Example sentences of "in [noun pl] ' [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the diamonds we see in jewellers ' windows are typical of only a small percentage of natural diamonds . |
| 2 | For this reason , the FRED proposes that on the expiry of a warrant the amount previously recognised in shareholders ' funds be recognised in the statement of total recognised gains and losses . |
| 3 | 2.38 There is no authority on the appropriate principles to be adopted in apportioning the amount recovered , but the practice in widows ' claims is to award the greater part of the total sum awarded to the widow on the assumption that she will maintain the children as long as they are dependent and to award comparatively small sums to the children themselves . |
| 4 | They 'll of course attempt to claim that any future cuts in schools ' budgets are down to lack of government funding . |
| 5 | Undoubtedly therefore much of the growth that they 've put in is this year 's budget , will have to result in schools ' budgets being cut in the future . |
| 6 | It will probably not surprise the reader to learn that at the outset of the course serious gaps in participants ' knowledge were identified . |
| 7 | Direct selling in customers ' homes is to some extent accepted practice for a number of consumer product groups such as perfumes , cosmetics and toiletries but remains an area of unexplored potential for a number of others . |
| 8 | The gain in consumers ' surplus minus the loss in producers ' surplus is equal to RFGS . |
| 9 | Improvements in firms ' procedures were deemed necessary in many of the firms the Joint Monitoring Unit ( JMU ) visited , but in many cases firms were already implementing them by the time of our visits . |
| 10 | The greatest insecurity lingering in investors ' minds was the lack of effect the rate rises had on the dollar 's ascent and the inflationary implications this might have for European economies . |
| 11 | But reception classes in infants ' schools are traditionally designed for five-year-olds . |
| 12 | GPTV director David Hahn said : ‘ The average waiting time in GPs ' surgeries is 30 minutes . |
| 13 | Understandably , the great issue in members ' minds is what will the changes due in 1997 mean to them as individuals and to the Branch as an organisation . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Breast feeding ( the antibodies found in mothers ' milk are helpful in protecting the baby against infections ) . |
| 16 | At least one study has suggested that high PCB levels in mothers ' milk is linked with a higher-than-normal incidence of haemolytic disease , a blood disorder . |
| 17 | It would be premature to describe the youth groups and subcultures associated with many popular music styles in these terms ; but the importance they have assumed in adolescents ' development is suggestive — just as the older class-based behavioural models and moral norms of proletarian communities , though weakened and modified , have not been entirely smashed . |
| 18 | However , studies have shown ( Hood , 1962 , 1972 ; Parker et al. , 1999 ) that the chief formative influence on sentencing practice in magistrates ' courts is not the law or the advice received from other professionals in court , nor even the way similar cases have been decided by that particular court in the past . |