of Raybestos Manhattan in New Jersey in the US were sueing the company and its asbestos supplier , Johns Manville , for $2 million each in workers ' compensation and punitive damages awards . |
| 14 | The two largest union federations , Turk-Is and Hak-Is , which organized the strike , demanded an increase of 500 per cent in workers ' pay and called for an end to restrictive labour laws . |
| 15 | In medieval times the acre or strip , which was the average day 's ploughing for an ox-team , was sometimes called a jurnalis ( or diurnalis ) in monks ' Latin and journel in French — that is , the amount of ploughing that could be done in one day . |
| 16 | The guide contains commonsense recommendations covering situations such as meetings in strangers ' offices and homes , walking home alone and car breakdowns . |
| 17 | If I was of a mind to stop washing and shaving and go live in a bus and drive around the country shitting in farmers ' fields and killing their sheep and being hassled by the pigs and pilloried by the Daily Star and generally being ‘ free ’ , this is the record I would choose to do it to . |
| 18 | Discrimination learning is especially important for nursing practice as nurses are constantly faced with distinguishing between one set of conditions and another in the form of signs and symptoms , in the form of differences in kinds of equipment and their use , and in the form of differences in patients ' problems and needs . |
| 19 | CITA , Britain 's leading stress counselling agency , developed the tape programme last year after starting anxiety clinics in GPs ' surgeries and being beseiged by people wanting help . |
| 20 | It proposes , among other things , that auditors should report on ‘ the proper conduct of the company 's affairs ’ and on ‘ future risks attaching to the company ’ and be responsible to ‘ a wider interest group ’ than the shareholders , and that shareholders should play a more active part in auditors ' appointment and remuneration . |
| 21 | In contrast , Monkou continues to prosper in Saints ' mini-revival and is hopeful his performances will eventually bring long-distance international recognition from Holland . |
| 22 | David Hagen , meanwhile , played from the start for the first time in Rangers ' colours and scored after he had knocked the ball over Tortolano 's head inside the penalty box , killed it on his chest and then struck a volley beyond Burridge . |
| 23 | This provoked some heated confrontations in coroners ' courts when cycling cases were brought before them . |
| 24 | Particular backdrops were fashionable at different times ( and the furniture or background in an old photograph may tell us more about tastes and fashions in photographers ' studios than it does about furniture in homes ) . |
| 25 | She read with avidity the endlessly cosy adventures of wealthy children on farms and in smugglers ' caves and country houses , but she found built into them a warning against too much belief . |
| 26 | In such a mood it is inevitable that the Government 's attempts to bring about change through legislation and increased prescription will be generally felt to be yet another attack on autonomy and yet another indication of a lack of trust in teachers ' judgement and their ability to do a good job . |
| 27 | Despite some evidence of change in teachers ' attitudes and behaviour , they themselves were reluctant to admit that the project had influenced them . |
| 28 | The effectiveness of pupil learning in all curriculum areas , changes in teachers ' attitudes and awareness of the needs of children with learning difficulties , and long-term modifications to curriculum materials and teaching strategies will all be equally , if not more , relevant . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | increase in real terms in teachers ' pay and that there was an increase of only 6 per cent . |