Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 In a significant change of emphasis the governors ' meeting on April 13-14 agreed to abolish the ceiling of 6 per cent of bank lending which could go to the former Soviet Union ( corresponding to the Soviet Union 's 6 per cent holding in the EBRD ) , and to allow up to 40 per cent of the EBRD 's lending to go to former Soviet republics .
2 In the process of exploration the consultees ' expertise is supplemented by one another 's and the consultant 's , and in this way professional understanding and skills are extended .
3 The company would retaliate with a double gang , one gang to decoy the landlords ' men to drinks in the nearest pub , the other to put back to rails to let the train through .
4 Even in cases involving the interpretation of legislation the judges ' choices between competing or differential readings of the words of the statutory material involve judicial creativity or innovation .
5 Twelve-week-old poodle pups , with hair and ear mites , sold directly to , or even worse , given as presents to frail OAPs who were given no idea of the amount of care the dogs ' ears will need every two or three weeks for the rest of their 16 year lives ?
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