Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [noun] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These reports are a valuable aid to our Information Department in answering Members ' enquiries about resorts , and to the guide 's editor , Chris Gill , in compiling the new edition . |
| 2 | A central problem remains the small role assigned to administrators in liberal corporatists ' accounts ( Nordlinger , 1981 , pp. 171 — 2 ; Diamant 1981 , p. 120 ) . |
| 3 | But his claim the government had increased the provision for the Children Act in local authorities ' budgets by 14 per cent was greeted with derision from the floor . |
| 4 | Taligent Inc , the Apple Computer Inc-IBM Corp venture devoted to building an object-oriented operating environment , is aiming to provide chunks of its technology for inclusion in other companies ' systems . |
| 5 | And of course , we spend half our lives in each others ' houses , eating . |
| 6 | CANCER — THIS could be one of the most important years in many Cancerians ' lives . |
| 7 | Later British Rail explained that the programme to fit radio telephones in all drivers ' cabs was to be completed in January 1993 . |
| 8 | ( Metric and Imperial measure comparison of all weapon sizes in this book are mathematical and do not take account of slight variations in different countries ' measurements of bore sizes , etc . ) |
| 9 | Regulators are still trying to get tougher about the junk in financial institutions ' portfolios . |
| 10 | The fear of invasion was a powerful factor in many refugees ' lives . |
| 11 | Shortly , we shall launch a further information campaign because , to achieve the changes in junior doctors ' hours , it is important that the NHS task forces in each region can work with the juniors , managers and consultants to find practical solutions at their particular places of work . |
| 12 | Booksellers also tend to prefer not to be associated exclusively with a few authorities or institutions , so that they themselves are less vulnerable to any changes in those libraries ' policies . |
| 13 | All species in region ( except Senegal Coucal ) laying their eggs in other birds ' nests . |
| 14 | Last October , Glasgow High-Kelvinside administered a 56-13 thrashing to Heriot 's in a Division I match , yet such has been the turnround in both clubs ' fortunes since then , when the clubs meet in a friendly at Goldenacre tomorrow it 's GH-K , who still face the possibility of relegation , while Heriot 's have accelerated into mid-table . |
| 15 | As national income rises , some of it is spent on imports and this is equivalent to a rise in other countries ' exports . |
| 16 | There has been a steady increase in illegitimacy in the 1980s accompanied by a rise in unmarried parents ' applications to court for maintenance , custody and access . |
| 17 | Pressure on consultants to work faster , participate in audit and management , and accept financial responsibility for their clinical work , coupled with the reduction in junior doctors ' hours , were considered to militate against educational developments . |
| 18 | Every coin in those peasants ' purses bore the royal monogram and title prescribed by the king . |
| 19 | The most wide-ranging in implications of the four concerns Coloroll Group and questions of retrospection , trustees ' liability and sex discrimination in determining members ' benefits . |
| 20 | It clearly had very different meanings in these teachers ' minds , but although we talked about these together , it was not so easy to put them into words . |
| 21 | Again , it was the challenge to acknowledge God 's presence in other peoples ' lives as well as our own . |
| 22 | Indeed , those dermatologists who have undertaken clinics in general practitioners ' surgeries find that over 40% of the patients seen have to be followed up in a hospital clinic , thus leading to unnecessary duplication of notes and considerable wastage of consultant time and resources . |
| 23 | Dr Snell considers there to have been no downward movement in female servants ' wages after mid century in the western pastoral counties of Monmouth , Herefordshire , Worcestershire , Shropshire , Gloucestershire , Brecon , Glamorgan , Somerset , Wiltshire , Devon and Dorset . |
| 24 | Meanwhile the opinions of newspaper proprietors played a disproportionate role in determining politicians ' views of what the public wanted . |
| 25 | Seeing patients in general practitioners ' surgeries is no different from seeing patients in private consulting rooms — a practice that fails to provoke outrage among dermatologists . |
| 26 | The promises on human rights seemed as tenuous as the Declaration on Liberated Europe , issued at Yalta 30 years before , and it was difficult to reconcile the Helsinki pledge to refrain from interference in other countries ' affairs with the Brezhnev doctrine . |
| 27 | Such private dealings , however , are not likely to occur with any frequency in modern solicitors ' partnerships . |
| 28 | And if you volunteered for five years I know you got fifty pound for that which was a hell of a lot of money , a year 's wage in some peoples ' eyes that was you know . |
| 29 | and erm then we kept the babies in different toddlers ' homes at |
| 30 | After several months of a total dearth of exhibitions in grander dealers ' galleries , there are signs of something approaching the usual seasonal increase . |