Example sentences of "[noun] ' [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Co-ordination between subjects was lacking and the whole overloaded and exceptionally ambitious in scope requiring , moreover , a scale of expenditure well in excess of schools ' ability to pay for it . |
| 2 | The telephone answering machine , and my clients ' willingness to talk to me at unusual hours of the day and night , kept me firmly in touch . |
| 3 | We will respect the confidentiality of such third parties ' information provided to us by other professionals and agencies . |
| 4 | Only 23.49 per cent followed the opposition parties ' advice to vote against it . |
| 5 | There was considerable confusion as to whether the relief of widows was to be considered independently of either their late husbands ' failure to provide for them , or of the needs of their children . |
| 6 | The ability to develop new drugs is now greater than most countries ' ability to pay for them without rationing or screening systems — for example , France controls individual prices and Germany has initiated a reference system which pays a basic price for all drugs in the same category . |
| 7 | At this moment the top half of the Australians ' mast fell on her , followed by the Australians and the Australians ' boat . |
| 8 | Moses ' brother-in-law goes with them as guide . |
| 9 | The children were taken into care in mid-1987 because of their parents ' inability to look after them properly and following suspicions of sexual abuse against the girl . |
| 10 | Nails ' foot hooked for him , picked him out of the water and , with a neat thrust to the chest , stood him upright . |
| 11 | Erm and I think the tenants ' group came to us and , and asked us if we would set up an advice session for tenants moving out , which could be situated in the flats , and could be run on a regular basis . |
| 12 | The stars ' glare smudges above them . |
| 13 | I have not , of course , had the advantage of having the plaintiffs ' claim explained to me by their own counsel . |
| 14 | Spalding and Theakston designed this to fit in the Hallam Hall , the work was executed by Mr. J. L. Taylor , then woodwork master at the School , and the Old Boys ' Association paid for it . |
| 15 | The soldiers ' attention shifted to her immediately . |