Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Only when it became clear that the rules made it impossible for them to shake the landowners ' grip on the zemstvos did interest decline so that the last pre-war zemstvo elections were marked by peasant apathy .
2 I found the authors ' expert discussion of the role of the electroweak force in promoting optical activity in biopolymers quite fascinating .
3 After a short and furious rest in the potato store I entered the women 's hospital , inflexibly determined on an inspection .
4 Perhaps it was unkind of me , but I mentioned the Workers ' Education Classes .
5 I 'm Raymond , and I attend the Friends ' Meeting here .
6 The first time I visit the Ladies ' Pond , I exclaim to Kelly , ‘ It 's like a Fellini film , ’ to which she says in a lazy Scottish brogue , ‘ Perhaps …
7 I remember a tenants ' association was set up and they demanded that we meet them .
8 I wonder if I could have belonged to revolutionary movements , even if they were as just as — I find the panthers ' movement and the Palestinians ' movement to be very just — but this belonging , this sympathizing with them is at the same time dictated by the erotic charge which the Arab world in its totality or the black American world represents to me , to my sexuality .
9 I saw the kwai 's body for myself . ’
10 But above all , I saw the sabs ' devotion to the cause .
11 My memory was vaguely stirred when I saw the authors ' name .
12 I saw the millionaires ' mile in Miami , Florida , where the richest people live marooned on small islands in a bay .
13 It failed to strike me immediately , and I questioned the judges ' decision — replacing it with one of the entries to the three veneers class .
14 I sang the children 's song ‘ If you 're happy and you know it , clap your hands ’ , which required hand-clapping and foot-stamping after each line .
15 I 'm sorry , I I took the cowards 's option last night .
16 Erm and I think the tenants ' group came to us and , and asked us if we would set up an advice session for tenants moving out , which could be situated in the flats , and could be run on a regular basis .
17 I do n't think anybody knows exactly how they 'd react to that you know sort of And I think the women 's support group has created the frame work that 's enabled us .
18 There was no chance of my winning the women 's event here .
19 Erm I liked the children 's nursing , I was always you know fond of children .
20 I said the kids ' crusade was curdling now , everyone had overdosed , but she would n't listen .
21 I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months .
22 She says : ‘ I check the women 's blood pressure on the hour for five hours .
23 Very young children of four or five were put to work making matchboxes ; Lady Dilke , leader of the Women 's Protective and Provident League ( which became the Women 's Trade Union League in 1889 ) reported hearing a mother in Shoreditch saying ‘ Of course we cheat the School Board …
24 Although she no longer dominated the proceedings , Tamar was certain that it was the older woman 's presence which dampened the workers ' enthusiasm and made the meal and the dancing which followed , restrained and formal .
25 In this connection it is worth bearing in mind that a hospital birth will be recorded in the registration district in which the hospital stands and not in the district which contains the parents ' home .
26 They will have to find the right balance between rule by unwieldy committee and by a chosen few ( or fewer , as at Clifford Chance , which has a partners ' council but where power , in practice , largely rests with the managing partner ) .
27 The highest point in this reluctance to intervene with governmental activities was reached in the mid-1950s when the House of Lords interpreted a statutory provision , which limited the courts ' jurisdiction to review a compulsory purchase order on land , so broadly that even fraud by public servants was held not to entitle the owner to bring an action .
28 There is some uncertainty about the extent to which aligning the deuterons ' spin could improve the D-D reaction rate — it could be between 1–5 to 2–5 times higher with polarised deuterons .
29 Spend several days visiting all 15 sites which include eight of Northamptonshire 's U.S. air bases , memorials to the Groups who flew from them , nearby villages and churches which commemorate the airmen 's stay and pubs and towns along the route , haunts of WWII servicemen , or pick and choose those sights of particular interest .
30 Maintenance of health in the long term depends on the management protocols which control the animals ' welfare and staff access .
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