Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] from the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | The Harpies ' cave is little more than a smelly hollow in the side of the hill , and contains nothing of interest , save for old bones from the Harpies ' victims . |
2 | They must keep accurate records , but the requirements of confidentiality may necessitate keeping some disclosures from the patients ' doctors . |
3 | The puppets then begin enacting some scenes from the adventurers ' recent exploits in the Castle , growing progressively more sarcastic and venomous in their dialogue . |
4 | Long extracts from the inspectors ' reports conjure up the smells of the 17th century in sickening detail : the open graves , the streets piled high with faeces , the butcher 's shop ‘ full of all kinds of filth , excrement , guts and other muck ’ , and so on . |
5 | Legal items from the Advocates ' Library showed a similar pattern of delivery times , with just over half ( 51% ) taking more than thirty-five minutes to reach the Reading Room . |
6 | In the current absence of information about problematic matters from the teachers ' point of view , one can only make assumptions based on impressions about the kind of issue that is uppermost in their minds . |
7 | The man who was killed was one of three people who attacked a crew from the international television news agency , Visnews , 50 yards from the Marines ' post at the airport entrance . |
8 | He was forced to fly to Colombo last month to rescue a New Zealand tour after a Tamil suicide bomber blew himself up just 50 yards from the Kiwis ' team hotel . |
9 | Manuscripts fully catalogued during the year include a gathering-up of letters of Sir Walter Scott , papers of Neil Munro , George Scott Moncreiff and Fred Urquhart , the Lesmahagow Missal and other liturgical and biblical manuscripts , and various items from the Advocates ' Manuscripts . |
10 | On display will be approximately 90 masks , costumes and related objects from the Museums ' collections from Africa , America , Europe , the Pacific and the Far East . |
11 | Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ? |
12 | Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ? |
13 | Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ? |
14 | The union side at this level is composed of senior officers and lay negotiators from the unions ' national executive committees . |
15 | The aim of the three-to-seven-year leasing programme is to free 1,250 pubs from the brewers ' tie before the November deadline , rather than try to sell them into a depressed market . |
16 | In return the press , from tabloids to music magazines , got vicarious thrills from the Mondays ' precarious lifestyle , great copy in a dull climate . |
17 | I 'm sure it was , Patrick grinned as he walked down the corridor and climbed the half-dozen steps from the servants ' quarters up to the hall ; he had seen the look on the butler 's face , and knew how uncomfortable it had been for him . |