Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] ' [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The financial cost is calculated on the basis of both direct losses — as a result of reduced earnings for the timber and wood processing industries — and indirect ones in the form of the loss of the forests ' environmental and social benefits , such as their protection of soil and water resources and their tourism and amenity value . |
| 2 | The seventeenth century witnessed a tremendous expansion of the lord 's demesne at the expense of some of the tenants ' arable and possibly at the loss of their commons as well . |
| 3 | They make forecasts of the results of the firms ' past and present investment activities . |
| 4 | In this chapter we have tried to give some idea of the impact of the Conservatives ' economic and social policies upon those crimes which do not fit into their own view of criminality . |
| 5 | He is looking , instead , for a classification system that will above all be simple and that will attempt to include the number of interviews that take place in a bureau , together with some classification of the clients ' main and subsidiary problems as well as the type of advice or information given . |
| 6 | In 2 studies the quality of life was not assessable because of poor compliance and a rapid deterioration of the patients ' physical and cognitive status . |
| 7 | ‘ This is the harsh truth behind the banks ' glossy and expensive advertising campaigns . ’ |
| 8 | The stern , slightly pained expressions on the saints ' white and pink faces seemed to reflect fifty years or more of having a brass trumpet sounding in their ears . |
| 9 | The overall level of support for independence among the republics ' ethnic-Russian and other minorities was higher than expected , especially in Latvia ( minorities constituted over 36 per cent of Estonia 's population and around 47 per cent of Latvia 's ) . |
| 10 | Although the MacDonald defection did much to justify this claim it did not lessen the resentment created by the Communists ' verbal and physical attacks on the rest of the Left . |