Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] ' [noun] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The manner of the defeat and the Forest fans ' reaction to it signalled that after 18 trophy-filled years under Brian Clough , the club could really be in trouble .
2 Their case would have been vastly more plausible ; and a decisive electoral victory for the Labour Party might have been seen as a mandate for the promotion of industrial democracy in the trade unions ' model of it , and as an implicit declaration of public opinion in favour of the consequential abridgement or even abrogation of the rights of ownership .
3 Jamie Reid 's graphic designs — cut-ups , like a kidnapper 's ransom notes — mocked the ethos of the record industry , and the Sex Pistols ' relationship with it , with a wickedly funny disrespect for politesse or law .
4 As far as other union members ' attitude towards us , I think that we did get an enormous amount of support from like-minded colleagues in organizing around issues of race and sexuality .
5 It 's not unusual on girls ' weekends or at women workers ' conferences for them to be demonstrative with each other , or with the young women , while we remain caught in the straight-jacket of frigidity while we are in the public eye .
6 The issue of whether the US federal courts will sustain Berkeley Software Design Inc 's motion to dismiss Unix System Laboratories ' suit against it ( UX No 392 ) comes up this week .
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