Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraged by their interpretations of each others ' dreams they set off against Humbaba to cut down his cedar forests . |
| 2 | The meeting denounced the contradictions of rich countries ' policies which " took with one hand — by protectionism — what they gave with the other — development aid " , while an OECD divisional head noted that " the question of migration relates directly to the need for a different co-operation and development policy and for trade liberalization " . |
| 3 | Because of the immediate nature of such patients ' problems it is important that whatever form of help is offered should be available without too much delay , and for this reason health-centre-based therapists may be of particular value , as has been shown in the case of psychologists ( Robson et al. 1984 ) and social workers ( Shepherd et al. 1979 ) . |
| 4 | It followed two days of intensive talks at the fifth round of inter-Korean Premiers ' talks which had opened in Seoul on Dec. 10 [ for fourth round see pp. 38529-30 ] . |
| 5 | I well remember going as a new convert into a Baptist church for the first time : how strange I found that row of five deacons ' chairs which dominated the scene , and even stranger the little cups for communion . |
| 6 | Investment in the 46% of general practitioners ' premises which the Tomlinson report identified as substandard will be needed . |
| 7 | She was so kind when I was orphaned , she always made sure I was fed by organizing a rota of other Girls ' mothers who took me in until I was fourteen ; otherwise I would have ended up in an orphanage . |
| 8 | His poetic voice is unmistakable , and yet it was composed from a number of other poets ' voices which he adapted or borrowed . |
| 9 | In each case the experience of being wrenched out of the familiar instigates an identity crisis which results in a series of ‘ rebirths ’ as the protagonist grapples with the problem of selfhood and strives to construct some form of coherent identity out of the scraps of other peoples ' languages which penetrate his or her consciousness . |
| 10 | These protests were added to a series of crippling miners ' strikes which had begun in early March . |
| 11 | From the appearance of most students ' notes one would assume that there is a continuing strike in the paper-making industry . |
| 12 | He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit . |
| 13 | On the licensing of overseas editions : A reasonable royalty to be negotiated in line with standard publishers ' rates which will be payable on the Publisher 's net receipts , but the Publisher shall be entitled to deduct from its net receipts any direct or first costs |
| 14 | In both characters ' lives it was mainly men who had oppressed them , for Phyllisia it was her father who preferred her sister , Ruby . |
| 15 | As the sells his beers to the free trade and to national brewers ' pubs he has noticed both the swingeing price increases imposed by the brewing giants and the reaction among their tenants . |
| 16 | If homoeopathy is such an individual way of treating you — for example , one person with influenza may have quite a different medicine from another person with it — what is the value of homoeopathic remedies now seen on many chemists ' shelves which could be used by people who are not aware that the choice of a remedy has to be selected according to a number of factors , not just by a simple set of symptoms ? |