Example sentences of "[noun] ' and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public examinations , employers ' , schools ' and colleges ' own assessments and profiles , such as that described in Example D , are used to decide whether a pupil will or will not be accepted for a job , vocational training or higher education . |
| 2 | There were shallow baskets lined with grasses stacked with ducks ' , hens ' and gulls ' eggs — white , brown and blue . |
| 3 | Editor , — After the full implementation of the community care reforms local authorities will be under increased pressure to use all sources of information about their clients ' and population 's needs for community care services . |
| 4 | On the other hand , surveys of clients ' and carers ' requirements usually reveal they would value quite modest levels of extra services — often of the old ‘ home help ’ variety . |
| 5 | They are prepared to rate the parties ' campaigns in the style of drama critics reviewing theatrical performances , at the same time forming separate judgments about the parties ' and leaders ' ability to govern . |
| 6 | But two things have happened : schools must now be uncertain in comparing themselves with each other because the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992 has created dilemmas about the mediation of inspectors ' and advisers ' reports . |
| 7 | Crashing the car , taking someone else 's life with them , terrible situations , terrible tragedies can come about because a person physically goes to sleep so it can be in a spiritual sense that we can nod off to sleep and not only our lives are involved , but our fellow brothers ' and sisters ' too , |
| 8 | It finances the Dental Estimates Board and the prescription pricing authorities that keep a check on dentists ' and doctors ' prescribing habits in order to contain costs . |
| 9 | Apart from the deadlines created hy husbands ' and children 's needs , she imposes her own time pressures ; these follow from the way she organizes her work and the kind of standards she sets herself . |
| 10 | The Secretary of State for Education and Science has referred to LEAs ' and schools ' ‘ important responsibility to work towards the promotion of equality of opportunity for the different ethnic groups who are part of our national life ’ . |
| 11 | More importantly , their work still has considerable validity as a theoretical alternative to Formalism and structuralism , an alternative which may seem a great deal closer to many readers ' and critics ' feelings about literature and life . |
| 12 | We may generalize from very limited samples : for example we may say , echoing the words of Michael Flanders ' and Donald Swann 's lovely song of patriotic prejudice that the Irishman ‘ sleeps in his boots and lies in his teeth ’ , that the Welshman is ‘ dishonest , little and dark — more like monkey than man ’ or that the Scotsman is ‘ mean , bony , blotchy and covered with hair ’ . |
| 13 | The Chemistry in Britain editorial office , like many others , contains several battered copies of ‘ Collins ’ — F. Howard Collins ' Authors ' and printers ' dictionary , published at the beginning of the century by Oxford University Press ( OUP ) and still going strong in the guise of the Oxford dictionary for writers and editors . |
| 14 | Although the North Korean government officially denied it , representatives of the Taiwanese Importers ' and Exporters ' Association claimed that arrangements for a planned visit in April 1990 had already been confirmed by North Korea . |
| 15 | Brigade boss : David Blake , from the Bebington Company , is to take over from Brian Clarke as Commander of the first Chester Battalion of the Church Lads ' and Church Girls ' Brigade . |
| 16 | This also possesses veneered rhomboids ' and rhomboids with filled triangles ( both on the arms of saltires ) as well as the particular floral device which comprises four heart-shaped petals with convolutes ( at the centre of some of those roundels enclosed by squares ) . |
| 17 | States ' and governments ' emphases on nationalism and blood ties has a deep-rooted emotional significance for individuals . |
| 18 | Florian praised her exuberantly as they retraced their steps a little later , having discussed the United States ' and Taiwan 's regulations and requirements concerning such exchange schemes . |
| 19 | As we design more and more committees , task forces , teams and production groups within organizations , we should remember that there are advantages ' and disadvantages in using groups as decision-making devices . |
| 20 | Where political parties alternate in power , government controls induce bi-partisanship in media companies ' and professionals ' attitudes . |
| 21 | It will be interesting to read of companies ' and auditors ' reactions to this proposal . |
| 22 | Similarly , in Engineers ' and Managers ' Association v. ACAS ( 1980 ) the House of Lords by a majority held that ACAS had not acted unreasonably in postponing its statutory enquiries for the time being because another union was also seeking recognition and the plaintiff Association was also suing the Trades Union Congress . |
| 23 | It is one of the more exquisite forms of Catch 22 that leaders of the ‘ moderate ’ engineers ' and electricians ' union amalgamation , usually praised by the Conservatives as a model for other union leaders , are now available as evidence of the unsatisfactory nature of Labour 's electoral system . |
| 24 | Jimmy Spriggs , senior steward for the engineers ' and electricians ' union , said : ‘ We do n't have any guarantee at all and we want urgent talks with Mr Bleck . ’ |
| 25 | The final $100 million was to be provided from insurance carriers under directors ' and officers ' liability policies . |
| 26 | It is indeed not wholly clear from the passage where Moses ' and Aaron 's fault lies . |
| 27 | The primary concern of the story in Numbers 20 is not with God 's supplying the water , but with Moses ' and Aaron 's disobedience or lack of faith , and their being barred from entering the Promised Land . |
| 28 | Such enormous cost in terms of taxpayers ' money , defendants ' and jurors ' time and livelihoods , and , in some cases , plaintiffs ' sanity , prompted Mr Justice Turner , the presiding judge in the Ward case , to criticise the current system of fraud trials and to suggest ways in which it could be improved . |
| 29 | The competition is open to readers of 'Small Gardens ' and entries will only be accepted on the entry coupon provided . |
| 30 | There is a fuzzy line between parents ' and school responsibilities where conflict sometimes occurs . |