Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs. Dolman was well known to Mum through the Mothers ' Union , the only son Roger was a Standard Seven boy and he had four younger sisters including one who was about a year old . |
| 2 | The local authority appealed and the clerk to the justices subsequently sent to the court extended reasons for the justices ' decision . |
| 3 | Of particular significance and far-reaching consequence to the lives of women was the exilic legislators ' obsession with ritual cleanness — and in order to understand the full import of this statement , I shall momentarily have to digress from our historical outline and spend a little time analysing the reasons for the legislators ' obsession and its impact . |
| 4 | Its site has not altered and the chancel arch ( the division between the parishioners ' area [ the nave ] and the rector 's area [ the chancel ] ) has remained in the same position for 1000 years or more , notwithstanding additions , alterations , and demolitions . |
| 5 | But I have some sympathy for the institutions ' view that their duty is to their policyholders and they can not be expected to double up as company regulators . |
| 6 | Behind it stood an old-fashioned switchboard and numbered pigeon-holes for the guests ' post . |
| 7 | Farmer Jack Gibson submitted plans for a visitors ' centre , caravan site , holiday cottages , log cabins and homes for sale at Hall Hill Farm , near Lanchester , which attracted 20,000 visitors to open days last year . |
| 8 | John Major juggled a pledge to privatise the rail and coal industries with plans for a citizens ' charter to guarantee public services . |
| 9 | The ARFU indicated in 1990 their intention to play South Africa when announcing details of the proposed 1992 and 1993 incoming Springbok tours and plans for the Wallabies ' deviation to South Africa en route to the tour of Ireland and Wales . |
| 10 | At the fourteenth siege of Tor Alessi he charged right into the heart of the Dwarf infantry and was cut down by King Gotrek who snatched the Phoenix crown from his corpse and took it in payment for the Elves ' insolence . |
| 11 | But the amazing thing was that , just after we 'd recorded our bit for the Gardeners ' World programmed , I spotted a couple of butterflies fluttering around the garden . |
| 12 | The Italian capital was experiencing , even by its own standards , a heatwave , and the two hotels that were provided by the authorities as the Athletes ' Village were of a mediocre calibre . |
| 13 | He was chosen to design a new building for the Congregationalists ' Union Chapel in Islington . |
| 14 | In his ministerial programme submitted to parliament for the deputies ' vote of confidence on December 30 , Mr Badran said his government will study the legal and economic effects of martial law after taking steps to return suspended passports , restore the elected boards to the three Arabic dailies and abolish a previous martial law order to dissolve the Jordanian Writers Association . |
| 15 | It is a remarkable turnaround for the ex-Blues ' star , who never dreamed he would be offered such a lucrative post , having suffered so much frustration in the domestic game . |
| 16 | Although there has been considerable support for a Teachers ' Council , the proposal has made little headway . |
| 17 | And , while the general right of beneficiaries to inspect trust documents was recognised in In re Londonderry 's Settlement [ 1965 ] Ch. 918 as being a proprietary right , that case does not provide support for the plaintiffs ' contention in the instant appeal . |
| 18 | Desert Orchid 's trainer can fill the gaps between the great horse 's latest achievements by dreaming of his first Classic success with Dead Certain , who became clear favourite for the fillies ' Classic with a courageous victory in yesterday 's Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket . |
| 19 | A new telephone hotline will be established by York City Council to deal with parking problems in the Barbican area under new revised proposals for a residents ' parking scheme . |
| 20 | One actor I became friendly with , Terry , had done only agit-prop before , touring the country in a van with a company called Vanguard in a music-hall pastiche about the miners ' strike of 1972 called Dig ! |
| 21 | On many occasions in our study we found a sharp contrast between the professionals ' perception that a high degree of consensus had been reached and the parents ' perception that they had agreed to a course of action because they saw no other real choice , particularly if the urgent needs of the child and other family members were to be quickly met . |
| 22 | In any event , Ermold assumed that the parents would relish the description of their son , and be amused by the contrast between the adults ' formality and the child 's spontaneity ( though such licence may have been permitted only to under-sevens ) . |
| 23 | However , the mayoral offer of money for the dolphins ' release was not forthcoming , and much of the goodwill between fishermen , villagers and conservationists evaporated . |
| 24 | To the general invalidity of infants ' contracts the Common Law recognized the exceptions of contracts for necessaries and contracts for the infants ' benefit , and these exceptions are not affected by statute . |
| 25 | The CRL 's main task is testing products for the Consumers ' Association , publisher of Which ? magazine . |
| 26 | ( Two years later , the tender of Samuel Foster Limited of Kempston for the nurses ' recreation room in the sum of £10,295 was accepted , despite an amendment which was put forward to postpone this project for three years , but which was lost on a show of hands . ) |
| 27 | Major , who had a string of previous convictions , stood trial for the bookies ' robbery . |
| 28 | They have brain and heart and imagination and they 're off the life support after the Muses ' separation operation . |
| 29 | The elimination of Mr Santos , who had the support of President Jose Sarney has reduced the November 14 poll to a contest between the Workers ' Party candidate , Mr Luis Inacio da Silva , and Mr Leonel Brizola of the Democratic Labour Party for a place in the second round . |
| 30 | Although he had no doubts about the Girls ' standard of work he would only take up on Smith 's offer if his organization was efficient . |