Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | remembering Williams Brothers ' metal tokens , |
| 2 | But under capitalism ( or any other class-divided society ) , other state functions are class-biased , serving capital owners ' interests and enhancing their ability to extract surplus value from workers . |
| 3 | Local authorities should not be interfering and wasting charge payers ' money in those ridiculous , trite and stupid ways . |
| 4 | Health services are lining drug companies ' pockets |
| 5 | Gulliver ( 1979 ) , investigating infant teachers ' assumptions in listening to reading , argued that the ploys that teachers used in helping children read aloud were patterned by their underlying perceptions of reading . |
| 6 | Let us now look at the primary task of enhancing classroom teachers ' understanding and skills through a joint problem-solving approach ; then study an example of group consultation in practice ; and finally consider the utilisation of sessions for basic training in consultation skills for designated specialists . |
| 7 | Officials are investigating Tripoli residents ' reports that the airliner hit a military plane . |
| 8 | The present project 's two main aims are , first , to investigate the effectiveness of RAP for enhancing student teachers ' skill in class management/control and concept teaching ; second , to find out in what ways it may be necessary to train teacher training supervisors to use RAP effectively with their students . |
| 9 | Truancy , stealing lollipops , pulling PZ brats ' pigtails , whistling commie songs in church , assault with a deadly weapon : kidstuff like that . |
| 10 | It is possible that synthetic speech may have a useful role to play in testing language learners ' ability to perceive important segmental and suprasegmental distinctions in the language they are learning . |
| 11 | WINNERS ' EVER RISING STANDARDS Charities ' desire to raise standards is still as strong as ever |
| 12 | Jim Thorpe : using plastic kiddies ' clubs . |
| 13 | The only thing that stands between county hall being put to good use is the Labour-controlled Lambeth borough council , which is squandering charge payers ' money on increasingly desperate but unsuccessful attempts to prevent the sale of county hall and its productive use for hotel and residential accommodation . |
| 14 | It is often seen only in the legal sense : severing birth parents ' responsibilities to the child and transferring them to adopters . |
| 15 | He says the enormous sums spent on advertising by political parties — in particular the Conservatives — have more to do with boosting party workers ' morale and with the fact that it would be deeply embarrassing and demoralising if they lost the election but still ended up with cash in the kitty . |
| 16 | Clinton fears affecting drug companies ' shares |
| 17 | Most important of all , however , will be changes in the factors determining discount houses ' willingness and ability to buy bills . |
| 18 | Disclosure is only one of the areas dealt with in the regulations ; they also set out the principles and rules to be followed in preparing building societies ' accounts . |
| 19 | As Personal Assistant to John Watson , prepare a report reviewing Palatine Ales ' position following the successful conclusion of the takeover battle , evaluating the proposals made at the last Board meeting , and submitting your recommendations regarding future policy . |
| 20 | District Health Authorities and Assessing Local Populations ' Health Needs |
| 21 | Example reports will be very useful later when assessing software suppliers ' claims . |
| 22 | Following Botham Wanderers ' defeat , we now move off the bottom for the first time in four months . |
| 23 | On Aug. 19 , 1989 , the Rashtriya Panchayat adopted amendments to the 1961 Public Security , Jail and State Offences ( Crime and Punishment ) Acts , abolishing the death sentence for crimes against the state and curtailing district authorities ' powers of arrest and detention . |
| 24 | According to his estimate , the result of perusing estate agents ' windows in Ipswich and Sudbury , Wyvis Hall by the end of 1972 was worth about £23,000 . |