Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the long haul through the muddy roads slowed the horses ' progress almost to a walk , and it was not until after five in the evening that the vehicle finally came to a halt outside the George inn in Mountsorrel , a little place some distance before the larger town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch . |
| 2 | Whilst some schools have a teachers ' library the range of resources available seems poor . |
| 3 | They introduce the ‘ Son of man ’ , and the relationships between Christianity and other religions whose heaps of broken images strew the anthropologists ' pages and the sites of the world 's past cultures . |
| 4 | To help his British colleagues catch the selectors ' eyes , Tea Ropati , St Helens ' New Zealand three-quarter , has volunteered to take a substitute 's role at Warrington today in a match Saints can not afford to lose . |
| 5 | A spokesman for the radical parliamentary organisation , the Inter-Regional Group ( MRG ) , said that Mr Gorbachev had also wanted the Praesidium to approve separate proposals curbing the republics ' economic rights . |
| 6 | A spokesman for the radical parliamentary organisation , the Inter-Regional Group ( MRG ) , said that Mr Gorbachev had also wanted the Praesidium to approve separate proposals curbing the republics ' economic rights . |
| 7 | In a letter to the policy boards of the two institutions on Sept. 18 , the Institute of International Finance ( IIF — representing 184 banks and financial institutions worldwide ) criticized what it saw as IMF " tolerance " of overdue interest payments to the banks , claiming that such arrears discouraged the banks ' involvement in the Brady Plan . |
| 8 | Japanese banks took the Americans ' place . |
| 9 | The recruits ' lexicon of facial scars and tattoos spelled out clan and gang allegiances ; similar scarifications signalled the troopers ' own kindred origin . |
| 10 | Even while authoritative actions reflect the subjects ' reasons , indeed in order that they should do so , they may well lead to different outcomes on particular occasions , and that without being in any way wrong or mistaken on those occasions . |
| 11 | Mike Blaisdell and Rick Brebant both scored three goals to inflict the Pirates ' first defeat in the quarter-finals . |
| 12 | Charitable observers put the Kiwis ' opening defeat at St Helens last week down to nerves or initial rustiness . |
| 13 | In the countries in which I have worked where tight regulations prescribe the teachers ' day , the opportunity for intelligent freedom of action is all too often curtailed and responses to the problems which children present are all too often determined by the paragraph and footnote of a rule book . |
| 14 | To wit , the kind of speed on to man and ball and to the breakdown which would in itself render it a great deal more difficult for the All Blacks to make the Lions ' pack look heavy-footed to the point of statuesque . |
| 15 | Before the shows open , they sponsor media trips enabling journalists and the five Memphis television stations to produce thirty-minute documentaries previewing the exhibitions ' countries of origin . |
| 16 | As far as the school was concerned , the fact that so many parents attended a parents ' evening was ‘ an indication of the kind of area we are dealing with … where parents are interested in their children 's education and want to play as full a part as possible . ’ |
| 17 | When the lamps were plugged in , the hotel 's own electrical circuits carried the microphones ' output to a receiver and voice-activated recorder in another room down the hall . |
| 18 | It is believed one of the major problems facing the clubs ' proposals then was the fact that they were both in the same league . |
| 19 | So far Mr Jackson has not endorsed Mr Brown , but he has left the impression he would accept an invitation to be on the ticket if the former governor of California beats exceedingly long odds to become the Democrats ' White House nominee . |
| 20 | Fundamentalist missionaries challenge the settlers ' church . |
| 21 | Fifteen gigantic screens housed in three futuristic buildings allow the parks ' customers to take part in , among other things , a 3-D safari . |
| 22 | Less than one third of those firms returned the taxpayers ' investment . |
| 23 | The General Commissioners dismissed the taxpayers ' appeal , accepting the Crown 's arguments that there was one practice and that an election under para 21(2) could not be made where a trade was split into two . |
| 24 | The General Commissioners upheld the taxpayers ' claims to allowances and the Crown appealed to the High Court . |
| 25 | They hope to attract eight to 10 corporate sponsors with worldwide rights to put the Games ' logo on products , sponsors of the five purpose-built stadia which are now under construction and local firms . |
| 26 | But a spokesman speaking for Mr Joe Walker , chairman of County Durham 's education committee , rejected the suggestion tha t because two neighbouring figures guessed the teachers ' pay rise , then they should have too . |
| 27 | Countless small examples show the authorities ' lack of foresight . |
| 28 | Conservative plans to privatise the schools ' inspectorate will be scrapped . |
| 29 | With this proviso , the book can be recommended as readable and illustrated with several case-studies to reinforce the authors ' points . |
| 30 | The military chiefs complain the laureates ' visit could damage relations with Burma and with China . |