Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remembered his wife mentioning to him that some immigrants had moved into the street , and , because he knew that neither Donna nor Mrs Stych would bother to call on immigrants , he felt vaguely sorry for the newcomers ' isolation . |
| 2 | For the third period , that after the parents ' death or incapacity , I do accept the reasonableness of employing a nursing agency and therefore on this occasion I do accept Mr figure per year of sixty five thousand five hundred and thirty seven pounds and ninety six pence . |
| 3 | Results should be issued as soon as possible after the candidates ' work has been marked by centres and moderated by the HCIMA , and within three months of the date of the final assessments for an area of study . |
| 4 | As long ago as 1978 , the Scottish Hospital Advisory Service reported from observation visits to long-stay hospitals throughout Scotland that even when adjustable beds were provided , they were frequently found at a height too high for the patients ' safety and unfortunately , this is often still true . |
| 5 | So I I would erm you know , quite often get bags of clothes , and s we sorted them out , and give them to people with erm quite large families and erm we used to also get some for the tenants ' association for the jumble sales . |
| 6 | Top two-year-old Sayyedati is also considered doubtful for the Fillies ' Mile . |
| 7 | He was apprenticed 2 December 1712 to Samuel Wastell , a London goldsmith , and made free of the Goldsmiths ' Company by service on 16 June 1720 . |
| 8 | William became free of the Masons ' Company in 1663 . |
| 9 | They had two sons , Thomas , who died at Leghorn , and Edward ( c .1681–1734 ) , who carried on the family business , becoming free of the Masons ' Company in 1702 and master in 1719 . |
| 10 | He served an apprenticeship with the London bookseller Abel Roper from 1 August 1644 until 28 June 1652 , when he became free of the Stationers ' Company . |
| 11 | Daniel became free of the Haberdashers ' Company in 1632 , and apprenticed Samuel to the same trade in 1634 . |
| 12 | At the expiry of his term he became free of the Clothworkers ' Company on 7 August 1771 . |
| 13 | The first of these stages was much the most important , for despite the promulgation of the Nazimov Rescript a betting man would not have laid money , at the end of 1857 , on the proposition that peasants were going to acquire both freedom from manorial jurisdiction and some of the landlords ' property . |
| 14 | Reviews of exhibiting societies ' shows have constantly presented difficulties to critics , as it is only possible to give brief comments on some of the artists ' work ; how could it be otherwise when an exhibiting society shows several thousand works ? |
| 15 | Integral to at least some of the philosophers ' thinking is the idea that the individual is part of a collective ; a member of society . |
| 16 | At the same time we have to take account of the fact that some of the households ' income will be channelled into saving , and that additional spending on the output of firms will arise from investment . |
| 17 | After half an hour or so , when some of the journalists ' drinking arms were a blur , Jefferson banged on the table . |
| 18 | Changing this number also meant changing the inscriptions on some of the camps ' memorial plaques ; some Jewish groups did not like the wording of the new inscriptions . |
| 19 | Your stringer should be able to explain these terms and more — and understanding some of the stringers ' buzz words can be useful , even if it 's just to impress your friends . |
| 20 | Rule 2 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 provides : Solicitors may at their discretion publicise their practices , or permit other persons to do so , or publicise the businesses or activities of other persons , provided there is no breach of these rules and provided there is compliance with a Solicitors ' Publicity Code promulgated from time to time by the Council of the Law Society with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls . |
| 21 | Page 30 of the Members ' Manual says that it is not ‘ appropriate for council stationery or postal facilities to be used to indicate the party allegiance of any member or group ’ . |
| 22 | There were 37 attempted and full burglaries and once more hi-fi and electrical equipment has been top of the burglars ' list . |
| 23 | This Government is rarely so generous with the taxpayers ' money , espe cially to people who seek out an in vestment opportunity which does n't involve paying UK tax . |
| 24 | There is no statutory requirement to refer to this in the directors ' report . |
| 25 | There is no statutory requirement to refer to this in the directors ' report . |
| 26 | Dyer 's doings are the same as but also different from those investigated by the fretful man he resembles , just as Hawksmoor 's investigative Scotland Yard is the same as but also different from the architects ' department of that name attended by Dyer . |
| 27 | Now 18 clear in the jockeys ' table , the Ulsterman has the Midas touch at present and he must be regretting that next week the seasonal festivities mean three days without racing . |
| 28 | ( c ) The most efficient delivery arrangement will be direct from the builders ' merchant or manufacturer to an individual site , rather than to the builder 's store . |
| 29 | The Labour Party conference defeated Communist affiliation at the request of the National Executive and with the approval of most union officials other than some in the Miners ' Federation and the Amalgamated Engineering Union . |
| 30 | Being ‘ dog people ’ they were interested in the poodles ' performance and commented on what lovely dogs , ‘ Pity you do n't know how to show them to their best advantage . ’ |