Example sentences of "of [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | One technology that makes this possible is that of Artificial Intelligence in the form of KBS 's . |
| 2 | Between the two days of carnival , on 26 July 1945 , the results of the general election — delayed by the counting of servicemen 's votes — were announced . |
| 3 | Vietnam handed over the remains of another six MIAs on Nov. 4 , bringing the total number of servicemen 's remains handed over to date to more than 450 . |
| 4 | ‘ Now it has been found , the council will be able to reproduce a new list with the full set of servicemen 's names . ’ |
| 5 | The intention of the Loyal Standard was overtly to co-ordinate the activities of a number of seamen 's organisations , established about the north-east coast with almost identical rules , and to administer a superannuation fund on the one hand and payments on shipwreck , sickness and death on the other . |
| 6 | The payment of seamen 's wages only when the owner had been paid for the freight carried , on the ancient maxim that " freights are the mother of wages " , was discontinued and payment required on the basis of service , whether freight was carried or not . |
| 7 | In the early 1900s Wilson made sporadic efforts to recruit and raise the level of seamen 's wages , port by port . |
| 8 | This Part of the Act imposes certain duties upon licensing boards in respect of seamen 's canteens . |
| 9 | Renewal of seamen 's canteen licences . |
| 10 | Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited the Devon Guild of Craftsmen 's Centre , Bovey Tracey , Devon . |
| 11 | It supported a resolution opposing war by ‘ organizing working-class action , including the general strike ’ and yet accepted a resolution committing it to a general reduction of armaments within the security of the League of Nations 's commitment to take action against aggressor states . |
| 12 | Their violently anticlerical tone , occasionally stooping to scurrilous abuse , provoked sharp replies from churchmen , some of whom themselves descended to the level of personal insults , mostly on the score of Cocks 's diminutive size and renowned eccentricity . |
| 13 | Perhaps this reflects no more than the elevation of masculinity that permeates the canteen culture of the station , but the view that nothing busy happens in the unit and that it is an ‘ easy turn ’ is a sad reflection on how the marginalization of policewomen 's duties has divorced some policemen from the reality of sex crimes . |
| 14 | They had a band and a guard of honour outside the station , their backs to a row of railwaymen 's cottages . |
| 15 | The Peak District hostels , for example , include the former home of a wealthy quarry owner ( Buxton ) , an old manor house ( Hartington ) , a row of railwaymen 's cottages ( Crowden ) , a 19th-century Co-op store ( Youlgreave ) , a 15th-century hall ( Castleton ) , and a flax mill ( Gradbach Mill ) . |
| 16 | In addition , there will usually be descriptions of notable parks in early topographical works , particularly Views of Gentlemen 's Seats , as well as county histories , local guides and even the standard White 's County Gazetteers . |
| 17 | In 1794 Billingsley described the Somerset Levels as ‘ destitute of gentlemen 's houses ’ ; and the 1580 muster returns for Holland in Lincolnshire lamented ‘ the want of gentlemen here to inhabit . |
| 18 | fashionable street in the West End of London running west from Trafalgar Square ; a number of gentlemen 's clubs are located in it . |
| 19 | While Tove Jansson 's world is founded on family and guests , many stories , particularly older ones , centre on same-sex relationships : The wind in the willows , Norman Lindsay 's The magic pudding , and Richmal Crompton 's William Brown stories are concerned with groups of males ( indeed The wind in the willows has a son of gentlemen 's club atmosphere ) . |
| 20 | In the preview of the Slimline Pop-up Toaste r ( RRP £24.99 ) , despite the promise of the elaborate programme , there was an absolute dichotomy between singed bread and burnt offerings — no happy mean , nothing to sustain the gravitas of Oxford marmalade with its acerbic subtext , nor the more rechercheé exigencies of Gentlemen 's Relish . |
| 21 | Even the exacting Mary Crawford sees it as a desirable prize , ‘ a park , a real park five miles round , a spacious modern-built house , so well placed and well screened as to deserve to be in any collection of engravings of gentlemen 's seats in the kingdom ’ ; the absence of family portraits does not deter her . |
| 22 | In an advertisement in the Northampton Mercury of 27 April 1747 he describes himself simply as a millwright , but goes on to offer his services as a manufacturer and repairer of many kinds of agricultural machinery , weighbridges and ‘ mathematical and philosophical instruments ’ , as a designer of all kinds of mills , as a maker of ventilators for hospitals , gaols , granaries , or ships , and as a surveyor of gentlemen 's estates . |
| 23 | She had a blurry image of Piers 's face and started . |
| 24 | Purely from a financial perspective , have you any idea how much more valuable the cottage will be when it 's known to be one of Piers 's creations ? ’ |
| 25 | The first she knew of Piers 's presence in the room was his light touch on her shoulder , and it was so unexpected that she almost jumped a mile into the air . |
| 26 | It is possible that the two women are one and the same , or that there is a serial killer on the prowl , but as none of Barbs 's friends or neighbours give a damn where she is , her continuing absence occasions little comment . |
| 27 | They share that with thousands of working-men 's clubs throughout the country . |
| 28 | When he heard of Nails 's interest , and realised the possibilities of the new team , he was in favour . |
| 29 | They escaped into the relative quiet of Nails 's cul-de-sac and slowed to a walk . |
| 30 | They gratefully made the front door of Nails 's terrace house and crowded into the kitchen with the others . |