Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun prp] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Giscard d'Estaing had already warned the Palace about the Romanians ' insatiable pilfering during their recent stay in France , but Palace officials remain discreet about any misdemeanours during the Ceauşescus ' visit . ) |
| 2 | Criticism from the Vatican during the papacy of Pope John Paul II had also resulted in one of Arns 's auxiliary bishops , Mgr Luciano Mendes de Almeida , who was also president of the Bishops ' Conference , becoming Archbishop of Mariana in the largely rural state of Minas Gerais , while other progressive Brazilian bishops , including Arns , had lost their seats on Vatican councils and other responsibilities to conservatives . |
| 3 | A third round of peace talks between the government and the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unity ( URNG ) guerrillas , mediated by the National Reconciliation Commission headed by Rodolfo Quezada Toruño , the Bishop of Zacapa and president of the Bishops ' Conference , took place in the Mexican city of Querétaro on July 22-23 [ see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 for previous rounds ] . |
| 4 | On Dec. 12 delegates elected the Most Rev. Monsengwo Pasinya , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kisangani and president of the Bishops ' Conference , as president of the conference . |
| 5 | International concern over the spate of killings of rural union leaders was further heightened by the wounding in an assassination attempt on March 4 of Carlos Cabral , president of the Farmworkers ' Union in Rio Maria in the jungle state of Pará ( and the son-in-law of the union 's founder , Joao Canuto , who had himself been assassinated in 1985 ) . |
| 6 | It is not improbable that men worth £1 or less did not begin to attract attention until the later stages of the subsidy bill , as a result of the Commons ' determination to shift the burden of taxation downwards , for if the intention was to rope in labourers and servants as a makeweight , it could not have been seriously supposed that any substantial amount could be wrung from them . |
| 7 | Former servants of Edward IV , and of the queen herself , were among the beneficiaries of the Woodvilles ' disgrace . |
| 8 | Former servants of Edward IV , and of the queen herself , were among the beneficiaries of the Woodvilles ' disgrace . |
| 9 | Mr Robinson admitted he could understand the frustration of fans in the light of the Linnets ' run of four successive defeats before today 's visit of Kettering Town to Canal Street . |
| 10 | Houses on the harbour of the Shetlands ' capital have ‘ lodberries ’ . |
| 11 | The vulnerable middle class — worried about losing jobs and health insurance and not being able to afford health care — was the force behind the Clintons ' election . |
| 12 | He had been killed , either on the same day or shortly afterwards ; and the murderer had dumped his body in the pond near the Newleys ' country cottage in Hampshire . |
| 13 | The 32-year old has had talks at the Racecourse with the Robins ' boss who said it was premature to talk about concluding a deal . |
| 14 | 3 Grow your own amaryllis from the Unwins ' gift pack range , priced at around £5.50 per pack |
| 15 | Crickmay was again involved and in contrast with the rest of the plain building he incorporated the ornate facade from the Mercers ' Hall entrance in Cheapside . |
| 16 | Two imposing items which arrived in Swanage were the prominent Wellington ‘ lock ’ tower at Peveril and the 17th century facade from the Mercers ' Hall in Cheapside which George Burt used for his new Town Hall . |
| 17 | AND so to the last page of the album … and surely the final chapter in the Yorks ' marriage . |
| 18 | To date the analysis of this has focused mainly on the roles played by these units in the MNEs ' approach to global strategy , and the administrative procedures adopted to use them effectively . |
| 19 | They sit every two months in the Verderers ' Hall in the Queen 's House at Lyndhurst , and deal with cases concerning common rights , unlawful enclosures , purprestures and encroachments . |
| 20 | His mood was both euphoric and anxious as he parked the car outside the Debraces ' house . |
| 21 | On alternate Sundays , it was Jonna 's habit to walk across the moor , having crossed Hodge Beck by the stepping-stones , and go to tea at the Braytons ' house . |
| 22 | Everyone and his Long Tall Aunt Sally came to the party and got driven to their executive lunches in fancy cars at the Beatles ' expense . |
| 23 | What a man like Siward would do , who was hiding a second time in a forest and had blown the withdrawal within minutes of the Normans ' arrival . |
| 24 | Speaking in his capacity as Chairman of the Bishops ' Committee for Catechetics , he continued : |
| 25 | The moving spirit behind the November 1989 Commons debate was Sir Ian Lloyd , who delivered a grand and gloomy swan song as chairman of the Commons ' Energy Committee . |
| 26 | It is impossible to make a final assessment of the Woodvilles ' contribution to the crisis . |
| 27 | It is impossible to make a final assessment of the Woodvilles ' contribution to the crisis . |
| 28 | Peter nodded in the direction of the Templemans ' house , where a silver Lamborghini was parked . |
| 29 | He winked in the direction of the Airds ' bedroom and said , ‘ Having late breakfast . ’ |
| 30 | Set against the resentment which their greed aroused , the administrative reforms which the younger Despenser together with the Chancellor Robert Baldock and the Treasurer Walter Stapleton implemented between 1322 and 1326 were of little political significance , despite the fact that some of their measures , such as the reduction in the financial independence of the Wardrobe , had formed part of the Ordainers ' programme in 1310 . |