Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Such a shift needs to take place in two contexts — one , as we have said , is professional discourse ; the other is the strategies adopted by those responsible for promoting and encouraging teachers ' development .
2 That primary teacher education should include components on the role of community languages , means of maintaining and developing pupils ' mother tongues and the possibilities of bilingual education .
3 That primary teacher education should include components on the role of community languages , means of maintaining and developing pupils ' mother tongues , and the possibilities of bilingual education .
4 If a vacancy on the committee exists , then : ( i ) it need not be filled if the trustee and a majority of the remaining members so agree : ( ii ) the trustee may appoint some other creditor to be a member if the majority of the remaining members so agree ; or ( iii ) a meeting of creditors should be convened so that another creditor can be appointed and fourteen days ' notice of such meetings must be given ( r 6.160 ) .
5 They do not require a circular to be issued or prior shareholders ' approval .
6 The use of inappropriate forms of assessment to grade and rank-order pupils ' work for the purpose of making comparisons or to achieve so-called ‘ unified standards ’ is illustrated by the worst abuses of norm-referencing , which has been roundly and justifiably criticized by many writers , even in those areas of the curriculum where one might expect this system to be welcomed .
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