Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] ' [noun] [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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | From the appearance of most students ' notes one would assume that there is a continuing strike in the paper-making industry . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In this buyers ' guide we cover and comment on the best ( and some we would n't give tank-space to ) and leave the reader to judge . |
| 6 | In both characters ' lives it was mainly men who had oppressed them , for Phyllisia it was her father who preferred her sister , Ruby . |
| 7 | 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 ? |