Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very expensive liver sausages may be made from calves ' or goose livers , but these are difficult to find and very rich in taste . |
| 2 | Arguing that elements of both capitalism and Western culture were necessary to growth and prosperity , the article warned : " If we unanalytically fear " capitalist influences ' and return to the old road of the closed door , this could really shake the socialist foundation . " |
| 3 | One was that the prices quoted were the manufacturers ' or shop 's retail price . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | My purpose here is merely to suggest that the English choral tradition , with its reliance upon young voices ' and its tinge of Protestant Englishness , turns the memories and dreams of a social class into sound . |
| 6 | There were shallow baskets lined with grasses stacked with ducks ' , hens ' and gulls ' eggs — white , brown and blue . |
| 7 | Alexandra came down the steps in her new green clothes , under which she had managed to put her old comfortable corset when Lyddy had left the room to polish her boots , wearing a smile that was partly triumph at her illicit comfort and partly the satisfaction of having taken five hens ' and four pullets ' eggs to Dora in a little rush basket that very morning . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In Chapter 12 will also be found a summary of the Accounts Rules regulating the handling by solicitors of clients ' and trust money and the obligation to pay interest on deposits . |
| 11 | Doctors ' desires to advance specialisms that they find intellectually exciting , university lecturers pursuing research at the expense of their teaching commitments , engineers wishing to develop technologically advanced products such as Concorde , are just a few examples of the kind of professional aspirations that lead to the misallocation of resources from the clients ' or taxpayers ' point of view . |
| 12 | The other major offence is drunken driving , an offence bristling with technicalities which carries a maximum prison sentence of six months ' and a minimum period twelve months ' disqualification from driving . |
| 13 | Then er on a Saturdays our slaughterhouse was , our slaughterhouse was still open up the street then and we used to perhaps kill twelve , fourteen pigs for private people , but they had to give their ration up , six months ' or twelve months ' ration up to have these pigs . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | No , no that 's Dads ' and that 's mine I did n't know you . |
| 16 | If popularity is low then economic variables are manipulated to ‘ correct ’ the picture , whereas with comfortable popularity the government will follow its supporters ' and its own ideology , i.e. will be responsive . |
| 17 | At this remove , the whole incident seems insane , but at the time it only proved once again what any driver has always known , that the constructors as a class are hard-nosed men with egos every bit as big as their drivers ' and that there is n't enough concern among them for driver welfare or safety to fuel a heart for a minute . |
| 18 | Although the relevance of recordable bill of lading data depends upon the type of transaction involved , the following data are sufficiently generic so as to become prime candidates for public registry recording : 1 ) storage of goods in carriers ' warehouse or independent warehouses awaiting carriage ; 2 ) issuance of port to port and combined transport bills ; 3 ) on board loading ; 4 ) carriers ' ( actual or contractual ) names , and electronic signatures or authenticating devices ; 5 ) certificates of carrier , freight forwarder , and other issuer solvency or sufficiency of insurance ; 6 ) inspectors ' and other examiners ' names , electronic signatures or authenticating devices , and certifications of solvency or of sufficiency of insurance ; 7 ) negotiation , transfer , pledge , and presentation ( including cancellation ) of port to port and combined transport bills ; and 8 ) storage of goods upon termination of carriage , and issuance of warehouse and trust receipts . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 , |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Our sense of smell may not be as advanced as most animals ' but aromas have huge effect on our mental and physical states . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | With lamentable predictability , however , there was a wailing from certain quarters against ‘ our ‘ namby-pamby ’ ’ methods ' and ‘ our drawing-room courts ’ , and what was taken to be the excessive leniency of the 1933 Act was accused of unleashing a tidal wave of crime among the young . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | But what are these " early dayes ' and who is the " I " of the utterance ? |