Example sentences of "' [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Builders ' merchants I think . |
| 2 | Calls from the floor for a re-introduction of travel assistance for staff and more provision of facilities for the disabled were dexterously handled , as were queries over the treatment of extraordinary and exceptional items , valuation of properties and directors ' remuneration which Sir Lewis said had been put up in line with the rises awarded to employees . |
| 3 | Instead of hatchets they have fans and as they pass through the soldiers ' camp they hit the soldiers and say : " There you are dead . " |
| 4 | Ms J.V. Salmon , of Knotty Ash , reckons Woolfall Heath Estate , Huyton , was the site of a prisoners of war or aliens ' camp which , she thinks , was the only one in Liverpool . |
| 5 | During one of Seb 's evening drinking sessions at the navvies ' camp he told Jacob that Anna was to marry someone else . |
| 6 | Oh Nanny Davis ' grave we 've seen , yeah . |
| 7 | The use of such tests is a controversial issue , with on the one hand , anti-abortion lobbies arguing that life begins at conception and that therefore all abortion is wrong , through to womens ' groups who believe that such tests should be available to all pregnant women of all ages , so that those who do not wish to take the risk of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child may take the appropriate actions to prevent it . |
| 8 | The limits of critical periods have not been found to be as immutable as was formerly thought , for by manipulating the animals ' experience they can be extended considerably . |
| 9 | She decided that a man of sixty years ' experience who , when surprised , let so much of his thoughts show in his face was probably not a very good banker . |
| 10 | Employees ' attitudes er were fairly stable , fairly stable and some of the work that was done was so highly skilled er that it needed a craftsman 's experience to be able to get to that stage of being able to turn a job you know , to very fine limits , or to grind an objective to absolutely no limits , or to , to assemble a job with all the skill and the know-how that had been built up over his twenty five or thirty years ' experience you know , along with his colleagues . |
| 11 | There are also a large number of bodies ' accounts which C. and A.G. audits by agreement with the body and the government department concerned . |
| 12 | In its fifty years ' existence it has poured out a stream of bishops , priests , doctors , engineers , businessmen , civil servants and politicians . |
| 13 | From the appearance of most students ' notes one would assume that there is a continuing strike in the paper-making industry . |
| 14 | The findings indicate however that it is not so much the carers ' preferences which do or do not change but their feelings about the feasibility of those preferences . |
| 15 | ‘ Optioning ’ , they call it ; nicking best-selling authors ' plot-lines we call it , but increasingly novels have formed the bedrock of Hollywood 's biggest grossing films . |
| 16 | Martin Fleischmann told me how over a whiskey in Pons ' kitchen he remarked , ‘ It 's a billion to one chance , shall we do it ? ’ and Pons replied , ‘ Let's have a go . ’ |
| 17 | This had not been appreciated by the defendants ' chairman who had considered the advertisement for some 5 to 10 minutes before approving it , but who had not sufficiently thought through the implications of it . |
| 18 | One obvious feature of Diggins ' guitar which makes it instantly distinguishable from the John Birch is the headstock . |
| 19 | Nevertheless it is the other objection , namely the effect on children 's learning and teachers ' teaching which is the most serious . |
| 20 | ( b ) Powers of a justices ' clerk Certain functions of the court may be performed by a justices ' clerk who may in turn delegate these functions to any clerk of the court authorised for this purpose . |
| 21 | If the Blackshard is destroyed , all magically-induced reductions to the adventurers ' profiles which have been sustained within the Castle are nullified . |
| 22 | If it can retain its customers ' faith it could achieve the leadership position it covets by 1997 . |
| 23 | The old town clustered untidily round its market and the inns , shops and professionals ' houses which any flourishing centre required . |
| 24 | There is no doubt that these issues need to be addressed and the question should be posed ; where now are the Banks ' plans which were going to ensure a smooth change without any adverse implications for members ? |
| 25 | After the banks ' nationalisation he sold most of his interests in the dozen or so companies he had created and drawn his wealth from , and committed himself to combating the existing political system . |
| 26 | The one aspect of minority groups ' change which is at present unavailable to deaf people is the adoption of spoken language : that is , unlike other groups , they do not acquire a substitute mother tongue for their own language . |
| 27 | A further comparison is made between pensioners ' clubs which are organised by volunteers on behalf of charitable bodies and those which are run by old people for themselves . |
| 28 | ‘ We know about the players with senior clubs but there may be those in leagues like the Amateur League or in Boys ' Clubs who would be worth looking at , ’ says Ronnie . |
| 29 | Where patients ' views themselves were known , it was found that one-third of those placed in hostels would have preferred unshared , independent accommodation . |
| 30 | Occasionally official syllabuses contain very detailed advice for teachers and in one case ( Botswana ) , a separate , loose-leaf file has been prepared for each grade , but in many cases it is the teachers ' guide , or even the pupils ' text which provides the real plan from which the teacher works . |