Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most significant changes made to building societies ' own accounts relate to the balance sheet and its two dominant asset groups — liquid assets and commercial assets . |
| 2 | For those with slightly less energy , the evening consisted of a barn dance and disco , and every one had the opportunity to listen to Consultancy Services ' David Webber and his string quartet . |
| 3 | Hence , the Listening Test can be said to measure students ' communicative ability by exposing them to the kind of authentic misunderstandings which have occurred in real situations . |
| 4 | The ‘ Chelsea Diagnostic Mathematics Tests ’ ( Hart et al. , 1984 ) , which are based on this research , were designed to measure pupils ' levels of understanding and identify particular errors which each of them make . |
| 5 | Other possible factors may include the influence of public and drug user targeted education and changes in attitude owing to drug users ' personal experience of friends and relatives becoming ill and dying of HIV related conditions . |
| 6 | In his address to the Supreme Soviet session , Karimov said that calm was maintained in the republic thanks to opposition forces ' recognition " that civil consent is the main guarantee of state independence " . |
| 7 | Last week 's Interfirm Comparison Centre report showed again that commercial work is the top contributor to law firms ' revenue . |
| 8 | Then a list of possible new schemes dear to committee members ' hearts is added and a list of possible economies and cuts , 1 per cent , 5 per cent or 10 per cent in total . |
| 9 | listen to group members ' opinions and check that they have been understood |
| 10 | The difficulties inherent in a non-member of a speech community attributing motivations to community members ' speech behaviour have already been mentioned . |
| 11 | Farewell to war heroes ' airbase |
| 12 | The accounting for royalties by a music publisher , for a world-wide or territory-by-territory contract , is very similar to record companies ' methods . |
| 13 | Cutting auditors ' noses off to spite clients ' faces There are no cogent arguments for radically extending the regulation of auditors ' independence |
| 14 | State of Emergency declared in Northern Ireland due to tanker drivers ' action . |
| 15 | The battery-powered machine is just what doctors ordered to sooth youngsters ' pre-op jitters . |
| 16 | According to Envoy Systems ' Peter Krall , the group 's aim is to create awareness of computer-integrated telephony rather than to make standards . |
| 17 | Heads were asked to rate coordinators ' impact on their schools ' pursuit of the four PNP aims . |
| 18 | Maintaining contact with all Medau teachers , especially those in isolated areas , is my particular concern and I shall be happy to visit any area or negotiate on behalf of any teacher if you request it and I would like to be invited to area teachers ' meetings . |
| 19 | THE MEXICAN National Commission of Human Rights also replied to AI members ' letters which expressed concern about the use of torture in Mexico . |
| 20 | ( 9 ) In Stage 2 , schools are assisted in putting together their orders by the organisation of book displays at the county library and visits to library suppliers ' showrooms in London . |
| 21 | Trips to project exhibitions of library resources and visits to library suppliers ' showrooms were a revelation for some teachers as to the variety and sophistication of recent publications in their area of the curriculum . |
| 22 | In fact , most of the spending was completed upon a general visit to library booksellers ' warehouses in London , where thematic material was first selected , along with mostly paperback fiction , and the remainder spent in a fairly unstructured way until the money ran out . |
| 23 | This system was demonstrated at the conference and exhibition " Public access to library files ' at the Centre for Catalogue Research , Bath University , in September 1984 . |
| 24 | The task will fall to the manager to persuade advice workers to attend race-awareness training in addition to popular updating in welfare benefits ; managers may have the task of explaining to management committee members why they now need training after so many years without it ; it will be the manager 's job to be attuned to advice workers ' weaknesses and tactfully point them to the relevant additional training ; the manager must find a balance in workers ' meetings between training , casework and group support . |
| 25 | At the Republican Convention last month George Bush expressed his concern about the whole question of liability in the US , and particularly about the amount of money trial lawyers make from suits that lead to doctors refusing to practise certain areas of medicine , and even to parents refusing to umpire childrens ' baseball games in case a child is injured and they are sued . |
| 26 | Amongst the activities of CONARLS the production of a report on the UK Fiction Reserves was very relevant to Lending Services ' work . |
| 27 | Consumption of engineering polymers in key industrialising nations will increase from 870000 t in 1991 to almost 1.6m t in the year 2000 , an average of 7 per cent pa , according to Chem Systems ' recent study The engineering polymer business in developing regions . |
| 28 | Any action has to be additional to member states ' own policies ; it has to take into account the views of the region ; it has to be adopted unanimously by the Council , and the European Parliament ( EP ) can veto it . |
| 29 | However , Article 130R(5) introduced by the Single European Act states that within their respective spheres of competence , the Community and the Member States shall co-operate with third countries and with the relevant international organizations , but then adds that this provision shall be without prejudice to Member States ' competence to negotiate in international bodies and to conclude international agreements . |
| 30 | The Council furthermore emphasized that " the prospect of a role for the Union in defence matters should be considered without prejudice to member states ' existing obligations , bearing in mind the importance of maintaining and strengthening the ties within the Atlantic alliance and without prejudice to the traditional positions of other member states [ a reference designed not to prejudice the position of neutral Ireland , the only non-NATO member of the EC ] . |