Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [verb] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , despite the weaker Merseyside economy , MDC has undoubtedly succeeded in transforming the docklands ' image from that of a decaying twilight zone into a popular and fashionable urban environment . |
| 2 | In any case , Fred Winterbotham first succeeded in charming the Nazis ' arch-ideologue Alfred Rosenberg and through him mingled attentively with the highest elements of the Party . |
| 3 | A large portion of the State 's scarce resources was absorbed in upholding the serf-owners ' authority and subsidizing their income . |
| 4 | On May 2nd this same year the ladies had the inconvenient request of asking that the men be prevented from using the ladies ' lavatory . |
| 5 | She said no decision had yet been made on extending the Bosnians ' stay , but said nobody would be sent back . |
| 6 | The PFA acted by paying the players ' wages and bonuses for winning promotion to the second division . |
| 7 | I begin by examining the antiracists ' notion of racism as a form of irrationalism . |
| 8 | The Lord Chancellor , Lord Mackay , concurred with allowing the taxpayers ' appeal on the grounds of statutory construction alone . |
| 9 | On Aug. 15 the All-Russian Labour Conference held a plenary meeting , chaired by I. Konstantinov , a People 's Deputy who had participated in organizing the Industrialists ' Conference . |
| 10 | His emissary , Menshikov , spent two and a half months at the Turkish capital and succeeded in reversing the Turks ' decision on the Holy Places . |
| 11 | Two other characteristics which mostly attracted indirect mention but which , nevertheless , were important included : purity , in the sense of not containing other substances ; dependability in the sense that the product can always be relied upon to meet the mothers ' standard ( viz softness , non-irritant , pure ) . |
| 12 | Most of these claims will be offset by counter-claims , so that only the net indebtedness has to be settled by using the banks ' balances at the central bank . |
| 13 | Scant consideration was given to getting the authors ' names or initials , or even their book titles , correct ! ) : |
| 14 | Eurotunnel 's only hope seems to lie in satisfying the banks ' technical adviser that his forecast can be reduced — which means at least to the contractors ' £7.5bn , if not to Eurotunnel 's own £7bn estimate . |
| 15 | We will also launch a new programme to invest £60 million in the modernisation of Britain 's cancer services , using the resources we will save by scrapping the Conservatives ' tax handout on private medical insurance . |
| 16 | For our part , we appeared to take for granted the Germans ' total ignorance of our presence , for we had no air-raid drill , nor did we have a single air-raid shelter , slit-trench , sandbag blast-wall , nor even so much as a steel helmet — only a large poster which read : |
| 17 | If this is done the tenants and their staff should be expressly prohibited from using the visitors ' car park and time limits on parking there should be imposed . |
| 18 | In particular , when the nature of the tasks that state agencies are intended to perform leads them to act with relative autonomy within the state , how is political control to be maintained without undermining the agencies ' freedom of action ? |
| 19 | Describing the attacks as contrary to the spirit of the talks and aimed at bolstering the guerrillas ' bargaining position , ministers also criticized the holding of discussions on the Colombian peace process in the Costa Rican capital San José on Nov. 17-18 , chaired by former Costa Rican President , Oscar Arias . |
| 20 | All I had to do was stand around pretending to pull on one end of a tug-of war rope while a load of peers pulled on the other , as Jerry stood by attracting the tabloids ' photographers . |