Example sentences of "' [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Instead of hatchets they have fans and as they pass through the soldiers ' camp they hit the soldiers and say : " There you are dead . " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | During one of Seb 's evening drinking sessions at the navvies ' camp he told Jacob that Anna was to marry someone else . |
| 5 | Oh Nanny Davis ' grave we 've seen , yeah . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In its fifty years ' existence it has poured out a stream of bishops , priests , doctors , engineers , businessmen , civil servants and politicians . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | One obvious feature of Diggins ' guitar which makes it instantly distinguishable from the John Birch is the headstock . |
| 13 | Nevertheless it is the other objection , namely the effect on children 's learning and teachers ' teaching which is the most serious . |
| 14 | ( 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 . |
| 15 | If it can retain its customers ' faith it could achieve the leadership position it covets by 1997 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The serious block-buster , the soap-boxing historical sage , is a growing phenomenon ( see Zoe/3 Fairbairns ' Stand We At Last , Robin Morgan 's Dry Your Smile , Meredith Tax 's Passionate Women ) , and one to be welcomed in many respects : trash with brain cells is a legitimate vehicle for conveying a serious message on a mass-market scale . |
| 20 | Tukalo — ‘ he would have been a hero , ’ noted Rutherford sympathetically — did not enjoy such fortune and was engulfed by the visitors ' defence who pirated possession to clear . |
| 21 | In Mr Reynolds ' case it is necessary to repeat this preparation after the investigations to ensure a good view for the surgeon and so that faecal matter is not present to contaminate the operation site . |
| 22 | Small skins were for milk , camels ’ milk or goats ' milk which they got from bedu camps along the way . |
| 23 | This White Paper expresses our determination that the taxpayers ' money which the nation can afford should buy the best quality services for our citizens . |
| 24 | However , objectors say the move is a ‘ scandalous waste ’ of ratepayers ' money which will destroy the popular public park , which is a designated open space . |
| 25 | Return on capital attempts to measure the efficiency or otherwise with which directors use the funds entrusted to them : while employment is a rather important measure of companies ' progress which tends to be overlooked in conventional financial circles . |
| 26 | As he told little aphorisms from Rumi or the anecdotes of Ferdowsi 's Shah Nama — the Mughal Emperors ' favourite storybook-his gentle voice soothed away the irritations of modern Delhi . |
| 27 | In the House of Lords ' decision we see a fundamental principle emerge . |
| 28 | STARS & STRIPES became Stars & Gripes yesterday , as her crew made no attempt to conceal their disgust at an umpires ' decision which cost them their race against Bill Koch 's Kanza . |
| 29 | It is not necessary to consider volume alone as the " excess ' parameter which becomes significant at Tg . |
| 30 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |