Example sentences of "to [noun pl] ' [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also emerged that the oil was a light crude , which meant it dispersed more easily and did not soak into sandy beaches or adhere to birds ' feathers in the way that the heavy crude of the Exxon Valdez had done . |
| 2 | In addition to the factors already discussed , the main stimulus to employers ' organisation in a number of countries appears to have been less that of a counter to growing union power , or an attempt to achieve market or labour force regulation , and more a response to what was perceived as a threat to common employer interests arising from increasing state intervention . |
| 3 | If your husband dies , you will be entitled to widows ' benefit in the same way as any other widow . |
| 4 | In fact it was only in the 1940s that principles of gradation began to be rigidly and systematically applied to beginners ' courses in limited vocabularies . |
| 5 | It has been argued that the present day focus of international law is upon disputes relating to parties ' interests in satisfying needs , and values , rather than upon formalistic attention to rights . |
| 6 | The House of Commons Select Committee found that insufficient weight was being given to parents ' views in the assessment process . |
| 7 | We report here the results of a case-control study set up to investigate whether the excess was related to parents ' employment in the nuclear industry . |
| 8 | SCP is similar to bankers ' acceptances in that it is evidenced by a formal document and issued at a discount which is paid upfront . |
| 9 | The OSF press release and its mock shock horror surprise also does n't allow for the fact that Addamax voluntarily revealed Sun 's involvement to defendants ' counsel in October of 1991 and that OSF itself has known about it since at least May of this year . |
| 10 | Revision courses are also offered for students studying privately for the Institute of Housing qualification and it is hoped to provide some help to tenants ' groups in the area . |
| 11 | Celtic , who have had to bow to Rangers ' superiority in recent years , lost out again last night after the semi-final draw paired the Old Firm rivals on September 22 . |
| 12 | For him it meant a brief wait until he was of the appropriate age of 21 , in December 1807 ; barely a month later he was off to Doctors ' Commons in St Paul 's Churchyard to sign an allegation ‘ … that he is of the Parish of All Hallows , Barking , London , a bachelor … ’ and ‘ … that there is no lawful impediment … ’ before being issued with a licence by the Archbishop of Canterbury 's Faculty Office . |
| 13 | If girls are taught from an early age that science is a subject to be studied by all pupils , and is not ‘ only for the boys ’ , then some of the problems relating to girls ' under-achievement in science in the secondary school will be resolved ( Equal Opportunities Commission 1982 : 4 ) |
| 14 | It should lead to more understanding of language diversity , including multilingualism , and be closely related to pupils ' experience in their own communities , and therefore be treated with great sensitivity to pupils ' home backgrounds . |
| 15 | Lack of understanding of decimal place value , combined with limited knowledge of the sizes of measuring units in both Imperial and metric systems contribute to pupils ' problems in reading and using measuring instruments with a scale . |