Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The term Dunrossness has numerous geographical referents , only one of which , a narrow zone in the centre of the research area , has community characteristics in Shetlanders ' eyes .
2 One shop in Liverpool has discounted Adidas trainers in kids ' size two on display but not for sale .
3 It was there that he was hurt so badly , rupturing knee ligaments in Spurs ' FA Cup final win over Nottingham Forest in May last year .
4 The Law Society has issued guidance notes for equal opportunities in solicitors ' firms which reproduce a standard policy for their use which has been drawn up on the basis of recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality .
5 The Government have set aside £44 million for the period 1989-92 to aid and to stimulate the installation of computers in doctors ' practices and that must be welcomed by all of us .
6 Entries in bankers ' books
7 Unrest in the education system , prompted by arrears in teachers ' salary payments , led to clashes with police in late May 1990 .
8 The result is a marked advance within ILEA schools in teachers ' skills in relation to assessment as well as movement towards whole school policies on assessment .
9 This type of insurance involves the four-weekly collection of premiums in policyholders ' homes .
10 There were accusations of plagiarism , of cheating , of fabricating data ; there was name-calling in public as Fleischmann and Pons were called ‘ incompetent ’ and ‘ deluded ’ ; there were deep politics , paranoia and , by the end of the year , threats of writs being issued against the editor of a leading scientific journal and against one scientist whose experiments suggested that there had been errors in Pons ' laboratory .
11 But the book is written in the faith that such errors in readers ' responses can be corrected , and that when this is done their way will be open to the poet 's mental condition , and therefore to the correct experience of the poem .
12 Several respondents to FRED 1 , in commenting on the statement of total recognised gains and losses , suggested that it should be extended to provide a complete reconciliation of the movements in shareholders ' funds .
13 The ASB agreed that changes in shareholders ' funds other than those included in the statement of total recognised gains and losses can also be important in understanding the change in a reporting entity 's financial position , and concluded that this additional information should be required in a reconciliation of movements in shareholders ' funds .
14 It will probably not surprise the reader to learn that at the outset of the course serious gaps in participants ' knowledge were identified .
15 As a mother of adolescents myself , I now find this combination of intolerance and inaction extraordinary , although it would seem to confirm Selvini Palazzoli 's point that the parents in anorexics ' families are both unwilling to assume leadership .
16 The incentives to industry included reductions in employers ' contributions to pensions and health insurance , the lifting of taxes on investment capital , and favourable export assistance .
17 We did decide that we should reduce the money that is received by Councillors , and so they were proposals that were made along with other proposals about reductions in members ' services .
18 Rising unemployment was important in producing the reductions in unions ' members , funds , and militancy .
19 Throughout the fighting , the intelligence section had been searching houses and the German headquarters , and naval parties had boarded ships in similar searches — a dangerous task because several were killed as they rowed towards the quays in ships ' whalers .
20 As a florist you 're dealing with most important days in peoples ' lives , very often new babies , weddings , funerals , erm but no , I would n't say if weddings disappeared we 'd all be you know , in a terrible mess as a professionals , but it 's a very important part and an enjoyable part .
21 They highlighted two defects in pluralists ' insistence on studying actual decision-making and observable political conflicts .
22 FRESH evidence that there is not a link to toxic chemical sprays , such as Agent Orange , and increased birth defects in veterans ' children has been provided in a study by the Australian Commonwealth Institute of Health .
23 This , the study concluded , indicated that there was no evidence that army service in Vietnam had increased the risk of birth defects in veterans ' children .
24 But reception classes in infants ' schools are traditionally designed for five-year-olds .
25 Additional measures included cuts of $11,900 million over five years in farm commodity programmes , and reductions of $3,700 million over five years in veterans ' benefits .
26 This illustrates , too , the other key point about demonstration : it does not have to be done every time by the sort of presenter you can find selling vegetable slicers in Selfridges ' basement , as a straight , face-to-the-camera spiel .
27 Curates in deacons ' orders did not ask evangelical Bishops how many of their clergy were of the catholic persuasion at half-past nine on August evenings , or indeed at any other time .
28 3 ) explain the variations in authorities ' responses .
29 But the most serious element in Labour 's legacy , from Labour 's point of view , is what has become folk memories in voters ' minds .
30 The effectiveness of pupil learning in all curriculum areas , changes in teachers ' attitudes and awareness of the needs of children with learning difficulties , and long-term modifications to curriculum materials and teaching strategies will all be equally , if not more , relevant .
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