Example sentences of "an [noun] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also approved the Democracy and the Individual review , proposing : To replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber ; Devolved assemblies for Scotland , Wales , and the regions of England ; Unification of Ireland only by consent of the majority in the North ; A Freedom of Information Act ; A Ministry for Women ; A Department of Legal Administration to run the courts ; Extend legal aid ; A statutory duty on local councils to provide integrated child care services for the under-fives ; A Children 's Commissioner to act as an ombudsman on childrens ' rights ; Firm opposition to reform of the voting system for the House of Commons . |
| 2 | Such an interpenetration of analysts ' and actors ' theorising does not , of course , imply that spokesmen read and use sociological works ; some may do , but most probably do not . |
| 3 | She 's a lawyer , an advocate of childrens ' rights , a former member of several corporate and public interest boards . |
| 4 | This is bound to have an effect on publishers ' conceptions of the market . |
| 5 | There is an analogy between teachers ' in-service development and the mounting evidence that intervention in pupils ' careers which take place away from their school have limited value for either pupil rehabilitation or for changes in school ethos ( Topping 1983 ) . |
| 6 | Under U.S. GAAP accounting for goodwill as an offset against shareholders ' equity is not permitted ; rather goodwill must be amortized over the period of its expected useful life , subject to a maximum write-off period of 40 years , through the income statement . |
| 7 | Although voting was compulsory , the turnout was only 77 per cent , widely considered by observers an indication of voters ' " election fatigue " . |
| 8 | Librarians see advantages in tel ms of increased use of resources , increased interest and involvement of pupils and teachers in the library , a chance to identify accurately information needs and an enhancement of pupils ' abilities to locate and use pertinent information sources . |
| 9 | When the interview is simulated in the classroom using pre-prepared videos , cassette recordings or role playing , an exchange of trainees ' reactions , fears and responses to the situation presented can improve an adviser 's ability to cope with real interviewing . |
| 10 | Jane Lucas explains how you can gain an insight into horses ' feelings by the physical signs they give out . |
| 11 | Being an enabler of pupils ' learning is an unselfish task and " imaginative " teachers do not necessarily excel in qualities of humility and standing back and giving space to others . |
| 12 | An alliance of manufacturers ' representatives , the BFICC , according to Pugh , aims to formulate UK market requirements for submission to national and international standards meetings and generally to monitor the UK facsimile market and provide industry liaison with the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 13 | The rise of mass education saw a decline in social mobility and merely an inflation in employers ' demands for qualifications . |
| 14 | The intention therefore is significantly different although both are concerned with presenting oneself as an object of others ' attention and finding a public language to do so . |
| 15 | The introduction of National Curriculum History will have an impact on teachers ' methodologies and on classroom management techniques . |
| 16 | For free copies of Travellers ' Diarrhoea and Avoiding Viral Hepatitis , send an sae to Travellers ' Advice , BDF , 3 , St Andrews Place , London . |
| 17 | An avenue of fortune-tellers ' trailers led into the funfair , displaying yellow or red cards in their windows . |
| 18 | There was also palpable relief from the auditing section of the accountancy profession because the report had not favoured an extension of auditors ' liabilities , or recommended a ban on their providing their audit clients with other services . |
| 19 | He begins an affair with Scots ' nurse Sandra Nicholl . |
| 20 | In our terms , this book is an account of migrants ' moral careers , albeit careers constrained by the demands of a thriving capitalist economy . |
| 21 | It is assumed that the purposeful provision of facilities , or the success of intervention strategies to encourage fuller use of available resources , depends critically upon an account of adolescents ' reasoning about leisure . |
| 22 | This is an analysis of countries ' environmental characteristics , and the classification of countries as ‘ hot ’ , ‘ moderate ’ or ‘ cold ’ on the basis of these characteristics . |
| 23 | The balance sheet should show the total amount of shareholders ' funds and an analysis of shareholders ' funds between the amount attributable to equity interests and the amount attributable to non-equity interests . |
| 24 | an analysis of Teachers ' reports on their use of IT in the classroom |
| 25 | No-one appeared to carry out an analysis of pupils ' needs . |
| 26 | He will probably announce the scrapping of residential segregation , and an end to blacks ' exclusion from most South African land . |
| 27 | To be effective , political advertising needs to be undertaken well in advance of elections , to fix an image in voters ' minds ahead of the campaign itself . |
| 28 | One head of English in a comprehensive school described the compilation of an anthology of students ' writing which had included writing in languages other than English . |
| 29 | They specialised in questions which , to quote Bowley , " required an answer of 'yes ' or 'no' or a simple number or something equally definite and precise " . |
| 30 | However , one of the chief difficulties in creating an improvement of schools ' practice at grassroots level is that schools , when faced with the challenge presented by self-examination and with a relatively limited knowledge of available strategies and resources , tend to use the process to reinforce existing ( perhaps inadequate ) practices rather than to seek new , more fruitful relationships between curriculum areas or to develop more appropriate teaching methods . |