Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Matthews reckons that about half of the banks ' retained earnings comes from securities gains . |
| 2 | It threshed this way and that , as the giant tried , uselessly , to pull free of the Trees ' cruel grip . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In fact , it is hoped to have some of the children 's embroidery work at the next ‘ Craft , Embroidery & Fashion Show ’ to be staged by Madeira Threads , once again at Harrogate , on the 12th and 13th November , where visitors will be able to buy some of the girls ' finished articles on display . |
| 5 | He reversed some of the laws on language and education which discriminated against Tamils , and took to visiting some of the Tamils ' Hindu temples , even attempting the odd public statement in Tamil . |
| 6 | The cuts , equivalent to a 2p reduction in the basic rate of income tax , are expected to replenish some of the consumers ' depleted ammunition . |
| 7 | On leaving the plaintiffs , the defendant set up another company which sold heaters of a similar type to some of the plaintiffs ' previous customers . |
| 8 | Rule 22 of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 has been amended to read : — |
| 9 | Butcher is more interested in the dancers ' pure energy , in the basic building blocks of line , space and time . |
| 10 | We were particularly interested in the practices ' subjective assessments of the impact of this change on practice management and patient care . |
| 11 | This norm contrasts with that of the groups ' careful speech which is very much closer to traditional Dyirbal ( see Dixon 1971 for a description ) . |
| 12 | Perhaps more important for our purposes is the economists ' view of law which is something quite different from that of the lawyers ' traditional idea of a command backed up by a sanction . |
| 13 | The main sources for the movement as it developed between 1880 and the early 1900s , were University Settlement Houses , Public School Missions , the ‘ Independents ’ , and the motley collection of local parish clubs and others , many of which were affiliated to larger parent organizations , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , BB , YMCA , the Wesley Guild of Youth , and the Army Cadets . |
| 14 | The completed report cards were then passed on to the SCC for discussion , after which the details would be forwarded to either the association of SCCs ( covering a wider area than a single school ) , the ASEA , or to some other agency , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants or the Recreational Evening Schools Association . |
| 15 | The notion of friendship between classes also motivated organisations such as the Girls ' Friendly Society and the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants . |
| 16 | They were examined by a single pathologist ( SD ) who was unaware of the patients ' clinical details . |
| 17 | I always felt that it was typical of the Quakers ' practical Christianity to allow their building to be so used . |
| 18 | The situation was also complicated by the fact that , since 1945 , much of the islands ' native population had been replaced by Soviet citizens who were opposed to any concessions towards Japanese claims of sovereignty . |
| 19 | If the transaction is not likely to proceed , much of the advisers ' expensive time may be lost and unnecessary costs incurred . |
| 20 | Much of the Tories ' present difficulty is , in my view , caused by their having spent 16 months being politically correct themselves . |
| 21 | Either way , the position of women reflected by the dowry system was consistent with the Asians ' new petit-bourgeois role in East Africa . |
| 22 | An RFL is subject to the Solicitors ' Disciplinary Tribunal , including its power to fine the RFL , to strike the name of the RFL off the register or to suspend his or her registration . |
| 23 | However , this association may be due not so much to the parents ' socio-economic situation but , since most women in the childbearing ages were economically active at that time in Hungary , as to the occupational conditions of the mothers . |
| 24 | The Palm Court fountains are pyramid-shaped , following Smith 's preoccupation with the Egyptian theme that he believes appropriate to the Victorians ' far horizons . |
| 25 | Initially flattering for the recognition it brought , the vast and continuous bundles of fan request mail eventually proved intrusive to the artists ' private lives as their characters entered public domain . |
| 26 | Gynaecologists , however , will be dismayed at the authors ' apparent lack of understanding of the management of a common medical complaint . |
| 27 | The crowd is delighted by the gods ' high spirits and pleasure in the dance . |
| 28 | Someone had played a trick on the young horseman and had put down a substance that was so obnoxious to the horses ' delicate sense of smell that they would not move . |
| 29 | First visitors ride high above the shopping mall , weaving through sailing ships and shoals of fish , hearing all about the towns ' maritime past . |
| 30 | Rule 17 of the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules requires that solicitors be covered by insurance or other indemnity as appropriate given the local conditions , and various other factors . |