Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Many of the social workers ' functions require them to act as controlling agents , or in the interests of children against irresponsible or cruel parents , or to safeguard the community against a dangerous or disruptive mentally ill person . |
2 | many children 's solicitors found it difficult to determine the child 's competence to give instructions . |
3 | He even gave North precious travellers ' cheques to ransom them , although the ransom did not work out . |
4 | Although the election of Avitus is the last Auvergnat election covered by Gregory , two saints ' Lives allow us to take up the story again a century later . |
5 | Despite this Jon Newsome 's lovely new wife thinks he 's wonderful but apparently the other players ' wives think she 's a bit of a bimbo . |
6 | Social Services have taken the unprecedented step of writing to the young victims ' parents warning them of Alan Stout 's impending release.Adrian Britton reports . |